good fortune

Short little story. My and my husband went to a chinese restuarant the other day. Food was disappointing, but moving on. We of course get the complimentary fortune cookies with the bill. My husband picks up one and tosses the other one to me. He opens his reads it..blah, blah, blah. Then I open mine and it says...exactly "You look pretty". That's it. I cracked up, I have never had a fortune cookie pay me such an innocent physical compliment. I would have been rolling around on the floor if my husband had picked up that cookie first. How's that for making a man feel like a man. I shall keep it always and whenever I'm feeling down I will pull it out of my tiny purse and read it and smile. Not the one about my wisdom or that I will go far in life..I chose to keep the fortune that states "You look pretty". That's an american woman for ya;)

May your heiness have a glorious reign...

Yup...that's right. I am the queen of the dorks. You better believe I was at the midnight release party for the sixth installment of Harry Potter novel's. The Half-Blood Prince. And yes...I recieved it less than 24 hours ago and it has been completed. I woke up this morning at 8:15, grabbed a bran muffin and sat to bury myself in Harry Potter for let's see the next...9 hours it looks like? stopping only to heat a frozen pizza and go potter...I mean potty:) The cool thing about reading a brand new book all in one sitting is there is no painful waiting. You get it all right then. You that you will know all there is to this book before the day is out...heck before dinner. But you've glided through the book so quickly there is no glorious suspense. The not being able to wait until you can still away a couple of moments to read that next chapter. Realizing that at 2:30 in the morning you can no longer comprehend what's written on the page and having to force yourself to stop at a "good part". All the suspense is gone. I will never know that. Because when the seventh book comes out...I will do the same thing. But the really suck part is that no one else you know will have partaken of this ritual. I can not talk to anyone about the book. If I tell someone who loves harry potter they will be highly pissed at me for ruining their personal experience of drinkin in themselves, and I if tell someone who does give a flip about harry potter it will most definately not create the desiring impact. Please...for the love..someone read the book and call me. Let's discuss...there's gotta be a chat room some where....aaaagggggggghhhhhh!. it burns...

Say what you will about harry potter...but the books are addictive. It is no longer about the quality of the stories...relishing the creativity of the author and her effect on the reader's mind. Screw that! I wanna know what happens! Who dies, who lives...who loses, who wins..who gets the girl..and exactly what girl are we talking about her. The effect it has on people is comparable to a soap opera. Um..just the effect. let's not get into the quality of soap operas.

But I've squandered away my day. I've hardly eaten anything today, haven't showered or changed clothes...skipped my workout. I messed up my diet. I even ate part of a chocolate bar they gave away with purchase of book. And ya know what...screw it, i'm eating hamburger helper for dinner tonight and I don't care..it's harry potter day!

wedding photo

alright...so this picture is probably of poor quality, but for those who have not seen my husband, here he is. Notice how I'm grinning like an idiot. Story of my life Believe it or not..he's actually skinnier in person...God love him. Hey...what's up with big girls and skinny guys anyway?:) Seriosly...he's like 135 lbs. What I wouldn't give for his abs...

Wonder wedding

After reading BCS's blog...it got me thinking about my own wedding. He spouts off about crap gifts from rich people. And I thought I should represent the other side. A grateful bride who got more gifts than expected. My wedding was kind of low budget. At my own church. My dress was on sale for like $200...I don't know...is it proper etiquitte for a lady to reveal the price of her wedding dress? Whatever. Had 4 bridesmaids, 3 groomsmen. My sister-in-law acted both as bridesmaid and caterer, which I must say she did an excellent job at that. She gave me the most amazing gift...her time, her support, culinary skills free of charge. Not to mention she actually convinced my brother, her husband, to pay for part of my food. I did all decorations by myself. Bought everything in bulk..(by the way does anyone need about 120 little silver bells or 25 plastic swans?) decorated an arch and reception site with the help of my wonderful bridesmaids. Got the cheapest tux available...bought my flowergirl's dress off of ebay. I pinched as much as I could. We only sent out about 60 invitations, but as expected many members of our church made an appearance as well. They had seen us grow up in that church..well.. actually ignoring each other. But they were responsible for the bulk of our gifts. Few stuck to the registery but the only truly bothersome gifts were the gift cards from JC Penney's and Target. Listen to me people. I registered...at Dillards..and Wal-mart. I never ever shop at JC Penney's and Target. I had to go there and spend like an hour looking for something I wanted just so the card could get used. I probably should have just passed them on to another just-married couple. We only had two copies of presents, silverware and a waffle iron. But we took the waffle iron back to target, and the silverware back to walmart and use the corresponding refund gift cards to buy grocieres. Everything else was either from the registry or actually something we needed that we didn't think of. They cluttered the floor and bed of one of our rooms so I used the Target gift card to by storage shelves to keep the gifts on. We call it the wedding wall. We currently live at my father's house. The house I grew up in (dad's has another house he lives in) and don't really need our gifts yet. Some haven't been taken out of the box. This house still has all the plates, glasses, pots, pans, and whatnot for us to use until we move. But only one of my bridesmaids bought a gift, and only one groomsmen. but since I have been in two weddings where I have not given a gift, I have no reason to complain, and quite frankly didn't really expect a gift. Seriously...my bridesmaids were outstanding and I could not have asked for a better group of support. Oddly enough they were all from different part of my life and didn't even really know each other. Oh but they were great. Ladies if you are reading this I can not express my gratitude enough for being so great to me the days before and of my wedding. there were not many of you, but you were amazing. You really made the whole thing less stressful and beautiful:) Oh yea...and my husband was alright too...

Do you wanna make more money? Sure..we all do..

Things at my job are so slow.
I'm only averaging 20-25 hours a week. It will be better in a couple of weeks when they send me on the road. But I'm so tired of not working. It's making me lazy. And it stinks because they need you to be completely flexible, meaning few can get other p-time jobs. Especially me, because I am the primary member of the road crew. I spent 3-5 days a week for the past three weeks in Oklahoma. and in two weeks, I go out for 3 solid weeks in a row. I like it much better in December. No one works and I could collect from unemployment for 3 or 4 weeks. But during senior season, you may work 40 hours one week and 6 the next. The only way to get unemployment is through temporary layoff (december) or if you work partime or are unemployed and looking for work. And it's not like I want another job or to look for work....I just want my job to use me more. (sigh) Thank God my husband has a good-paying job right now. He's working a lot of overtime, but it helps to offset my lack of hours. Hopefully when my hours pick up, his will slow down. He's passed out on the floor as I'm typing this. So tired. He works 5-5. Anyway. Other than the usual excercise program, not much is going on new with me.

I just recieved word by one of my co-workers that he and another guy will be accompanying me on the road. I really hope neither one finds this blog, but one is Scott, the other is Chris. first of all, I think it's silly to send two guys and a girl because our company has a rule that only a girl can be a photo assistant(helping seniors get dressed in yearbook tux/drape/feathers) simply because a male employee can not help a girl get dressed. So that means I will rarely get to photograph. Also a male photog can not be alone with a girl senior. A Female photog has to be present at all times. Which means not only can I not photograph, I have to babysit the guys who do. That being aside. I do not want to spend three solid weeks with just Chris and Scott. They are nice guys, but there are some people you can only tolerate if you don't have to spend that much time with them. Chris and Scott are those people. I don't want to bad talk to them, but they do have the ability to get on my nerves...which I am quite sure, I do to others. Not trying to be on a high horse...I know some people don't like having me around and that's ok. I can live with that. So, I'm going to talk to my boss tomorrow and see if I can convince her to alternate the guys. Send one with me one week, and the other another week, then they can both go with me the week we need four people, and she'll be sending another girl anyway. I don't know...I mean does anyone see my case? I have never asked her to accept my preferences, I usually just accept who she gives me and go on. But...I reeeeally don't think I could handle the two of them together. (sigh)


On a complete different note, I don't remember if I mentioned this or not, but my pastor died a few weeks ago, about a month from his 29th anniversary at our church. It was very sad, but he's going home, so it's all good. Just keep my church in pray as we search and prepare ourselves for another pastor.