The Ladies

I've decided to take to blogging more about the wedding. Because no one wants to listen to me ramble on and on about it anymore :)

Today I was searching online and emailing back and forth with three ladies about the potential bridesmaids' gifts. It's weird to not be able to discuss the ends and outs of them with the bridesmaids. The whole reason I picked the women I did is because they are the ones I talk to, confide in, and seek advice from. Now I'm making decisions and I cannot talk to them about it. It's weird and I have to stop myself from picking up the phone to text Amy or Heidi or call Chace.
And I can't talk to Mom because I'm considering her present to be something somewhat similar. (Is that bad wedding etiquette?)

Well, I'm off... we are going to meet with Sean, Heidi, and T. [Different T ... a little boy T :)] for dinner. I'm really excited!!

Bisous, Kiki

So I need to get back into this...

Here goes!

Today I babysat - love them!
Hired the wedding photographer.
& had dinner and watched a tv show with the love of my life.

Happy 8 Years Josh! I can't wait to marry you.
109 days to go!

Bisous, Kiki

Project 365: Week 3: Days 14-20

A lazy week ... with some awesome fun times thrown in :)

Days 14-20: June 14-20, 2010

Day 14

Heading back home. Kristy is coming to stay the week with us.

Day 15

Josh is happy I am home. I am too. 

Day 16

 Birthday Boy. He does not like his picture taken. I love you.
  

Day 17

Aria decapitated her bear. She's evil I tell you. 

Day 18

Kristy doesn't like it when I don't pay attention to her. So she lays her head on my computer. Nice.

Day 19

Time to go wedding dress & bridesmaid dress shopping!
I found my dress & I LOVE IT!!!
Thank you to a very special person for getting it for me :)

Day 20

Josh's Birthday Cookie from his Aunt Darla
Also, Happy Father's Day to all the Dads!

Another great week!!

Bisous, Kiki

Project 365: Week 2: Days 7-13

This week was a lot of fun... filled with traveling, relaxing, time with friends & family, & two of my best friends' wedding to each other!! Congrats H&C!! I love you both :)

Without further ado...
Days 7-13: June 7-13, 2010

Day 7

A typical day... Aria obliterates her toys & then she crashes :)

Day 8

Aria laying on my bags - she does not want me to leave :( (& she's not the only one)

Day 9 

Don't forget these!! 

Day 10

Time to RELAX & read!!

Day 11

My bridesmaid gift - C is the sweetest! I ♥ her. & I love my gift! For those of you who don't know, I adore bags. & this is perfection!

Day 12

The Bride, Groom & I - two of my best friends!

Day 13

After I got home from the wedding (at 1am!) I took all the bobby pins out of my hair. It stayed. Wow.

This week was amazing! I'm ready to go home though.

Bisous, Kiki

Hi World!

Google Analytics just told me that I have visitors to my blog from: Canada, Sweden, Russia, France (Hi A-C!), the UK, Australia, and the US! 
Woohoo!!

In other news, I'm starting the Couch-to-5K program tomorrow morning. I should get to sleep. I'm scared... but I need to get healthy and lose weight (um plus look good in a wedding dress!).
So here it goes!
I'm doing the program with some friends on Twitter. They are my motivators. I'm excited and hopefully this will go well.

I've always wanted to be a runner. Not sure why. But I do. & So here it goes!
I'll report back in the AM how it goes.
 
Bisous, Kiki

P.S. I'm starting back Project 52 ... only I'm going to go ahead and do Project 365. I was inspired by another blog to do it this way: every week I'll post a compilation of all the pictures of the week with little captions. Maybe bring back weekend wrap-up & combine that with Project 365?

I'm already feeling the stress...

Yes, I know... it's been forever and a day since I have blogged.
I've been enjoying my time off. I have NOTHING to do most days (besides work) and it's been very difficult for me to get used to.
I'm always feeling anxious ... wondering what it is I need to be doing. I don't do down time very well. I always feel as if I have neglected something.
I am enjoying having time to read! Read novels, magazines, novels, the internet, novels and did I mention novels?! I LOVE to read. Adore it. Unfortunately, I don't have much time to read novels while in school.

Anyway, I'm already stressing because this is what all I am doing the next semester...

• 18 hrs of classes
• EDSS 4553 - Foundations and Mentoring in Social Studies
  
• EDSS 4563 - Teaching Secondary Social Studies
• SOC 3523 - Crime and Delinquency (8 wk internet course)
  
• SOC 3533 - The System of Criminal Justice
  
• SOC 3543 - Sociology of Deviance
• HIST 2223 - British Empire
•  At least 12 hrs of work at the lib per week
  
• Babysitting! (my favorite part of the semester ... the part that lowers my stress level to be honest)
• Homework
• P90x
• Learning French
• 30 hrs of Field Experience in a local suburban school
• teaching a few of those classes -- EEK!
• Young Democrats
• OU Cousins
• Planning a wedding to my best friend 
• Keep the house somewhat clean
  
• I'm sure I'm forgetting something
• Oh yes ... find time to sleep

Jealous of my life yet???

It'll be stressful, difficult, annoying, and oh so much fun.

Parlez-vous français?

I've loved the French language for a long time. I guess I should have taken it as my foreign language in school, but I didn't ... and now I have a hankering to learn it.
I'd love to travel to France especially Bordeaux, Normandy, Brittany (the coastline!), and of course Paris :)
Oh! Honeymoon?!

So here's what I'm wondering ... Does Rosetta Stone actually work? Or would that just be a large waste of money?
I really want to learn the language and unfortunately I don't have the time left at school to do a few semesters...

so how am I going to go about learning French?!?