: Catherine , Snow_love

Earlier last week, my car got rear-ended by this young girl wearing the largest sunglasses I have ever seen. She went on for a mile a minute about how sorry she was. In the end, I had a minor scratch, so I nixed calling the cops and went on my way. If my bumper was dented, I would have gone off on her huge-glass-wearing behind. Good thing my baby was OK.

Now, I feel like I got punched in the face. I went tubrewing this past weekend with, and I'm estimating, 20+ people. It wasn't the same as last year since D went to my best friend's bachelor party, so I kind of hung out by myself... I was one of those stupid girls who missed her fiancé . I'll blame that on PMS. Right when I got there, they were ready to jump off the bridge, literally, so I threw on my bathing suit and ran out with everyone. As SOON as I was in the suit and walked towards the bridge, I got eaten alive by mosquitos. I felt like I was vacationing in Vietnam again .

They ate me alive. I think I was attacked by a small green leech as well. My hand started this throbbing, numbing pain after I pulled some sucker-bug off if while getting into the river. When I pulled it off my left hand, it landed on my right hand, which started the whole numbing sensation all over again. All in all, I have about 15 mosquito bites with 5 on my face. I also got sunburnt badly while we tubed down the river. Stupid me, I didn't put on sunblock because the clouds were out. The tent I shared with my Karen got flooded in the early morning thunderstorm so all my stuff got wet. I got a cigerette burn on my arm while tubing too--I cannot stand smokers and that is ONE of the reasons. I'll save the smoker complaints from this post.

Last year's adventures were much better, but I did get some quality time with people.

Categorized: Trips, Friends, Traffic
Plugs: Fatima | Sara | Catherine | Snow_love | Julie | Angela

: Snow_love

I suck. It has been a LONG time since I updated anything and that is why I suck. I'm surprised I remember my password. It has been quite the busy summer. I've had PLENTY to rant about, but no time. I guess in a nutshell...

I went to Mississippi for work, came back and went wedding gown shopping. My search resulted in an order of the first Soterro gown I tried on--so exciting! Then I had a family engagement party out east in my mom's town. My family met D's family for the first time. That was also (in elementary terms) "fun". Then June kicked off with a work trip to Chicago, then I came back, and then I went back to Chicago, followed by wedding season--weddings, bridal showers, and bachelorette parties galore.

I am up to my neck in wedding planning. He has been engulfed in house renovations too and somewhere inbetween, we've been traveling for work, parental visits for the holidays, and birthdays. I've procrastinated my masters work and now I'm playing catchup. Soon... it will be back to fall classes and hopefully my last semester of school, at least for a lonnnnggggg time.

Anyway... I'll gather my thoughts and be back in a sec.

P.S. I will be married in less than a year!!!

Categorized: Uncategorized
Plugs: Sara | MK | Snow_love | Catherine | Julie | Gill | Nathalie | Daisy | Kathy | Angela | Claudine | Fatima | Nick | Veronica | Olay | Angela

: Snow_love

It's been awhile since I've had the free time to work on things I'd LIKE to work on instead of work or school. Grad school is wearing me down. It's almost the end of a semester--then I have two left!

Anyway, this is long overdue, but I had a great time on the 7-day cruise through the Mexican Riviera. We traveled on Carnival. Despite the tactless karaoke host who publicly shouted racial remarks and called Canadian's Idol host "gaydol", I enjoyed my time. (They really need to get some diversity training to their staff.) Actually, the rest of the staff was from all over the world, and it was refreshing not to see JUST Caucasians around. The staff aside from the aforementioned was incredible. The food was good--though the breakfast buffett every morning got old. We didn't do as many excursions as I had hoped, but the snorkeling was a good time. I got sick on the last day with a fever post anxiety attack; that sucked.




I have over 650 pictures , but I haven't had a chance to update my icandy site yet. It was a good time, though the leering fact that I had plenty of work back at home definitely inhibited some of the fun. As soon as school is over, I will take another vacation and TRULY forget all the daily hum drum--we'll call that my honeymoon, lol .

I've been busy with wedding plans! Booked an AMAZING photographer whose style mirrored mine. Read about it here.

NEXT, I am dress shopping. I will be taking my mom with me sometime in May before the family engagement party. But for now, it's back to the hum drum...

Categorized: Wedding, Trips
Plugs: Ashley | Catherine | Snow_love | Amy | Aileen | Amy | Grace | Jenny | Wyther | Locito | Menelya | Pat | Sara | Momo | Cassidy | Isha | Char | Aleida | Terri | Ashley

: Snow_love , Rina

Thanks for the tail bone well-wishes. My ass has finally stopped hurting. The cruise was amazing. I am tanned and a LITTLE more relaxed. Pictures will be up shortly... all 640+ of them. I've been playing catch-up all week, *sigh*.

In my research to find the most perfect-est wedding dress for my big day, I started wondering, "Hmmm, how often do these brides keep their dresses?"

So my pondering led me to look through the emporium of classifieds known as Craig's List. It did not fail me in my research. I found pretty dresses from women who called off their weddings, divorcés, women who bought TWO dresses, and women who quite obviously wanted to look like beaded mermaids. Case: See to your left.

I know I am rather lucky to have found this dress first, but since I am nice and I believe there is a woman who deserves this beauty more than me, I will not answer this ad. I will only sit here and admire the beauty of such royal attire.

Interject some reality here: WHY?!?!?



If you're interested in any of these, let me know. I will forward you a link. It's only priced at $150.

// Makes me wonder what the brides in the future will be wearing.

Or maybe you fancy this one or the Hello Kitty dresses?


Who wakes up one day and thinks to herself, "Self, you should indulge in your Hello Kitty fetish and wear a bright baby blue gown that advertises the face of your favorite feline friend!" ? I DO! Cue in the bridesmaids wearing Little Mermaid, Kerroppi, and Picachu gowns.

Categorized: Wedding
Plugs: Snow_love | Tiffany | Phlip | Rina | Mishie | Sarah | Cecelia | Belinda | Jean

: Rina, Snow_love, Des, Catherine

My fiancé's little brother, K, planned a snowboarding trip for his birthday this past weekend, so it was our first new thing of the year to try. It's almost the end of the season, so luckily I was able to find some less expensive coats and girls' pants for the trip... now I might have to scope out boots and a board!

It was a LOT of fun. I was not as scared as I thought I was going to be going up the lift or even getting off the lift. I wasn't scared to start moving down the first run. What I was terrified of was when I went straight and picked up a lot of speed... considering I did not know how to stop, lol. All the falls I had going down the first run were not bad at all--mainly because I made myself fall to avoid hitting the cute little kids who were wizzing by me. But the fall at the very end knocked the wind out of me. I landed directly on my tailbone, which sent this huge numb shock throughout my body. Then my legs tried to spin, but the board wanted to spin the opposite way. Needless to say, I laid there for a second.

I sat out on the next run, but got back up... noticing that the tailbone pain was seriously becoming a nuissance. Well, on the third run I took after our group lunch break, I fell on the tailbone again with the same numb shock and I could not put any pressure on it. It hurt soooo bad.


I had to release my bindings and sled down the hill... not a good idea. What do you sit on?--your tail bone! So I had to shift my weight on my "sled" sending me zig-zagged across the hill. It was rather entertaining until my butt said "NO MORE". I walked back to the condo with a friend and had to lay on my stomach practically the rest of the day. I did get a chance to go out to the hot tub/sauna for some heat.

On our way home, we drove through Petosky where we came across a frozen lake. Spontaneous detour time! It was gorgeous and we weren't the only people out on that lake. I saw a group of people out by the lighthouse, which was pretty cool. We were going to venture out there, but we were running out os time to get home.

Even though my first experience hurt--it was a LOT of fun going down the hill. I laughed a lot on the first run, knowing that I would inherently suck! (FYI, I am HORRIBLE at frictionless activities that involve rolling or sliding, i.e. rollerskating, rollerblading, ice skating, walking on ice lol, etc etc. There isn't a risk of collision while swimming, so I don't mind that and you KNOW how to stop swimming.)

Anyway, we are going to try boarding on the local hills before the end of the season again. I doubt we will be able to because we're so busy on the weekends, but I am excited to try it again. As for my tailbone, let's say that I am still leaned on a cheek.

Change of subject. Geez, are people becoming more and more sensitive? Lighten up! I write about how someone should empower themselves instead of mope on Vday and I get a "you're being judgemental comment". *Roll Eyes*

No more talk about snow and winter... I am heading to L.A. on Friday for two nights and then on a cruise to Mexico for the next week. I plan on coming back dark and relaxed... maybe some of you readers need a vacation too... and a lesson in oversensitivity . (I can see the responses now...)

Categorized: Trips, Sports
Plugs: Rina | Amy | Snow_love | Des | Arwen | Marsadie | Becky | Kasper | Tina | Sara | Nicky | Anya | Catherine | Shelbie | Jay | Elizabeth | Saba | Marsha |