Memorial Weekend Update

So we didn't really do anything super exciting for memorial day weekend, but it was fun. The weather forecast was supposed to be nice, so I suggested we try to go to a Cardinal game and they were playing the Royals. I looked online and was able to get tickets for like $10-15 each, but Dustin didn't like how crappy the seats were and thought we should try for the First Pitch tickets. For these First Pitch tix, you go to the box office when it opens at 9am and get a voucher, then bring the voucher to a certain gate 15 minutes before game time and they hand you an envelope with 2 tickets in it. It's only $11 total and you have a chance to get really great seats. So Saturday morning it is raining out and we think there won't be anybody in line, so get there at 9:00 and the line looked HUGE! They hand out at least 275 vouchers, so we probably would have got one, but just drove back home cause it didn't seem worth it to stand in such a huge line. So we decide to try again Sunday morning, but get there at like 8:30 so the line will be shorter. We were still there until around 9:30, so still an hour of waiting around. So we come back at 1:00 and get our envelope. The couple in front of us opens theirs and is like- "awesome- infield box seats" (or something good)! I open ours and just say- "let's go back home." dustin's like- "what? did we get bleachers" I inform him- "WORSE- STANDING ROOM ONLY!!!!!!" Dustin seriously has the worst luck of anyone and now that has rubbed off on me. We'd spent all this time, had our cooler packed, was all excited to sit down and watch a game and now i have to find a place to stand for 3 hours. Lesson learned- we should have just bought the cheap tickets online so we at least had a seat! it worked out well though cause we ran into other people we knew there so we just went to the casino queen party area and sat at a table there and watched most of it on tv.



Friday night we headed over to Breese for my cousin's high school graduation. So hard to believe that he is going to be going to college! I hope when I have kids the time does not fly by this fast! Unfortunately, we had some goober with horrid B.O. in front of us that had to be one of the worst smelling people I've ever been around. Since there was no A/C and we were crammed into bleachers I could only imagine how worse it was going to get as the ceremony went on. Luckily some poor saps came along and sat next to them, so Stinky had to scoot down, away from us. I'm just amazed that no one in the family would tell this grown man that he needs to shower or how they could stand the smell! We had issues getting any good pics turn out, but this is the best one:

Adios chubby

Man oh man-- So I've been reading from all these other bride-to-be's that they have been doing workout videos by Jillian Michaels-- the trainer on the biggest loser. I don't really like going to the gym, but I don't really like just exercising at home either, but figured I'd just try one of the videos on youtube to see what it was all about. I started with Level 1 of the 30 Day Shred and is a 20 minute workout. I'm thinking- how bad can this be if only 20 minutes?!?! First, it definitely felt like at least 30 minutes, so I'll have to clock it next time and I thought it was a great workout for such a short amount of time and made it through more than I thought I would. I need to go buy some weights tonight though-- had to use beer bottles as my weights today...haha! Maybe that gave me some needed inspiration though! I also measure my body fat on the scale and took measurements of my thighs, hips, and waist. I think lately I may not be losing any weight, but hopefully I am gaining muscle cause I've been having some good workouts. So hopefully I'll start to see some results soon. Now I'm off to missy's to watch So You Think You Can Dance!

Wedding Ideas/Inspiration

So I wish I would have thought of this at the start, but lately whenever I see wedding pictures online that I like I save them to my hard drive so that way I can reference them later. I'm still torn if I go with just a black/white or black/ivory type theme or work in a fucshia and/or purple scheme. I went to garden ridge this week and just bought all sorts of stuff to practice making some cool centerpieces at home. I think I came up with one that is pretty simple and elegant, so I'll have to post some pics later. Here's some of the photos I've found that I really like:

This photo alone has basically convinced me we gotta do black tablecloths. I just love the look of this:


More proof I like the darker cloths accented with lots of candles and white:

This makes me wanna have paper lanterns everywhere! I saw one where they did it with all shades of the pink and purple family and looked really cool-- I think just white would be nice too:
For the centerpieces I keep coming back to these submarine vases where flowers are submerged in water and then put a candle on top. This is what I practiced making...and ended up with water all over the floor cause forgot about that thing called displacement when I shoved my arm in the full vase!

Finale and Premiere Week

What a busy week...and I'm not even the crazy-addicted tv watcher I was years ago!

So I'm halfway through the Desperate Housewives finale waiting in suspense to see if that crazy dude is going to kill terri hatcher's son MJ. Prediction: No way he's going to get away with that.

I didn't watch the entire season of Survivor, but have been watching the last episodes...was glad to see JT win...and was glad when Coach was booted off. I really think JT is a super-nice guy and is probably going to even try to give some of his money to Stephen.

Last night was the 2 hr finale of 24. I didn't think there was really a crazy huge twist or shocker, but it was a good ending. Jack has some fatal disease but has a 10% chance of surviving with Kim donating an organ or something. Prediction: Nothing stops Jack Bauer and he'll be back in full force next season.

Last night was also Dancing With the Stars finale and results are tonight, which I haven't seen yet. Prediction: Shawn Johnson will pull off the win-- she's so cute that she has to be reeling in the most votes. Gossip Girl and 90210 finales that I have not watched yet and really no clue what they'll do to wrap up the seasons.

Tonight was the American Idol showdown between Adam and Kris. I REALLY like Kris-- he's cute, just a nice, normal guy and I LOVE his style of music. I would sit in a bar all night and listen to him. On the other hand, Adam is extremely talented and I think probably moreso deserves to win....but I don't know if he will win because enough people may be turned off by his gayness and just over-the-top sometimes theatrics. I'd have to see what type of album Adam would make before I'd buy it, but I'd be interested to go see him live! I think it will be a close one and I think Kris may pull out the win as somewhat of a "shocker!" On another note-- what was up with Simons shirt being unbuttoned so far-- i was ready for his bellybutton to make an appearance at any time! And Carrie Underwood rocked it-- I am just OBSESSED with that girl and think she is the best ever.

Then I have The Bachelorette premiere last night, which I really didn't want to get hooked into this season, but I LOVE Jillian so I now I gotta watch it. I didn't see the show last night, so I haven't picked my faves yet. And So You Think You Can Dance premieres Thursday night and I'm going to Missy's to kick off the season!

All this good tv on this week and Dustin is hogging the tv watching the history channel- bleh.

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yeah! So idol turned out pretty much as I had hoped-- but was still really sad to see Danny go. From what I've been reading online, a lot of people think the Danny fans will now vote for Kris-- so Kris may have a real good chance at winning this thing. Should be interesting to see next weeks performances! And 24 ends next week...so it will be a busy tv week!

So I read this story today that just makes me so mad-- http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.reuters.com/quotslumdogquot-child-star39s-mumbai-shanty-home-torn-down-reuters

I think it's so terrible that these kids starred in the best movie of the year and are living on the streets. I can't believe that people associated with the movie or other people in hollywood don't step up to help get these kids off the streets and into a home. I guess we really don't know the whole story of what's going on, but just seems so sad. I thought I read at some point that there is some money put away for them, but they can't get to it until they are 18...but at this point they'll be lucky to live to that age if they don't get a home, food, education, etc!