STOP CALLING ME!!!

Ok, I know I am getting married and all and I know I had to register at David's Bridal to try on dresses. Ok, now answer me this....why am I receiving calls from Tuxedo rental places?!?!?! Umm...it's great and all that if 6 or more guys rent a tuxedo from After Hours Rentals, the groom's tux is free....but, AM I THE GROOM???? HELLO! I am the bride, why in the heck would I be wearing a tux in the first place. Wow, seriously. The next time I see that number on my phone, I am not answering. lol.
Anyways, today has been good, in the process of find a photographer. Having to pay for my wedding is going to suck. My parents unfortunately can't pay for anything with the wedding, so I am on my own. The church is paid for, now all I need to pay for is my dress, the flowers, the cakes, the desserts for the reception, the reception hall, the candles, some decorations, my gifts for my bridal party, and the list goes on. I have 7 months. Which I think I have enough time, but how am I going to pay for all of that? I can't save that much money. I'm just the wrong person to save, PERIOD! I have a major spending problem anyways. Hey, what can I say, I'm a girl!! lol. But here is what I have so far:

My Cake:
My Flowers: Caketopper:


My ring:


My bridesmaids dresses will be red, of course. *giggle* But I think things will turn out ok, or at least I hope....*nervous laugh*

This weekend Red and I had a great weekend. We had a day of relaxing on saturday and did nothing but watch movies and SCRAPBOOK! It was awesome. Munchkin was at Nana's and so Red and I just talked and bonded in a way we haven't really been able to do in a long while. It was absolutely wonderful and I had a great time! Anyways, we were scrapbooking, watching Lord of the Rings, one of my favorite movies, and all of a sudden I started to think about the honeymoon. Of all things, the honeymoon and what happens on the honeymoon popped into my head. And silly me, I actually asked Red about honeymoon I guess you could say etiquette. LOL. That sounds like a major oximoron. (is that how you spell it). But I felt so stupid, Red got a good laugh out of it, which is great. But seriously, most people don't know what the answer is to some of the questions I asked. Or at least it is not something you really think about. lol. Ok, enough of honeymoons, it is starting to make me queesy. lol, j/k, more like embarassed.

Wedding Crisis!

Yesterday, was an absolute mess. My church, God bless them, forgot that they had planned a military event that was taking up the entire church, ON MY WEDDING DAY!!! They had it scheduled like a year in advance and they didn't realize that my wedding day was on the same day!! GOOD GRIEF!!!! So I freaked out of course...See!

So we changed the wedding to May 5th instead. That sucks, one of the holidays that everyone loves to get drunk on. YUCK! Oh well, I don't care, as long as I get married to the man I am completely in love with, it doesn't matter to me. But my wedding coordinator is such a wonderful person. She came by my work today and had a huge surprise for me. But she told me not to tell. All I can say is that she is am amazing woman and GOD IS AWESOME!!!! He answered my prayer tenfold! Thank you God for your amazing blessing! I spent a good while crying because I didn't expect what I was told. Thank you God!

Today we have Arts in Education going on today, tomorrow and Friday. It is such a great little show for K - 2nd grade. It is times like these where I wish I was still a little kid, but I am a kid at heart. I get to attend all of these shows anyways. Lucky me! *giggle*

Gotta get back to work...Later Gators!

I'm a What??

You Are a Smiley Face Cookie

You're happy go lucky. So happy, in fact, it's a little past the point of normal sanity.You usually make those around you smile ... when you're not creeping them out!

What Kind of Cookie are You?

Thanks, fridaynightgirl, for the funny quiz link! *wink*

Just a long day

We have had a 3 day weekend and I am ready for another weekend. YUCK! Why is it that I feel compelled to spend my weekends trying to do a ton of stuff when what I really need and want is just to relax and do nothing. I hate having ADD!!! I always get distracted, irritable, impatient, and I can't stay still for longer than a minute, unless I am completely exhausted. Although even then, I still can't stay still. lol Zac can protest to that. lol. Love you baby.
Unfortunately, I have a splitting headache!!!! I feel so pitiful! :o(
Headaches suck big time!!!!!

It is times like these where I wish Zac was here so I could cuddle up next to him and him hold me telling me everything is going to be alright. I miss him so much it hurts. Sometimes I just wish we could go ahead and get married now and not have to wait. But he is being smart about this, as usual. Me I'm just impatient. *giggle* Why he puts up with me, I will never know. But God bless him for being with me. lol. Wedding plans are going smoothly so far. We have a church and a reception hall, I have a dress picked out and I am buying my dress, petticoat, and tiara online for like cheap, instead of paying $250 for the veil and $250 for the tiara. That sucks! Plus, I will only be spending about $20 on the petticoat. That goodness for ebay and craigs list. Those are really great sites to find stuff cheap.
Anyways, just sitting here typing and drinking a glass of wine to relax, well 2 glasses of wine, which is really good stuff. Red tried it at Taste of the Town and said it was really good. It is called Llano Riesling. Good stuff. I love sweet wine, not that yucky bitter/dry stuff that leaves a majorly bad after taste. YUCK! Ok, this stuff isn't helping with my headache at all, it is just making me really, really sleepy and it is making my head hurt even more. Way to go me, real smart! Well, from teh stupid blonde to everyone else, have a great night and I will chat with y'all later. Good Night!

Finally have a date!!!

Well folks...it's about time, we have finally set a date. April 28th, 2007. That is when Zac and I will be getting married. I am so excited. FINALLY!!! Dude, you have no idea how much stuff I have to do. Poor Zac has been, I guess you could say frustrated, stressed, etc., about trying to find out when he would be able to come down here and get married. The poor guy! I love that boy so dearly and I am so glad I am marrying him. I couldn't imagine myself with another man and I can't imagine me being happier with any other man either. Zac I love you baby! We will be getting married in my church with my pastor. It will be elegant and formal and absolutely gorgeous! Yeah! The dress I absolutely want is breathtaking. I have been dreaming about this dress since I was a little girl and I have found it. But the only problem...$549!!! EEEKKKK!!! But you know what, it is worth every penny. I'm praying that there will be a sale sometime soon where it will cost me like $99, you know those great sales David's Bridal has all the time.
Italy was what we were going to do for our honeymoon, but not right now. I mean, we are going to be a newlywed couple, and we don't need to be spending over $6000 right at first. I told him it is ok, we don't have to go to Italy yet. We can wait until an anniversary or something. Wow, anniversaries. Crazy! September 2 will be two years for me and Zac. We have been dating for 2 years already. Time flies when you are having fun. And we really have had fun. I mean, we have had our share of fights, well it was always me starting them of course, but Zac is so level headed, better than I am and he knows how to put out those fires I start. LOL. Thank you God for Zac. I don't know what Zac sees in me, but God bless him for deciding to spend the rest of his life with me. lol! I can't wait. Have I mentioned that! have I mentioned that I am extremely happy too? lol, yeah definetly becoming a giddy school. yuck, all of a sudden thinking of brittany squeers stupid music video...'oh baby baby...' YUCK!!! Ok, changing subject, or better yet, going to bed. More tomorrow, so for now, good night all and a pleasant night sleep!

I'm ENGAGED!!!

Well ladies and gentlemen, it is official....I am Engaged! Zac proposed last night at the Space Needle in Seattle. It was sooo romantic! Zac and I had reservations for the restaurant for 8:45pm. Well we got there on time and they said our table wasn't ready yet, so they gave us a pager and sent us to the observation deck to have a look at the city at sunset. Talk about GORGEOUS!!!! Well anyways, we get up there and I try and take some pictures of the city with a digital camera (which of course, doesn't like to work with me, lol) and took some pictures of me and Zac with the city behind us. Well, we walked around the deck a couple of times and then he asked me if I wanted to sit down, so I said sure. We sit down, and he tells me to put the camera in my purse. So I did. He looked at me and told me he loved me, I replied, then he asked me to hold the pager. I was going to put it by my side, and when I looked back over at him, he got up and got down on one knee. This is what I said, "OH my gosh, what are you doing?". LOL. I think he said will you marry me, but I didn't quite hear him because I think I went everything went silent at that moment, so I said, "What?". He laughed and then clearly said, "Kristen, will you do me the honor of being my wife?!?". So of course, how did I reply, while crying my eyes out....."YES, YES, YES I'LL BE YOUR WIFE!!!!!" And of course kissed him and cried some more. It was perfect.
I can't believe I am engaged...I am getting married!!! YEAH!!! I couldn't be happier and I couldn't be with a better man. Zac is so incredible and I am lucky that he chose me to be his wife. :o) I haven't stopped smiling since last night.
After dinner, we picked up our friend Nick and went for Starbucks. Umm...hello, I am in the Starbucks capitol! Why wouldn't we go for Starbucks?!?! lol. Anyways, we got coffee and talked abut the wedding. Zac asked Nick to be his Best Man...Nick said yes. Yeah! I asked my sister to be my Maid of Honor. She said yes, and she is also going to be preparing a song to sing at my reception. I can't wait to hear it. I also asked Red to be my Bridesmaid, and she said she would be tickled! That is great! I love ya Red, if you are reading this. I miss you and can't wait to see you on Sunday!
I called my parents this morning, b/c I couldn't get ahold of them last night...tee hee....and they have known about this for weeks. I was like, dang! Apparently, Zac called my parents a couple of weeks ago and asked for my hand in marriage. From what I was told, they said they would be honored! SOOOOOO....I think we decided in April sometime to get married!! Me....MARRRIED!!!! Yeehaw!!!!! lol
Well, gotta run, more later!

It is over!!!

Thank goodness we are finished!!! The King and I is over and done, etc., etc. etc. *giggle* I am so glad I did it though. I had a blast with my friend Red and she and I got to know a lot of amazing people. I am so thankful for that. But no more coloring my hair black every single day, and trying to wash it all out in one shampoo every single night (which is actually impossible, it takes about 2 or 3 tries). But I think I still have black residue from that mousse we used. YUCK! Never again....well, not never again, it depends upon the role I guess. *giggle*
Here are some picture of us during the play:
(will post later)


This friday is my vacation. I am flying to Seattle to see my baby! YEAH!!!! Zac is so excited and so am I. We haven't seen each other in like 3 months and it is driving us both crazy! eeekkk!!!! Oh well, I know God was preparing us for this. He started him in Waco, 30 minutes away from me and only seeing each other once every week or two weeks. Now he is in a different state and we have gone 3 months without seeing each other. That is, to me, RIDICULOUS!!!

I took this quiz today on Red's site and thought it was kind of funny, so here it is:

Your Linguistic Profile:

65% General American English

15% Dixie

10% Yankee

5% Upper Midwestern

0% Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

I'm just all of everything. LOL!!!

Pride and Prejudice is now my absolute favorite movie now. It is sooooo romantic, and of course it makes me cry everytime Mr. Darcy says,





"...Mrs. Darcy....Mrs. Darcy....Mrs. Darcy..."
AAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
Man, that's good!!!!!



But, it was such a compelling story.
First, she is intrigued, then bored, then torn, then hates him, and then falls in love with him. And everytime she says something dumb, especially when he proposes to her the first time and she refuses him and lets her foolish pride get in the way, I end up screaming at the tv at her, "STUPID GIRL!!!!" I end up asking Red if she can 'thump' Elizabeth Bennett in the head for her stupidity. lol.
Oh and who can forget the part where they are dancing at the ball...

"Do you make it a rule to talk while dancing?"
"No, I prefer to be unsocialble....."

Lol, that is great!

If only our society was like it was back then....If only!

Too busy

Today is a good day...I actually slept well again, which is a great thing. I have been really sick lately. Thursday I just got to the point after being sick for a week, not sleeping for a week and my stomach hurting everytime I ate, to go to the doctor and find out what the heck is wrong with me. Well my doctor was very sweet, he listened and actually seemed genuinely concerned and was willing to help me get better. I had blood work done which hopefully might let me know what is wrong, and he gave me sleeping medication to make me sleep. I'll tell you this, I have never slept so well in my life. It is absolutely incredible! But I find out tomorrow about my blood tests. So I hope there is nothing wrong, but if there is, for it to be easy to treat.

The King and I is going really well. We have just finished blocking the entire play, so now it is time for us to get down to business. We have to have our lines, music, etc., etc., etc. (lol) memorized so that we can get all the movement and everything refined. It looks so good so far. But this 7-10 pm stuff is rough. But I am having a lot of fun. Last night we practiced the last scene in the play when the King dies and it was great, I actually almost cried.
My ownly predicament is getting my hair black. Being a blonde has it's advantages, but not when it comes to coloring my hair. I did that once and dyed it auburn and it came out like maroon, it took a year and a half to get it all out. I even died it platnum blonde to lighten it, and it only turned it orange. It didn't look half bad. I just had strawberry blonde hair for a while. lol. Well, the play is going to be great and I can't wait to get all the stuff done and for the performances. I'm glad I am going on vacation after the performances. I am going to need it because I will be completely exhausted. eeekkk. But thankfully, I don't have work the last week in july, so I will be able to sleep as much as I want after the performances and all during the day to rest for the next show. tee hee. Thank goodness for paid time off. :o)

My family is good, kimipeli is working hard as always and so are my parents. But I do miss them so much, I wish they were closer to me so that I could seem them more than once a year. But that is life, right?

I went down to Victoria during the weekend to see Zac's family. They were all happy to see me and expressed how much they missed me and how glad they were that I came down to visit. I guess it makes it easier for them, since Zac is gone and I am still here. They have one they can hold on to for now, but who knows how long that will last. It was great to see them, I got to see his grandparents and parents and just relaxed, watched movies, ate, and talked a great deal about future hopefuls.

Well gotta run...Later gators!

Rehearsal was great!

Rehearsal last night was so much fun. Red and I were just having a blast. Plus, us 'Wives' were assigned our children last night, which was completely adorable. My child is child #5, lol, and we all had a blast. lol.

This is us last night. But I have to tell you, when the kids were bowing to the King, all of us couldn't help but say, "Awwwwww". And can those kids ham it up, lol. They were great! I was very impressed.

more later....

Pretty Good Day

Today is a pretty good day. Got my presentation done, and tonight is the first rehearsal for "The King and I" in which I was cast as a wife. Which wife I do not know, but it should still be fun. I was actually surprised that I didn't get like the part I was going after, but there are a great deal of people that are soooooo much better than me and have done this sort of thing their entire lives. So yeah, I am extremely lucky to be even cast. LOL.

My best friend and I went out to eat last night to celebrate our casting and it is so funny, we went all out, appetizer, meal, and wine with dinner. It was great!!! We just laughed and had a great time...I miss doing that kind of thing with friends. But I am glad I went with her because we just talked about old stories and experiences. I had a blast. I am so thankful for her everyday and how God has blessed me with such a great friend. And if you are reading this right now, I will say one word to you..."SHMALTZ!!!!!!" LOL.

But I am so excited about being on stage and being in costume and everything. I can't wait to see what the costumes look like, they have to be absolutely FABULOUS! tee hee. We have started naming ourselves, like I am Wife #102. lol. Isn't that great?!?! Anyways, I thought it was funny.



Anyways, things are great, a little gloomy I guess. I miss Zac, I miss my family, and I miss that closeness that I had with Zac while he was here. I guess that is why I have been kind of sad lately. This sucks! Sometimes I think I should have moved with him while I had the chance, but then that would have been a bad move on my part. I'm not ready and I love my home and I love my job. I could not have asked for a better everything. God has blessed me in so many ways that I can't even put it all into words. Oh well...you live and you learn, right?
On with another day....

Well...this is the first time I have ever done anything like this before and after my best friend kept talking about how "fun" it was...I finally got talked into creating my own. So here it is. We'll start with today...

Well I have been lounging around somewhat all day. Had to go to work today to help out with some things. It was good, but I have been so nervous the past couple of days about an audition that I had today. It went well, but when I was going thru my song, I completely blanked a couple of times. I felt so stupid because I haven't been to an audition in YEARS!! It was great though, got done with it as quickly as I possibly could, and did all of the other stuff...read lines, dance, etc. Talk about being the dancing monkey. lol. j/k. I hope I get a good part because honestly, I need to keep myself occupied this summer before I go on vacation, which I am so stoked about. I can't wait, I can't wait, I can't wait. Have I mentioned I can't wait! This summer is going to be a blast...hopefully.

Missing Zac a great deal. He has been gone for a month now, and it feels longer. I miss him so much it hurts sometimes. But all I can do is wait. He says that he is doing well and that he is working hard. I am so proud of him and very impressed that he made this huge decision and followed thru with it. That would be hard for me to move somewhere where I didn't know anyone and starting a new life. I think I would be completely crazy. The folks think I should move there, but they know I won't move until and if we get married. But both of us are working hard and making sure that God is #1 in our lives. Without God, we have nothing.
Well enough for now, more tomorrow....Good night dear world.