Sisters and cousins might find this funny

I just remembered another little part of my dream during lunch. Your uncle :) and his wife and daughters showed up at the wedding. I went up and told him that they WERE NOT invited, but he insisted they were. Mamo supposedly hand delivered him their invitation. OMG! I would be so mad if they showed up.

Supper at 9:30

Yeah...last night we ate supper at 9:00. I HATE eating late, but everything is late with the in-laws. Plan for everything about 2 hours later than scheduled. That's not where this post was going, but I figured I'd throw it in there.

My dream last night was that the caterers were bringing the food to our house in Shiner instead of to the hall. For some reason, Uncle Greg went to retrieve the caterers and lead them to the right place. Well, there was a HUGE drug bust on our road and they got hung up in the blockage. NBC news was there with vans and helicopters so it was completely congested. By the time they made it to the hall it was 9:30. Plus, they only catered for 350 people and there were 850 people there. The wedding party couldn't eat and everyone was limited to a spoonful. I was ticked because we weren't going to get to do the grand march or any dancing because the limo driver was going to be waiting for us at 11. We ran out of the door at 11:30 and realized that we hadn't packed for the honeymoon. All of Nick's trunks were in Wharton and I hadn't shopped for any new bathing suits or outfits. The limo driver had to drive us to my house and I had to search for old ones and then we had to go to Wharton. We were wayyyy over our time limit and had to pay the limo service a large amount on top of the already large amount. Then I woke up!

I guess I dreamt this because I haven't really worried about the food yet....it must be coming. Also because I have been searching for a limo service that will come to Shiner and drive us to Bush for a reasonable amount of money. The bad part about getting married on March 29th is that it is now prom season and the prices go up even more. Everything I have found ranges from $650-$900. We could drive ourselves, but how much fun would that be?

Showered out!

3 showers in one week....YES, THREE in ONE week! Thank goodness we are DONE with being showered. I'm definitely not complaining, I'm just glad we are done. It's always great to see everyone, but then the dreaded present opening happens. Like I've said time and time again, I just don't like it! Seriously, every present we've gotten so far has been WONDERFUL. I haven't had to fake liking a gift at all. The main reason I don't like it is because I think it's boring for everyone else. I try to open the gifts really fast so everyone doesn't leave or fall asleep during that timespan.

Wednesday was the school shower. Saturday was the Wharton couples shower and Sunday was the church shower. Lots and lots of really good gifts. We've got a garage full of things that are calling for me to use them. Our house and Nick's shop is definitely going to be well-equipped.

THANK YOU to EACH and EVERY PERSON that has been apart, in some way, shape or form, of the past 7 showers. We are blessed to have so many wonderful, supportive people in our lives. You have made each and every moment of our engagement memorable and meaningful. ALSO....I'M SORRY....I'm deeply sorry for all of you that have had to sit through one, two, three, or ALL SEVEN of the present openings at the showers. I'm sure it was painful, but you were troopers and it means the world to me!

All I can say is...BRING ON THE BACHELORETTE PARTY!!!! Only 26 days...

Shower # 5

The school shower I had yesterday was very nice and quaint. The kindergarten teachers were the hostesses. We had cake, punch, chips/dip, and margaritas from 4-6 at Kim's house.

Mom drove in from Shiner and Jamie from Houston for the shower. Jill was busy coaching softball.

Lisa, Stacy, and Tricia enjoying some spiked chocolate candies. Stacy really wanted one, but decided not to sin on the first day of Lent since that's what she was giving up.

Sweet Caroline made a cute card for Nick and me. She was so proud and sweet, it gave me goosebumps.

I got lots of really great gifts. The hostesses gave us our large and medium platters for our everyday china. My mom gave us 3 sets of our fancy flatwear. Nick's mom gave us 3 sets too. Jamie and Jill gave us our shower curtain. We got several plates and other things that are part of everyday china as well.

Jamie also brought me my KitchenAid stand mixer. She had to pick it up for me at the Willowbrook Mall in Houston. The mixer was a hostess gift at the Come and Go Shower in Shiner along with the Pampered Chef pots and pans. We've really raked in as far as gifts go. Our house should be completely furnished with new items. The best part of it all is that I can ditch all of Nick's bachelor crap!

Pathetic

Today my kindergarten team is throwing me a shower after school at Kim Williams' house. Mom and Jamie will be driving in for it. I'm not sure what the teachers all have planned, but I know there will be a chocolate fountain, which is the reason I didn't give up sweets for Lent! Rather than sweets, I decided to go with fried food. I figured fried food would be safe to give up since I don't eat much of it anyway. Yeah, it's sad and pathetic that I gave up something that I don't eat much of, but I'd like to be successful at it, for once! Reminds me of my Dad when he was young....he and all of his friends would give up beer for Lent. The catch to that was they started to drink whiskey instead.

This morning Stacy came into my room and asked if I wanted some fried fish from a local gas station restaurant. Of course I did, but then, thankfully, I remembered what I had given up. Instead I had a tuna lunch kit! Almost didn't make one day.....I AM PATHETIC!

Newspaper pictures

Here are a few pictures that we took last weekend that I like. For all of you that want to see us in the newspaper we should be in the Shiner Gazette and Wharton Journal-Spectator this coming Wednesday the 6th. We will also be in the Victoria Advocate on February 10th (I think!). For all of my out of town friends, www.victoriaadvocate.com. You'll probably have to browse the webpage, but I think it's in the celebrations tab.

FYI: to all of you that are getting married and want to put the engagement announcement in the victoria paper...you have to give them 2 weeks notice and it costs $92 and wedding announcements start at $127. I think it's ridiculously outrageous! Shiner Gazette must be in by noon on Mondays.


I'm too lazy to rotate this picture right now. Sorry!

Jill caught us off-guard on this picture, but the tongue out is typical of me if I don't get my way with him! :) He does a great job of bringing out the spoiled kid in me.


Hope you're not blinded by this photo, but I like it. Climbing on hay bales with my cute high heels. Sounds like a good country song.

Wedding today

Today we will be going to Holly Benes' wedding in Shiner. Her mom, Maggie, and my mom have played bunco together for the past 15+ years. I'm really excited about going because she is having the Shimek's sing. We are also having them at our wedding. I haven't been to a wedding that they sang at in a very long time so hopefully they are still as good as they used to be. Holly's wedding is the last wedding until ours. I think it will be odd sitting there and imagining Nick and me doing that in several weeks. Yeah...several weeks. I think 7 to be exact. Oh jeez...makes me kinda nervous!