24 hours later....

I have still not done laundry. Instead, I stayed in Rice Lake until 10:30 doing stuff for work and getting staple items for our home. "Why are you getting flour?" wondered Max. "Because someday, I might want to... cook something." Hehehe. I think I am going to make my own bread, so that'll be sweet. I've made it before and it is so easy, especially with my brand new Professional Series Kitchenaid Mixer. :D It's the latest model of mixer from Kitchenaid and is HOT. HOT HOT HOT. So gorgeous... the color of it is a dark gray, but isn't shiny-- it is made with a material that looks and feels like stone. AWESOME. Even if my aunt Judy is the only one who could possibly understand my excitement, I am so thrilled about this mixer.

Had a really good time in Rice Lake; I got to catch up with my friend Trisha, who I've been friends with since basically the dawn of time. She is one of my oldest and dearest friends, been with me through everything. We munched on peach frozen yogurt, watched a little bit of the Olympics, talked about the wedding (which was AMAZING), and talked about the Rivertown Inn in Stillwater, MN, where Max and I stayed on Sunday night. It was so amazing. So, so, so amazing. My cousins Dewey and Therese, Dad, sisters, and Aunt Nancy/Uncle Mike went in on the Grand Carriage House Suite at the Inn, called the Agatha Christie suite. It was GORGEOUS!!! It is based on a train robbery, so the whole room design has antique furniture, Tiffany lamps, a waiting room to go into the suite that looks like the outside of a train car, two bathrooms (one is a steam room and the other a hot tub room), its own private garden terrace, and a MASSIVE king size bed that is built into the wall. To view this freaking amazing place... go to www.rivertowninn.com and click on the Rooms link. Incredible. And yes, it really does look like that, only better.

Today I purchased brand new kitty litter. While to some people this is not the most exciting thing, if you were attempting to scoop cat pee with nonscoopable litter, you would understand. It's basically like the box is taunting you. "Here, smell my nastiness and ammonia! Behold my stink as I don't clump and your efforts are wasted!" You just sit there inhaling the stuff and only scooping out poop. I am VERY excited about this new litter. It's also for multiple cats, which is nice because then the odor control lasts longer. I think I might just pitch the old stuff, for real. I got them a new cat box to replace their smelly ones, so I'm at least throwing out the litter, if not the boxes themselves. They just stink. Blegh.

Found out today that my job is pretty much secure for next summer, which will be nice. Tara asked if I would be willing to come back next year, and I told her if she'll have me, absolutely. As long as I am in this area, it'll work out really well. It'll also be a nice distraction during the summer, especially since I won't be in the schools.

Ooooooh I better move my fish over to our house... whoops.

I smell funny

Well, here I am at work, and I feel like I am really smelly. First I thought it was like, ok, so maybe that thing of Tide is really old. Then I wondered, am I wearing all clean clothes? Could I have missed a spot showering?

It turns out that, no, none of these things were the case. With every house comes a certain smell. Our house, since it is old and... well, not in the best of shape, smells WEIRD. I never noticed it before, because Max always smelled great. However, now that I am wearing this smell, I am not so sure I appreciate it. I LIKED the way I smelled. Tonight in Rice Lake, I think I am going to get some new soap at least. Fabric softener. Try to elleviate the smell.

I think tonight when I get back from Rice Lake, I will do a full fledged sweep of laundry, taking out any old crap that is in the washer (there was some stuff sitting in it, ew) and wash it again, maybe put some Oxy Clean in there...

Only YOU can prevent stinky clothes! Or forest fires, whatever.

And here I sit

Well, here i am, chilling in my house. As in, MY house. The one my husband and I have. :)


The wedding went off without a hitch; it was without a doubt the most perfect day in either of our lives. The weather was great, the people, the service... awesome. I will type more when I am not on Max's crappy keyboard that has an illfunctioning spacebar.

Oh, and the Rivertown Inn? AMAZING!

Ok, I am a slacker.

Due to recent pointing outing that I have not updated for a while, esPECIALLY with my wedding being in T-minus 2 days, I figured I owe one. Jill Fox, this one's for you!

Well, since I last posted, I have paid most of my wedding bills (still waiting on the food bill and beer bill), taken my dress, rings, and bridesmaid gifts home, tied all of the bouquets, ordered boutennieres, corsages, and roses, ordered more beer than I've ever seen, helped a very excited flower girl pick her dress, gotten gifts for ring bearers and said flower girl, cried over baby pictures of Max (his dad can't be with us physically and it hurts a LOT), and a whole host of other stuff.

Looking back, it feels like I haven't done a lot, especially considering how calm I am this week. No bridezilla moments yet... that's the big joke in the office this week, whether or not I will morph into "BRIDEZIWWA!!!!!" But I'm feeling really good, and at this point, I'm just thrilled that Max and I are getting married. Max and I had an argument earlier this week over which place to be at a certain time, and I got pretty upset, but in the end, Max said "Anne, we're getting married. That's all that matters." I promptly turned into a puddle, and gave him a big hug.

All that I have left to do is pay for stuff that I need bills for, print the pictures for centerpieces, and copy the program. Then.. tada! I am excited for our centerpieces, because they are baby pictures of Max and I. :)

I better call Mom but I'll probably write more later.