Thursday....

Happy Birthday to my sister, Danielle!!! Happy Birthday!! Again thank you for the lovely bridal shower this past weekend, even though I was a pain all the way leading up to it and complaining about not having one. Thank you!

So we got hit with another "wonderful" snowstorm yesterday. The news says we got about 8 inches of snow, yet I think it was closer to 10 - cause it really sucked cleaning up! Luckily my dad came over and plowed my driveway, cause there was no way I would have been able to shovel all that snow! Seriously, if Ryan is gone again next winter I'm gonna think about a townhouse for a few years - would just make more sense and would be a lot easier for me.

I did book my flight for my trip down to GA in March, not a bad price either $89. I'm only going one way and riding back with Ryan - but it will be a nice 5/6 day vacation!

Wedding Update: the gifts are still piling in! Everyday it seems like someone else is dropping off a present at the house. And THANK YOU EVERYONE! Now I can finally throw away/give away all the inexpensive items that I bought for the house just to hold me over till now. THANK YOU!

Bridal Shower!!

Finally! My sisters and my two bridesmaids, along with family threw me a pretty awesome bridal shower on Sunday. It was up at my sister's mother-in-law's house in Rouses Point. There were quite a few people there, and I got some very much needed gifts for the house. Things I have been putting off for over a year now!

Here's just some of what I got:

- A programable Slow Cooker (yea! "Set it and Forget It")

- A popcorn Popper (one of the old school style ones!)

- A toaster (with a cord that is retractable - easy storing!)

- Beer Mugs (yes, we will one day have a bar and they will be used - ALOT)

- Bed sheets (2 sets of theses super soft ones in a great color!)

- Scones (they look pretty awesome, but now where do I put them??)

- A 17 peice pyrex clear glass set (with lids!! They will be used alot!)

- Chip and Dip Set (Now, no more using plates for both - awesome set)

- Hand Held Blender (finally pureed soups can be made!)

- Cheese cutting board (comes with a knife and part of the board flips - neat!)

- Bread tray (in this awesome old world yellow color - perfect!)

- A HUGE giftbasket filled with everything needed to bake up a storm (I mean EVERYTHING - All in red yea!!)

- A wine rack (small enough to put on the floor, but elegant and holds ALOT of wine!)

- Glasses - both everyday glasses and fancy ones (they have these awesome "air bubble" look)

- Dish Set (its all white so it goes with everything!!)

- A family size griddle (time to cook breakfast without smoking up the house)

- A bag of kitchen goodies (baking dish, wooden spoons, peelers, peppercorns, it was a bottom- less bag!)

- Gift Cards (yes! Now I can buy some pots & pans that are long overdue!)

I think I forgot some stuff, I know I did!! This was just off the top of my head, I haven't even had a chance to go through most of the gifts yet! You know you open them at the shower, and then its right onto the next one. You really get to "reopen" them when you bring them all home! It's great!!

Thanks to everyone for the awesome gifts! Ryan and I will use all of them!

Here's a pic from the shower of little Jack (my ringbearer) making a strange face as they were putting my "hat" on.......

Ok......

Ok, so I wanted to start this back in October, but then just so much has been happening, that I def. forgot about it! So here goes another try.

To start, my "wedding" is in about 20 something days - and boy oh boy it's getting crazy! For those who don't know, my husband and I got married before he left for Iraq almost 2 years ago, and now, we are finally tying the knot (again) with all of our friends and family present. This has been long overdue! Side note - Ryan isn't home! He is back from Iraq, but now he's done in Georgia for work and will be flying up the night before the wedding (geez).

Wedding Recap - almost everything is set! The girls dresses finally came in (after about 5 months of waiting), some of them didn't fit - but they fit now (thank goodness!). My dress is set, the guys tuxes have been ordered, the flowers, photographer, dj, and blah blah blah...... all done.

What's left? MAKE SURE RYAN'S PLANE LANDS AND LANDS ON TIME! Plus some other little details - but nothing major. Plus, I am pretty sure the local newspaper is going to do a story on our little "love story" - a reporter is suppose to be contacting me before the big day. How neat is that? It's a story must people have heard during this time of war, but hardly know it actually happened to a couple in Plattsburgh (and I'm not the only one!) - so it's just about time that the news is spread on what the war is doing to couples, but on a positive note!

For those of you coming to the wedding - THANK YOU and I look forward to having a GREAT party! WOOOOOHOOOOOOOO can hardly wait!