Today is Special...

Today is special for 2 reasons...

1. It's my big brothers 28th BIRTHDAY! I hope it is a great day. I miss him like crazy but I'm lucky to have him be apart of my wedding next month :) He is one of the most important people to me and I grateful that him and I can be so close yet so far in distance! He is the BEST.
2. Today is the 1 month mark until my wEdDinG! I received my ring today and it blew my mind. I was so overwhelmed with happiness again. I have the greatest Fiance and I am thankful that he has been so good dealing with my anxiety and nervousness about the wedding and all that comes with it. He is trying to be helpful and it is so cute! I hope our journey continues to be so blessed. :)

It's gonna be a wild ride for the next month but I wouldn't change it for the world.

"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing."~~ Abraham Lincoln

new happenings

This past week has really been trying on me. My job just about killed me. My boss resigned from her position but is staying with the company. This news was really hard on me and my close co-workers. We love Ane and are really going to miss her guidance and support. Not only were we told she was leaving but that the execs had already replaced her. This "new" boss starts tomorrow. eeeek! A little nervousness has hit me. I don't enjoy change at all but I know that things can and may be better than they have been lately. We have all been on edge with anxiety at my work, people have been let go, others have been moved around...it's just all a little unsettling. The day after my boss resigned I was told that I had to switch offices so that the new boss lady can have my office. At that point I was like "ok!"; whatever happens, happens. I'm worried about how and if my job will change in the next few months...I guess time will tell. My resume is ready to go if needed ;)

~~In other news, my new ring will be here Wednesday! FINALLY! I have missed it :(

~~On Friday Cristal, Chelsea, Victoria and I are headed to San Diego for my bachelorette weekend. We are staying at the Hard Rock Hotel in the Gaslamp District. On Saturday we are driving up to Temecula to go wine tasting. It should be a good time :) It will be nice to get out of AZ!

I will update when I get back with photos!

here's a story for you....

We received my wedding band last week via the mail, I opened it and thought is was gorgeous. I put it on and took a picture for Jerry to see since he was in Vegas. The picture sucked, but I assured him that it was pretty and that I loved it. Well, he got home on Sunday and I showed it to him...I put it on again so he could see it with my my engagement ring. As I looked closer I noticed that the band and engagement ring had different size side stones. I thought to myself, why would they be different sizes if it is the matching band...?? Jerry and I looked at each other and both had the same thought; one of the rings is wrong! Jerry went and got the ring information for my engagement ring and it said it was the one that he had ordered, the same goes for the band he bought. Now I don't know much about diamonds and rings and such, but when you order the matching band it should match, right? It seems to me that the wedding band is the correct one but the ring that I have been wearing for 8 months is not what he ordered.....This irked me a little. If Jerry didn't get what he thought he ordered that's crap! Jerry called yesterday and they said to send both rings overnight to their quality assurance department and that they would get it looked at and determine what happened. I KNOW what happened, they sent us the wrong engagement ring ( smaller side stones) and the right band. I will fight them if they say otherwise. So, Jerry came to my work yesterday and stole my ring from me so he could overnight it to the company. :( I feel so naked without it and am anxious to see what they say about it. I hope to have my ring back by weeks end and who knows, I may have a brand new bigger ring when this is all over. Either way, I love my ring and paired with my band it will be exactly what I want :) I'm a happy girl!!!

Stay tuned for the outcome...

***As my mom said when I told her; well at least you have another wedding story to tell. Ahh the joys of being a consumer ;)

All alone and loving it... ;)

This past weekend was very uneventful and I loved it. I relaxed, snuggled with my pup, hit the gym and had ME time. I really wasn't sure how this past weekend would turn out since Jerry was is Vegas for his bachelor party, but much to my amazement I really enjoyed it. I didn't HAVE to do anything. I like those weekends. When Jerry is with me I always want to be out and about doing things with him. I just love to be with him. I needed a weekend to myself and I got it.

I was somewhat productive though; I shopped for Jerry's birthday on Sunday and actually did some wedding stuff too. Not much, but some at least.

Jerry's birthday was on Sunday! He turned 28 :) This is the 8Th birthday that we have celebrated together. It's kind of crazy to think that we have been together since I was 17 and he was 19. CRAZY! We have been through so much together. We have had some rough times but it's those times that I look back on and think; if we made it through that, we can make it through anything :) It's comforting in a way. I'm so thankful for our relationship and I hope his birthday was wonderful. I love you, sweetie!

Oh to be domestic :)

So, for my bridal shower my Mom gave me a Pampered Chef cook book. I don't cook much if you know me at all...

Anyway, I looked through it and had Jerry look through and pick 3 things to make this coming week. The finalists were:

-Margherita pita pizza

-Some turkey spinach salad and smashed potato soup and

-Lemon bars

We made the pizza last night but instead of using pita rounds we used flat bread. It was so yummy. We used bell peppers, Roma tomatoes, ham and mozzarella cheese. They turned out really good, as you can see from the photos. We will be making this again :)

Now to the salad, soup and lemon bars made this evening....The soup came out pretty good, the salad was OK and the lemon bars were a disaster. I got the ingredients right, I think, but for some reason they came out ALL wrong. I am no baker unless it is pre-made and this just proved that right. I will try again sometime soon. I'm just bummed they didn't look like the picture. I did try them and believe it or not, they taste good but just aren't in the form they should be... :(

On to something else next week...I think I will tackle the Grilled Halibut with Mango Salsa and the brownies with frosting!!

~~I had made some cookies last Friday with Cristal and put them in my cute pastry display/cake display that was a gift also. I love this thing, it makes me want to bake :)

Jerry also decided to make home made lemonade last night. It was so cute to see him get excited to make it. It turned out really good too. The pitcher is also a bridal shower gift!!

I got all kinds of fun kitchen stuff, just have to learn to use it all~~

What an awesome weekend...

Here are a few photos of what went down this past weekend...

This past weekend was very entertaining...My mom came in on Thursday night and fighting with the airport traffic was super fun, not! But it was nice to see her again. On Friday morning my mom and I watched Carter while Erica got some things done for my wedding shower. Watching Carter was so much fun. He is a busy bee and is so observant of what is going on around him. He is definitely an independent little guy already. It was a joy to spend some quality time with him and my momma.

On Saturday was my wedding shower. I started the day at my final hair trial. It turned out so cute thanks to Clarissa :) After that was my shower that was thrown by 3 of my bridesmaids; Cristal, Chelsea and Erica. They did a fab job on it all, the food, the detailed decorations, the games and the cupcakes and chocolate fountain, mmmmm! It was all so delish. I especially loved the daisies that were used for decoration. They were so darn cute!! I really appreciate all that they did to make my day special and I loved each and every one of my gifts. Some of them have already been put to use ;)

Once we were done with the shower the actual wedding stuff began...my mom has done so much for me and I am so grateful. I have a lot to do between now and April 25th but I think since we have figured out most of what we are going to do that it should be easy to finish. Time consuming too!!

Well for now that is it.
love to all.