back from the dead

Holy moses, it has been quite a while. You know how I know that? Erin at work has been on my case for a week now about not having anything for her to read. Also, because since I've had so much going on, I've been putting off blogging about it since there is so much. I am at work now, so I won't be able to put up the accompying photos but I will... evenutally :)

The main focus in my life right now is the wedding. It is coming up very quickly and those little details are needing to be tended too. I hate little details, I immensley dislike planning things especially big events it seems. Max and I are more of a "go with the flow" type of people and it seems to work with us. I guess weddings and receptions are just not the "go with the flow" type of deals. Sigh.

If we go back a couple of weeks wedding wise, we got the invitations made and out. I have been receiving all of the reply cards back which is very fun... I love getting the mail knowing there is fun stuff in there and not just bills and junk! For those of you who have not sent it back yet... GET ON IT!! haha, I didn't spent 27 cents on that sucker to not have some fun in my mailbox. Plus I have a very intricate system for entering who is coming and how many. Max's stepmom Laurie is cooking for the reception and she is a WONDERFUL cook. I'm sure she would like to know how many are coming to the most accurate count possible.

My bridesmaids and I also made our shirts for the bachelorette party. SUPER CUTE and way cheaper then buying those premade shirts that say bride/bridesmaid/maid of honor. Plus this way we were each able to put our own personal touches on the shirts that reflect our style. Caitlin couldn't come tho to make her shirt... I made it for her and then texted her a pic of it before I glued anything that way she could decide if she liked it or not. They are so very beautiful and we will finally be able to wear them next weekend! I'm very excited about my bach party! It will be so much fun hanging out with the girls all day, dressing up for dinner and then of course, going out afterwards ;) My girls and I know how to party I'll tell you when we actually get out of our houses and go out. We have only had one "girls night" before and if that was any indication on how the night will go with many more girls, we will DEFINETLY have a great time.

I had my first wedding shower on the 26th with Max's family and with my moms side. It turned out so nice! It was a big turnout... or so I thought anyway. We had about 30 girls there and everyone was very good about chatting with everyone and not sticking in little groups. We had the shower at Angels house because it's ginormous and because it is so purty! They had it decorated in an island theme and had some good grub. Max and I made out with some great gifts... mom had on the invitation that it was a kitchen shower so all the gifts were related to the kitchen. One of my favorite presents was our new silverware... it's so pretty to eat off of! Don't get me wrong, I love everything. Max is having lots of fun making food on our new goodies. We got a magic bullet, a new griddle, a george forman, baking stuff, lots of utensils, glass bowls, decorative holders for stuff, a fancy silverware holder, and ect. See, lots of good stuff. My family and my new family is very good to me. My friends too :)

Lets see, what else am I missing... dryer still isn't working after about 3 months. It's not technically the dryer which we didn't find out until AFTER we bought another set but its the electric in the basement. They are attempting to fix it today. The boys are putting in new wiring and putting in a circuit box since everything was run off fuses before. Hopefully this works because I'm pretty sure that people are sick of us bringing over wet laundry to get dried. I hope it gets fixed also because since the electric is totally down now, the sewer pump is currently not working. There hasn't been any overflow of nasty stuff but it would probably come pretty soon if something doesn't get done.

Otherwise things are fine. Puppies are good other then their little issues. Clyde still jumps on people which we are going to try to fix by borrowing a friends shock collar. Now people, I don't like the idea of a shock collar but we have tried everything else with this dog and unless you want to get mauled everytime you walk in our door by an overfriendly 75 pound dog that also likes to love clamp on your arm, the shock collar is necessary. Luca is still messing in the house. I love that dog very much but sometimes I would like to rip off his little head! He knows to go potty outside, he does. He was completely potty trained until Max went back to work. Then he started pooping in the house and then once we got him fixed, he started peeing in the house too. We have started giving him "time outs" when he makes a mess. He goes in a tiny little box in our closed off office where he can hear whats going on but he gets no part of it. Any suggestions on this particular problem?

Max is good, he is still searching for a job so if anyone knows of anything in the accounting business, he has an associates in accounting and is very willing to do pretty much anything. I am still at the bank, enjoying every second of it... (saying this sarcastically of course) I do work with really cool people tho, they have fastly become good friends. They won all the prizes at my shower for the games related to who knows me the best.

That's all for now folks... work is getting busy! I'll try to put the pics up tomorrow after my second shower at Grandmas house!