Lucy Jane

Bridal Mania

Well I have gotten even more accomplished in this whole wedding thing.  I can't believe it's 43 days away.  We got our wedding bands last night.  C's is white gold and pretty thick, I was glad he went for the thicker band.  Mine is a row of diamonds.  I first picked out a 1 carat platinum band, it was a size 7 I wear a size 4 ring (it's the only part of me that's a size 4 believe me) the lady said by the time they sized it down you wouldn't be able to see all the diamonds, plus it was $1500.  I ended up with 1/2 carat platinum band for $995 and I love it more than the expensive one!  YAY, C's was $150.00, he rocks!

But for the REAL exciting news... my mother sent me a link to a website for a B&B in Napa Valley.  We had planned on Sonoma so C was pretty much set against going to Napa since we have discussed the other for a year.  When I saw this inn, I knew I had to go.  HAD TOO!  I showed it to C and he wanted a cottage, this one didn't show a cottage on their website.  So he called today, and they DO have a cottage and he booked it!  I am sooo happy. Here it is. Inn I can't wait to go!  Can't!

In other news... my workplace is once again filled with snot.  People are hocking, sneezing and coughing like mad.  I feel so CLEAN! 

Back!

Well I haven't written in a while because of the amount of stuff I have to do for this wedding.  My mom came down to get me "focused" last Wednesday, and we got a lot accomplished, such as:

Flowers
Cake
Rehearsal Time
Rehearsal Dinner Location
Rehearsal Dinner Food
Post Wedding Celebration Location
Chartered a bus to the ceremony from the hotel
Hair appointment lined up
Centerpiece decorations
Marriage Licenses
Invitation Envelopes (I am supposed to use 2 envelopes but I am only using one since I am designing all parts of the invitations myself, they are so pretty)
Have addressed 11 envelopes so far with my pretty calligraphy pen

Things left to do:
Buy Rings
Find Makeup Artist to come to the salon that Saturday morning
Finish Invites and send to my pal Bryan to print
Finish addressing invites to send
1 million other things that I have forgotten
Keep my sanity!

The visit with my mom was fun.  She doesn't like my veil, she wanted me to wear a pillbox hat type of veil like she wore in 1967, but they don't make those anymore.  And we are most definitely having punch at the rehearsal dinner and the post-wedding party plus butter mints, and mixed nuts.

She was nice most of the time, except yesterday when she kindly informed me that my healthy eating wasn't working.  Meaning I am too fat for her tastes.  And that my hair needs to be shoulder length rather than down my back.  Oh well.

More later!

It's COLD out there!

Well the tire issue is successfully over!  I took Goldie (that's my jeep's name) to my mechanic in St. Pete.  Well they took off my tires, patched them and gave me a new lug nut key, and I thought I was going to have to dispose of my car.

I have to say that I don't get too many comments, but on my previous post when I was talking about being a basket case, I got the sweetest comment from Michele, please visit her if you haven't already... she rocks!

I have now got the hotel rooms blocked out for the wedding and am contemplating getting a bus or shuttle service from the hotel to the cruise ship.  I don't want someone who has taken the time, effort and money to be here to get lost and miss it.

Yesterday we cleaned the house from top to bottom.  Then I made the most wonderful soup.  It's got 5 different kind of beans, tomatoes, and some veggie crumbles instead of ground beef.  It's full of fiber, low in calories and fat and it's SOOO GOOD!

Here is the recipe if anyone is interested

1 can of Diced Tomatoes
1 Can of tomatoes with green chilies
2 cans of shoe-peg corn drained
1 can of chili beans in Hot sauce not drained
1 small can of green chilies not drained
1 can of Kidney Beans not drained
1 can of Pinto Beans not drained
1 can of Navy Beans not drained
1 can of Black Beans not drained

2 packets of Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing (just the packets)
2 packets of taco seasoning

I used veggie crumbles, but you are supposed to use 1lb of ground beef
1 large onion.

Basically you brown your ground beef with your onion, and dump the rest of the stuff into a broiler and let it cook for a while.

Yum!

Oh P.S. the reason for the title is that it only got to 55° today! Now folks I am in Tampa Florida... that not what I signed up for.

Mental Breakdown part 1

Well I spent 1/2 the day in uncontrollable tears.  The day started out fine enough, I went for my first official wedding gown fitting.  I really had forgotten what a pretty dress this is.  Actually it's either way out of style or just plain unique, because I haven't seen anything like it.  Anyway my fitting went well, only took an hour an a half. 

The next task at hand was to get my Jeep's tires patched.  A couple of months ago I found a screw or something in the front passenger side tire, it isn't really loosing any air, so I decided to keep an eye on it.  Then last week I found another nail in the passenger side back tire.  Now that one is looking a little low, air wise.  Now my Jeep is a wrangler which just has plastic windows, zippers and a roll cage.  I really don't want to loose both tires at the same time.  Ok so I looked in the yellow pages for tire places and I found one that was close by.  So basically that was a lie, and I spent an HOUR looking for a tire place, AN HOUR! So I take my car to the first one that I saw.  Then  went to eat.  Then they called, they couldn't find the lug wrench.  They looked everywhere for it.  That means they can't take the tires off of the car.  So, I had to go by the jeep place to find out if I could get a lug wrench, and they said that each were unique and that the tire place could take the lug out of the tire.  The tire place said that they couldn't.  Basically a new set of 4 locking lugs and a lug wrench is about 40 bucks.  And NO ONE will help me.  NO ONE.  They won't even talk to me.  It's dangerous.  And not one of those bastards will even help, I was so frustrated that I just cried.  I HATE Brandon Florida, I really do.  My mechanic in St. Pete will help me, I know he will.  Oh how I sometime wish I wasn't in the suburbs. 

On a better note we picked our hotel, I got a hair appointment, my mom is coming down on Wednesday night and I have Thursday and Friday off. 

I hate being a basket case.

Big Fancy Bra

Alrighty.  I have to take my wedding dress in for a "fitting" and get it altered and I need to bring along the undergarments that I will be wearing on that day.  So I need a BIG bra.  I am a 38D.  I need one that comes low in the back, and strapless, neither of which are practical for the big boobed girl.  So I have searched the web for places to go to get such bra, and nothing.  Well I have seen some, but they aren't exactly what I want. 

The bra I tried on with my dress was nice, I can actually go and purchase one there, but it really didn't come down low enough in the back.  The saleslady said they could work with it, and make it work right, but I'd rather get one that works correctly with the dress rather than acting like the Midas muffler guy shouting "We'll make it fit".

I also need to get shoes.  I was going to do flip flops and everyone has shouted NO to me, so I was thinking Flat slippers, folks I have flat feet... with bunions, I ain't doing heels, plus I am 5'2" and who am I kidding?

CRIKEY, today is exactly 2 months before the wedding, and I am still working on Invites.  Anyone have any ideas on wording on RSVPs?

~throwing up on self now!

Quickie, but Important

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Thanks!

Punch?

So we got registered at Bed Bath & Beyond and Target so far.  This past weekend was fun.  C got the tux picked out, and was measured as well.  Yesterday I spent another day calling hotels in the area trying to find a decent group rate.  Apparently the decent group rate is 100 bucks plus a night, that's not a deal people! 

I am trying to plan everything right now, such as cake, flowers remembering to buy a bra, shoes Oh and wedding bands.  My mom instant messages me yesterday with, Do you want punch?  We have talked about punch at least 10 times before.  We don't need punch at the wedding because they will be serving tea and soft drinks for free.  Now she wants punch for the get together at our house for the out-of-towners.  Does anyone drink punch anymore?  The only punch that I ever remember having is the one made with lime sherbet and ginger ale.  Which is served at every church function in the state of Mississippi (Miss-ippi if you live there) this is NOT a church function, this is on a lunch cruise on the inter-coastal waterway in Clearwater.  PUNCH?  Since punch is soo important to her we will most likely have it at my house for the get together, because my aunt has a new  recipe.  I would rather have the lime sherbet one, and those square pastel butter mints.  Oh well!

Seriously does anyone do punch at get togethers anymore?  If I am just out of it... let me know.

Double Dose

Wow two posts in one day.  I went out for lunch today, we to my favorite Thai place, ohh it's the best in town.  So I always get the same thing, mixed vegetable cashew style, medium spice.  It's just soo good.  Today I got chicken in my veggies.  Now I try not to eat very much meat, but the place was busy that I shut up and ate my meat.  It was a fun lunch, "S" and I met a former coworker there, and he bought her sake, and me some wine.  We laughed very hard at very immature things.  What could be better?

This weekend we are going to register for wedding gifts.  Am I nuts for feeling guilty for this?  I don't really need much most of the stuff I'll ask for is just silly stuff that I want.  Is that okay?  Or should it be stuff we need?

I just don't know much about this wedding stuff.  I read stuff on the Knot, and it seems wayyy to serious and fru fru for us.  It's more important that we have a great relationship rather than a crazy expensive fru fru wedding.

I mean I want a wedding, but man, people can go overboard.  Do wedding guests really care that much about how their place cards are set up?  I never did.  GOSH I am just so overwhelmed.

Anyone have any words of wisdom for me out there?

Nasty!

I seriously cannot believe how disgusting some people are.  If you weigh 210lbs and 100lbs of it is SNOT, please for the love of GOD BLOW YOUR NOSE, don't keep hocking, and sucking the snot back in your nose... or in your mouth where you can sample it.  DANG!  I swear I am about to throw up in my own mouth.  Is it hard to get up and walk to the bathroom to dispose of the snot in a more "delicate" way.  It doesn't help that I am already in a bitchy mood!

My new years resolution was to get up and walk every morning before work.   So I have stuck to it for 5 whole days ( I started walking on Monday morning) I swore I was walking at least 2.5 miles.  I am only walking 1.3 UGH.  This means I am going to have to get up earlier and walk further.  It's so hard to get up early.  Boo, poor me! ( I know my house didn't get washed away and my entire family killed, so yes I will stop whining now)

all for now, until I puke on myself thanks to the snot boy

Regular

Ok today I was going to post about something completely different, but this came to mind.  A friend of mine and I some time ago were discussing poop which isn't uncommon since I find poop and farts hysterical.  I am 8.

Anyway my friend wasn't regular so to speak.  So being the helpful person I am I offered her these suggestions.

Lucy's Steps to Regularity:

1.  Eat Kashi Cereal with Soymilk
2.  Eat pasta&bean soup for lunch
3.  Tomato soup for dinner
4.  Hummus for a snack

It's amazing how unstuffed you become.

Try this instead of exlax!