Today I realized that I'm stuck up. At least I'm honest, right? My family grew up judging each other, and judging other people so I guess its not surprising. That's how we got our jollies. We watched tv and made fun of everybody. Maybe everyone does that? I'm not sure. This was just a random thought, nothing huge happened to provoke it. Except I was telling my FMIL about someone I didn't like and then I couldn't even come up with a real reason why. Maybe it was something that happened a long time ago and I just didn't change my opinion? I don't know but I really need to be more friendly. I have to change my bad habits before I have children and pass them on. BTW I'm not looking for anyone to say "you're not a snob!" because if the shoe fits...
Anyway, Matt and I went to subway and somehow we started talking about how screwed our children will be. If they have all of our bad qualities combined they will (among other things)
*be clutzy (me)
*be afraid of everything (me again)
*have poor eyesight and hearing (both of us)
*be huge dorks (mostly matt, but both of us technically)
*have bad teeth that need braces (matt)
*be lactose intolerant (matt)
*be super stubborn (me, I used to throw HORRIBLE tantrums and so did Matt. But I'm more stubborn than he is now.)
That's all I can think of right now, but it's pretty bad.
We got a videographer! I felt like since I have videos from when I was three years old I should have some footage of my wedding. It just feels right. I think it would be awesome to watch my grandma's wedding.
I kinda failed with the save the dates. I sent them sporadically and I'm not sure if everyone got them. Hopefully the invites will go better...Matt and his dad are supposed to do calligraphy on the envelopes. So we'll see how long that takes them. He says a week. Less than a week. I say "ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!" Wish us luck.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Do not blindly follow my mother
Last Friday I went out to dinner and to the movies with my mom and brother. We went to see "The Kings Speech" and I blindly followed my mother into the theater. We got there about half an hour early so we talked for awhile. Soon we started to see 14, 15, 16 year old girls walking in. Like gobs of them. So we rolled our eyes and thought "oh great, they better not talk" and "why are they even watching this? they aren't going to like it." But the hordes didn't quit coming. So a part of me wondered if we were in the wrong theater but I was too lazy to check, and I figured that was unlikely. The credits started and the first one was for "Sucker Punch" (which Matthew is super excited for by the way. He says its like Alice in Wonderland only more awesome and with hot chicks) so that was a little weird, normally they think of their audience when they play credits. The next credit was for some animated bunny movie. This is what followed:
Me: "thats it, we are surrounded by 12-year-olds and a bunny preview is on the screen. We HAVE to be in the wrong theater!"
Mom: "no we are in theater 15 right? The ticket guy said theater 15"
Me: "no the ticket says theater 14"
So Eric went to check, and sure enough we were in the room for "Beastly" which I do want to see, but not in the theater because there's no getting away from the giggling, talking girls. Even if you go super late, whats up with that? Seriously. But I digress. We sheepishly made our way to the correct room, which was much smaller with only two other people in it. We only missed a couple minutes, nobody talked and it was a really good movie. So lesson learned: "do not blindly follow my mother"
Today we had the taste testing for the wedding food, which was fun and delicious. I'm so excited for our menu, I think people will love it. We also found some fun glass containers and ribbons for the candy bar. Even though everything didn't start out the way I wanted and I didn't get my vintage modern wedding, I'm still finding ways to incorporate the eclectic feel that I love so much. Everything is coming together!
OH! Early this morning I woke up and heard my mom, dad and sister outside my door exclaiming "Oh my God" so I crawled out of bed to see what was wrong. My parents went into their room and slammed the door and I proceeded down the stairs. But I only made it a couple steps before I saw that our whole family room carpet was covered in maple syrup and dog food. Like some weird giant art project. Of course it was my three year old niece Caroline, who seemed pretty pleased with herself. And my dogs food smells like fish/rotting potatoes so its completely disgusting. So I turned around and went back to bed because it wasn't even 8 O'clock. Helpful, right?
Me: "thats it, we are surrounded by 12-year-olds and a bunny preview is on the screen. We HAVE to be in the wrong theater!"
Mom: "no we are in theater 15 right? The ticket guy said theater 15"
Me: "no the ticket says theater 14"
So Eric went to check, and sure enough we were in the room for "Beastly" which I do want to see, but not in the theater because there's no getting away from the giggling, talking girls. Even if you go super late, whats up with that? Seriously. But I digress. We sheepishly made our way to the correct room, which was much smaller with only two other people in it. We only missed a couple minutes, nobody talked and it was a really good movie. So lesson learned: "do not blindly follow my mother"
Today we had the taste testing for the wedding food, which was fun and delicious. I'm so excited for our menu, I think people will love it. We also found some fun glass containers and ribbons for the candy bar. Even though everything didn't start out the way I wanted and I didn't get my vintage modern wedding, I'm still finding ways to incorporate the eclectic feel that I love so much. Everything is coming together!
OH! Early this morning I woke up and heard my mom, dad and sister outside my door exclaiming "Oh my God" so I crawled out of bed to see what was wrong. My parents went into their room and slammed the door and I proceeded down the stairs. But I only made it a couple steps before I saw that our whole family room carpet was covered in maple syrup and dog food. Like some weird giant art project. Of course it was my three year old niece Caroline, who seemed pretty pleased with herself. And my dogs food smells like fish/rotting potatoes so its completely disgusting. So I turned around and went back to bed because it wasn't even 8 O'clock. Helpful, right?
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Matt Needs a Wife
We've gotten a lot of wedding things done just in the past few weeks. I finally have flowers, I've met with my wedding coordinator, we got our rings, and our invitations came in! I have to admit I'm a little bit of a failure with the save-the-dates though. I didn't send all of them out at the same time and its almost getting to the point where it's...pointless. The invitations will go out in a month or so. It's only 3 months away! 95 days! I keep thinking about wearing my dress, walking down the aisle to Matt and saying "I do".
Matt has decided to start working out so he can look buff in his tux. He is doing this workout called the Spartacus workout. A fitting name, considering he is acting like he is DYING. He is so sore he is having trouble walking. Poor Matt, all in the name of being healthy.
Speaking of healthy, yesterday he ate 5 breadsticks for dinner. I told him this is proof that he needs a wifey. Today Jill and I thought about how awesome it was to be 18. If we were in Peru we would be watching One Tree Hill, going on walks, eating dinner together, going to the Bob, and doing all kinds of idiotic things because we weren't cool or interested enough to go to parties. But man did we have fun. It's easy to romanticize it now that its over though. I certainly don't miss saying goodbye to Matt. There was also tons of drama, lots of walking in the cold and boring homework. At least we still keep in touch and hang out!
Matt and I almost started looking for a house but decided an apartment was the best decision. I want to see how our finances go first, so we have a better idea of what we can afford. Plus maybe we will have a pool! Honestly all I want is a washer and dryer in the unit. I don't want any "communal laundry" shit. I would never do my laundry if I had to deal with that.
Matt's uncle is getting married in November near Washington D.C. So that will be fun! I've always wanted to go but I doubt we'll have any time to sight see. We don't get a honeymoon because Matt will be in school, so maybe one day we can make up for it and go somewhere really awesome!
Speaking of healthy, yesterday he ate 5 breadsticks for dinner. I told him this is proof that he needs a wifey. Today Jill and I thought about how awesome it was to be 18. If we were in Peru we would be watching One Tree Hill, going on walks, eating dinner together, going to the Bob, and doing all kinds of idiotic things because we weren't cool or interested enough to go to parties. But man did we have fun. It's easy to romanticize it now that its over though. I certainly don't miss saying goodbye to Matt. There was also tons of drama, lots of walking in the cold and boring homework. At least we still keep in touch and hang out!
Matt and I almost started looking for a house but decided an apartment was the best decision. I want to see how our finances go first, so we have a better idea of what we can afford. Plus maybe we will have a pool! Honestly all I want is a washer and dryer in the unit. I don't want any "communal laundry" shit. I would never do my laundry if I had to deal with that.
Matt's uncle is getting married in November near Washington D.C. So that will be fun! I've always wanted to go but I doubt we'll have any time to sight see. We don't get a honeymoon because Matt will be in school, so maybe one day we can make up for it and go somewhere really awesome!
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