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Some oldies but goodies:

Christine found this in my photobooth while using my computer once:

To which she replied (but I didn't find until a few weeks later):

But paper writing today makes me feel more like this:

Than This:

Kids are funny sometimes

Yesterday morning I was babysitting for two of my favorite kiddos. The older of the two is one of my best little buddies, but he was having a really tough morning yesterday and we got off to a rough start. And since TS Debby has finally gotten out of the way of summer, we were going to have a picnic lunch on the porch. The boys sat in the living room to watch an episode of Octonauts while I prepped our yummy lunches, then I filled everyone's water cups and set up our food. I called the boys over and we went out onto the porch for our fun picnic. It was going swell, we had fun and giggled. Then the big boy asked for more "scrawberries, please!" so I got up to grab some. When I tried to open the door to get back in the house it wouldn't budge. Somehow we had gotten locked out.

I was feeling a little panicked, but I reminded myself that it must now be at least 11:30am and the parents would be home at 1:00pm. So I decided to be honest with the boys about my mistake, ration out our water-sips carefully and keep them engaged in playing as much as possible. Inside I felt like crying!

Central Florida summers are hot! Even on a shaded porch. I told the boys I was sorry we got locked out, the older one (3 1/2) let me know he was sorry too! The boys maintained a great attitude about the whole situation, and we had water sips every five minutes. The poor little guy got a dirty diaper about 45 minutes before we got let in and it broke my heart not to be able to help him out, but he didn't even get whiny. I think kids can tell when something is really out of your control.

However, I almost burst into tears when their mom was there to let us in! What a relief, my poor little buddies were getting hot. And I am thankful that they are a kind family who was very understanding about my little goof up -which I am still not sure about how I did!


The rest of yesterday afternoon was much more fun, my mom and brother got back from Miami and we went to Roadhouse together, where I did give in and eat two rolls. They are just too good to pass up. We went to bed, Bath and Beyond and got some great home goodies for Ricky and I with a giftcard the ladies at work had given me at the end of the school year, and then to Target to buy some of the items on the registry with a couple of checks that generous and loving family members had sent. Nesting is so much fun, I can't wait to get everything set up with Ricky.

Right now I am taking a little break from working on my paper in the library at school, so I need to get back to that now!

Excited and Exhausted

Start with positives:

Finish my paper this week! A two year monkey off my back, sounds good!

Going to get our marriage license tomorrow. :)

Bridal shower are my mama's bestie's house. I am really excited but a little nervous too. No idea what to expect and I have no clue what to wear. I know it will be fun though, I have to stop worrying. Diane's daughter, Taryn, went to pastry school and is making my cake. And while I don't know yet I am sure she will have something fun for the shower too!

And... another bridal shower the week before the wedding. Nicki, our close family friend and the wife of our pastor is throwing it for me, and I am very excited! She is an excellent entertainer, a detail obsessor like yours truly. She and one of my favorite Nursery mama's Aja are working together. Aja is so much fun, I hope I can still be a zippy as she is when I am a mama (Her boys are also some of the world's greatest kids). So I am really excited about it.

My wedding is only 25 days away! The most exciting thing of all.

Reasons for exhaustion/stress:

My Wedding is 25 days away! There is so much still to be done: decorations, figuring out flower stuff, payments, and who even knows what else.

Finishing this paper, I am such a thinker but not really an academic. It's like pulling teeth. I am also afraid that my professors will once again think my paper is not good enough and I will be in the same place I was in May 2011. But, I don't need to think about that.

I am so broke. :/

My mom and brother left town on Sunday. This left me as sole guardian for my 14 year old sister. 14 year olds are exhausting. Especially when you are trying to get them ready for a convention and a camp and get last minute items, pack everything, explain why some wardrobe selections are unwise all while being loving and patient. I am really glad Ricky and I want to wait a bit for kids. I need a bit more patience first I think! Luckily, she isn't too bad of a gal- and she headed off for FFA convention this morning!

All this rain freaks me out, and my mom's bathroom ceiling began leaking Sunday night.

Since I hit the one month till the wedding mark, I haven't been able to sleep. Like maybe 8 hours of deep sleep in the past 4 days. This has to stop, any tips are appreciated.

I tried on my dress last Thursday and it was a little too small! Mega diet mode right now. I am thinking it may be from starting the pill? They say that makes a lot of people gain weight.

So here is where I am at: Keep Calm and Carry On...

I know it's been a while...

Hello World!

I know it has been quite a long time since my last post, but my world has been a whirlwind!

You know that paper I was writing about in my first post? I am half-way done now and will be finally graduating in July.

Which brings me to some other exciting news: I am getting married in July! On the 21st, I will marry the greatest guy I have ever known. I know what you are thinking, wow that's fast. And it has been a really quick engagement.
There are a few reasons Ricky and I decided to have a short engagement:
 1) when you know you want to spend the rest of your life with someone, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.
2) Ricky has some black-out dates at work when he cannot take off more than a day at a time. This was a problem because it was really important to us to go on our honeymoon as soon as we got married.
3) My job ended at the beginning of June, and getting married in July will put us in less of a lurch for me to find a new job.

I am so excited about being married to Ricky, I can hardly wait the 32 days that remain. We were engaged on April 22. You can find out more about our proposal and such at our weddin' website: lexiericky.ourwedding.com.

Our wedding is going to be in a rustic chic sort of style, and I have had a really good time planning with my mama. It has been stressful, and there have been some little snafus- but I have heard this is true of every wedding. So I am just rolling with it. After all if we end up married and have a good time with our friends and family, what more is there?

For our honeymoon we are going on a 5 day Caribbean cruise and I am so excited. I have always wanted to go on a cruise, and it should be perfect for a honeymoon. Since everything is included we won't have to worry about anything, which sounds pretty good to me.

More to come about this soon! And I am sure I will have much more fun stuff to blog once I am wed!