Healthy Teeth

Nothing like going to the dentist to have your teeth cleaned. I really don't care for the dentist but I know have to go. So I went in and they said I get a smiley face for having great teeth . I was really thrilled with that... But now I have two more appointments because they want to take out some old fillings that I have had since I was a kid and replaced them with new ones. Rather have healthy teeth then not.

Wisconsin vs. Illinois

Last night Andy and I had tickets to the Wisconsin vs. Illinois basketball game. One of my co-workers had tickets that he wasn't going to be using. So we went and watched the game. It was a pretty good game. Illinois struggled a little but the played hard. It was kind of cool seeing Michael Jordan's son sitting there. He is going to play the Illini sometime. Anyways though the game ended up being like 70-60 or so. Maybe the next time they will win.

Clean Clothes and Towels

Wednesday night Andy and I went to the grocery store to do our weekly shopping. Though it last more then a week . It's amazing how much money you spend on food. I don't see how family with 6-7 kids could spend all that money. Never will I have 6 or 7 kids... Our two cats are already expensive. Anyways though so after we got home I did a load of laundry and it was all the towels. Andy always makes fun of me when I do laundry because I always end up doing something the wrong way. For instance, putting to much in at one time or when I'm putting them in the dryer , putting to many dryer sheets in. So I told him from now on you can do the laundry. You should see what happens when I wash the clothes and hang those up. They have to be in order. It's very funny ... So from now on, if there is laundry I will either do it when he's not at home or he can... LOL

Guess whose coming to Madison?

I"m so excited this weekend my mom is coming. I haven't seen her since September. I had the chance to go home during Christmas but with the weather here it wasn't safe to drive. They are coming up Friday night and were all going out to dinner. I think I'm going to take them to a little place called Joey's. It's a seafood ! Saturday were all waking up and going to David's Bridal for my first dress fitting. I hope I still fit in it! I think I will be fine, but from now till the wedding I will have to watch what I eat. I'm starting to get more and more excited about the wedding! Not to much longer! Can't wait to see you this weekend MOM! Love you!

New Music

Tonight I went online to read one of my friends' blog and I noticed that they had music on theirs. I was very interested in learning how they did so. So I research it out and I decided to put some country music on my blog. There's a little country, classical piano, and a few fun songs. I hope you enjoy. If you can think of any good songs that you would like to hear let me know and I will try to add them.

Gift Registry

Last night Andy and I decided to go to Target! While we were there we went up and down all the merchandise, Andy had in one hand a scan gun and the other rubbing his eye. Yep we did it, went and registered at Target for the wedding. This is just one store that we will be doing. But if you would like a jump start, log on to Target.com and look our names up. There are some good things on there and some that are just to funny. But we will see!

Bowl Games

Today is one of the biggest days for football. I never really got into college football, but this year and last I did. I think that's because Andy likes football. Anyways though I was happy to see that Illinois made it to the Rose Bowl, however they didn't do so good. But they haven't been to a bowl game for 23 years or something like that. Kind of crazy.




Andy enjoys watching Michigan and Florida, however today in the Capital one Bowl game they had to play each other . That was a pretty good game to watch, and it would also Lou Carr last game to coach at Michigan. And he went out with a bang since Michigan won.

Also played today was Tennessee vs. Wisconsin. That was a close game but it came to the last touch down by Tenn that gave them the chance to win. Wisconsin had a good year though.

Now it's on to finish watching Hockey and the start of watching Basketball. But I don't think I will be watching to much TV since we have a wedding coming up.

Engagement Pictures

These are some of our engagement pictures!

Happy New Years !

Happy New Years!

This new years Andy and I decided that we would go out rather then staying home. So we called two of our wedding party members and went out to dinner with them. We had a prime rib dinner that was really good and none of us could finish it. We ended up hanging out there the whole night and then some others showed up later. All around it was a fun night. Back to work though on Wednesday. It really messes up your work week when you have a day off in between the week. OH well though they say it's to get up in the 50 this weekend maybe. That will be nice.

The count down begins to the wedding. Less then 5 months away, I can't believe it. I have my first dress fitting next week. I"m looking forward to it but at the same time, I hope I still fit in it. I"m sure I will. Just have to watch what I eat from here on out...

I think all the girls in the wedding party have their dresses ordered now which is a good thing. I"m so excited to see how they all look.

Everyone have a wonderful rest of the week.

Miss the Family

Today I was to be in Palestine IL with tons of family and relatives. Unfortunally I was unable to make it due to weather. I was hoping to go, but with Wisconsin weather you can never be sure about driving. We got probably a good 5 inches of snow here yesterday and it was hard just to drive in that. So I didn't want to risk driving to far by myself.

But tonight I will be getting a phone call from the family while they are opening presents. I always make a calendar for my grandpa .I worked on the calendar for a good month or so. So I always look forward to hearing others comments on what they thought.

Not to much longer though and I will get to see the whole family. Come May 17th, everyone will be in Madison Wisconsin for our wedding.

Everyone drive safe out there...

Merry Chrismas and Happy Holidays

Merry Christmas to all !!! This christmas is the first year I will not be going home for Christmas. I"m kind of sad about that. But family understands and that's why I love them so much. This year I didn't ask for anything for Christmas. I think it's becoming to over rated but that's just my opinion. Plus Andy and I have the wedding coming up and I imagine we will get a lot of gifts at that time. I hope that everyone has a wonderful Christmas and I miss all of you. Can't wait to see you in May!!!

Yummmmmy In My Tummmmmmy

Do you ever get in that mood where you want to make or bake something. I do! Tonight I decided to run to Target after work and pick up some Vanilla and Baking powder so I could make my choc. chip cookies. I had all the other ingredients but that. So I got home, ate dinner and made some cookie dough. I haven't baked them yet, but the dough is sure good! MMM good!!!!!

Scrapbook Calendar

For the last 5-6 years I think it has been I have been scrap booking a Calendar for my grandpa! This calendar is 12 pages full of our whole entire family. I usually wait till the last minute to start working on it but I have decided this year I'm going to start early. So this past weekend I got all the pictures that I wanted to print and had them done at Walgreen's. I think the photo lab guy knows me by name now since that's where I go. Anyways though I had tons of great pictures from Christmas 2006, Labor Day 2007, Brandice and Kenny Wedding 2007, and some misc pictures that family members have given me. And let me tell you there are some good ones. This Christmas I will not be able to come down . I have to save my vacation time up for the wedding. But my family understands that. I will miss each one of them though. So I have to get the calendar done so I can ship it to Palestine IL.... I can't post any pictures because they may be in the calendar. I have to keep them a secret .

Words from a Wise Cousin!

After my cousin Brandice got married , I asked her what some of the Pro's of Cons of things she did at her wedding. Things I can use to learn from on our upcoming wedding. Here are the tips she gave me, have any others please let me know...

Tips

Make sure to write your thank you cards out ahead of time and make labeled envelopes with money due and thank you notes to pass out to people.

Make sure your dress and bustle work and fit properly ahead of time.

Call the photographer and see when they are going to start taking pictures before you book your appointments for your hair and make up and leave some time in between in case your hair takes longer than planned, like mine did.

Designate someone ahead of time to keep track of all of your stuff. Maybe dived different things up among people.

Bring comfortable shoes to wear at the reception.

Maybe bring an energy drink because you will be running around all day long and it really wears you out.

Take some time at the reception to step away with your new hubby and relax for a moment and see all of the crazy stuff that is going on.

Make a list of must take pictures for your photographer.

Practice cutting a cake together and maybe practice slow dancing. Me and Kenny never did and we were both cracking up because we didn't really know what we were doing.

Make sure to get up and start talking to all of the tables before your do or photographers pull you away because that happened to me and when I came back some people had left and others were up walking around so I didn't really get to say hi to everyone

Thanksgiving Day and Wisdom Teeth

This Thanksgiving we went to Andy parent's house. I was in charge of making the Green Bean Casserole. Pretty easy I have to say. I pretty much lounge around the house all day and munched on food and snacks because the next day I have to have my wisdom teeth pulled. I wasn't looking forward to it all. I think I have been putting it off for about 3 years now. They never really started bothering me till this year. So I had my final meal on Thanksgiving and stuffed myself full. I couldn't eat anything 6 hours before time nor drink.

That next morning I woke up not wanting to go. Andy was getting ready and I was sitting on the couch starting to tear up because I don't like the dentist. So I called my mom and she calmed me down as always. She talked me through what was going to happen and your going to be OK. The things that mom always says. When I arrived my heart was racing and I was nervous. When the lady called my name I looked at Andy with a scared looked.

I told the nurse I was nervous and she said you have nothing to worry about your in good hands. I was indeed! They had me sit in the famous chair and relax with some laughing gas. By that time I had calmed down some. The doc came in and said , alright I'm going to start the IV. He started it and I don't remember a thing...

I was so happy when I was done and I was so tired and drugged up. They give you some good meds, that's for sure...

It's been about a week or so now and I'm just now to the point where I can eat normal food again. I was so happy. Still a little pain when I chew on certain sides but all is well. It was a good experience to say the least.

Famous People at Work

It was a cold day out and all of sudden there was a lot of buzz happening around the dealership. People were asking me do you know so and so ? And I was like uhh not really. Then I went up to an advisor and asked is it really true, Is James Cromwell in our dealership? Yes he is... For those of you that don't know the name, he played in movies such as , Spiderman, Longest Yard, has a star role on Six Feet Under, I Robot , ER, and tons of other movies... I couldn't believe it.. He was passing through from New York and we just happen to be the closest Audi dealership. I can't remember what he was having done, but he hung out and then he went to the bookstore all day. When he came back to pick up his car, I had the chance to help him check out. I had his phone number and his autograph on his bill. It was so awesome to meet someone like him. Other customers were looking at him, like is that really him... Something that doesn't happen to often in our dealership happens... WAY COOL!!!

Engagement Pictures

When we chose our photographer for our wedding we had also received a complimentary package of having an engagement session done. I really wanted to use that time to see what type of photos the photographer would take. Andy really care if we had our pictures done or not. Anyways though we went to this place called Olbrich Gardens. Beautiful weather on a fall day. We had about 300 pictures taken digitally then we had to wait for almost 3 weeks to get them back. I have attached a link to check them out at. Enjoy!

http://www.greyoaksphoto.com/

Click the link and then on the bottom of the page you will see a spot that says images to purchase, click that and then you will see our pictures with a lock on that. Click that and it will ask you for a password. Pretty simple password...

These are some of the garden we took pictures in.

Shelby and Willow are Home!!!

The week after the wedding, my sister Shelby and her daughter Willow came all the way from Colorado to visit. Unfortunately I was unable to make it due to work . I was sad I missed out on all the fun, but Mom sent me some good pics of what all happened. Shelby and Willow will be at the wedding though so I"m really excited to see them . I haven't seen them for I don't know almost a year if not more. Craziness I tell you!

My Cousin's Wedding

I was in my cousin Brandice's wedding this past Oct. I was one of her bridesmaid. It was a whole lot of fun. Andy and I took off on Friday morning since neither of had to work and drove to my cousins house . One highlight of the trip was we got to drive there in a Mercedes. With the company I work for I can rent a car for the weekend and take almost anywhere. So I wanted to get a Mercedes. Andy of course got to drive , he doesn't like me driving because I have a lead foot so he says.. LOL Anyways though we had a wonderful rehearsal dinner. Saturday morning we all woke up, the guys went to play golf, I went shopping before the wedding. Then it was off to the church we go hair, makeup and all. Tons of pictures before the wedding of course which is a good thing. Had the ceremony and then off the party!!! TONS of fun!!! My family was there and my grandpa and other relatives. It was a whole lot of fun. Here are some pictures from the rehearsal, wedding and after party!

BMW Golf Tournament

One night Andy and I were talking and watching TV, we were listening to the golf channel of course since there was a big tournament going on. I said we should go to the final round since it's in the Chicago area. Andy got up and went to the computer and looked up tickets and next thing I know were getting up early in the morning to drive there. We arrived at this really pretty golf course and we brought our folding chairs with us to sit in and it was a nice day out. PERFECT out almost! We got in just to see them warm up at the first hole and tee. Who did we see, Tiger Woods and some other famous golf players. They were the last group to play through I think. Anyways though we watched them and then walked a little further and Tiger Woods walked right past me. He was only like 5-10 ft away from us. It was so cool... Then to top it off he won the tournament on the 18Th hole. It was a really fun day and I told Andy that we should make this a tradition to go to a golf tournament every year.