Our stuff is all of the ivory dishes. They put two people to a table.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Table at Selections
We're registered at Selections on the Square in Wharton. I love this store. MaryLee, the owner, is the sweetest lady. I'd love to buy the business from her one day and do what she does. One day I'll have to ask her about it. Anyways, I went there last Friday to take a picture of our table because they had just finished setting it up. I went by this Tuesday and it is cleared off. Not completely empty, but almost! How awesome is that?! All she has up is one of our place settings with 2 glasses and a setting of our silverwear. We might have to go back and pick out some other stuff before the wedding. She should be getting some of our "fancy" china and silver in to add to the table.
Our stuff is all of the ivory dishes. They put two people to a table.
Our stuff is all of the ivory dishes. They put two people to a table.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Come and Go Shower
Another terrific, successful shower. Thankfully it was pulled off with a few minor glitches. The first glitch was discovered Saturday....they were short one corsage. Nothing major, but they solved the problem immediately. Poor Aunt Carolyn felt horrible. It didn't really bother me at all, but it ended up working out perfectly. The shower started at 8:30am. Jamie and several other ladies were meeting at 7:00am to bake mini pigs, start the coffee, and get all the other food ready to go. Unfortunately, Jamie was leaving the house at 6:45am and decided to get the key ready. Well, the key was no where to be found! They searched high and low for it and finally ran across it somewhere in her car at about 7:15. When they got in to start making the pigs, the oven didn't work! Instead of panicing they took them to Mary Leck's house down the street. Everything ended up working out smoothly. I got lots of really good gifts again. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with a house full of brand new, really nice things. It's so exciting!
Me and Mamacita
Sign in area
Pampered Chef Stainless Steel pots and pans from the hostesses. I've also got a 6 quart Kitchen Aid mixer on the way from the hostesses as well.
My Mom gave us two 5 piece place settings of our beautiful china.
Here is the handmade quilt we got from Grandma Popp.
Our everyday sugar and creamer set from Grams.
More of our pretty everyday china. Nick's Mom and Pop gave us the salt and pepper shakers, serving dish, and butter dish.
All of my pretty grandma's and me!
My scrumptios cake. White with strawberry filling...also the flavor of my wedding cake.
Me and Mamacita
Sign in area
Pampered Chef Stainless Steel pots and pans from the hostesses. I've also got a 6 quart Kitchen Aid mixer on the way from the hostesses as well.
My Mom gave us two 5 piece place settings of our beautiful china.
Here is the handmade quilt we got from Grandma Popp.
Our everyday sugar and creamer set from Grams.
More of our pretty everyday china. Nick's Mom and Pop gave us the salt and pepper shakers, serving dish, and butter dish.
All of my pretty grandma's and me!
My scrumptios cake. White with strawberry filling...also the flavor of my wedding cake.
Shiner Couple's Shower
Sign in area
San Marcos friends-Ariel (Jeremy's wife...he's in the wedding) and Gina
Our super yummy Italian Cream Cake....our cake lady made it. Nick will have this flavor as his wedding cake.
Bridesmaids
Opening presents together...my preferred way to open gifts. That's a grill cover, but we don't have a grill.
Wait a minute...there it is! Awesome stainless steel grill from Mom and Dad, Momma and Pop Popp, and Grams. We also got a very pretty chiminea from the hostesses.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
DOGS!
We currently have 4 dogs in our family. Sophie, my yorkie, which Jamie has stolen. Kenzi, Jill's mini-schnauzer that now lives at Mom and Dad's with her. Bella, the weenie dog we gave Mom for Mother's Day. Duke, Jaace and Dad's black lab. This week we inherited a stray. It's the first stray that I recall ever having at our house which is pretty odd since we are out in the country. The dog definitely isn't the cutest. She looks like a leopard curr/blue heeler mix. I CANNOT stand blue heelers. I think they are the ugliest dogs ever. I've known several people that have them and think they are wonderful. Well, this dog is a sweetie pie. She must have been neglected and ran away from home.
Here is Nick having a moment with the dog.
Jill was taking a few engagement photos for us. Notice that I decided to take one on the road. This road is in front of our house. Our driveway is about 1/4 of a mile long. It was really busy with traffic for some reason so we never really got the picture we were trying to get. The stray ran from our house to where we were taking the pics. Several cars had passed by and she stood with us on the shoulder. One older lady came by and slowed down a bit. We decided to give up because of all of the cars. Jill and Nick were walking to the truck in front of me and I was standing in the ditch with the dog. For some reason the dog decided to jet out in front of the car. The lady SLAMMED her brakes...left a long mark and smoke was coming from her tires. The dog ran off so I figured she was fine. It was very traumatizing, but at least she wasn't flattened out in the road. The lady looked upset so I went to tell her not to worry because the dog wasn't ours. She drove off and might even have a dent in her car. We drove up to the house. Dad and Papa were sitting on the porch and they said they heard everything. Nick, Jill, and I went inside and told the others about what happened. A few minutes later the dog was back at our house. As of yesterday she was out and about and just fine. Whew! The thing that amazes me is that she was nailed by the car. I figured that if she survived she would go back to her original owners, but she came back to us. I think she's definitely found a new home. Nick told me that if she survived she could be our dog...he's trying to forget he said that!
Oh....this is how sweet she is...when Mom goes walking the dog walks with her. Sometimes she runs into another pasture for a little adventure, but always comes back and nudges Mom on the hand to let her know she is there.
Here is Nick having a moment with the dog.
Jill was taking a few engagement photos for us. Notice that I decided to take one on the road. This road is in front of our house. Our driveway is about 1/4 of a mile long. It was really busy with traffic for some reason so we never really got the picture we were trying to get. The stray ran from our house to where we were taking the pics. Several cars had passed by and she stood with us on the shoulder. One older lady came by and slowed down a bit. We decided to give up because of all of the cars. Jill and Nick were walking to the truck in front of me and I was standing in the ditch with the dog. For some reason the dog decided to jet out in front of the car. The lady SLAMMED her brakes...left a long mark and smoke was coming from her tires. The dog ran off so I figured she was fine. It was very traumatizing, but at least she wasn't flattened out in the road. The lady looked upset so I went to tell her not to worry because the dog wasn't ours. She drove off and might even have a dent in her car. We drove up to the house. Dad and Papa were sitting on the porch and they said they heard everything. Nick, Jill, and I went inside and told the others about what happened. A few minutes later the dog was back at our house. As of yesterday she was out and about and just fine. Whew! The thing that amazes me is that she was nailed by the car. I figured that if she survived she would go back to her original owners, but she came back to us. I think she's definitely found a new home. Nick told me that if she survived she could be our dog...he's trying to forget he said that!
Oh....this is how sweet she is...when Mom goes walking the dog walks with her. Sometimes she runs into another pasture for a little adventure, but always comes back and nudges Mom on the hand to let her know she is there.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Weekend Update
Friday Nick and I went to his grandparents house in Nada on our way to Shiner. We stopped to celebrate Aunt Ruthie's birthday. I finally got to meet the newest edition to the family...Brooks Jacob Goerig. It was good to get my baby fix for a little while. I know what lots of you are wondering....NO, Nick and I aren't planning on having kids right away! We're gonna try to wait a year. Little off the subject there. Anyways...we had a great visit with everybody. Abby...I know you're reading this and not commenting, but we definitely need to get together more! Nick and I have so much fun with you and Brian. We ended up leaving after 9 and getting to Shiner after 10. Of course there were lots of people in the pool house to greet us. We visited for a while and ended up crashing after 2am.
Saturday Nick and I worked on invitations. I'm aiming to get them in the mail on February 6th. We also had a visit with Father Bob at 11:30. It was actually a very good meeting. He told us that we were exceptional and that we were above the normal curve of people getting married. He said we are definitely ready for marriage! Wow! I always knew that we had a great relationship, but hearing it from the priest is pretty awesome. Other than that, Saturday we kinda just chilled out at the house. Aunt Carolyn and Jennifer came over to help Jamie get everythig ready for the shower on Sunday. That evening we all went to Trinity Lutheran Village to get it all ready. I probably wasn't supposed to help, but I was bored!
The shower took place at Trinity Lutheran Village at 8:30am Sunday. Definitely wasn't thrilled about waking up so early to shower and get decent looking, but it was very worthwhile. We had a WONDERFUL turnout! The shower was a Come & Go, but the people Came & Stayed! It was really great! I would almost bet that 90% of the people invited came or sent a gift. We got really really great things. I CANNOT wait to have our house and use all of our things. I know I say that after every shower, but it's sooo darned exciting. All of the hostesses, which there were like 164, gave me a 10 piece set of Pampered Chef stainless steel cookware. There was enough money left over that we are also going to get our KitchenAid mixer. WooooHooo! All of the gifts were TERRIFIC. I'll be posting the gift list soon. I left it in Shiner. Some other goodies that I love dearly are the (2) 5 piece place settings of "fine" china that Mom gave me and the accessories to our "everyday" china that Nick's Mom and Grams gave.
Saturday Nick and I worked on invitations. I'm aiming to get them in the mail on February 6th. We also had a visit with Father Bob at 11:30. It was actually a very good meeting. He told us that we were exceptional and that we were above the normal curve of people getting married. He said we are definitely ready for marriage! Wow! I always knew that we had a great relationship, but hearing it from the priest is pretty awesome. Other than that, Saturday we kinda just chilled out at the house. Aunt Carolyn and Jennifer came over to help Jamie get everythig ready for the shower on Sunday. That evening we all went to Trinity Lutheran Village to get it all ready. I probably wasn't supposed to help, but I was bored!
The shower took place at Trinity Lutheran Village at 8:30am Sunday. Definitely wasn't thrilled about waking up so early to shower and get decent looking, but it was very worthwhile. We had a WONDERFUL turnout! The shower was a Come & Go, but the people Came & Stayed! It was really great! I would almost bet that 90% of the people invited came or sent a gift. We got really really great things. I CANNOT wait to have our house and use all of our things. I know I say that after every shower, but it's sooo darned exciting. All of the hostesses, which there were like 164, gave me a 10 piece set of Pampered Chef stainless steel cookware. There was enough money left over that we are also going to get our KitchenAid mixer. WooooHooo! All of the gifts were TERRIFIC. I'll be posting the gift list soon. I left it in Shiner. Some other goodies that I love dearly are the (2) 5 piece place settings of "fine" china that Mom gave me and the accessories to our "everyday" china that Nick's Mom and Grams gave.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Lucky me
Last night I went to a friend's Mystery Hostess Premier Jewelry show. I ordered one bracelet that I really liked so I got a ticket to possibly be the mystery hostess. Out of all the tickets in the bag, she picked mine! I was shocked...I never win! I ended up getting to pick out $336 worth of free jewelry. So exciting! I'm having a hard time deciding on what to get now.
Hopefully Bonnie's luck is rubbing off on me. I think I'm gonna go get a lottery ticket now! ha!
Hopefully Bonnie's luck is rubbing off on me. I think I'm gonna go get a lottery ticket now! ha!
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
You should be impressed
This was my list for last week:
-contact Marty Shimek and Sarinda-booked Marty and Leslie Shimek to sing and Kaedy Hermes as organist
-find photographer around Wharton for quick engagement photos-Jamie agreed to it...just have to figure out when we can do it
-order invitation envelopes-get them in the mail today
-order paper from Hobby Lobby for invitations and programs-went there and bought all they had left in my colors
-addresses for Wharton couples shower-they sent them out Saturday
-email Pastor Laura/schedule a meeting-meet with her tomorrow
-email Father Bob back-meet with him Saturday
-finish Thank you's-have a few more to do
-type letters for wedding day-haven't started
-plan rehearsal and make invites-have the menu figured out and the invitations are almost complete
-contact Victoria Advocate and other papers-talked to them, just have to get the pics done
-order bridal portraits-ordered them from the lovely Alice on Friday
I'm definitely impressed with myself. I've also started on our wedding programs. The next thing I need to do is start asking people to serve cake and snacks, registry table, beer servers, etc.
-contact Marty Shimek and Sarinda-booked Marty and Leslie Shimek to sing and Kaedy Hermes as organist
-find photographer around Wharton for quick engagement photos-Jamie agreed to it...just have to figure out when we can do it
-order invitation envelopes-get them in the mail today
-order paper from Hobby Lobby for invitations and programs-went there and bought all they had left in my colors
-addresses for Wharton couples shower-they sent them out Saturday
-email Pastor Laura/schedule a meeting-meet with her tomorrow
-email Father Bob back-meet with him Saturday
-finish Thank you's-have a few more to do
-type letters for wedding day-haven't started
-plan rehearsal and make invites-have the menu figured out and the invitations are almost complete
-contact Victoria Advocate and other papers-talked to them, just have to get the pics done
-order bridal portraits-ordered them from the lovely Alice on Friday
I'm definitely impressed with myself. I've also started on our wedding programs. The next thing I need to do is start asking people to serve cake and snacks, registry table, beer servers, etc.
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