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Starting My Countdown

This August will be B’s and my 5th wedding anniversary. It’s special for both of us because it’ll be the longest either of us have ever been married to anyone (we’re both second timers) AND everyone knows that the 5th wedding anniversary is the Vegas Anniversary! I would say this is payback for B “updating” the anniversary presents for our first anniversary gift (the PS3), but this will also be a mutually beneficial anniversary gift. Plus, he’s my favoritest husband, EVER. And I KNOW I’m the best wife he’s ever had.

It’s also a mixed blessing that I do so much meeting planning and traveling for my work. Mixed in that sometimes it’s really tough to be gone so much, but the trade-off in points is kind of awesome. How so? Well, here are the things I’ve paid for with points so far:

  1. Booked our hotel stay at the Palazzo with points – 3 nights.
  2. Booked airfare for 1 round trip ticket with points.
  3. I have $250 in spa credits to use for hair and makeup while in Vegas. Thank you points!

Things we have shelled out real money for:

  1. Elvis Renewal Package at the Graceland Wedding Chapel!!!
Can I tell you how excited I am about this? We’ve got an Elvis impersonator. We’re doing the Elvis vows for our renewal. How awesome is complimentary limo service to and from the chapel? Oh yeah, AND there will be streaming video. For your viewing pleasure. And pictures. And did I mention that Elvis will also be singing? It is going to be so awesomely cheesy. And also, just plain awesome. (Like a hot dog. Like a hundred billion hot dogs!)

Things we will probably shell out real money for:

  1. New dress for me
  2. Dress accessories (also for me)
  3. Whatever B decides to wear
  4. Incidentals while in Vegas
  5. Food (in Vegas specifically)
  6. One more round trip ticket (I have more points coming my way, but we’re trying to decide if we use or hold them.)

Things I am waffling on doing:

  1. Making a brooch bouquet to carry down the aisle while being escorted by Elvis. Because really, why not? This will probably happen.

[SIDE NOTE THAT IS TOTALLY RELEVANT] I love Pinterest. I have a whole board devoted just to our 5th Anniversary and what we want to do. You can view it over here. [/END RELEVANT SIDE NOTE]

And another thing? This is honestly, my dream wedding come true. I have always wanted to get married in Vegas and now we’re doing it! Well, we’re renewing our vows, but in a way, this is even better. At least it is for me. We’re going to celebrate our love for each other by being silly and having fun and it really doesn’t get much better than that in my book. (Also, full disclaimer/disclosure: I totally wanted Bob Denver to marry us, but only as Gilligan. This, I have been told, is both ridiculous and also never going to happen since he’s been dead since 2005. I am totally cool with an Elvis impersonator as choice number 2.)

So in 100 days, B and I will be celebrating our life together. We’ll be getting some alone/grown up time so we can be ridiculous and silly and awesome. I can’t think of a better way for us to spend our 5th anniversary together. I can’t wait!!

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Road Trip!

So, if you were following my tweets, you would have noticed that we passed through quite a few states on Saturday. And then reversed the order on Sunday. Because who doesn’t love an 800 mile round trip in two days?! We made the haul to celebrate my sister D and her husband’s 25th wedding anniversary. Let that sink in for just a minute. TWENTY FIVE YEARS OF MARRIAGE. Is that not awesome? That is the equivalent of a Hollywood couple becoming immortal, continuing to love one another AND STAYING TOGETHER UNTIL THE END OF TIME (for you youngsters). Totally awesome.

OK. Before I get all sappy, weepy, mushy, blech. Let’s leave it at that and move on to the pictures! None of which are of my hugely extended family.

We headed out Saturday morning, relatively early (for us) and began what turned out to be a 7 hour drive. It was something of a rocky start with BAD Boy when he asked barely an hour into the trip if we’d left the state yet. We live about 2.5 hours from the Alabama/Tennessee border. We explained to him that it would approximately 4946742384723908573223456.3 hours to get there and he should just enjoy all the techmology in the back seat with him and before he knew it, we would be there. And it went fairly smoothly from there. Also, can I just go off on a related tangent for just a minute? [TANGENT]How lucky are these kids (and us parents) that kids can be distracted on long road trips with portable dvd player, ipods and video games? SO LUCKY. So what is it that BAD Boy wanted to do more than play with any of his “toys” in the back seat? Play a Galaga rip off on B’s phone.

Seriously.

I guess that just goes to show that it really IS the simpler things that make us happy. [END TANGENT]

So, anyway, eventually we made it here:

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It was shortly after we crossed the Tennessee state line that I realized that I had left my anniversary present for my sister and BIL on the couch. Back in the house. In Alabama. What can I say? I was too busy making sure everyone else had everything they needed to remember their gift. This was even AFTER I was looking for a proper gift bag and making plans to stop and get one on the way. *sigh* I’ll get it to them eventually. Hopefully before their 50th.

And then after a few (hundred) more hours (and 40 bazillion bathroom stops because SOMEONE WOULDN’T LAY OFF THE DIET MOUNTAIN DEW), we made it here:

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Yes, that would be an abandoned SUV on the side of the interstate just inside the KY state line. To be fair, I don’t think that’s a KY license plate.

We drove a relatively short distance through the western most tip of Kentucky (unlike the trek through what seemed like the entire state of Tennessee) and finally saw this sign and Lo! we rejoiced.

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Until we realized we still had at least another hour to go. We finally made it up to my sister’s house and met in-laws, friends, reunited with family, swam, ate and played the most awesomely fun game ever. Apples to Apples. Especially if you play with my sisters and nephews. It’s quite interesting and daunting to remember who plays straight and who plays…well, let me put it this way. For one of my nephews, the more opposite the noun card is to the adjective card, well, you’ll probably win that round. And if you have the Helen Keller card? AUTOMATIC WIN. It makes for some interesting rounds.

My sisters and I stayed up late into the night talking. Much to the chagrin of ALL our husbands. It was nice to get to do that. I don’t remember the last time we were able to. It’s been awhile.

We got up WAY too early for my liking and headed back home so I could make my 6 o’clock softball practice. But we did make a a few detours on our way home. One of them being Metropolis. (click to embiggen)

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After that we got back on the road and headed for Nashville to have lunch with a friend of B’s that he hadn’t seen in longer than I think either of them would care for me to mention. It was a quick meal, but a good catch up for B and his friend.

We knew we were back in our home state when we saw this:

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This rocket is at the rest stop that is right as you come into the state from Tennessee. After that, it was kind of anticlamactic. Oh, well, except for the part where as soon as we got home, I ran in the house, changed and immediately left again to go to softball practice. I am hardcore. I think next time, we’ll try and plan for more than 48 hours to travel that far. But it was definitely oh so worth it.


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The Sporting Goods Anniversary

Today marks the day where my receipt is now void and I can’t take B back to the husband store. Which is ok, because I really like him. We’re slowly rewriting the anniversary gifts for each year as we reach them. For instance:

First Anniversary
Traditional: Paper
Modern: Clock
Chez Pants: PS3

Second Anniversary
Traditional: Cotton
Modern: China
Chez Pants: Sporting Goods

This year B got me a target, shooting glove, and new (to me) bow (as soon as it gets here. I love you ebay!). And in return, I finally legally changed my name. I think that’s a fair exchange, don’t you?


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Three Years of Verbal Diarrhea

As of today, I’ve been spewing my “verbal” diahrrea onto the internets for three whole years and I’m amazed by two things.

  1. I’ve managed to keep this up for so long; and
  2. People read this.

Anyway. Here’s to another year of spewing every odd thought that comes out of my head. Cheers! *clink*

And here’s a little something as to the whole purpose of me starting this little ole’ blog.

Knitting.

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I finished the adult sized jester hat just in time for DP’s birthday.

He was thrilled, loved it and has sworn to wear his new hat for the rest of the winter. And judging from the weather we’ve had so far, I imagine the cold weather will be over by the end of the week. Next week if we’re lucky.

I thought it was somewhat fitting that I finished his hat while we were at the Circus this weekend. Which, by the way? The Circus is cool.

When I was a little kid, my parents took my sister and me to the circus somewhere in Europe. It might have been Hungary, but I’m not sure. It was the best circus I had ever been to. Acrobatics, clowns that weren’t scary, show dogs, some dude spinning 20 plates at once, stuff like that. I LOVED it.

Somewhere inbetween 94 and 96 I went to see Ringling Bros & Barnum & Bailey’s Circus in Columbia, SC. I HATED it. Saturday we went to see the Circus and it rocked. It reminded me so much of that beloved European circus I saw as a child. Except with elephants and horses and tigers, oh my!

I have friends and know of others who don’t like the circus because of the animals that are in it, but you know what? Every single one of those animals looked to be in great health and well-treated. They did amazing things and were a treat to watch.

I was ready to join the circus after watching the show. Which, when you think about it, really kind of makes sense.

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