My blogger friends are nuts

What's going on today? I'm reading blogs, and I think the internet has gone crazy!

First I read Mrs. Kathy over at mama's losin it, is she really talking about her own funeral? And what's with the picture of Barbie?

Then read Mrs. Muffy over at my friends are sluts, again, what?? is she killing the blog, or worse??

Why are all my friends talking about death?

Next, I go over to my girl at Pugs not Drugs where thankfully she is talking about something other than death. She is discussing the 4th, although not overly happily, and oh, I'll trade you electric bills, Texas, is not cheap in the summer, but then what's with the picture of the kid?? Is that your 4 year out nephew?

Finally, I see Eat this Fort Worth has a new post and I get all excited because we ate dinner with them the other night and I have been impatiently waiting to see my dinner featured on her website, but Noooooo she decided to post about the goings on for the 4th in the Fort.

Come on people help me out here.

And I'm off

Today I leave for MN for what I'm sure will prove to be a whirlwind three weeks. Jake and I are getting married in 12 days. I'm leaving today and will be preparing some of the last minute details while Jake works for another week, and then joins me a week later.

I am so excited for this. I am excited that I found a great man to marry, and I'm excited to see all of our hard work and planning all put together. I'm excited to wear the dress, and walk down the aisle. I have no idea how I will feel on my wedding day. Will I be nervous, excited? Probably a bit of both.

I am proud of myself for how relatively calm I have been feeling about all of the details and planning. With 12 days to go I believe everything is in place and we will be ready for anything on the big day.

A new low

So you think it's weird when you e-mail your co-worker who is sitting across the room from you.

I just instant messaged Jake who is sitting not 10 feet away from me because he doesn't like it when I talk to him while he is working.

With instant message he can respond whenever he wants which is RIGHT AWAY most of the time.

Delectable Delights

It's been a while since I posted a good recipe we made.



This is nothing fancy but it turned out well.

Jake made up a marinade of garlic, lemon, lemon zest, pepper, and olive oil. Then threw the chicken on the grill.

I made a yummy salad of baby spinach, red lettuce, broccoli, carrots, tomato and avocado.

After the picture was taken, we combined it all and devoured it.

Road Trip Anyone?

Anyone feel like making a three or four day road trip with Jake and I, and then just me after our wedding?

We are trying to figure out how to get all of our gifts back to TX from MN after the wedding. We were going to rent like a Uhaul van, or something, but the vans don't allow for returns at a different location, and the trucks are super expensive. It just seems like a heck of a lot of money to spend when we don't even know for sure where we will be in a year.

Right now, I'm thinking about asking my dad if we can rent him a car for a few days, and take his SUV full of stuff back to TX, and then I would drive it back to MN and fly home. Anyone wanna come with??

My latest love

Jake and I make coffee using a French press instead of a coffee maker. I love getting the kettle going on the stove, and mixing it all together. Plus, with only two of us, I think we end up pouring less coffee down the drain.

We used to have a glass French press that lasted about a year before the glass carafe broke.

We recently bought this one, and I am in love.



I love the stainless steal, and the sleek design of it. It didn't cost as much as one of the fancy esspresso/coffee/chai/do your laundry machines either, and besides I get to cheat on Jake with it on a daily basis!

Weekend and the hangover

This weekend was probably just what I needed to relieve some of the wedding stress I'd be having. We went to Austin with some of our friends and had a great time. We kenneled our dogs, and stayed in a hotel, and stayed out late, and slept in late.

However, now this Monday morning, I am feeling a bit of a weekend hangover. Not of the drinking type, but just of the tired feeling lazy having a hard time getting going.

Plus, and I just need vent for a little bit. We have really been having trouble with the place where we board our dogs. I feel like the bill is always double what we expect it to be. Lucy seems to always have poo problems when she is there so the give her medicine. Now I realize she isn't at home and can't just run outside whenever she has to go, but is it really necessary to give her meds just because she had diarrhea one time? This time although we specifically said we didn't want them to participate in day camp, they did anyway, and charged us a fricken arm and a leg for it.

I think we're going to have to research other kennels in the area, I've done all the internet research I can and haven't found anything better, but I think I'm gonna have to hit up the mom and pop shops that don't have internet and find out their prices.

Not even joking, it cost more to board our dogs this weekend, than it did for Jake and I to stay in a hotel????