little of this, little of that.

hello all!

it's been awhile since i've been on, so i need to catch up on a few things. lots o' stuff has happened and i'm sure you all would just love to hear about it. for one thing, i'm doing away with all sense of rules today, as you can tell with my no caps. so what, i'm an english teacher and we need breaks too. also i can type faster this way and i have a head ache at the moment and too much concentration would be bad. so anyway, on with the news, starting with the things that happened first:

On the 9th ew and i became uncle and aunt. mckenna jo was born on april 9th, at 8:16pm, while ew and i just happened to be at the rehearsal dinner of our friends vicky and kevin, who got married on the 10th. it was indeed a happy weekend all around!

ew and mckenna

mckenna

hotel room scene in chicago (17th floor)

kevin and vicky

this past weekend ew and i had another counseling session, and since we were in town we went ahead and booked our honeymoon. we will be leaving nov. 29th and coming back dec. 4th from riviera maya in mexico. we are staying at the secrets silversands. it is just gorgeous and i so cannot wait to go. i feel like the wedding is taking forever to get here, but then it's another few months to get to the honeymoon, but i believe it will all be well worth the wait.

our resort

school is winding down even faster. i think the official count is 22 days. yikes! i can't believe is has gone so fast, but yet it feels like it has been forever. i really have learned a lot, and grown so much as a person/teacher.

on the weight-loss front. kristen and i will end up being the biggest loser-losers. lol, so we didn't get to our/my goal, but i did lose like 15 which is almost to half my goal. ha. oh well, at least i will fit into the wedding dress without needing any alterations!

well, i think that about sums it all up. i'll leave you with a few pics of the last few weeks.

brina*

Singing in the Rain

Ok, so I'm not really singing.

Well, I'll take that back. I am singing, and it's definitely raining, but not together. I'm sitting indoors, while it is raining not cats and dogs, but pigs and cows! Yeah, that's some country humor for yas!

Anyway, I haven't written in it seems like forever. It's probably because I haven't done so hot on the biggest loser thing. I've pretty much went up and down 1-3 pounds every week. It's this horrible hump that I can't seem to get over. So I'll move on to my next topic.

The wedding stuff is going pretty well. Everything is really coming together. There are still a few details that have yet to be done, but it's going very smoothly. Also, all my bridesmaids have dresses, so that's good news! I was worried, but everything is working out! :)

School is really starting to wind down, and I can actually see the finish line! I'm so ready for this year to be over and to start my last summer living at home with my family. It will be my last days living in a family of 4. This fall I will have to get used to being a family of 2 [for a bit anyway ;) ]

EW and I are still looking for an apartment. We are going a bit farther out, and trying to get the best bang for our buck. There are 2 requirements that HAVE to be in our apartment. I INSIST that it have in-apartment laundry room, and a dishwasher. Maybe I'm being picky, but that's just the way it has to be. I did the whole community laundry room in college and I won't be doing it again, thank you.

Well, that is all for now, I'm afraid the lights will go out if I'm on this thing too much longer!

Brina*