Sept 20- Day 51

Home Sweet Home for this week! I am at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs for Training Site Meetings. The last time I came to the Training Site Meetings was in 2007! It's crazy how its all practically the same people! It's great cuz even if I don't remember names just yet, I know their faces. I present tomorrow morning. Luckily, it's on a topic I know a LOT about our programs, events, AND WORLDS! I am kind of excited! Plus, I really enjoy getting to see and hear what other sites are doing, it gives me good ideas!

Hehe! One fun thing about attending any USOC event is the cool stuff you get! Check out my new cute jacket with the new logo! Boo Yah! Can't wait for tomorrow!

On a side note I almost puked on the flight from Denver to Colorado Springs! I can't take that up and down and up and down and vomit!!!!! Hehe! Turned out the guy next to me was from the Pettit Center (a fellow training site)  and he said he couldn't tell I was about to lose my breakfast! :)

Sept 18- Day 49

They have finally arrived! Again Again! It has been an ordeal and a half to get these invites! The first time they came in the reception card was the same size as the response card. The second time they came in the reception card was the right size but the word was in the wrong place! Finally! TODAY they come in and they are correct! I feel like seeing the Hallelujah chorus! The goal is to have them in the mail by Oct. 1. Here is the problem. I am gone from Monday-Saturday next week for work! These have to be assembled and addressed! It's going to take a lot of work to make it happen, but it will get done! I am just so glad they are finally here!

Sept 15- Day 46

So my future hubby had a very productive wedding planning day! He and his friend Tommy went and picked out their tuxes! YAY! They are going to be very handsome! While they were doing this though I got this text. I replied..."Um...No!" LOL! I did say he could wear it to the rehearsal dinner however! hehehe! Then he went to get my wedding bands! YAY! Look:

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! LLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to wear the whole piece NOW and I have to wait a whole 80 days before I can. Oh the sadness! hehe. I shall live! I think its super sweet he wanted me to have two bands. He loves me :)!

Sept 13- Day 44

These boots (or Reebok Easy Tones) were made for walkin... It's official.  The clutch is gone. Finished. Kaput. So because I cost my fiancee so much money. I will be walking to work the rest of this week. Not because he won't give me a ride or that I can't find a ride, but as self-inflicted punishment for not knowing how to drive my car. Maybe I will learn! Here is the funniest part of all this. Today I had my walking shoes on, my bag with other shoes, my lunch, and breakfast in it and my purse, set out to walk and...there was a blasted train blocking where I would cross. For those of you that don't know there are only two places to cross under a train when its on the tracks and neither of those places is close enough for me to walk and get to work in a decent amount of time! LOL! So I drove and will try again tomorrow and by drove I mean went a whopping 20 mph all the way to work. Walking never hurt anyone and luckily I only live about a mile if that from work. So there you have it. I am also using this as an excuse to get a bit of exercise in as well and maybe this will encourage me to walk even when I am not forced! :)

Sept 12- Day 43

True Blood Season Finale Party!!! Shelly and Cheryl came over tonight to drool over Eric and Alcide on tonight's season finale! It has become tradition! This year I ordered some Tru Blood and it is delicious! Especially when mixed with Patron! We made our own drink and dubbed it Tru-quilla. hehehe! The season finale was fine, but the company and drinks were much better! I can't wait til next year!

Party Pics from this evening:

Sept 11- Day 42

Left to Right: Me, Madison, Kristen, Kaytie, Veronica, Shelly

Today was Bridesmaids Dress Day! YAY! I let the girls pick out the dress they wanted! I am so excited because they are all so lovely (girls and dresses both). The only requirement was that they all be the same color, long, and satin! I am so glad that is all done. And I am sure it is going to be stunning with all the dresses in black! I can't hardly wait! Since today was Bridesmaids day I think I will tell you a little about each and why they are in the wedding!

Kristen and Madison: I have known Kristen since Kindergarten. We would go to each others birthday parties and had many sleepovers. We have gone to school together our ENTIRE lives including college. We were even roommates for two years in college. We have had our share of crazy adventures. Including sneaking guys into our dorms, dropping off tv's at ex-boyfriends houses, crazy summer nights of kool-aid, sand volleyball, and pictionary! We will be friends forever. Regardless of where either of us ends up.Madison is a mini Kristen! She is nearly 3 and a crazy fun little girl who is just like her mom! She is going to be our flower girl and I have no idea how its going to work out! She is going to be a hoot!


Kaytie: Well, Kaytie is my sister and MOH. We currently live together and let me tell you she is the best roommate ever. Why you ask? Because I can tell her exactly how I feel about all those annoying things she does! LOL! Kaytie and I shared a room for 16 years. Our room was our imagination station! We decorated the walls with Backstreet Boys magazine clippings. Plastered an entire wall (literally) with posters of Titanic and when we were younger had about a thousand barbies we played with in our custom barbie mansion that my Papa Frank built us! Kaytie drives me INSANE, but she is my sister after all!

Veronica: I have only known Veronica for a short time. She is TJ's daughter. I get an instant family when I marry him. Veronica is great. She is like any typical teenager trying to figure out and find her way in this crazy world. I look forward to making her apart of my family permanently and making fun and happy memories with her. That is if my crazy family didn't scare her off today! LOL!

Shelly: Shelly is my vampire book suggesting, True Blood loving, OSU crazy, will tell you anything friend! I have worked with Shelly for a few years now and she is actually moving on to a new career as mommy! Peyton is super lucky to get to have her mom at home! Shelly and I went to Beijing together for the Paralympic Games in 2008. Nothing will bring you closer than an 18 hour flight and being in a massive city where not a soul speaks English! Hehe! You want to talk about crazy! She is the kind of person that will dance on the street in front of a Karaoke Bar in China! Where I am like "Shelly don't go there we will get killed!"

So there you have it! My bridal party! They all represent some part of my life and I hold them all dear to my heart! A bride couldn't ask for better girls! :)

My Aunt Becky on the end in the black went with us today and it took her nearly all day to figure out Veronica was TJ's daughter! It dawned on her about lunch time! So there you have it, new family!

When I got home from all the bridesmaid craziness, guess what was in the mail...MY VEIL! It was a happy wedding day! I want to wear it all the time and I think tomorrow if I have time I am going to put on my dress with my veil just to get the full picture! hehehe! SSSSOOOOOOO Excited!

To top it all off! TJ and I went to see Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D tonight! I know this sounds odd, but we are both fans of the series! It was pretty darn good and the 3D was way cool!


Dang that was some day!

Sept 9- Day 40

I'm so excited! I just can't hide it! Look what came in the mail today! AHHHHH! For all my Trubies out there! You gotta have your Tru Blood for the Season Finale PAR-TAY on Sunday! Too bad it didn't come with a side of Eric! LOL!

Some drink options for the night of the Finale include:

The Fangbanger - 2oz Vodka; 8oz Tru Blood
Dead on the Beach - 1.5oz Vodka; 1/2oz Peach Schnapps; 2oz Tru Blood; 2oz Orange Juice
Plasmapolitan - 1.25oz Vodka; 1 Shot Tru Blood; 1/2 Shot Lemon Juice; 1/4oz Triple Sec
Tequila Moonrise - 1 Shot Tequila; 1 Shot Tru Blood; 1/2 Grenadine
Bloody Maker-ita - 1 Shot Tequila; 1 Shot Cointreau; 1 Shot Tru Blood; 1/2 Shot Lime Juice
The Shapeshifter - 1 Shot Tequila; 1 Shot Tru Blood; 1/2 Shot Chambord; 1/2 Shot Lime Juice
Lorena's Revenge - 1 Shot Tequila; 1 Shot Tru Blood; 1/2 Shot White Rum; Splash of Grenadine; Splash of Lime Juice

Hehe! So very excited! :)