slacking on the updates

seriously behind.  thank you notes did go out though....woo....

Next blog button

I should stop hitting that "next blog" button at the top...I get sucked in to other people's writing...for WAY too long.  But today I found my way to this one and if I link my blog to theirs I am entered to win a delightful dress.  It's 100% impractical but it makes me want to get married (again) on a rocky beach.  Somewhere up north perhaps?  Is three months too early for a vow renewal?  Plus, I love seeing someone with innovative marketing ideas...a giveaway in exchange for free press?  Fantastic plan!

Updates of randomness

1. We hosted our first party in our new place, 41 family/friends came!!!  So far, there only appears to be one small brownish colored spot on the carpet.  Impressive considering Costco catered the whole thing so there was food EVERYWHERE.

2. Mark will be 29 tomorrow.  I took him "Outback tonight!" because he loves steak, chain restaurants and I had a coupon.  Man, I'm an awesome wife.

3. The completely written thank you notes are sitting in a corner of our office waiting to be addressed, sealed and mailed.  Uh....next week?

4. Have you been on MySpace lately?  I went on tonight.  It's not that exciting since most people I know are either no longer on the site or haven't logged in for more than 30 days.  Rather than scope out other pages I looked at old photos from the MySpace era of 3-5 years ago--or the 3-5 gym nights per week era.  I don't think I'm fat but I was definitely thinner in the MySpace era....so I'm going back to that era, who's with me!?!  Surveys and slimmer stomachs await.

Day of the Dad

I didn't buy Mark a Father's Day gift.  He's not my dad, right?!  Hmmm.  The more I thought about it the worse I felt.  He is a really great dad to T, which is amazing since that's not always easy to do when you're a weekend parent.  It makes me so happy to see what his presence does for her. Plus, I know how lucky our children, and myself, will be once we decide to make some.  Or adopt some, depending on whether my hypochondriac self allows for 9-months of major body changes or as Mark says, "depends on if you're too old."  I just turned 30 punk!!! 

So, despite the fact my husband is concerned I'm old already, I found this rad dude shirt in a dark blue color so he can rock it with jeans or dress pants:

Thank goodness Mark will wear it with a belt....

Score

Dear Husband,

Neener-neener I finished ALL my thank you notes...well except for how I confused the two Jan's gifts.  I will fix that and then be finished with ALL my thank you notes.

So sexyface, did you finish yours? .........You are the weakest link!  Oh good point, I didn't print out the list and Google Documents confuses you.  I get confused trying to set up our home printer so I guess we are even.  I'll print it before I leave work today!

LYL,
Your wife

Thank you notes. They aren't writing themselves

So far I wrote all the thank you notes for my family gift givers.
And I would say I'm more than halfway through my friend gift givers.
Mark wrote three notes for his family gift givers before he told me he doesn't "really want to write them."  DUH, it's time consuming and hard to think of different ways to say thank you over and over and over.  But you do it, especially when we have been blessed with so many GENEROUS friends and family!!!

Consider this one big "Thank You" and your personal note should be coming...soon!

Pro photos - sneak peek

I am literally in awe of these images and will let them speak for themselves!

Detroit Photographer:

Dionne & Joe at The Shooting Gallery

www.theshootinggallery.com

(side steps at Fort Street Presbyterian in Detroit)

(side steps at Fort Street Presbyterian in Detroit)

(Hart Plaza, Detroit)