Awesome Wedding Walk

Man, I wished I had thought about walking down the aisle this way for my wedding!

50's party

My aunt is turning the big 50 next weekend and decided to throw a 50's theme party since the neighborhood always likes the themed parties I throw. I'm so proud of her, she's been buying 50's themed decorations since the White Party in April. She doesn't normally throw all-out theme parties and she's really excited about this one.

I love to dress up in costumes so of course this party is right up my ally. I decided on a sock hop outfit and Hubby is going as Danny Zucko from Grease. He's going to wear dark jeans, white socks with black shoes, a white muscle tshirt with a pack of cigarettes rolled in his sleeve Check out the wig I got him so he could look more authentic.

I was tempted to go as Sandy from Grease, but the Rydell High cheer outfit was a long sleeved shirt and skirt, and it's just going to be too darn hot to wear that. So this is what I ordered instead:

The saddle shoes were on back order, so I'm going to get a cheap pair of Keds and use felt to make the black sections. My aunt ordered a black and white dance floor (I think) and a tent so we can dance all night long. I'm thinking a flapper cake recipe I found which originated in the 50's.

Flightsuit, Check!

I worry about my sister sometimes. I talk to her after work almost every day and ask her how her day went, etc. Last night I asked her what was new and going on, and she informed me she had just ordered a Flightsuit for her Lovebird, Lovey. I was quite perplexed and asked her to explain what a bird flightsuit was.

Pretty much, it's a jumpsuit that goes over their wings and body to collect their poop, so they can be around the house and on people and not make messes. I was still having trouble imagining this product, and these are some photos I found.

I think she's going to have a hell of a time getting her bird to wear this crazy contraption. They even have special flightsuits for all the holidays so your bird can be at the height of fashion! Santa Claws anyone?! I warned my sister she was turning into the cat lady, but with birds. Sigh. Someone needs a dog bad.

Do I Look Like James Bond?

The other day Hubby was hosing off my car since every bird downtown decided to go potty on it while I was at work. It was about 6pm so it was still nice and sunny out. Hubby was doing all this while in his black boxer shorts and told me to keep a look out for any cars approaching our street.

A car comes down the street and Hubby dashes behind my car and asks me "Do my underware look look like James Bond's swim trunks?" Apparantly black skin tight swim suits are more suitable than boxers. I couldn't help but laugh my ass off because, seriously, who asks a question like that? Oh wait, that would be my husband.

It's Getting Hot In Herre

As I was driving home from the gym last night, I noticed a news truck at the gas station by my neighborhood. Nothing that goes on in my hood is usually news worthy, so it struck me as odd. Given my occasional bouts of ADD, I forgot all about it in the 5 minute drive home.

My inbox was exploding this morning with emails regarding the fire in my neighborhood. What?! Apparently a downed power line caused a spark that turned into a pretty major fire. Some of the roads don't have water lines, so they had to call in the helicopters to scoop up water from the lake to douse the fire. Here is a photo that a friend took from across the lake. What's crazy is I can make out two of my friend's houses in the photo!

Luckily just some ranch land was burned and a few neighborhood fences. No people were injured thank goodness!

Weekend Wrap-Up

I did survive our office move last week and as you can see, we've gotten our Internet hooked back up! Blessed Be! Last week was crazy as my office scrambled to finish packing and labeling our gazillion boxes. The actual move went very smooth, much to my dismay. My office is about 95% up and running so I'm very happy. We still have loads of boxes to open, but at least my little office can be a sanctuary of no boxes!

Friday night we went to dinner with some friends and hit up Fion, which is a wine and beer bar that boasts 900 beers and 500 wines available! I tried an apple cider drink that was pretty good. The boys tried a few different beers and were quite pleased at the ridiculously large selection.

Saturday I headed to Yoga and then to register for the cake decorating class I'll be taking in August. Later that evening Hubby and I headed over to E&E's house for dinner and to catch up with their new bundles of joy. The twins are ridiculously cute and Hubby even held little A for most of the evening. It was a really cute site. The dinner E cooked was amazing and Hubby and I couldn't stop raving about it. We talked and laughed for a bit and then settled in to watch the first two episodes of season 2 True Blood! Hubby and I were so happy, we've been contemplating ordering HBO so we can satisfy our craving for more True Blood.

Sunday I slept in until noon while Hubby had to leave by 7:30am for his Hunter's Safety Course. Much to his dismay, the class was cancelled when he arrived because the instructor lost his keys. Oops. Hubby then went to his favorite stores, Marshall's, Lowe's and Ross, so the day wasn't a total loss! When I finally got my butt out of bed, I gave our bathroom a much needed scrub down and did some other needed chores. The sun finally peaked through the clouds at 2pm, so I headed outside to the pool with my last Sookie book to get caught up. I made shrimp ceviche that was awesome and to end the weekend we watched "Knowing" with Nicolas Cage. Not a bad movie, but glad I didn't pay big bucks to see it in the theater.

Moving

Lord please give me strength. Our office is moving locations on Wednesday, and we're spending all day packing today. I'm exhausted from staying up too late watching episodes of True Blood (Season 1) and feel like shit because I did the re-introduction phase of wheat into my allergy diet for the past two days. I want to die I feel so crappy, but now I know I definitely have a gluten intolerance, and most likely all dairy as well.