The MetaPhysical World of Wonder...

Oh, I love people. I love to people watch at malls and Walmart. It's freaking hilarious to watch how others interact and deal with people in different situations.

The other night we were at Freddie's getting groceries and putting them away in the truck. All of a sudden we see this chubby girl (and by chubby I mean, the child should not have been drinking the soda in her hands - yes I do judge) run out of the store and run up to a car, yelling (for all to hear), "NO! I get the front seat!" Now, we all have had those fights without siblings, especially in public. Who didn't create that embarrassment for your parents?? I feel that those moments are prepayments for all of the embarrassing public moments they will make when they are 90.

ANYHOW, this young, chubby demon starts throwing the biggest temper tantrum I have seen in a LONG, LONG time. Jumping up and down, fists wailing in the air, screaming at the top of her lungs, "MOMMY, MOMMY, MOMMY, MOMMY!!!" Now, I think of mommy as term of endearment when children like to make sure their parents know they are cute. This was not the correct usage of this term, and I'm pretty sure that her mom did not think so either, because she yelled back, "GET IN THE CAR AND SHUT UP!"


Jerrod and I were laughing very hard and thanking the good Lord for not giving us kids.

Anyhow, so that brings me to today and class. I am taking an interpersonal communications class and it's actually very interesting. I have not been able to daydream once in class, which is unusual.

Today we had to bring in items to represent who we were and there was a good assortment of stuff brought: lots (LOTS) of people brought bibles, lots of pictures, and random stuff like movies, floss, peppers, shoes, etc... I brought a picture of a shelf in my room that holds a lot of knick-knacks that I find meaning in, a Mr. Potato Head dressed as a NY Yankee because of my competitive nature, my love of sports and the connection it has to Jerrod, and a toothbrush to show how neurotic I am about making sure I don't smell.

The winner on "Most Interesting Story" was a woman who held up a book. She started talking about how the book represented who she was growing up and her family and their importance. They would go camping at this particular lake, sit around the water when it was dark and stare up at the spaceships.

Did she just say f'in spaceships?!

Oh, yes. Because after that (when my attention was fully hers) she continued with this, "It was really interesting how the spaceships were all different sizes and how we had this incredible experience with extra-terrestrial beings. And that is a part of who I am, you know, connecting the metaphysical world with the physical world."

I was told once that curse words add no value or intelligent thought to words. But I could only think of curse phrases such as "Holy Sh*t" and "Are you f*ing kidding me?"

Please don't misunderstand. I believe that we are not the only beings in the universe and the universes connected to ours. I believe that our planet has been "contacted" by other beings in various ways. But I do doubt that there were space ships flying over this lake in Wisconsin like they were airplanes. And I can't believe she would share such ... intimate details with our class that have met 3 times total. How do you know there isn't a jerk like me in the class that will outwardly balk (cause I'm pretty sure I didn't have my poker face on when she said this) if you told me?

But it did give me a chance to ponder something different for today....

Space ships....

Congrats to Bubby!

He's reached his goal! He lost 10lbs! I'm so proud!

We've both been trying to watch what we eat, work out, and lose a little weight before our wedding and his surgury. He wanted to lose 10lbs before the wedding, I would like to lose 5lbs. He's almost completely stopped drinking pop all together. We haven't had pizza for a week now (which sadly is good for the two of us), and HE TRIED WHOLE WHEAT PASTA ON HIS OWN! I cannot tell you how HUGE that is. I had to ask him twice if he was sure. He got annoyed that I was double checking. :)

We have less than 2 weeks till our wedding. Things are getting accomplished and finished. My Groucho eyebrows are gone (woohoo!), my hair is cut, my Spanx are bought!

Funny story about the Spanx. I decided to put them on in front of Jerrod to show him what was worth $70. As I'm struggling to get this elastic wonder over my pillow-like body, he starts getting this look of horror on his face. As I finish and proudly do my "Ta-Da!" stance, he says to me, "We could have left that one a mystery."

Lovely Weddings vs. Crappy Weddings

I went to a wedding this weekend for Levi and Jessica. It was wonderful!

It was one of those weddings where the bride and groom are so happy to be there that day, and so incredibly happy to be getting married, that absolutely nothing negative would make a difference. They were happy.

And it was what a wedding should be! I whine and moan all the time that brides put too much money into the dress, flowers, and cake while stressing themselves out over minute details with matching bridesmaids or making sure there are 3 different types of favors.

This was none of that! The dress was $250 found at a consignment shop and she bought it 6 months before he proposed! She found it, it fit perfectly, and had to buy it.

The flowers were purchased from a local vendor at our farmer's market.

The cupcakes were from Fred Meyer's and only a small little cake came from a specialty shop.

The arbor was made from sticks they found and built by them, their parents, friends and family.

The bridesmaids were by no means matching, but looked fantastic! One was even 8 1/2 months pregnant!

Jess spoiled herself with with a spa day at Aveda, but did her own hair and makeup.

They had a local band come to play (who I will name later) which was really cool!

They played music from their iPod's.

The pastor and his wife performed the ceremony which really gave it a sense of unity.

And everyone had just a wonderful time.

It truly was the perfect wedding.

Thanks Jess and Levi! I hope you have 50+ blessed years of happiness!

Clarity

Don't you love it when your inbox is cleaned out and you only have 0 to 5 messages in it?

Now I need to get started on my house.

Some other things to note, Jerrod looked into his master's program at U of I and it looks like we might be moving to Coeur d'Alene instead of Moscow. The program lost part of it's funding and rather than keep the program at both locations they are going to choose one location. The good news is they stream-lined some of the ridiculous classes. Apparently they were putting a PhD's amount of work and classes into a Master's program. And they are accepting more students into the program, which means that Jerrod is pretty much guaranteed a spot.

The crappy news: I might have to wait a year before I can start at U of I. The tuition is a lot, even if I get the Western Undergraduate Exchange tuition waiver, I still have to pay $1500 extra each semester because I'm not a resident of Idaho. So, I may need to obtain residency before I start up.

Wedding News: Not much is going on. We're at 37 days. I'm nervous about fitting into my dress. I have a lot to do before the wedding and mostly it just involves living life and keeping a good schedule going.

First thing on my ajenda: Fix my Groucho Marx eyebrows




















to look a little more like Anjolina Jolie's