blogging it up

Busy isn't even the word for how things have been lately. Yeesh.

Wedding plans are going well, although according to my checklist on theknot.com I'm like 80 items behind....whatever. As the date gets nearer I feel myself getting a little more anxious, but I still have a feeling that I have things under control. I guess I'll find out soon!

I've been having dreams about the wedding lately, and they're not good. I've been seeing groomsmen show up in camo and jeans, my hair look like a bee's nest, and some other interesting and disturbing things. Supposedly this is all normal, but it's still unsettling.

My dress was supposed to be in over a week ago and I haven't heard about it yet, so I'm going to call today. I need to go try it on so I can buy the stuff to wear under the dress...sooner the better. So far I have shoes, jewelry, veil, hairpiece, garter, and a bag. Kristy's mom made me a bag and garters and they're really pretty. Glenn and I are still working on my hairstyle, but we're planning on getting together sometime next week to try some stuff out.

In other news, Joe and looked at a house last week when we were in between bouts of the stomach flu. The house we saw is TRASHED. It looks like the people that lived there before got chased out of town or something. They left the fridge and chest freezer full of food (there hasn't been power to the house for months....YUCK), kids bikes in the yard, pictures on the wall, and the place was just filthy. Still, it has some serious potential. The place is structurally sound, but it needs lots of paint, new floor coverings, and I'd personally gut the bathroom. Right now we're looking into what it would cost money and time wise to do all that stuff. The house is extremely cheap - it's listed at least $40,000 less that similar (but cleaner) houses in the surrounding area are selling for right now. If we bought it, our mortgage payment + taxes + insurance + utilities would be less than we pay in rent right now. So we're thinking about it.