Neglect. And possibly the longest blog post you have ever encountered.

It's been almost a month since I last updated my blog so I'm going to attempt to make up for my neglect with the following updates. Here's what has been happening in my neck of the woods in the last 4 weeks:

May 9th: Removal of wisdom teeth.
I decided to take advantage of my parents' insurance while I still can and get rid of those little buggers before I am married and poor and insurance-less. I still can't believe that they can cut holes in my flesh, pull all four teeth out, sew my mouth back up, and shove some gauze in my wounds in less than 30 minutes. I was completely and utterly useless for the next 24 hours and my wonderful mother nursed me back to health. I seriously underestimated the magnitude of pain that I was to experience after the surgery. I've had several people tell me that their wisdom-teeth-removal experience was a breeze...that they had no swelling...minimal pain.........what gives? Maybe my pain tolerance level is at a record-breaking low right now. The pain wasn't the cause of a whole lot of concern.....but I did begin to worry when the left side of my face was STILL numb a week after the surgery. I finally called the doctor and she assured me that it was normal. Still, i worried. My engagement pictures were in 5 days. Don't worry, the numbness SLOWLY removed itself from my face. Not enough for me to be satisfied by the time my engagement pictures rolled around though. I feel like fat (numb) face mcgee.

May 22: Engagement pictures
I am such a complainer when it comes to pictures of myself. I absolutely do not think that I'm photogenic and I hate hate hate my profile in pictures. Also - hatred abounds for my serious face. I look mean/mad/not pretty. I had a great photographer though, she got some really good shots of us and they actually turned out really well. Here are some of my favorites:

Wedding Plans
Planning my own wedding is so not as fun as i thought it would be. Stressful, Confusing, Aggravating, ....planning my wedding is all of these and only a tiny bit fun. Most of the stress comes from the fact that I am on a budget and that I am a brat and I just want to have what I WANT. Seriously, I am such a brat. My first thought after discussing budgets with my parents is "its my wedding for crying out loud! just give me what I want!" I hate money. its ruining my life. Since I have been nothing but a Debbie-Downer so far in this blog-post I will now change my attitude and write only happy, uplifting comments. Here are things that I have planned so far:
colors - pink and orange. not hot pink. dark pink, light pink, tangerine....all these are good.
flowers - I'm so over gerbera daisies. and roses. I'm doing ranunculuses (plural??), carnations, dahlias, peonies, ....can't remember what else.





cake - so far the only plan is to have chocolate.
dress - bought it. its getting hemmed.
invitations - I have spent hours and hours trying to create my own, find cheap ones online or in stores, attempting to spend as little as possible but not look cheesy. I have almost completely given up. I don't even want to think about invitations. Emails anyone?
reception - my mom's friend's back yard. I mostly chose it because it is almost completely 100% shady (as in protected from sunlight....not sketchy).
honeymoon - riviera maya, mexico. priceline.com. el dorado royale adults only all inclusive spa resort. sounds like heaven to me.


May 17th: Baby Carter's first birthday party!
My adorable little nephew turned 1! We all went up to Logan to celebrate...I bought him the cutest present ever. it is a backpack/leash.... he wears the backpack that looks like a stuffed monkey (so cute!) and the tail of the monkey turns into a leash for his mommy or daddy. The monkey even has a pocket on its back to hold a bottle. i can't wait to see this thing in action. After playing with baby and his toys Russ and I somehow got roped into playing with my sister's husband's best friend's four kids (they are babysitting while their parents are out of town). These kids are incredibly adorable so I didn't really mind being roped into playing princess and dragon or whatever... it was just a little bit exhausting!

May 26: Memorial Day
I memorialized and mourned the loss of my ancestors by placing flowers on their graves at the Logan cemetary. I actually didn't even get out of the car because it was pouring rain. Afterwards my family and I and Russ went to my sister's husbands parents house in Logan for a BBQ. Bevin's dad made buffalo burgars and this guy doesn't mess around...those burgers were enormous. i almost needed two buns to cover one burger. I played with my baby a little....mostly we just sat around and ate and ate and ate. Then we played battle of the sexes, which almost always proves to be a mistake. My family always ends up getting into the same arguments before we can even finish the game. The male questions are too easy....we, the females, are always too vague in our answers...etc.

May 30: Ironman at the Motor-Vu drive-in in Riverdale.
The drive-in is so underrated. Sure its customers are 99% white trash but I can overlook that insignificant detail when I am required to pay only $6 for a double-feature AND.......BONUS! For no extra charge I can be eaten alive by mosquitos. Equipped with enough snacks to feed EVERYONE at the drive-in (7 boxes of crackers, fruit snacks, licorice, diet coke, mountain dew), Russ and I and Russ's brother and sister hopped in my mom's mini-van and headed to see Ironman in all its glory. Its been two years since my last drive-in movie and I forget how silly people can be. Directly in front of us a mother and father decided that it was safe and definately not inconsiderate to other movie-watchers behind them to allow their two little girls to sit on top of the cab of their truck to watch the movie. Not only were they blocking our view of half the screen but they couldn't make up their mind about which position on the top of the truck was the most comfortable. this must have been their thought process..... "should i put my feet up and my head down....no, i'll put my feet over here and move my head around every 3 minutes so it doesn't stay in the same place for too long. Oh wow, i'm sick of this position....i think i'll spend the next 10 minutes repositioning myself and using my pillows and blankets as flags to let my parents know that I'm okay." I usually don't confront people about things like this but someone had to do it...so I kindly asked the parents if they could ask their daughters to lie down and stay put for the rest of the movie. The girls were able to do this for only 5 minutes after which they again began the above thought processes. Fortunately their parents were kind enough to make them move down to the truck bed. Disaster averted. UNfortunately I fell asleep during the last half hour of the movie.