Mlah-mlee-mlah..

Hiiii. Miss me much?

Sorry for the MIA-ness to anyone who's been wondering where I've been. I've been busy getting screwed over by the insurance company (AllState), Enterprise, and maybe even the auto body shop. Anywho. It's just been crazy. At the end of the day, everyone is pointing fingers at each other blaming everyone and their mom except for themselves. I'll be honest, I don't really care who it comes down to, the fact of the matter is that not 1 party handled the situation the way that they should have and I wasn't taken care of. My car's been MIA for about a month & 1/2 now and it took 2 weeks alone to get a quote from the insurance company sooooo. Yeah. *sigh* Anyway. Apparently my car should be good by Monday. *crosses fingers*

How's it all hanging in your neck of the woods?

Oh! So my dad was down in San Diego this last week and Chris actually drove the 1 1/2 hours to pick up my dad from the airport and took my dad out to dinner. Awww, they're bonding! We're almost to the 7 month mark for our countdown to September 19! Crazy! Wedding inspiration boards/ideas/in process will be posted soon. I do have to say, I tried on my dress again the other night in my room and it is SO perfect. And looser than when I bought it! *eep! Yay! I'll look into alterations in a couple months.

In the midst of our wedding planning, my siblings and I (including Chris) are throwing my parents a surprise shin-dig in late June. It's a big year for our family as I'm getting married, my baby sister is out of the house, my brothers (older & baby) are leaving to go south for school this fall, and it seems that my mom is going to get the empty nest she never wanted all at once. Its kind of bittersweet. I'm excited for these new chapters in our lives, but it's scary to be "without" each other. Our family's pretty close and we've never been more than a couple miles from each other. Being in Colorado killed me so I ended up back in MN. And I've NEVER spent a holiday without my family. Anyway, we're planning a bash for my parents just to say "THANKS!" and "We love you!" and make people cry. And ourselves. haha. So we're off to the prospective venue at Northwestern College this afternoon. Updates to come!

Anyway, I hope you're all having a great week/end of January/Saturday. I miss blogging. I need to figure out how to post pictures on blogger instead of having to use photobucket so if you know, help a girl out! And I might be baking peanut butter blossom cookies this afternoon! Yay! Yes, they're probably not good for the wedding diet, but SO good for the tummy!

I'll be back, pinky-swear!

Remember when Garfield wished Mondays away?

Does anyone remember that episode? Heh. I hate Mondays. But if the 1st or the 15th falls on a Monday, I don't get paid. Bleh.

Anyways, I'm so glad that Good Gals Inc. posted about this . I'm actually on a mission to lose at least 5 lbs. and maintain that until the the wedding-- and then after as well. I've kinda plateau'd and need a little oomf in the working out department. Chris and I have agreed on being "rewarded" if we hit our goals by the time our wedding rolls around. Chris wants to get down 20lbs. before the wedding, but how unfair is it that guys burn fat so much faster?? Ugh. He's also a former soccer player so he's used to doing lots of cardio. We've yet to finalize his prize, but mine is a brand-new wardrobe! I'm all for it! haha. Oh & we're trying to figure this out-- how do we figure out who wins? Do both of us win if we both hit our goals by September? How would you do it?

I've been doing pretty well so far-- I used to do 3 miles of stairs 4-5 times a week, but have gotten so bored with that so I've taken up running 3 miles 4-5 times a week. Let me tell you, a little embarassing to admit, but I haven't run in probably 6 or 7 years. hah. I've always been so concious of what I look like when I run-- probably due to my sister's comments of "You run like a girl!" heehee. I probably do... and also, I'm pretty much boobs and butt and developed earlier than my grade school friends so gym class was always a little awkward for me too in that department if ya catch my drift-- scarred and traumatized, seriously. I'm getting over that for the sake of my wedding dress. hah. Plus, after almost 3 months, I'm seeing my Baby in 11 days! Chris and I are starting pre-marital couseling on January 9th so he'll be in town for the weekend hence me trying to lose whatever weight I've gained since I've last seen him. Tonight was a pretty good workout, but I was huffin and puffin about 7 laps into it. Hah. I tend to have imaginary competitions with people on the track with me. If someone's speed walking next to me when I'm walking, I try to out walk them and secretly cheer myself on. Is that weird? haha.

Good news-- I didn't mention this before (didn't want to damper the Holiday spirit), but about 2 weeks ago, I got into a car wreck-- long story short, the car was in pretty bad shape (I walked away with a minor bite to the side of my tongue, but no other damages-- not even soreness or whiplash!), it's currently in the shop, insurance company took forever to get back to me, I'm about 1 month away from paying it off so I'm stressing since we're trying to save for the wedding, and I miss my little girl car, but they FINALLY called back today and will be fixing my car completely! God has been good even though I haven't & have doubted how this would work out.