Bon Voyage

TEN is leaving tomorrow morning for vacation. Without me :(

I'm okay with it really...it's a boy trip. AND...I'm gone non-stop anyway with all of my wedding activities, so I can't blame him for wanting to go away too. However, I'm going to be blogging bunches because there is so much to update you on, and I simply haven't had the time.

I'm off to bridal shower # 3, tomorrow morning in DC. Coming back Sunday, and then I have all of next week to get myself situated before he returns. You know how it is...you meet someone, it's all fun and games, and then you wake up one day and realize you have zero clean clothes...the grass hasn't been mowed in months...you have no food in the house...your birthday thank you notes are a month overdue. That type of thing. I wouldn't trade a moment of the time I've spent with him for anything, but it sure is going to feel good to get caught up!

TEN comes home next Friday morning, and then I leave Saturday morning for bridal shower #4, and bachelorette weekend #2...in Charlotte. Back on Sunday, and then I'm home for a while. Thank heavens :)

So...you will be hearing quite a bunch from this little blogger next week as I try to keep myself distracted while the cat is away.....

T

Blue Light Special

I don't think I mentioned the fact that I got a speeding ticket. It was on the Friday before Father's Day weekend. I was driving to visit my BFF from school for the weekend (and bought my new car!), and was in some placed called Dinwiddee County, VA. If I've mis-spelled it I don't even care. I hate Dinwiddee County, VA :(

(Dinwiddee County, VA - BLECH!)

When you take Rt. 460 to the beach in VA you have to get onto I-95 for like 1.5 seconds. Everyone who has ever done this complains. It's this little widget if a glitch that everyone always misses. OR...once they get onto 95 they miss the exit off. So annoying. Anyway, I don't realize I'm coming up on the I-95 "get on" ramp, so I speed up to get in front of me-maw and pe-paw who have me trapped in the left lane, and I merge onto the ramp.

Imagine my surprise when there are blue flashing lights behind me. I was sure this fine officer of the law was attempting to pass me so that he could catch a criminal or some such. Being the law abiding citizen I am, I pulled over immediately and waved him by. Only.....he didn't go on by. He pulled up behind me.

GASP. Me? A speeding ticket? Surely you jest! I haven't had a speeding ticket since I was in high school. (well, maybe one...but I went to driving school and they took it off so it doesn't count)



Anyway, he was snarky and asked me if I knew how fast I was going and on and on. I explained my predicament, and told him that I never speed. I asked him to feel free to check my record. Which he did. He then proceeded to give me a ticket. 71 in a 55. Gaaah! Then, get ready...he said "thank you". WTF? Thank you? I hate Dinwiddee County, VA.

Fast forward to today. How much do I owe for this lovely speeding ticket you may ask? Well, the dimwit cop from Dinwiddee County, VA wouldn't tell me. He ran like a scared child when I scowled and shook my fist at him. So, I had to call some number on the ticket. Well, that number has been busy for like a week. Non-Stop.

So here's what I'm thinking. No one comes to Dinwiddee County, VA. Ever. Because really...why would you? It's that annoying little place on Rt. 460 where everyone screws up the I-95 thing. Everyone hates it. SO...they give you a ticket. Then, they take the phone off the hook which therefore forces you to have to go BACK to Dinwiddee County, VA to court to pay your stupid ticket because you have no clue how much it costs. They will probably be waiting for you when you arrive and give you some other ridiculous ticket of sorts. Grrrrrrrr.....

I, however, outsmarted them. I kept calling. I finally got a 45 minute recording. No wonder the line is always busy! My ticket will cost me $141. Awesome.

I hate Dinwiddee County, VA. I would suggest you avoid it at all cost!

T

Gather Round.....I Have an Announcement!

I've decided to come clean. Well, perhaps that's a bit dramatic. I've kindove been trying to tell you about it all along...but I don't think my hints were strong enough. (sigh)

Do you remember my post entitled So I Met a Guy....But He Doesn't Count? And the one entitled So Then I Met a Guy....And He DOES Count? Of course you do! You don't read 300 blogs a day or anything :) No worries. I've linked back so you can refresh your memory, and then you can come back to today's post and I can say.....................







Ummm...yea. Turns out I got it backwards.







Yep. That's it folks. The one that did count ended up not really counting very much at all. AND...the one that didn't count ended up being..........

Well, he ended up being exactly what I was looking for...I just didn't know it. Life is funny that way sometimes.

He's still TEN, but I've realized that doesn't really matter:) He makes me laugh until I cry. He takes care of me when I hurt myself being a klutz...which is pretty much daily. He makes me want to relax and do nothing but watch movies and be lazy...which is really cool because I'm type A and can't relax. Ever. He makes me want to learn how to cook, so I can cook for him. AND THAT, my friends, is amazing in and of itself.

So......

TEN meet my blog. Blog, meet TEN:

WHEW! Now I feel like I can actually blog again. I was having the hardest time telling stories without talking about him :)

T

UNDER CONSTRUCTION - HARD HATS OPTIONAL!

Hello! My little blog is currently under construction, and I am so very thankful to have the help of Southern from A Southern Accent because my skills are very much lacking :( She developed my new header, and is helping me get it situated.

Bare with me!!!

T

Keep Your Pies & Your Politics Separate, Thank You.

Back in the office. Grrrr......




The lake was relaxing and wonderful and funny and intoxicating and everything else that should be rolled into a long weekend with friends :) We played Cranium for two hours on our first night there, and didn't get through more than a 1/4 of the board. We were having too much fun! There is a video, but Daisy has pretty much forbidden us from showing it.


The Voice of Reason and her fiancé bought a new boat. Our house was right on the water & had a boat dock, so they came over and picked us up. We rode around for a bit, and then went to a shack of sorts on the water for lunch. It was lovely :) Later our friend TWW came over on his jet ski. Daisy and I took the jet ski out, and proceeded to flip it. The jet ski landed on my leg/foot. This is pretty much par for the course with me. I get injured on a regular basis. I hobbled around in an ACE bandage for the rest of the weekend, but never fear...I didn't let it get me down :)


Cocktails were the theme of our July 4th weekend. We had two types of lemonade concoctions, and something called a lemon drop, which i must have wrong because it has no lemon in it...only banana? I know two of the recipes by heart b/c I was the mix master for the weekend. Well, Jacob helped a bit...but you know...

Daisy made one of the lemonade drinks, so I can't share that with you because I can't remember it :( Here are the others...just in case you are looking for refreshing yumminess for the summer time:


Lemon Drop (we shall call it this, whether it's called this or not)
(makes one cocktail)
fill cup with ice
1-1/2 cap fulls of 99 bananas
1/2 cap full of 151
top off with cranberry juice

Blueberry Lemonade
(makes 1 pitcher)
1 bottle of chardonnay
3 cups of sprite
1/2 cup of hennessy
12oz of frozen pink lemonade concentrate
1 cup of frozen blueberries


I think that about sums up our weekend! Well, someone special did buy me red, white & blue cupcakes :)

I also have a new favorite song:
http://www.prefixmag.com/media/keri-hilson/knock-you-down-mp3/26618/

Now I guess it's back to the grind.....

T

Off To The Lake!

(disclaimer...I swiped the picture above from Blackeyed Susan at Susan in the South, who swiped it from So Pro. thanks for the loan!)

I'm headed to the lake for a long July 4th weekend. We have a house, and I'm really excited to spend some QT with some of the special people in my life. I've been so busy lately (and out of town) that I've missed them terribly!

This weekend I plan to tie my float to the dock and do nothing but float around with a cocktail in hand. As MK from All Things Melia says....I need to hit the RESTART button.

Hope your July 4th Weekend is as relaxing as mine will be!

T

My Wedding

I've never been one of those girls who sat around thinking about what their wedding dress would look like. For that matter, I haven't really given any thought to what my wedding would be like. That is a little bit odd, considering how close I've come to getting married....a few times.

Today I was perusing A Southern Accent and all of the sudden....I knew. I knew what my wedding was supposed to look like. (Southern, please forgive me for stealing your flikr...but it's absolutely PERFECT!!)


I adore Red, White & Blue. I wear it constantly. 60% of my wardrobe is probably some combo of RW&B. When I saw this collage the color is what drew me in. Then....the wedding dress. I was a ballerina for years. I love tutus. This dress is perfect. AND...I already have the red shoes she is wearing :)

I also already have the "bridesmaid's dress" with the polka dots. I adore the "place cards" that are red soda bottles with name labels on them. I don't like cake. I don't want a wedding cake. I didn't even know that until I saw this picture...but I don't. I want cupcakes :) Wedding cupcakes with little RW&B American flags on them. Because I'm American. And that's awesome. I am smitten with the wedding programs...but the invites are a little much. The favors are the best though. Peanuts and cracker jacks. Are you freakin kidding me?!?!?! LOVE!

I'm saving this picture, and when that day comes I will be ready ;)
T