7 Things I Did Since Monday

1. I went to Old Navy for their buy one get one for $1 sale. Yeah, like my kids needed more clothes. Whatever. 

2. Big Brother 15 started! These are my thoughts on the Big Brother 15 cast. Eric and I got pizza and a ton of candy for the night. 

3. I'm pretty sure I know where I want to have my wedding. Nothing's 100% yet though, and nothing's been announced. 

4. I actually made packing lists - one for me, one for Chloe, and one for Madi - for this upcoming weekend. Me and Chloe are heading out to visit friends and Madi is going to stay with my Mom for the night. I'm pretty excited. 

5. My car got it's first oil change. Woot. 

6. I bought the Phase 10 app for my phone. Like I need another game to be addicted to. (Hello, Candy Crush). 

7. We confirmed an appointment to get engagement/family photos done mid-July. 

Big Brother 15 Episode One: The Cast

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Forgive me for what I'm about to do, but if you don't like Big Brother, avoid this. 

Big Brother 15 started last night. I've loved this show since my high school year. I think I started watching in summer of 2004. So these are my thoughts. 

I love the MVP twist (where America votes on who they think is playing the best game, and that person gets to anonymously nominate a third person to go on the block just before the Veto ceremony. I should make for an interesting season. 

As for the cast, I'm going to give my first opinion. Something fun to look back on once I love or hate some of them more. I'll go in order that they're in the photo above. 

1. Dave

Annoying. 

2. Candice

She made a bitchy comment about someone early on that led me to not like her much. Reminds me of Monet already. I hate people who are so quick to bitch and judge the second they walk into the house. 

3. Andy

I could like him. 

4. Amanda

Might end up being a favorite. 

5. Aaryn

Gorgeous! I'm no lesbian, but I will enjoy watching her for as long as she lasts this season. It also seems like she might be a decent player. Another potential favorite. 

6. Spencer

I don't see other peoples appeal with him yet. So far I'm not a huge fan. 

7. Nick

I think he's the cute guy of the house, and a potential favorite. 

8. McRae

I like that he proved he's not useless right away. I hope that doesn't make him an immediate target. I find it funny how proud he is of his pizza job, and so everyone doesn't believe that's what he does. I also quite enjoyed his "I'm not gay, but if I was I'd tear him apart" comment about Howard. 

9. Kaitlyn

Her comment about how she doesn't get along with girls made me dislike her. If you don't get along with girls, it's usually because you're a bitch. 

10. Judd

Holy accent. No real opinion on him yet though. 

11. Jessie

Her comment about being the prettiest girl in the room annoyed me. I forget who the other people in the room were at the time, but at least one of them was prettier. Come down off your high horse. And get a job. 

12. Jeremy

Seems a little douche-y. I'll give him more of a chance though. 

13. Howard

No real opinion on him yet. 

14. Helen

I think she may go far. A favorite so far. 

15. GinaMarie

Stop talking. 

16. Elissa

Rachel's sister! I loved Rachel. I hope she goes far. 

Big Brother watchers... share your thoughts!

Never Ever Ever....

Never ever ever....

- Will I ever be happy about the loss of Google Reader. I'm not a Blog Lovin' fan, but it's what I'll be using until I find another system for blog reading.

- Will I probably be able to say "I'm such a healthy eater!" I need to try harder with that. (I had broccoli in my lunch today! Progress!)

- Be happy that time just keeps flying by.

- Will I enjoy car rides with my daughter as long as she keeps whining every single time.

- Will I hate chocolate. Unless it's the Candy Crush chocolate. I HATE that stuff. 

Wedding Planning: The Beginning

If you asked me a month ago, I never would've thought that I'd be engaged and wedding planning right now. I haven't dug too far into the planning process, but I have been scrounging up information from as many different places as I can, trying to figure out our budget. Once I know how much we need, then I'll know how hard we need to save and how much money we need to put away monthly to do this.

The hardest part of wedding planning? 

Picking a photographer. If I wasn't on a budget, I know exactly who my top three choices would be. Being on a budget means I'm messaging anyone who's photos I like to get their pricing information. I can't afford to go overboard, but photography is the one part of my wedding I don't want to go too cheap on. Even Eric agrees - we would never have huge regrets if the food or decorations weren't great but we would regret it forever if we didn't have great photos to look back on. And with that same mindframe, we've decided we'll spend the extra to also have it videotaped. 

We've picked our year. 2015. We don't want it too early or too late, so I was hoping for late June or early July. Lately the 4th of July has been stuck in my head. We're Canadian, so it doesn't mean anything to us but wouldn't it be fun to give it some special meaning? 

Eric immediately picked his best man and one of his groomsmen, and they both already know it. There was no question. We know we want 1-2 other people in his party, then there's my side. I know who my options are, and who I'd most like to be in my wedding but it doesn't seem to be as simple as that. I can't fit all the people I'd consider, and some I wonder if they would want to be anyway. 

The night of our engagement Eric told me that I should pick the people who bring it up the most and seem the most excited. That's how you know they want to be a part of it. By that logic my wedding might end up being all male. 

Since the announcement, I've spoken to my mother on the phone at least 5 times, and spent the night at her house. She has not mentioned it once. We've talked about other people's weddings and engagements. I guess mine is so unimportant that she's forgotten it's even happened. Now I'm just playing the waiting game - not saying anything about it to see how long until she brings it up. She would've been happier if I was knocked up, which she made apparent when we called and told her the news. I guess I'm on my own. 

We're thinking of doing a very informal ceremony and reception. We're not high-class, formal people. We're cheap and we just want to party. 

But I'll save more of those details for when they're actually decided. On another note, I finally got my ring back yesterday. Finally!

On a completely unrelated note, Chloe is 21 months old today. 

10 Things I Did This Week

1. I got my engagement ring back last Sunday, and took it right back to get re-sized for a second time. There was an airplane problem so I still don't have it back. 

2. I got an Old Navy gift card from work, and used it with my Supercash to get $41 in clothes, and only spent $6 of my own money. But I also spent a bit of money getting a few things for the girl at Wal-Mart. Do you know who needs summer clothes? Definitely not my girls. Bad addiction. 

3. I finally got new tires put on my car. Eric took the car in for me. 

4. Chloe and I spent the day and night at Mom's Saturday night. We spent the entire day outside. Chloe went in the pool twice and loved it. It was a pretty great day. I wish we had a big yard with a pool. All that sun and heat had me wanting to take a nap at 6pm but I survived until 10 without one. 

5. Sunday morning we ate breakfast outside then Chloe and I went to visit my friend Scott - who just got home from a year in the Dominican PLUS it was his birthday. It was great visiting with everyone but we left early in the afternoon because Chloe didn't want to nap earlier and was starting to get cranky. 

6. I sold over $20 in books. My basement feels lighter already. I can't wait to get ALL the junk out. 

7. I went to the dinner theatre preview show with Eric. The show was fantastic as they always are. The food was just okay. 

8. Eric and I finally finished season 3 of Arrested Development (which I've already seen a few times) and are now watching the new season 4 on Netflix. I'm still forming an opinion on it. 

9. I got re-addicted to cheesy pretzel bits. I was addicted to them a few years ago but got sick of them. 

10. I started a wedding blog, but don't know if I'm going to use it or not.