Lately...

Blogging is just not something that I think of very often anymore, but I like to check in every now and then. 

Some things...

- Chloe turned 3 a few weeks ago. She's a pile of fun and energy and whining. 

- We're still potty training. Sometimes she'll go days without an accident. Other times she goes days with nothing but accidents. It's hard. So much laundry. So much stink. She had such a big accident at a restaurant one night that it even was in her boots. Yeah, TMI. It was my birthday dinner. Yay me. 

- She's so smart and such a good talker. She's always telling everyone she's three years old and when she's 5 she'll get to go on the school bus. She knows her whole name. 

- She still hates the car. 

- She kinda hates shopping. 

- She literally always wants to go to the park. She went to her father's for a couple of hours so Eric and I could go to a movie (last night) and when we picked her up at 9pm when it was dark and raining, she started crying to go to the park. 

- We saw Gone Girl and it was awesome. So awesome. 

- It was my birthday last week. I turned 27. I feel old.

- I'm still wedding planning. I think I'm going to pay for bouquets to be made instead of making them myself. Trying to get the bridesmaid dresses ordered asap, but still haven't gotten that done yet. 

- Yesterday I got my haircut for the first time in almost two years or so. 

- We're going to be going to craft fair in two weeks to show off our bead projects. Hopefully make some extra wedding money. We've been making a few sales lately through friends and co-workers. It's been great :)

I don't think there's much else to report. 

Hope all is well with whoever may still be reading this! 

303 days until Wedding

Eric worked super early this morning, and it took me a little while to get back to sleep after he left. Of course I went into deep sleep dreaming mode. I had a horrible wedding dream - All us girls forget to get hair and makeup done. All the boys wanted to go to the movies instead of the reception. My mother decided not to come but didn't tell me. Scott said he was coming but still hadn't shown up. My sister fell asleep. And all the wedding boys were hiding in a dark room playing with a tiny baby bat. 

 I hope there isn't a baby bat anywhere near my wedding.

I guess a wedding dream/nightmare is a sign that it's been on my mind a lot. 

A lot. 

I've been selling Chloe's old clothes and other household junk as much as possible and putting all the cash away. We've been making some purchases with Eric's credit card and working hard to pay that back off as well. 

I ordered and received our guestbook: 

It's got a wooden cover, and brown pages on the inside. I quite love it. 

On Sunday, I met up with all my bridesmaids and we pretty much decided on the dress that we were getting. We took some of the girls' measurements and once I decide on the color, we'll probably be putting the order in. 

We picked out our tuxes, but not sure if we're completely sold on the colors. I need to take the fabric swatches from the bridesmaid dresses in to see how well they match. 

One of my bridesmaids and I got together one night to make burlap flowers. Now that the huge burn on my finger from the hot glue is gone, I'm ready for another round of crafting soon. 

I'm making my own bouquets, card box and centerpieces. It's a lot. I need to get it all done as soon as possible or knowing me, I'll find myself rushing to get it all done at the last minute. 

So things are coming along slowly, but I still don't have a ceremony site, and I'm starting to have nightmares. 

303 days to go. 

All Dressed Up - A Wedding Weekend

This weekend started off bad enough - Chloe woke up sick Saturday morning. She was supposed to go to her father's for the night. Eric and I had a wedding to attend. Luckily, her sore belly passed quickly and she went to her father's. She had a fever for most of the day but woke up find on Sunday morning. 

 Eric and I rushed around showering, packing and getting ready Saturday, then drove an hour away to where the wedding would be. A friend of his got a ride with me. I felt a little sick for about an hour and I thought it would kill the day, but it passed. 

It was a cool, windy day, but when we got to the ceremony location (a park) it was perfectly warm and sunny. Weddings tend to make me teary. This one was no exception. 

We managed to take a couple of pictures - when we were getting ready at Eric's mom's, and then another picture outside before the wedding started. 

I bought a new dress for the wedding - it may have been the perfect dress for the weather. With the wind that day, any of my flowy dresses or skirts would've flashed the world. This one stayed in place. 

We drove around with a couple of his friends after the ceremony - we bought some chocolate milk and animal crackers like the children that we are. Afterwards we went back to his Mom's to charge our phones. The boys played pool while I read for 30 seconds before giving up and just watched, half falling asleep. 

Then we went to the dinner and dance. Fun was had by all. I can't wait for our wedding dance. 

On Sunday we woke up (after sleeping in!) to his mom making breakfast. So we ate then she took us to pick up our car. Then! We went to meet up with all my bridesmaids. We didn't get a picture of everyone, but one of my friends, Melanie, always takes a picture when she goes anywhere so we got one of 4/6 of us. 

We discussed bridesmaid dresses, suits and eventually took measurements for some of us. Eric left earlier and drove my sister back to town, and I stayed with two of the girls. We went to Giant Tiger, Starbucks, then drove home, getting Chloe along the way. We hung out at my place for a bit, had dinner at East Side Marios, then visited for a little while longer after Chloe was in bed. Overall, a great day and a great weekend. 

Now it's Monday - a holiday - but I'm back to work anyway. Luckily it's a slow day, but that also means it's going by slow. Eric's home with both girls, and I look forward to getting home and laying around all night before bed. 

Chloe's First Time at an Amusement Park

I was considering doing it, but this morning I didn't put much thought into it - I just got us dressed, packed sweaters, raisins and a change of clothes and we left home just before 10am to go to a local amusement park. 

Being born and mostly raised in this area, I'd never been to it before. It's a bit pricey. But you know what's not that pricey? Bringing an almost 3 year old. I got her an all-access pass bracelet, and just bought me enough tickets to get on three rides with her. I was allowed to go on two of the kiddie rides with her for free anyway. I was just going to get us coupons to go on a few rides (25 coupons) but with the bracelet she went on 42 tickets worth of rides. Much better deal. 

She had a blast! 

She even went on the ferris wheel with me twice. She loved the carousel and nothing scared her at all. We were there for more than 4 hours and could've stayed longer if I wasn't getting a headache and getting tired myself. I'd say it was a huge success. She had some cranky moments but snapped out of them quickly. 

She was tired on the drive home, and wanted a nap but when I put her in her room for a nap she was quiet for a bit but ended up singing and never sleeping. 

I bet she'll sleep good for me tonight. I hope. 

8 Things I Did This Week

1. I used Mod Podge and food coloring to tint some mason jars. Some turned out okay, but a few of them had lumps that dried in place that were very noticeable. I'm still trying to figure a way to make them less noticeable. Arts and crafts are hard. 

2. I sold a bunch of stuff, and still trying to sell more. Almost every cent is going into our wedding savings. I'm determined to come out of this with as little debt as possible. 

3. I went to a work friend's birthday party and drank on a roof-top patio. It was pretty sweet. Then we had some Chinese food and I slept most of the day away Sunday while Eric worked. Oh, except I walked hungover to Eric's work to get the car. I needed McDonald's breakfast. 

4. Our fridge broke. We discovered the freezer wasn't freezing on Saturday afternoon, so we moved stuff to the deep freeze. When we got home at 1am Sunday, we realized the fridge also wasn't working. We threw out a nice amount of food. Someone is supposed to look at it today, but that's still 48 hours with no fridge. And I wanted to do groceries yesterday. I'm hungry and were lacking in food options. 

5. I was super sad about the passing of Robin Williams. He's always been a favorite of mine. We finally had the time last night to watch Patch Adams - also one of my favorite movies. So good. RIP, Robin Williams. 

6. I've stopped drinking caffeine on a regular basis. I still drink it somedays, just not all. I find it makes me feel icky some days. Other days it makes me feel great. It's saving me money though. 

7. I've also noticed that eating greasy/unhealthy foods makes me feel icky too. I guess I'm just not that young anymore. I've been trying to have more smoothies and opt for something a little healthier when given the option (banana whole grain muffins vs. chocolate donut). I think it's helping a bit. 

8. I've been trying to arrange to get the wedding girls together at the end of the month. It's hard. But maybe we can at least get a few of us together. Everyone will be in the area on August 30/31, but all with different plans. We have a wedding on the 30th.