Can I just say how totally excited I am to finally have a real Starbucks in the Ville??? And I'm so happy and excited for my very good friend Michelle who is the manager. I went tonight for their "soft" opening and it is amazing!!!

Can I also say how much I am hoping for a snow day tomorrow?!?! Pleeeeeeeaaaassseeee????

Get this...

Ok, so about 2 years ago, my nephew has a poker party. Long story very short, Tony went to this said poker party, and my nephews girlfriend hit on him! It was CrAzY! She said some very sexually suggestive things to him, which he came home and told me about. I never mentioned it to my nephew until much later when he brought it up, kind of joking, and said she had just told him about it- almost a year later! Of course, she wasn't totally truthful about what she said.

Fast forward....my sister and niece are having an engagement party for us in March. They went yesterday and got the invites and all that. She emails me today over myspace and says my nephews skanky girlfriend wants to co-host it with them and did i mind?!?! Seriously. I haven't spoken 2 words to this girl since this all went down. And now she wants to co-host a party for us? Whatever. I told her I didn't care, and maybe this was her way of "apologizing". Who knows. I just find it really unbelievable.

Cake and Flowers and Dresses- oh my

Sorry,I couldn't resist. :-)

Today, Tony's mom, Tony, and I went to design the wedding cake. It was lots of fun, and we ate way too much cake while trying to decide! We ended up with a 3 layer cake, done in mocha, dark brown, and tiffany blue. I hope it's not "weird" looking. It's hard when you can't see it - you just have to imagine it.

Then, we went to do the flowers. It seemed to go wayyyy to easily. We'll see. I can't wait to see the estimate! (NOT)

Then, tonight I met Donna to order her dress. She has lost 43 lbs and is still losing! I also made the appt for my alterations. I need to make an appt with Dave for our pictures. We are going to do a family portrait- our first one with us and the kids- and not show anyone until the reception. I'm going to do one of just me too. I think I'll wait til May to do that one- my too-short hair needs to grow out!

Count your blessings

Today we found out at school that one of our bus drivers just recently found out she has leukemia. She has two children at my school. She is not going to make it. She is unconscious now, and although her children (Kindy and 2nd I think) know she is ill, they did not know the extent. It just breaks my heart. I can't imagine leaving my precious babies and I can't imagine what her children will go through. It is just so, so sad. It makes me want to cuddle up with my kids and never let go. I know sad things happen to people every single day, yet we as humans are resilient. We think about them, pray about them, mourn and cry with them, and then slowly but surely, life goes on. I just want to take some time and pray for those children and her family. I feel guilt for not being more praiseful ALL THE TIME for the blessings I have.

A sweet a-ha moment

I just had a moment...one of those moments that really aren't much in the scheme of things, but in isolation, at that very moment, mean a lot.

I was upstairs and I heard the pre-game show on downstairs. I heard Alicia Keyes singing "No One" which I love.... I ran downstairs and Tony was laying across a chair watching. Hat on backwards. Shorts and a t-shirt. I was just standing there in front of the tv, kinda dancing, kinda singing....just watching. I glanced down at him, and he's staring at me with this huge smile on his face. He says nothing, just kinda scoots up, pats the cushion between his legs, and makes a spot for me. I sat down, and we finished watching her together. It was just one of those moments where I looked at him and thought "he is so damn cute and I'm so damn lucky".

Sigh.... now he's into the football game again.