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Friday, September 26th, 2008
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wow, tomorrow's the big day. i cannot believe it's really here. last night was the bachelorette party. we got professional henna done which turned out beautifully. we added to our hippie fun with a dinner at the pita jungle. we had fun eating "handicapped" by our effort to keep our henna paste intact for as long as possible for maximum dying effect. our waiter was highly amused by this. we then returned to my place to continue with girl talk and steaming of our tattoos to make them stain stronger. it was seriously one of the most awesome girls nights ever. it was exactly how i wanted my bachelorette party to unfold. i love my ladies!!!
today naresh and i ran a few more errands and did the rehearsal which went relatively smooth. our replacement pastor seems really nice and on the ball, i think he'll do a great job. we then had our rehearsal dinner at anzio's where i met a ton of naresh's family for the first time, and got to introduce naresh to a lot of mine for the first time as well. there were so many people to talk to it was crazy overwhelming. naresh's parents had a microphone set up so pretty much all of the uncles and aunts talked and shared cute stories/thoughts about us. it was a great icebreaker and will help loosen things up for the reception tomorrow.
now i am very tired and would like to go to bed.
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
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wow, the wedding is only a few days away now. i feel quite calm about the whole ordeal. at this point i'm really looking forward to the event but i'm not overly excited either. somehow i've developed this superstition that if i get too out of control excited about something it increases the odds of something terrible happening. i think it's just my little brain trying to avoid heart breaking disappointment. so instead i just go with the flow, emotionally prepared for the worst but expecting the best. nevertheless i think it's going to be really fun and i can't wait.
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
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we had dinner with my parents this evening. before we went to the restaurant my mom had a bunch of old home videos out. so many memories of a life that used to be so familiar and now it seems like so long ago. when i used to watch these videos i would just focus little me. now i watch them i relate more to my mom than myself. i think about what my daughter might look like. i think about my future family. it's a funny place to be, moving from the family you came from towards that family that you are trying to make yourself.
in other news, one more week of work until i start my three week vacation and only two weeks until the wedding!!!
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
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wedding things are falling into place. all the major things that need to be done are done. the big things now are getting table and arch decorations figured out. i made the flower girl basket. i think it's pretty cute. i also lined the windows of the bridesmaids' lanterns with wax paper so they'll glow nicely. this saturday i go for another fitting of my dress. naresh and i made reservations for all of our honeymoon activities that need them. we're gonna do the old lahaina luau, a 3 hour snorkel trip, and a 3 hour kayak tour. we were going to do a zipline as well but after watching videos of them on you tube we realized it wasn't really worth the $90/person. we'll fill in the rest of our time hiking to "secret" snorkel spots and lounging on the beach. i am so excited.
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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
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grrrrr. our air conditioning is broken. it is quite warm in here. they are going to try and replace the unit today and if the guy can't come today they're going to give us a temporary window unit. thankfully it isn't so so hot outside so it isn't completely miserable in here, just annoyingly warm. i may need to take another cool shower later on.
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wedding stuff is getting really exciting. i had a very productive and fun day with my mom on friday. the hair and make-up consultation was great. i loved the style the hair lady showed me. i just brought in a few pictures of some styles i liked to give her some ideas. she tossed my hair up in just 5 minutes and i would have walked down the aisle just like that. i've yet to see a style quite like it in any wedding magazines, it's totally me. the past couple of months i'd been feeling very un-cute and i just couldn't imagine how i was going to be able to feel pretty or sexy on my wedding day. i had just been telling naresh about these feelings that previous night and this little consultation was just the thing i needed to break me out of that funk. i seriously almost cried sitting in that make-up chair.
so after the consultation my mom and i drove up to the restaurant at the top of the mountain at the resort. it was so pretty, and had it been available, and maybe a little more private, i would have loved to have the ceremony up there. i think at least we're going to get some stellar pictures at that spot.
then we had lunch and had some time to kill until our next appointment so we walked around at the mall. a couple weeks earlier while shopping with my mom i had found the most beautiful bcbg max azaria dress in the evil super expensive designer section at dillards. i tried it on while my mom was in the bathroom and fell head over heals in love with it. it would be a really good dress to wear for the rehearsal and for a maui luau. when i went to look at the price tag i thought to myself, "i've been doing a lot of extra hours at work for time and a half and i just go a raise. my paychecks have been pretty nice lately. if this dress is under $200 i'm totally buying it." the dress was $400. i could by a kayak for that much. so i sadly put it on the rack and told my mom about it when she got out of the bathroom. so flash forward to last friday, we go back to dillards and i see the dress again and they still had my size. i had been fantasizing about the dang thing for weeks now. i looked at the sign above the rack which read 50-70% off. wouldn't you know it, the dress was now $120. still pricey, but within my range. i tried it on for my mom and she immediately bought it for me, she wouldn't let me say no. my mom is awesome. pretty designer clothes are awesome. i blame project runway for all this.
after that it was flower time. i had no idea what i wanted for my bouquet other than i was pretty sure i wanted it to be burgundy colored. so the lady guided me. it will be a nosegay arrangement with all burgundy flowers: carnations, gerber daisies, dahlias or another flower that looks like a dahlia, some kind of berry thing, and black magic roses. i hope it turns out nice.
then after that i had my first dress fitting. my seamstress is also going to hem my fun rehearsal dress, make sashes, and a custom dress for my junior bridesmaid. she was a really nice lady and it seems like she's good at what she does.
then we went to joanne's and bought fabric for the sashes and i showed my mom what fabric i wanted for the junior bridesmaid dress. then i bought supplies to make a flower girl basket which i think will turn out really cute.
today i made an appointment for the artist to do henna for me and the bridesmaids. so ladies mark your calenders the fun will be at my apartment on thursday september 25th at 5pm. henna will last 2-2.5 hours. we shall have dinner afterwards (maybe at the pita jungle?) followed by some stress relieving acupuncture from tanu. be prepared for a relaxing evening of hippie-ness and girl talk.
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Saturday, July 19th, 2008
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naresh and i got our old apartment all cleaned today. there are still a few minor things that could use a little more attention but overall it's done. tomorrow our new mattress will be delivered. it will be nice to have an actual mattress instead of a futon. when we were looking at them the other day the sales people were having us try different ones and seeing which we liked better. i could barely decide they were all so much better than our current bed. we got a decent deal on the one we chose because sleep america was having their yearly warehouse sale when they sell off all the mattresses with minor flaws. on ours the color of the fabric on the piping around the edge was different than the rest of the fabric. oh darn. so that saved us like $150. we also went to ikea and picked out some new furniture. we have yet to purchase it because they won't get the dining room table in the color we wanted until sometime next week. so if we want it all delivered to us and pay only one delivery fee we should just buy it all at once. so i'm excited for furniture.
on friday i'm doing a bunch of wedding stuff with my mom. first at 9:30 we have an appointment at the pointe for a hair and makeup consultation. at 1:30 we have an appointment with the florist. then at 3:00 i have my first dress fitting. it's going to be quite a busy day. it'll be good to get a lot taken care of though.
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so we're all moved in to the new apartment. i love it so far. we would still like to buy a new bed and a couch. it would be nice to get a bigger dining room table too now that we have an actual dining room, but it isn't necessary. we tried to go to ikea this evening to look at furniture but we got a ton of rain so the 60 was closed from flooding (how the hell does a freeway flood anyhow?) and decided it wasn't worth battling the traffic. as soon as we get settled in we'll have everybody over for a little party.
one problem we have at this new place is blank walls! we would love it some of our artist friends, you know who you are, would paint us some swanky pictures (maybe as wedding presents?) to make our apartment a little more lively.
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the deal on our new apartment just keeps getting better and better. they called me a couple days ago and said we won $500 off of our first months rent in a drawing that i didn't even know we were in. so we won't have to pay anything at move in and will even get some money credited to the next months rent. then we found out that we'll get $40 off of our monthly cox bill because the basic cable portion of it is included in our rent. we are going to get so spoiled in this place, i don't know if we're ever going to be able to move. hopefully it isn't infested with cockroaches or something. so anyway, we move on saturday. i'm extremely excited though we have lots of packing to do tomorrow.
now it's random thought time:
-wendy's now has some pretty amazing blueberry muffins. yum.
-there's a show on channel 8 about the british royal family starting with queen victoria. it's completely boring and i totally love to watch it when it's on.
-i want a cockapoo.
-i love naresh. he's pretty much awesome.
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naresh and i found a new apartment! our lease is up at the end of july so we figured we should start looking if we want any kind of overlap for moving and cleaning. we'd been eying this place down the street for a little while and went and looked at it again today. we got a really good deal on it. for a 1007 sqft, 2 bed, 2 bath apartment we will be paying the same as the 680 sqft 1 bed 1 bath where we're living now. plus the new place has cox cable, sewer, water, & trash pick up from your door 5 days a week all included in the rent. we'll even have our own washer and dryer in the unit instead of having to walk to community laundry. they also waived the application fee and deposit so we'll only have to pay the pro-rated rent when we move in. i'm really excited! so who's free to help us move on saturday july 12th?
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
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we are going camping in flagstaff this weekend, woo hoo! i'm very excited for some relaxation and nature. the weather is supposed to be quite lovely. though the fact that we're leaving tomorrow and we still have some preparing to do really makes me feel like i shouldn't be working today.
speaking of work, i've gone from dreading each shift and crying before i had to go, to not minding it, to now actually really liking it. most days are now very low stress and actually quite fun. i could see myself staying there for as long as i need, and the idea of working while having a family doesn't seem like an impossible stress load like it once did. in fact i realized my schedule would actually be quite conducive to it.
the wedding is getting really close now. it still seems like there's lots to do. i'm still enjoying the planning but i've definitely become much less picky about things and will probably be very thankful when the whole thing is over. i'm really excited about seeing all my family and meeting all of naresh's. it just seems like a couple days aren't enough time for the festivities and interactions. i can see why in some other cultures weddings might last a week or more. i just hope people have a really fun time, and i absolutely cannot wait for maui. oh man.
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happy memorial day everybody! i'm on call today from 2-6 but it doesn't look like i'm gonna get called in so that's nice. i hardly post anymore which is sad, but today i'm in the mood to type so i shall.
naresh and i are going to make a little summer meal to kick off the season tonight. for dessert i'm going to attempt an apple cherry cobbler. i'm using an emeril recipe for a cherry cobbler and adding apples. we'll see how it turns out.
i have been trying to eat a little healthier lately. i've been trying do-able things like eating more fruit, only eating when i'm acutally hungry, and eating healthy choice frozen meals instead of the usual convenient frozen food crap i usually eat. i bring them to work for lunch too which keeps me from eating fried chicken strips & fries from the cafeteria. it's not like these meal things are truly healthy but they're low calorie which it my main concern right now. i also bought three workout dvds to cycle between every week morning. i have pilates, bollywood dance, and one of yoga and belly dance drills by rachel brice, my favorite dancer. the pilates one is probably the best workout but most boring. the bollywood one it pretty dang fun but i'll probably get sick of doing the same dance routine over and over. i like the yoga & belly dance one the best because i feel like it actually helps me to improve my dance and it's the least obnoxious. it's mostly a practice companion so i like that. you can skip around to the specific movements you want to work on. i'm also gonna try and go on more walks with naresh at night too. so hopefully some light exercise and eating a little better will be a more realistic routine that i'll be able to stick to.
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blah. i have a really annoying class to go to today for work. it started at 8am (i can't believe i had to wake up before 10am) and will go until 5pm. i just finished up lunch at arby's and now i'm waiting for the next session to start. they are pretty painful so far, especially because most of the material doesn't apply to me.
i'm gonna want to party when i get done here!!!
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okay, so as a few of you have heard i'm changing the dresses and going back to my original idea of having everyone wear different dresses. a huge, enormous thanks to ashley and sarah especially for being so flexible.
kelly, you can keep the dress you have. i hope you know that your dress is a totally different type of material than all the others. this doesn't really bother me much, but if you feel strange about it you can switch yours out for this dress.
ashley will get this dress.
sarah will get this dress
and i just bought this dress for george.
naresh and i finished our wedding website today. it's really cute and i think rather useful especially for our out of town guests. we also picked up our invitations from ritz and put them in the envelopes. they're almost ready to be sent out!
tonight i just randomly started belly dancing. i didn't even have any music on, i just went at it. i hadn't truly danced in a really long time. i did my best practicing in front of my skinny full length mirror. not as nice as my big huge closet door in our old rental house, but it did work. i forgot how nice dancing feels. i forgot how it makes me look at my body in a positive light for a change.
usually when i would just lose myself in practicing i was completely alone. the only time naresh saw me dance was when i would do awkward little "performances" for him when he was living with his parents. so now that we're living together for the first time i just happened to have an audience while practicing. it was really nice to have his positive feedback on my dance. instead of just me thinking in my head "oh i think that was cool" i had naresh confirming it. i really wish he could channel his love of rhythm and music into learning to drum. then we could have lots of fun. who know maybe one day we could put on little performances together.
we're going to be buying a little video camera so i'll be able to record myself and figure out how to improve. i guess i've just re-remembered how good belly dancing is for me- for my body issues, health, and creative spirit. i really think it could help a lot more women than it already has if they gave it a try.
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sarah and jeff's wedding was really fun. it was an absolutely gorgeous day, sarah looked amazing, the decorations were adorable, naresh looked really cute in his tux, and i had a blast being a bridesmaid. those two are so perfect for each other, i think they'll have a wonderful life.
their wedding made me really excited for our wedding but also a little nervous. i just remembered how much planning i have to do to get to that point.
we booked our honeymoon with the travel agent the other day. we got raped on the airfare. it's amazing that plane ticket prices can increase $200 in two minutes. i'm just glad it's one more thing out of the way.
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
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today was day 6 of becky's workout routine. i've decided i need to go to the gym every weekday for at least an hour to make up for the kind of food i eat. it's really hard for me to diet. i can maybe do a month or two under optimum conditions but i love food too much to keep up with it. so now that i'm not so stressed about work every day i have the energy to get my ass to the gym 5 mornings a week. i've have to sacrifice eating lunch with naresh because i just don't have time to work out, make us lunch, get ready for work, and still sleep in late enough so that i won't be tired at work from working out and staying up late with naresh at night. it's okay though because i can still eat lunch with him on the days that i don't have work.
i had naresh take a couple pictures of me in a bikini the other day from a few different angles. then i'll have him take more in like three months. we'll see if this exercise only method makes any difference in how i look. it would be nice to be able to wear a cute little bikini in maui if it ends up working really well. even if it doesn't make a difference in my appearance it will make a difference in my physical abilities. i wouldn't hate my body nearly as much if i knew that i could kick some skinny-rich-college-myspace-party-bitch's ass if i wanted to.
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
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idea time! who wants to go to up north tomorrow for happy winter fun snow time? flagstaff, payson, and show low are all supposed to get 4-8 inches today and then be sunny tomorrow. show low actually still has a 30% chance of snow tomorrow too. it would be nice to go somewhere other than flag considering how crazy traffic and parking are for good snow/sled spots. but then again i don't know where the good spots are in other areas. i work tonight but obviously i'm off tomorrow. hopefully naresh will be over in the glendale region tonight so maybe planning can occur then. woo hoo for winter!
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
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i got a call from wells fargo on tuesday night. somebody stole my credit card info and bought $60 worth of fast food in houston texas. so they cancelled my card for me. i'm very curious as to how it got stolen. it's really scary to think about. i'm just glad they caught it and let me know.
the water is off again today for "routine maintenance". soo frustrating. yet another reason why i want to move.
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
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okay bridesmaids the votes have been tallied, and i've made my decision. everybody go ahead and buy this dress. george, i'll buy yours since they don't ship overseas. you'll either have to give me your bust and waist measurements or if you know your american dress size (that is different over there isn't it?). anyway, we'll figure something out and hopefully it will fit when you come.
if the dress doesn't fit it looks like you can return it at any target store, get your money back and then just reorder a different size online. hopefully that will make fitting simpler.
also, when i was reading the details about it, it looks like there are little hidden pockets in the skirt which will be handy. there are also little holders on the inside to keep your bra straps in place so you don't have to wear a strapless. nice!
as far as shoes go, wear whatever black shoes you want. flip flops, ballet flats, some sassy-vintage-peep-toe-pumps. i don't care as long as they're black.
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Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
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thanks for your fabulous response to the last post. i want to try and narrow down my options a little here. of all the dresses in the last post were there any that you would dislike buying/ wearing? which ones would you definitely wear again after the wedding? (this question excludes george) are there any that you wouldn't be able to afford to buy this week? i really like the idea of each dress being different but i don't want anyone stuck with a dress that they really don't like. i'd like to try and work it out, but if i can't i'll just have everyone in the same dress. if i can figure everything out i'd like everyone to buy their dress quite soon in case they get taken down.
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