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Despite the terrible Michigan weather today I woke up excited that it was Thursday…I have spin class tonight and I love the workout it gives me. It’s late enough that I can actually make the class and usually pump some iron before. I mean, have you seen these pythons other people call arms?
The best part about being a Thursday is that tomorrow is Friday, and the best part about Friday is that the next day is Saturday. I’m loving on my weekends lately. Last Saturday was double fun with a shower AND bachelorette bash. This Saturday it’s my friend Annie’s 30th and she’s coming up here to Michigan with her boyfriend to celebrate. It will be a nice distraction while Mark is enjoying his bachelor party downtown with his pals.
Interesting that I woke up in a stellar mood today and was in a completely different sort of mood yesterday. The kind of mood that rhymes with abbey.
Lastly, GO GREEN! Here’s to a good game in the Sweet Sixteen :)
OK, this is going to be so brief. I'm up to my eyeballs in work things and have I mentioned before this little thing called THE WEDDING!?!
Quick updates in my favorite form--list!
1. "Details by Laura" was hired to do our day of coordinating (ceremony and, the biggest help, reception)
2. Shower time was fantastical on Saturday, I am still in awe over the turnout and amazing gifts!! Grace hosted us at The Victorian Rose Tea House in Rochester.
3. Bachelorette party was a blast, can't wait to do it again...for someone else! We did dinner at D'amatos, drinks at Coach Insignia & dancing at Deluxe. Special thanks to Caitlin and Liz for pulling it all together
But everyone likes pictures, here are a few of my favorites from the weekend festivities :)
SHOWER:
BACHELORETTE "double vision":
Dude.
We're at 3.5 weeks until the big day! AWESOME!!!!!
I'm also like a schizo over here with, "oh yeah, email that to so-and-so, ooh, check the registry, ARGH, add sleeping bags...d'oh, research sleeping bags." And all of this is during the work day. No wonder I'm up until all hours of the night working on work and wedding stuff. The schizo day appears to be helping but may in fact be eating a golf ball sized hole in my stomach (not really, I made that up for effect).
We're actually doing OK with the plans, everything is mostly nailed down for the BIG day. Yippy! And I'm slowly getting excited. Not that I wasn't excited before, it's just that all the planning sort of took away from some of the excitement. Fortunately I'm mostly done and this weekend is the bachelorette weekend. Boo-ya. Talk about wrapping up the plans with a BANG. 20+ chicas are coming out to party!! I am so geeked to have awesome friends and family coming to celebrate...even some pregger girls are going to shake their bellies. Well fill them at dinner at least :) Pictures to follow, I'm sure!
And if that wasn't enough of a BANG I have one more bridal shower. Yay! I've been peeking online to see what sort of gifts I may get. Good stuff all around. Oh yeah, I STILL need to add sleeping bags!
Oh wait, we totally got our marriage license and wrapped up our pre-marital counseling yesterday too.
But who's counting?!
I'm exhausted after a super fun weekend in Owensboro meeting all the Zuerners. Well, a large majority of them anyway. Mark's grandma (Mamaw as she is known) will be 80 in a month and her kids decided to throw a surprise party. There were lots of cards played and laughs shared.
Every 10 seconds someone was lamenting, "he's a Zuerner" or "it's a Zuerner thing" or "you're such a Zuerner," I'm not entirely sure it was always said in the best light but I think that goes with the jokester personalities. I must say everyone was beyond nice and welcoming.
No major wedding updates at the moment, I will definitely stick with the non skin cancer inducing spray tan (though I'm sure the chemicals, in the end, aren't that much better). RSVP information is rolling in and, oh yeah! I almost forgot. We found someone to handle all the day of things. Mark especially was feeling the pinch on the reception set-up and I was dreading all the final organization/planning steps. We are happy to have that handled. I will post up her information once she confirms the contract!
So, after showering this AM the streaks aren't bad (my ankles look like I spray tanned but that's about it). Let's see if anyone notices I'm tan today at work. My face has makeup that masks the color a little but my arms seem tan. Time to roll up the sleeves!
Well, how about YOU decide:
Well, the true test is on. After gathering feedback (70% negative, 30% positive) I decided the best way to determine if spray tanning would work for me was to try it myself. I went to Club Soleil in Royal Oak (by the Value Center) and it was an OK experience. "OK" in that if I had wiped off the drips on the backs of my legs I'd be just about fine. Like, the streaks back there are no good. Otherwise I think I'm OK; granted I could wake up tomorrow and start signing, "...what do you get when you guzzle down sweets..." I will let you know. Earlier, I told Mark he gets to tell me if it's scary or not tomorrow (if for some reason I can't figure it out on my own).
So here's the funny part, a 12-year old gives me the low-down and I neglect to read the posted materials. I strip down, put on the "barrier cream" and push the green button. Nothing. Push it again. Nothing. Push it and HOLD it. Nothing. So now, I have to get dressed again, go back out and explain. She resets and says, push the blue start button THEN hit the green button. OK, you didn't say anything about the blue. Jeesh. WHOOOOOOSH, the sprayers go off. And I think to myself, "self, hold your breath!" But it's too late, I had no good oxygen intake so I'm holding my breath in spurts, not taking in a deep enough breath to hold it any longer than the last time. Now, it's time to rotate to the right 45 degrees and strike some sort of Egyptian pose. Thank goodness for The Bangles, I was ready. I wasn't, however, ready for the ridiculously slippery floor and nearly bit it (eyes closed and with no oxygen). This continues until I've been sprayed on all sides. I get out, look at myself in the mirror and am dripping with tanning solution. Good grief. I fix my face first, then my arms. First mistake was to go to the torso next. The drips were setting in on my legs. By the time I get to the legs it's too late. Oy vey. I do the best I can and then I go seriously wash my hands. Oh neat, there's no soap. I still wash like a fool and surprisingly get that situated. Alas my legs and, oh yeah, FEET.
Bottom line. I need to assess in the morning what shade I am. And then re-assess after spin class Thursday. And again on Saturday. If, after all this, I'm feeling good (minus the streaks) I might do another blast in a few weeks to work out the kinks and again before the wedding. Otherwise I'm back to the drawing board!!
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