agrestic yet majesstic

I haven't blogged in almost two months because life has been a bit busy. Can't believe it's been almost three weeks since the wedding! Insane.

The wedding went really well. Flew by way too quick. Andy and I both really only remember the ceremony (which was the best part :D) and then it felt like we just took pictures/were ordered around to do things like cutting the cake, thanking people, dancing, eating, you name it. Celebrations has it down to a science which was good & ran incredibly well but just seemed so rushed. Barely ate my food, didn't see the ice sculpture or appetizers at all, none of the stations, feels like I actually came late to my own wedding!

The only bad thing about the whole day was that the judge messed up the last name... Huntington. Ned, my sister's date, caught a perfect picture of our reactions right after the judge said it. The picture is pricelessly funny. At the moment, not so funny.

So all in all, the judge would get the only THORN out of the whole wedding. He deserves the thorn more so because he assured us he'd stay since family of his was invited to the wedding (small world when you're Italian!) so I personally paid for his meal and then he left... probably out of embarrassment that he mispronounced Hunting.

Celebrations and the bridal party and everyone else that helped make it a beautiful day gets ROSES. I'll have to post pics whenever I get mine from the photographer... hopefully soon.

The honeymoon was great. We had perfect weather. The ocean was pretty wavy and too dangerous for swimming so that kind of sucked... but we just stayed in the pool anyway. The resort was surprisingly not full... they said that it's their down season & since it was a 5 star resort chain, I guess I'll believe them. Still fun though because we got extra attention then from the staff. The food was excellent and 0ne of their restaurants was on the beach, all windows, overlooking the ocean. The sunset would set on the ocean and it was just spectatingly beautiful and romantic to eat dinner at that restaurant, not to mention, the best food too! We did a couples massage which was so nice and worth it. Andy and I will now do that every 6 months like clockwork ;) Also, we did a dune buggy tour that was like 3.5-4hrs long. It was pretty dangerous (Andy drove a dune buggy on the highway following our guide right next to normal cars for miles...) but it was so much fun. We saw Mexico how you wouldn't normally see it since we went through small villages, farmland, and rivers. We got so muddy, dirty, and wet but it was worth it. Can't wait to get that waterproof disposable camera I bought developed! Should be interesting photos, especially through the rivers!

I would definitely recommend the Palace Resorts chain in Mexico. Don't know if I'd go back to Puerto Vallarta though, but that's strictly on the fact that I'd like to be able to see Mexico... none of the ruins were in close proximity and the majority of the tours seemed to be a far distance away too (didn't want to waste our time in a smelly van/bus!) Honeymoon, you get a ROSE.

And as for reality... work gets a bushel of thorns... per usual. Just heard through the grapevine that they hired someone for that other job I've been doing without compensation for, oh, a year, so that is bittersweet. I turned it down because they said it would be a demotion for me... even though it's clearly not... but atleast it will alleviate some of the RIDICULOUS bullshit that I have to put up with here at work. But then it means I will most likely have to train this woman and explain everything for probably weeks. Whatever, I just need to focus on getting a new job/plan to get my ass out of this place. They treat their employees like crap and I cannot wait to have a good full-time work experience under my belt. And to have employers that do not backstab and disregard everything/everyone except for what helps them keep their jobs.

Enough venting and I guess now I should go back to work and apply for a new job! Wish me luck.

Adios amigos.

so i'm in a way better mood (thankfully) than last time i blogged.

so, first off: THORNS to living the married life because i realized i gained double the amount of laundry until death do us part... and if children are added into that... even more! not cool!

another thing i realized today is that i'm gaining a permanent shopping partner for the rest of my life. ROSES to Andy for loving and even asking to go shopping :)

and as for some of my problems this week, MAJOR THORNS to my father being a bridezilla and making demands, and actually having the audacity to say that this wedding is not my wedding but his... where's the logic in that statement? Andy and I are paying about $4-5,000 more than he is and my mother for that matter as well, yet they're calling all the shots (even the ones they're not paying for!). I really wish we could call it off and elope but it is too far in to do that now. I think I'd be completely fine if I never talk to my father again either because he's making the supposed "happiest day of our lives" completely and utterably miserable. i'm pretty sure there won't be a father-daughter dance because i can't imagine putting on such a facade in front of that many people for the lenght of even the shortest appropriate song. come to think of it, dad gets a thorn bush.

lastly, ROSES to our new flat screen tv purchase. at first, i was wary about it and thought it was too much and that our previous tv worked fine. the picture is a lot clearer and it's not as bulky (obviously). i did, however, lose the spot on top of the tv where I had a few picture frames :(

and the washer just went off. time for more laundry!

ciao bellas.

i figured out a way to update my blog from work. suh-weeeet.

#974597 things I love: sticking it to the man!

so I decided I'm going to do a new thing every time I post. Roses to things I like and thorns to things that suck. got it?

well, i went home this weekend to dog sit the world's worst dog. mr. puggles was so bad for me! he only wanted to eat peacock shit. ate like 5 piles of it. would search out the peacock shit like deliberately because i was telling him not to eat it. and then he kept getting out of his gates. he only wanted to sleep on my back on friday night and then decided it was puppy play time at 6AM. on saturday, we were out by the pool and he thought it'd be cool to run around on the garage rooftop, you know, possibly drop like 20 feet to his death. not cool, dog. THORNS to mr. puggles. THORNS.

and for my roses, it will have to be time with old friends that i never get to see anymore. over the weekend i hung out with emily and andrew by the pool and then went to see the proposal. the movie was good but i preferred just chilling with them talking over actually doing something with them. odd, but i missed them. and with my bachelorette coming up, i'll get to see more old friends. that should be so much fun. ROSES to friends :D

another thing that gets roses, is HARRY POTTER tomorrow. I cannot wait. currently, it is 39 hours and 27 minutes away. and eddie stroma, the guy playing cormac mclaggen... he gets a whole bouquet of roses himself because he's such a hottie. please see for yourself.normally i don't agree with perez hilton's drawings on pictures, but for once he draws the truth. for reals. ROSES all around to HP and the HBP!

now enough with flowers. i'm going to list what's new in my life.

1. got a cute new addition to the family - Colby the skinny kitty! he's four years old and just so cute. Thomas and him get along great (thank God)
2. most of the wedding plans are finished. just working on invitations, the program, and booking that honeymoon! vacation time was approved so two weeks off! woot! (ok, I lied, I'm not done with flowers. vacation time... that gets a rose!)
3. wedding dress fitting tomorrow night. i have my shoes, purse, and possible jewelry. now to just figure out my hair. maybe i should do it myself in a sort of style to get the gist of what to expect. hmmm.

and yeah, now i think i should go back to work and actually do something i'm suppose to : /

::womp womp womp::