lil' of this, lil' of that

I don't have too much to write about, just figured I'd better update this a little. I've had a cold all week and it sucks, I don't feel like doing anything. Craig was at his parent's last night and today for his dad's semi-annual poker tourny. He comes home tonight and we are supposed to go to a party of one of his co-worker's. Not gonna lie, I'm not too enthused.

Last weekend we went to dinner and a movie for valetine's day. We never go to movies so that was fun. I just hate paying $20 for a movie that isn't good, might as well wait 2 months and pay $5. We saw T@ken which was actually pretty good though.

Wedding stuff is coming along. I think we have all the big things done so now it kinda a dead period. It's nice to have a little break from it all.

Here are finally a couple pictures of the house! Yes I know there is nothing on the walls but we are still looking for some art/area rugs/accessories/etc. We still haven't painted the kitchen, I have the can of paint sitting there but haven't found the motivation to put it on the walls. lol.

Family room


View from family room to kitchen


Kitchen


Living room



Dining room. Note our lack of table. We had to put some boxes under the chandiler because we kept nailing our heads on it. lol.

Bridesmaid dress

Finally here's the link to the bridesmaid dresses I've chosen. If the right color doesn't come up it's espresso dress with fuschia band.

http://www.dessy.com/dresses/bridesmaid/6537/

where does the time go?

Why do weekends go so fast? I feel like I barely left work on friday and now here I am back.

This weekend we didn't do much exciting. Got dinner on friday, ran errands on saturday and sunday, went out for drinks with dana and josh saturday night. We did buy a new tv which is very exciting. Our house has a cutout above the fireplace for the tv (dumbest idea ever if you ask me) and it's so small that we had been using my old 20". Craig complains all the time because he can't see it. So this weekend we bought a new 40" s@amsung which we can mount above the fireplace with a little engineering to put some beams across the cutout. It is exciting but took FOREVER to go between the couple of stores we were looking at. For now we have it set up on my old coffee table and Craig is very excited.

Sorry, there isn't any pictures online of the place we are getting married. It's at a golf course and the ceremony is at an outdoor gazebo that looks over a lake and then the reception is inside the clubhouse with an outdoor patio. So everyone must pray for good weather on sept 19! It's a risk to count on no rain in seattle but people say september usually has good weather so we will hope. My dress is going to remain a secret but here is the bridesmaid dress that I am leaning towards.(looks like my work computer won't let me post it so I will try to do it laster from home) It is a tea-length halter, chocolate brown with a fuscia accent.

update

I have a headache. I don't want to be here, I want to go home and climb into my bed. But since I'm stuck at work with no patient I might as well give you something to read. :)

I've been busy working, wedding planning, and painting the house.

We are almost done painting the downstairs with just the kitchen and possibly the entryway left. Why is it taking so long you ask? Because Craig is the world's WORST painter. I don't get what he does but it comes out all streaky. So he tries to help and it ends up making more work for me because then I have to give it yet another coat. And since the blue tape sucks I need to touch up along the base boards and straighten my wobbly line along the ceiling. We have quite the colorful downstairs with a burnt orange family room, mustard yellow bathroom, a purplish grayish blueish living/dining room, and a grey and crimson office. We are going to do the kitchen a mocha color and maybe the entry way a chocolate brown. I think it looks great, especially since I hate white walls from living in apartments for so many years now.

Wedding planning is going fine, I'm just sick of it consuming all my time and the lack of help I get. I have a ceremony/reception site booked, my dress ordered, bridesmaid dresses down to 2 picks, dj and photographer booked, and meeting with a florist tomorrow. Now for all the not fun stuff like centerpieces, invites, favors, programs, etc. yuck!

Otherwise I am fairly lame. Had a friend's b-day party last weekend. This weekend Craig's cousin and his wife are coming to visit and I think we are going to drag them bowling with some of our other friends. I don't quite understand how when he lived alone for the past 5 years not a one of them came up here but now that we bought a house they can't seem to get enough.

Ho Hum

Our x-mas was uneventful, nothing all that exciting. Went to the future in-laws for the weekend. Didn't get much for gifts.

We don't have big plans for new years. I think we are going to go out for a drink with Dana and Josh. Have a feeling that we may be home before midnight. Lame-o.

Lots going on here, just nothing I can share due to the readership of this, don't need the whole world knowing my family drama. :) No big plans for this weekend. Hoping to get some dress shopping in, errands ran, and cleaning done. Craig's dad is coming up to help put a chair rail up and I've just learned his mom may come too. That means getting nothing done for Laura and having to entertain. :( Think I may be a bad fiance/DIL and just do my own thing but am willing to bet that my guiltiness will kick in and I'll entertain. blah.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you have a great one filled with lots of family and food. Hope all your travels are safe. Miss you all back home, wish I could be there this year. :(

Identity crisis

I think WA is mistaking that it's MN. It took me 2 hrs to make my 30 minutes drive on thursday. Here is what my backyard looks like.


In other news, Dana and I went dress shopping yesterday. It was fun but I tried on sooooo many pretty dresses. I have it narrowed down to 2 that I really like I think. Problem is one is a cafe color (kinda a light brown/tan i guess?) and I'm not sure how it would look if I ordered it in white. The cafe is pretty but I think I kinda want a white wedding dress. The other is an ivory. It sucks, I kinda look better in the ivory than white but is that just the lights in these places and that it's winter and I'm pasty? Is it weird to have an off-white wedding dress? Do I risk ordering the white and it washing me out? AGHHHH! So many decisions. It sucks that my mom and amy can't get out here to help me pick one out.