Five years in the making

I can't remember if I have explained to you the reason I still don't have my wedding album.  The short story is that that some of our pictures were lost when our photographers computer crashed.  I went through a slight depression and didn't want to deal with picking out pictures.  A year to a year and a half after the wedding I was ready to start looking at pictures for our wedding, however, our photographer was no where to be found.  And boo to us, we had already paid for our album with him.  When we couldn't find him for a year we were upset again.  Finally for our 4 year anniversary (last august) BJ started talking with a photographer with our church to see if she could help us create an album.  We met with her on Monday and found out it will still cost almost $700 dollars to create it.  After a couple deep breaths we moved on.  However, we still needed to pick out pictures for our album.  We spent Friday night looking at over 1500 pictures from our wedding.  I have no clue how many we narrowed it down, but soon we need to do a second cut because I have a feeling we have a lot of the same picture in different places.  I mean really, how many kissing pictures do we need.  2 sounds good 15 a little to many.

Hopefully by our 5th anniversary we will have $700 and we can pay for our album.  ***SIGH*** Why does it always come down to money.

Huge Favor to ask

This is a shout out to everyone who was able to make it to our wedding a couple a weeks ago. Due to some majorly unfortunate events and technology our photographer's hard drive crashed and ate some of our pictures. So I am asking people to check their photos they took and see if they have any of the following.

1. Pre-wedding anything. (Any with the boys or girls both inside and out).
2. Pre-procetional. (boys at the alter or walking in).
3. Procetional of the bridesmaids.
4. When BJ first saw me or as I was walking down the isle.
5. And most importantly my dad walking me down the isle.

Were Freezing

Just kidding. Its so flipping hot around here I am sure I will melt when I put on my snow suit next weekend. We are trying to lay low and say cool. Now let's all hope that next weekend it won't rain and it won't be toooooo increadably hot. This afternoon, BJ and I are going to see Cars for the second time just for fun! see you later.

Wedding Crazyness

I will be sad and happy at the same time with I don't have to plan and prep for the wedding. I love being a bride don't get me wrong. I get happy attention and best of all I am the center of attention. The part I don't enjoy as much is being the party planner. It feels like everytime I turn around I get the "oh congradulations your getting married" then not even 10 seconds later they ask are you ready, is everything done? So it is like a happy sun then flashflood. I can't wait for the actual day though because by then evertying will be taken care of and it will all fall into place with no actuall planning that day. CRAZY WOMAN ON THE LOOSE!

100th episode

This is my 100th blog. Real amazing right?

Well first of all thanks to everyone who was worried about me but I'm back and still kicking.

So lets see what to blog about today... hmm... Oh I know!

Okay so before grad school I really did not have much of the craft bug in me. (It does cause a bit of a fever and stuff when you have it real bad). However, when I started hanging out with Jen a bit more I realilized I had the craft bug but it was just lieing dormit for a bit. So the bug came to the surface and started causing problems. First, I started a HUGE cross stich that I am now only about half way done but it has been pushed aside due to other obligations going on in my life at the moment. Then I Started the Veil of Death. Which might I add, the large part edge beading is complete now I just have to do the small part and little things but again, Not finished. Then I decided hmmmm, I know a handful of people who practicly attach me to get my corn bag, so I should make some of those to reduce scaring and bruising prior to the wedding. So I asked for directions on how much fabric to buy and how large squares should be for this thing but I never heard back about it. Well since the bug has been growing more confident I decided I could do it myself (just like a three year old). However, I have Never and I mean Never bough fabric before in my life, I have been there when other people have do it but this was a new experience for me. So Obviously I buy to much. Then I cut the pieces what I think is too small. So instead of having a corn bag I have bean bag size bags for corn. HMMMM again, if only I had those stupid directions. So when I am trying to sew the bags together the sewing machine and I start to fight. (Speaking of, mom I need some help with the Sewing machine). SO right now I have 6 corn bags cut but not put together because of the machine being difficult. Any other craft project I can start and not complete? I would love to know!

Careful, we are about to wake a sleeping beast!

So it has been over a month since I last posted and I have a good explanation for it all I promise. But along with my explanation I will catch you up to everything that has been happening in the busy world of Kelly.

First of all, I PASSED MY TEST!!! Wahoo! This was not a test that I needed to pass to graduate this was just a test I needed to pass in order to get my state license. Done! I was worried about it for a while but now that I know I did it I am not worried any more.

Second, the time between the test and now I spent a lot of time preparing a presentation and writing a paper for school. Basically the paper needed to be about a treatment option or type of syndrome we were working closely with during our internship. That took more time than I would have liked it to have taken, but it is done and now I am waiting for a grade on the project.

Third, I finished up with my internship with Action For Kids. It feels good to be done but I miss all my little kiddos.

Fourth, I got a job. I interviewed some time in March and I accepted a posision at the Rainbow Center which is super exciting and super scary at the same time. I mean come on, this is my first step in being a grown up.

Fifth, BJ and I are moving along smoothly in the wedding plans but I want to talk more about that in a bit.

And last but not least, BJ and I found a place we want to live for the next year or so of our lives while we get everything settled before we buy a house.

Okay about this wedding thing, it's actually more about the wedding and growing up thing. Recently I have been having moments where I just become way overwhelmed with things going on. I try not to think of things to much because that is when it happens the most, however, I will just be sitting somewhere and all of a sudden I will realize that I will soon have to pay a lot of money for rent every month and now it is me paying with my own money not mom's money any more. Then I start to think about having a real job. I have been working this job for about the past 15 weeks but now it will be for real, I will be on my own, nobody will be watching me, or there to jump in if something bad happens during therapy. Then I start to combine the two things and start to worry that the money BJ and I will be making won't be enough to pay our bills and still be able to save for a house cover our fun expenses. Then there is the whole wedding thing too. I mean the invitations need to go out soon, and I mean soon. Like the end of next week and I don't even know if we have all of the right addresses. We sent out our save the dates but some of them came back "return to sender" now I don't remember which ones those are and I would hate to have someone not get there invite because it go lost in the mail. Then it is like every time I turn around some one new is asking me, "Is there anything I can do to help?" and I feel bad telling them no when I am in this state of mind. Im going crazy but I am such a perfectionist that I know if something isn't done just the way I would do it, I would probably redo it just so I felt comfortable that it was a quality job or something. Then there is the shower stuff too. I don't really know how this is supposed to go but I thought I wasn't supposed to have to worry about planning the showers. Right now however, I feel like a relay person telling this person what that person said or is thinking, then relaying the comments back to the first person and so on.

I think I am just a little overwellmed can you tell??? I hope this is normal but I'm not really sure. And I really hope it's over soon because I can't take it much longer.

Sorry it was so long but it makes up for a little time away.

Its Been a while

Yeah, I know, I have been a bad person and not writing. SO SORRY.

Now its time for excuses. Okay well I have been studying my butt off to take this test that I had today. The easiest way to explain this test is its like the Speech Language Pathologists version of Boards. Plus I have been busy with my "job."

Catch up time: Last weekend BJ and I had premarital counseling. It was fun but really long. And I'm not real sure if they did this on purpose, but we were sitting on the most uncomfortable chairs in the whole church. Now most people didn't attend our church so they wouldn't know better that we had better chairs but we knew better. 8 hours on these things! Poor BJ, He was in pain, around 1 or 2 my lower half fell asleep so I forgot how much pain I was in. Over all, the event was a good we learned some new stuff and we still have to meet with our marriage mentors to review our scores that we received.

This weekend I came up to Wisconsin to take my test. I decided to come up here because I could then see some of the girls I haven't seen in a few months. Last night Tania and I studied for a bit then I came to the hotel and tried to get some sleep. Tried was the key word to that sentence. I did not sleep well at all, I was to hot, to cold, spazing that I missed the test, so on and so on. Finally, when it was time to get up I felt horrible. I kept trying to tell myself that it was just nerves but I am now convinced that I had some type of intestinal thing because I still feel like something has tied my intestines up into a huge knot. Now I want to go into the hot tub but middle aged people are down there and I don't want to go and sit with a bunch of strangers. Not may cup of tea. Oh well. Tomorrow I will head home back to the same old same old.

Blah

Have you ever had the feeling that you know you are cranky but not really sure why? That is my current mood today. I don't know why I feel cranky, I just know that at any moment, for no particular reason, I could just snap. So blah is a good way to describe my current mood.

On a separate note, I bought the items for our wedding favors today. I'm excited. I came up with this idea a while ago but had to wait for today before I could execute. While I was looking for these items I went to about four stores and couldn't find them. I started to get real worried and even started thinking of a back up plan. But then I got to work and there was a store right by my store and sure enough there they were. So I started buying and got a little carried away. This weekend Mom and I are going to Jo Ann's and doing the same thing but for different items. I love bargain shopping!!!!

Look Two days in a row

I know this is not like me but yes, I am posting two days in a row. Maybe it's the beginning of a new habit. Try to not get your hopes up. My day today, Hmmmm... I woke up earlier than I really should have been up but I finished addressing save the date cards along with stamping them all. The majority of the cards are in the mail and on there way to loved ones. Some of them are still with me because we are still trying to get several more addresses. Then I sewed some more of the beads onto my Veil and did more wedding stuff. I worked real hard today to keep busy and find excuse on why I shouldn't study for the Praxis. Then we all went out to dinner at Brick House Pizza which is by far the BEST pizza on the face of the earth. If anyone comes out to see me it is garontied that they will get treated to dinner at Brick House!! Then BJ, Brett, Jackie and I went to an AC Rock concert. It was a group of four men who sang a cappella. And yes they did look like the wiggles but they sang better music than the wiggles. I had fun. It was one of those things that was good for the whole family and times like these I wish I had a family to take to them. Hope you had a good weekend!! Tomorrow I am going to spend studying for at least 2 hours.

WOW

I know I'm falling behind on my bloging. So I'm sorry for all of my regular blog readers. I feel bad because I am jumping back and forth between houses and real busy with my internship, work and the wedding stuff. I feel like lately when I'm at work I am going an million miles a minute playing and planning for the kids. Then when I get home at night I either complete the paper work I put off during the day or spend hours doing crazy wedding planning stuff. All this and I haven't even started the Capstone project that is required for graduation. AHHH I will be very happy between April 24th and May 21. I will do nothing during that time I think. Just sleep in late and maybe if everything works out well get settled into a new house/apartment. There is just so much to do and so little time. Guess that's life.

First Day

First, sorry I forgot to tell you where we registered. We registered at Bed, Bath and Beyond; Target; and Marshall Fields/Macy's.

Second, today was my first day of my internship. Now I don't want to sound snobby or anything but I am 14 weeks and 4 days away from being done. Well actually 15 weeks away from being 100% done. I figured it out today that I will finish my internship the Friday before the big paper is due so on Monday, April 24th I will have completed all of my school work have one month to wait for my actual degree. WAHOO.

So I bet you are all wondering how my first day went. It was fun. It wasn't nearly as exhausting as I was expecting that's for sure. Now you have to keep in mind that for the past 5 years I have worked a job that is fast paced and crazy busy, so spending the majority of my day in a car was nothing compared to that. I saw 6 kids today and tomorrow will probably see about the same number. For my first day of work I wore my outfit that I wear when I need extra confidence. (I get that boost of confidence because I look good in the outfit so I feel good so I'm more out going.) I also wore my polar bear socks just in case my outfit didn't help me out. But no worries, the hardest thing for me to do is to not yawn while with the clients. There are times when therapy just seems to drag by and it's hard to not yawn. I also had to go out and buy some cardigan to wear because I get cold easily and with gas costing so much this year people are keeping their homes cooler than what I find comfortable.

tomorrow night I will be at my dad's house so I might not be able to blog if not see you in a few days.

Having Troubles

Well if you haven't noticed I am not posting as much as I typically do. That's because I am having a hard time adjusting to being home and getting everything accomplished that I want to do. Most of you know I have two homes where I try to divide my attention between but I also have BJ who I would like to spend the majority of my time with. This all causes a problem because I spend several hours a day driving to and from houses or talking with people. When I was at school I would run out of things to do, so that's when I would post. Now when I run out of things to do I want to go to sleep. Starting tomorrow I begin my internship thing and hopefully I can create more of a routine that I can fall into. Once I have formed this routine I can figure out what days will have room in them to post and what days do not.

On another note, since I last posted BJ and I registered which was a ton of fun. I personally think we went a little overboard but hey its just a wish list of things we would like to have not necessarily a list of what we must have. Even though there are some items that we registerd for that would make life a lot easier if we had like bed sheets or lamps or silverware. However, the whole process took about 10 times longer than I expected and I was really exhausted after we were done. I worked during the day on Friday and then made BJ dinner that night. He was very proud of me, I didn't burn anything down and it wasn't macaroni and cheese from the blue box. Then we goofed around online a little more with our registies and created a new one because we found more stuff we liked at another store. Saturday Megan and I went to go get our toes done for Megan's birthday (only a month late). I have cute little snowmen on my big toe and Megan had flowers put on hers. I felt bad though because I paid with a credit card and they didn't give me an option for a tip and the only cash I had on me was a $10 bill so I didn't leave a tip. I hate when I have to do that, they spent so much time on my toes and I couldn't leave a tip. Then Saturday night BJ and I saw Memoirs of a Geisha. It was real good and very cultural informative. I liked it and am now reading the book. I, unlike some, like to see the movie first then read the book because the book fills in gaps the movie leaves out enhancing the overall experience of the whole thing. If I do it the other way around then I don't enjoy the movie as much or spend to much time analyzing how the two were different.

Well that's all for now. Hopefully tomorrow I will post about the first day of work.

Guess What! It Snowed

Yes it snowed up here in Central Wisconsin. And this isn't like the almost snow Illinois got. No, no, this snow covered the ground and took away a bunch of peoples power too. We now have three inches of snow and I have decided to break out my spiffy new boots. As I write this I am at school but when I get home I will add a picture of my boots to the site. So now its cold and it takes me about 10 min. just to get all bundled up to walk to school.

On a separate note, last weekend I bought our wedding invitations. Yeah that's exciting. And me being the super saver shopper and refuse to spend a million dollars on one day in my life found them at WalMart. So 120 invitations cost us $53.oo, that includes invitations, evnelopes, response cards, envelops and envelop seals. Real awesome right. Now all we have to do is print them up and that won't take us very long once we figure out the stupid guest list. Yippy. I would post a picture of the invitations but they aren't very photo genic and for all of you coming to the wedding they will be a surprise for you when they come in the mail.

The rest of Friday and Saturday

Alright, so since a ton of stuff has happened since the last post I am making several posts just cuz. I will go day by day Starting with the rest of Friday and all of Saturday.

Okay so we left of in the story of my life with BJ and I heading out to the Gem and Jewlery show out near the airport to buy a center stone for my ring. THIS PLACE WAS AWESOME!!!! I have never seen so much jewelry in one place before. Plus you know how when you watch TV and you see the stars where these massive pieces of jewelry and your like, oh yeah right like places really sell that stuff. Yeah well I saw some fabulous pieces that had to cost over a million bucks. On the up side though I did find a beautiful lab created alixandrite for my ring. The thing about alexandrit stone is that it chances color depending on the type of light that it is exposed to. I will take a picture of it as soon as BJ is done setting it but I don't know how it will turn out or if I can get it in different colors. Plus the deal that we got for this stone was outstanding which makes us even more excited. I posted a picture of some alexandrit stones if you look hard you can see the purple, teal, green and pinks that show up in most stones. My stone stays mostly purple and black, however, when it is black in has the most beautiful colored accents to it, it takes your breath away.

From the show we headed up to Rockford, ILL. and had a gross and disgusting hotel experience. I would tell you more but it gives me the heby gebies every time I think about it so I won't. I will just recommend that if you ever go to Rockford stay away from the travelodge on State St.

Happy Negative One Year

Well let the countdown begin. Exactly one year form today (365 days) I will be getting married!! Hope you all can come, it will be a blast!