1 day 2 posts

and a brain dump

-my neck is killing me. i woke up and it was fine, and then it wasn't. its giving me a headache. boo.

-i went on a verrrry short run this afternoon. i came back looking like a cherry tomato, wondering why people love running. what is the secret? seriously? how does someone go about loving to run? i want to know. because (i think) i want to love it too.

-the neighbors behind us are CONSTANTLY washing something outside. its the weirdest thing. like not kidding. there is usually the sound of running water taking place behind our apartment.
what are you guys washing all the time?!

-i don't know how i'm going to get everything home in 2 months. i have a lot of clothes, and shoes, and stuff. how is that fitting into 2 suitcases?

-fat free ranch is gross. good thing i just bought the regular size container. at least its only 1 point on weight watchers. it tastes like the smell of hay that horses eat.

-i wish "eat less, move your body more" was as easy as it sounds. its not.

-chris has been talking a lot about wanting to move back to tennessee recently. i think i would probably love tennessee, buuuut its far away from california. i think he's pretty serious about it. yikes.

Hawaii & a Face Lift

We are still alive out here in the lands of aloha.... Sadly, this picture of our resident gecko, Gilbert (as named by previous tenants/friends) is all i have to show of our last month back on this sweet tropical island.

Some quick updates:

I have started subbing (have done it a total of 4 times now). My favorite highlight thus far, was a measly (ok, who am i kidding, he's a local boy, he was nothing short of large) freshman boy walking into the classroom, taking one look at me and saying "there's no WAY you're our sub. you look like a student" thank you kind boy for telling me i look like girls your age. NOT. also, friends...i for real hope we were NOT that annoying when we where that age (even though we probably were...i have a new found respect for anyone who works with adolescents)

Right when we got back (like less than 24 hours) Chris and I were both back to work. I worked for a few weeks teaching Chinese kids (who knew very little English) English and then taking them around sight seeing. It was a pretty fun (and tiring) gig and sadly, it only lasted a few weeks. great for that teaching resume.... ha.

Chris works, and works, and works. but thats a good thing. and he golfs when he's not working (or so it seems, he would probably argue otherwise with a quick "when was the last time i golfed" to which the accurate answer would most likely be "a few days ago"...but apparently that is not good enough in his book) but all joking aside, he is a really hard worker and is blessed to have a job that not only pays pretty well (bring home those tips baby!) but that he really enjoys.

I have been writing thank you notes for the wedding. While we are reallllllly grateful for the generosity of everyone we know, thank you notes are a pain in the you know what. not only do they take freakin FOR.EVER. but they cost us like 50 bucks on postage. but i won't complain toooo much because we really are so thankful (and will probably be even more so when we return to the mainland and actually get to use the many awesome gifts we received)

It has been overcast and rainy in paradise for well over a week now. Hey Hawaii....pull it together already. less than two months and we are mainlanders once again, i need to be and plan on, being brown (speaking of...chris has the gnarliest farmers tan on the planet. its baaaad, but i think he is growing a little self conscious of it, so no teasing).

My parents come out in about a month and a half and we plan to eat, beach, golf, beach, eat, and nothing else. i am thrilllllled.

pictures of our love shack/kennel/blink and ya miss it apartment coming soon.... :]

(and the facelift was referring to the blog design....not awesome, but will do for now...)

Wedding Pictures

Here we are. Married 2 whole weeks. Time has flown and i'm having two attitudes about it. the first being "whoa...its already been two weeks!!" the second "its only been two weeks?? it feels like so much longer!"

Needless to say i love being married and its been a whirlwind of events. We are settled back in Hawaii and right back to work.

I couldn't resist posting some wedding pictures. My amazing cousin at bubba-loo photography was there on our special day. She was one of the talented photographers that we had there to take pictures. i am OBSESSSSSSED with every single picture she took. Here are just a few to wet the pallet a little. For more look up bubba-loophotography.blogspot.com, visit bubba-loo.com or view her facebook profile under bubba-loo photography. you will fall in love. i promise.

ps it was HARD to narrow down the pictures for this post!

This last one is courtesy of our wedding photographer over at snapgoestheweasel.com. she is awesome as well. so excited to see more of her work!!

leaving on a jet plane...

for one whole month. and i will miss him a lot. a lot a lot a lot. guess its the necessary evil to get ready for wedding bliss. 25 days apart isn't that bad right? riiiiight???

Happy Birthday!

to this good looking guy. the big 3-0 looks good on him! this time next month we will both probably be wide awake in our own beds anticipating/nervous/excited about the big events to take place the next day (our wedding)!!

love you forever!

also watch this...

you're welcome.

ONE week

whaaaaat?! where did the time go? I go home ONE week from tomorrow (sunday...today?). and then one MONTH from wednesday i get MARRIED. whaaaaaat?! this is craziness. i feel like christmas and wedding are still SO far away because i'm in hawaii and its sunny, and i went to the beach today, and its warm, and i haven't had christmas music looped on my ipod, and i haven't watched elf, or the polar express, or the sound of music, or made homemade christmas candy etc. etc. you get the point.

so because these events ARE getting so close...here is a little sneak peak of wedding details.

these are my wedding colors......

and this is the wedding cake. and if you don't love it i don't care because i LOOOOVE it.

in other news:

chris has a birthday this week. he will no longer be in his twenties (hint hint, the big 30) and he insists that i do nothing to celebrate. uhh are you an old man already?! sheesh.

i have THREE more days of work at the PCC. i loooove the people i work with (most anyways) so that will be sad to say bye to them while i'm away BUT ohhhh man am i ready for a break. home is the perfect remedy.

i feel like i constantly have bugs crawling on me when i am trying to fall asleep. there are such thing as bed bugs here BUT i will assure you i wash my sheets regularly so i won't get them. i think i just think too much about creepy crawly things before i go to bed and it in turn gives me that creepy crawly feeling (ps...a cockroach did scurry across the wall right where my head is about a week ago. i freeeeeaked out).

excited is an understatement of how i feel about seeing the clothes hanging in my closet in california. understatement people. i hate getting dressed here because i'm sick of everything hanging in my closet. my body is in hibernate (ie hide under sweaters, jeans, boots, scarves, jackets etc) mode and hawaii does NOT afford that. whatever hawaii. i will wear boots and LOVE it in california.

i am officially a certified, legitimate TEACHER!