"It's gonna be a long time, girlfriend"...

(AKA you're not going to get to have sex for 4 months)that's what a girl at work said today when i told her i wasn't getting married until April. Haha. Little does she know, we've been officially engaged for the whole semester (4 months), and unofficially engaged since May (8 months). Haha, 4 months seems like nothing to me now!
And another question is why do people feel the need to tell you how something is going to be? I'm sure I'll experience it for myself and it will be different than it was for her.
But anyway, good times, apparently the next 4 months will be the most tormentingly long months of my life :)

This is what we need at work :)

"Security!"

"Did you just whammy?" ...

the best line of Saturday night.

after the wonderful, fun filled day we came back down to Provo and i did my laundry at Carolyn's. While waiting for it to wash and dry i decided to play some guitar hero, yes i said it guitar hero. I have changed my opinion of the game and now deem it, enjoyable and entertaining, whereas before i, how do i say this, hated it. (Wudan, i have gained an appreciation for the game and now i won't be all cranky when that's all anyone wants to do.)

So i was playing my second song and i whammied (love this whole made up word thing) and Carolyn asked "did you just whammy?" It was awesome.

Just wanted to throw it out there that i lake guitar hero now :)

Fabulous Surprise!

We went up to Sukie and Wudan's last weekend. I had my fitting for my little jacket for the wedding. It turned out great and the dresses for my wonderful bridesmaids are great too! I was cranky Friday night and caused some unnecessary drama, sorry wudan, but i think it got better on Saturday.

the day started off great with a wonderful snow storm! I love the snow and it was fun to drive around in it and look at the pretty whiteness! Yay!

It was such a fun day! We pick out and decorated a Christmas tree with them. i love decorating Christmas trees! I'm a dork :) We put our Christmas presents for our gift exchange under the tree and it looked all festive.

Then Carolyn brought out the surprise. A birthday cake! She organized a birthday party for me! It was so fun and i really didn't expect it until that day when she started telling me that she had a surprise and asking everyone if it was time to do the surprise yet. Then she gave me a birthday gift... a food dehydrator!!! I know that many people think this is dorky but i have been wanting one of these for the past year or so! I love dried fruit! I started drying fruit yesterday and it is wonderful!!! Sukie gave me an adorable scarf for my birthday and the cutest, perfect color orange shirt for the gift exchange! It was a great festive day! Thanks for the great surprise, it was awesome!!!

I love all my great friends and I'm glad we hang out so much! Thanks for making the weekend fun even if i wasn't!!!

Fancy Smancy

We had our ward Christmas party on Saturday. Everyone was supposed to dress up in "cocktail attire". So we got all dressed. I curled my hair, which i never do because it doesn't stay well. It was fun to get all dressed up. The dinner was great and it was a nice night out.

My fancy hair.

Sunday night we went over to Carolyn's to make lasagna. It was great. David really wanted to make it. He made his mom's recipe and followed it exactly! I suggested adding pepper to the sauce and he asked me if it said to in the recipe. haha! Usually he lets me add whatever i think would be good but not with this lasagna :) I even mentioned today that next time we make it we should add spinach, which he likes, and he gave me this "i don't know" look. Haha. It was cute! The lasagna was great though! After dinner we watched Muppet Christmas Carol (my favorite Christmas movie) and decorated Carolyn and Erik's Christmas tree. It was a fun night! I love Christmas time!

PS. 17 days until Christmas, 15 days until my birthday, 141 days until the wedding!!!

100th post!!!

Nemesis!!!!!!!!

Yay for 100 posts! I have a good one for you!

I fell yesterday....down the stairs....caught myself with my bad leg. No good. I missed a step and landed on the bad leg. I twisted my ankle and over extended my hip. It was scary. After that i got up and my hip hurt when i walked. I was so terrified that i had messed something up again. It freaked me out! So what did i do? I texted David saying i fell and hurt my hip. Then i just felt like i was 65 not almost 24 (18 days). No worries though, after a painful and scary 5 minutes my hip adjusted and it doesn't hurt anymore. Seriously though, I'm such an old woman!

So I have acquired a new hatred for ... TYPEWRITERS!!! They are my nemesis. They are ridiculous, obsolete machines that make a 5 minute computer job take an hour and a half! What is the use in that? I spent that much time typing addresses on little cards to send out Christmas gifts to all the retirees. I could have done that in 5 minutes on my computer using a simple mail merge!!! I ruined as many little cards as i did well. I misspelled education i don't know how many times. As much as i HATE typewriters i have discovered a new love for the computer and BACKSPACE. What a wonderful invention. I know know why i was born in the technological age, i would have killed myself if i had to work on a typewriter everyday! Counting blessings! :)

Christmas Time

So it's definitely Christmas time. (yes I'm one of those people who tries to steer clear of christmasy things until after thanksgiving)
Signs:
We put up Christmas decorations at work. Our tree is mostly up and about 3/4 of the lights work (a true Christmas miracle). We have been making snowflakes during boring times. We have little bulbs dangling from the cabinets. Good times.

I'm listening to Christmas music! Yay!

David and i have been trying to be diligent with the advent calendar. (we've only eaten 2 days late so far :)

I've started receiving gifts. One of the professors i work with gave the full time secretaries each a poinsettia, so sweet.

I've gone to the work Christmas luncheon. Good times. Me and my co-worker were just about the only ones our age, there were a couple other people in their 20's and other than that i think everyone had us beat by 20+ years :) Great people, good food, a nice break from the desk :)

It kind of snowed a few flakes this morning. I am one of those weird people that like the snow. I love it! I hate the cold and the way i see it, the snow is the only thing that makes enduring the cold worth it. I wish it would snow more, like it used to when i was a little kid. Good times. Hopefully the snow will pick up soon but won't be on the roads when we drive back to Denver for Christmas :)

So yes, Christmas time is here. I hope it will be a happy one for everyone! A great time to remember and cherish the things and people that are most important to us. Merry Christmas!

PS. 19 days until my birthday :)