Yeah I know I am a sucky blogger

Greetings all!!
Yes I'm still married. No I do not believe the rapture is going to happen tomorrow.. because the bible said that no one knows when that's going to happen. Just as long as there is still no peace in the middle east, we are okay.
but I do find it odd that the CDC put up a what to do in case of a zombie apocalypse on their site. It may be coincidental, but still I have my zombie apocalypse bag ready. Filled with yarn needles and dental floss. gotta keep your teeth clean you know.
You all should go see my friend Melissa's Blog. She posted some of my wedding pics there. If she'll do another wedding, you should pick her and her friend Bonnie for all your wedding day needs. She's awesome and I'm not just saying that because she is my friend. I mean it. They are both totally awesome!!!

 Let's see, I'm cross stitching for free. Yep. If you have ever heard of regretsy.com you may have heard of April's Army. I'm hoping to have it finished this weekend so they can list it, Benefits will be going to a single mom that lost everything in an apartment fire. Yeah. It's giving back and all.

Also I've got to get a move on with my baby knitting. I've got to knit something for Melissa, Amy at work, and I know there will be more because let's face it, everyone is having babies but me. and I'm all for that!!! Oh hey Melissa, you remember that scarf I was knitting on at Knit night at in the making? Yeah I'm still working on that booger.

Okay gotta go ya'll have a great and super awesome weekend!!!

10 Days of Rain, Sun, Rain, Sweat, and back pain to go

Good Wednesday to you all!! Yeah 10 days till the wedding and I'm stupid excited.
So far the plans are working out. Flowers ordered, I have my dress in hand along with the evil lady unmentionables that are currently making me have another butt on my back. yep. So what's my solution to this horror? Nope not going to buy another unmentionable, just going to loose 2 lbs so that it won't pinch so bad. Yeah. in 10 days. It can happen. So I'm sweating it in the gym for 30 minutes a day until the big day. Also going to hit the tanning bed and hope I don't accidently change the color scheme for the wedding. Currently it's purple not magenta.
The dress isn't purple because that would be kind of silly right? I almost got a nonwhite shaded dress but decided that the last thing I want is my grandparents to see me in funeral black or fuck me red strutting it down the aisle to my future hubby in plaid. I mean who wouldn't want a plaid wedding? It would kick ass!!! But sighs I could not. with dad gone the last thing I want to do is cause my older family members to 1) have a heart attack 2) Disown me or worst of all, 3) get my uncle who is officiating the wedding to pull out the exorcism ritual oh wait he's methodist Pam (my catholic sister) could exorcise my demons. I could just see  my 6 year old nephew Elliot now shaking holy water on me yelling "the power of Christ compels you!"
Well the flowers I've decided to make the bouquets and boutineers the night before. I'm also in the process of making my veil. I was at Davids Bridal looking at what they had for the astronomically priced of 120+ veils and I can replicate almost everyone of them but with my own flair of course. I'm tatting up some lace for the edges of the veil. Also going to tat 6 small backgrounds for the boutineers. I know I'm not spelling that right spell check but you aren't giving me any alternatives. Kthx!
Parties: I've had a couple. My Wednesday Crafting Divas through me a little shower a couple of weeks ago! I absolutely love those ladies! Also my coworkers threw me a little one too. Love them too!
It's wild because as much as I love my man I really didn't want anyone to go out of their way to throw me a shower and all. but I'm not too proud to look a gift horse in the mouth either. I am blessed to have so many folks at my back happy for us. Yeah because he's not just marrying my crazy ass he's marrying Sym, my crazy family and I'm marrying his. LOL Love it! We'll all be committed by year end!
Thanks for all the good wishes and the showers Oh folks in my real life! Ya'll Rock!! Oh thanks to ya'll my real life cyber friends too!!! Ya'll rock too!
So don't forget swing by here around my big day! That way you can see what I cross-stitched for the wedding. :-) Very Very special. I promise. I'll even try to do play by play of the wedding too.
I need your thoughts for a dry wedding. Not dry as in dry alcohol but dry as in no rain for our big day.
I'm getting worried with the last of April's showers of terror and I'm hoping that it will be beautiful and not as humid as that look people keep giving me about an april wedding. sheesh.

Now I leave you with a picture of my gal Sym

What the Hell Happened to December?

Sorry It's been a while ya'll. Thanksgiving weekend my laptop had an accident. It ended up drinking too muche eggnog and then it decided to slide under a recliner I was sitting in. As I was trying to eject myself from the recliner, precious laptop slid under the perfect spot to get its screen cracked. Luckily, the wonderful folks at Lenovo fixed my precious up for me and it returned to me on Christmas Eve. How cool is that? They were my santa this year. However I have not felt the love to blog nor had the opportunity to do so until now as I sit and sip on a Pumpkin Spice Latte at Starbucks.

My sister Nat in WV came down on the 18th. Yeah I don't know if I've mentioned that on here. must research later. She's been in WV since this summer. Pam moved to ATL in May. My sisters are no longer within hitting distance. It sucks but at least I can annoy them on the phone. We all had a blast at my mom's side's Christmas Party. It envolved seeing my uncle sport a scarf in a way that I wish I could forget though.
Having my sisters in hitting distance again made me very happy. But then they had to leave so I went back to a little less happy state of mind.

We had Van my new kid in for the holidays. It was awesome!! I have missed having her around. She's funny crafty and loves to push my buttons and her dad's. She and Sym got a good haul from old St Nick this year. Tons of dolls with clothes and little shoes for me to vaccume up. So lovely.

We also took a trip to see my sister Pam in Atlanta on Christmas day. We had a lovely snow storm that day. We all piled into the truck and drove 3 hours in snow and ice down I-20. We hung out with my niece and nephew a little the girls mostly had their attention. Johnny, Pam Eric & I we adults, played Wii Monopoly and Wii boxing and we wiied around for hours. It was fun and so worth the risk of death and the consequential horrendous neck pain I've been experiancing since we left. I slept in my neice's bed. It wasn't nice to me.

It felt different this year. I think because I was expecting my dad to walk through the door and say "SUPRISE!! I was kidding about the whole death thing to throw off those damn debt colllectors." Unfortunately that wasn't the case. Even christmas eve at his parents house was soooo weird. Luckily Mamaw had wine and she didn't have to drink alone cause I was helping her finish that BIG bottle of cheap chardonnay. Again that feeling that dad was just going to walk in continued to plague me. I have gotten closer but have not gotten my box totally together yet. I've had to deal with my dad's boxes of bills and trying to move on and plan out the wedding. Yeah I'm still getting married in April. I'm not letting my dear John(ny) get away. :-)
They've finished Dad's headstone. They are putting it up on Tuesday. I'm taking the day off to oversee the event and possibly getting a pedicure. Pedicures are curealls for weird sadness there is always alcohol.
Johnny asked me what I want to do tonight being new years eve and all. I'm not in the mood to party like a white girl but I'm (Ok side note. what's with dudes and skinny jeans? really? if you don't have a guitar over your shoulder please don't wear them if you know you don't look good in them!! For reals!) thinking I should just chill at home. I know it's lame. I know its stupid but even though this has probably been one of those mentally breaking years I've already experianced, I just don't feel like faking it for strangers/friends or anyone. I think spending New Years with my man, my Sym and Ryan Seacrest constitutes a pretty good way to wrap up a hellacious year.
I may just reflect on all the GOOD times we've had. For example, several trips this year. Man we have travelled everywhere this year! Vicksburg, MS, Dahlonegah,GA, Texas, Orlando, West VA, PCB, Gulf Shores, Pace. It's been great! Some trips with the kids some without. Meow.
I've knitted TONS!!! First pair of socks in 2 years, baby booties, hats, Calamortries, baby sweaters.
I've learned how to crochet and I've crocheted SEVERAL baby blankets and a baby hat. I've been tatting still lots and lots of motiffs some that had patterns some that didn't and I just winged it.
I"ve made more process improvements at work this year than I have in the past! I mean productivity wise it has been a good year. I just wish my dad was still here. I miss him. That doesn't go away does it?
Sorry for the uber long boring ass post ya'll. I guess I'm just making up for all that time I didn't blog.
Maybe 2011 will be my year to reappear online with more to show. Yeah next  comes new years goals. But I'll put that in another post. Toodles