Well here's another mind-blowing weekend account. This is getting to be the norm, I'm getting spoiled.
Wednesday, July 3
I took a half day at work (wooo!) and then headed up to Ohio to meet Joe at his work's new office, and then go to our brand new house! We closed on it earlier in the day and couldn't wait to go in and talk more about the design, etc! We ripped up the carpet in the office and started ripping it up upstairs. Then the contractor came over to talk to us about the next steps - roof, gutters, electricity, plumbing, HVAC, floors. Whew. We have our work cut out for us. After all that, we got a celebratory dinner (and dessert, duh) at La Piazza in Troy. The dessert was heaven - peanut butter, caramel, fudge ice cream parfait. No joke.
Thursday, July 4
America!
We attempted a run, but my knee hurt too bad to go more than 3/4 a mile. We walked back during the parade in Troy and then packed up the car to drive to Wisconsin. We drove all day - made great time since everyone else was doing 4th of July stuff. My mom made a delicious dinner and we just relaxed for the rest of the evening.
Friday, July 5
After Joe and I killed a workout on my parent's driveway, we went with my dad to his office to go "shopping" for bathroom tile in his warehouse. He has so much extra, leftover tile from jobs that he's practically begging us to tile our whole house. We got a gorgeous combination of tiles and I am sososososo excited. We picked a 12x12 sandstone-looking striated tile for the floor; a long, thin horizontal set of tiles in the same sandstoney color but with different textures for the bathtub enclosure and the opposite wall above the vanity; and a gorgeous pale aqua glass subway tile for the wall the bathtub faucet will be on, and about shoulder height on the wall in the bathtub enclosure area. Guh-orgeous.
Then we got all googly-eyed over the BMW motorcycles at a nearby bike shop. Yum.
After that, we picked up our monogram cake topper which was laser cut out of plexiglas, and we got an aluminum one, too, for our front door. :)
We went home and relaxed a little before people started coming over for my Pampered Chef wedding shower. My grandpa described the Unity Cross he is going to be building for our ceremony, and subsequently our home. I got to see my aunts, grandma and several cousins, and my bridesmaid, Amanda! The Pampered Chef shower was nice and I got a lot of neat things which I'm pretty excited about. It's a little weird to ask people to buy you things, but whatever. Only chance I get, right? Of course, I showed everyone our tile selections and pictures of the house and they oohed and aahed. It was great. My mom also coordinated the decoration of an apron by my bridesmaids and family members. She sent it to the people who couldn't make it to the shower and they all wrote words of wisdom on it. So sweet. (My favorite might be the John Mayer lyrics to Heart of Life around the edge, added by Sarah P. Shh.) During the shower, Joe and my dad went to a Brewers game, but they lost because they suck.
Saturday, July 6
In the morning, my mom and I went to have my final dress fitting. My cardio has payed off! Thank God! The dress fit a little better, but I can't slack off! I want to lose a little bit more so I can sit down more comfortably. Haha. Then we hit up a garage sale. My mom got a cute little china vase, and I got a small, teal ceramic vase perfect for the kitchen windowsill, as well as four ceramic, blue and green bowls handmade by someone in Phlox, Wisc., in 1970-something, as well as two little spools of raspberry colored thread to match a knit I recently bought.
My other grandpa came over later in the afternoon for an early dinner. He brought our wedding gift with him - a bright red KitchenAid mixer! *heart eyes smiley* It was nice to see him and he kept saying how happy Grandma was that she got to go with me to buy my wedding dress before she died. *tear smiley* He seems to be doing well, and I'm happy he talks about Grandma.
Thennnn, Joe and I drove down to Summerfest in Milwaukee to see John Mayer perform his first big, big performance in three years. Whut. *ten heart eye smileys* Omg. It was such a great concert. Like, really great. He sounded good, he played amazingly, and he introduced a couple brand new songs. I'm obsessed with Wildfire. He declared his love for Katy Perry and graciously thanked the audience approximately 100 times. The backdrop was awesome - southwestern rock formations against a digital montage of night sky and desert graphics. I finally bought my first JM shirt, a rad tank top, and I got my picture taken in front of a backdrop of the new album cover. That was to promote his involvement with NCIRE and VHIP (Veteran's Health and Integration Program). Did you know he is privately funding the research for PTSD treatments for veterans? Now you do. His involvement with veteran's health is not talked about much, but it's very significant and inspiring. Kind of want to get involved.
Anyway, we didn't get home until like 12:30.
Sunday, July 7
Slept through my alarm, missed church. My parents didn't go either, opting to let us sleep and then have breakfast with us before we hit the road. But, we ended up hitting the road a little late and got stuck in traffic like 80 times. We went to the house in Dayton where we met up with Joe's parents, sister Sarah and brother, Greg, as well as my cat, Titus. We showed them the house, swapped our cars and stuff, and then I got back on the road to Louisville in Joe's car (*scared smiley*). I didn't get home until 11. That sucked.
And now, I'm back at work. Week 1 of 4. Almost done. Then end is in sight! Woohoo!
Next up - dance lessons (poor Joe) and more house things and more wedding things. Oh boy!
Ps. At some point, I will add photos to these posts, just don't have time to upload & edit.
Wednesday, July 3
I took a half day at work (wooo!) and then headed up to Ohio to meet Joe at his work's new office, and then go to our brand new house! We closed on it earlier in the day and couldn't wait to go in and talk more about the design, etc! We ripped up the carpet in the office and started ripping it up upstairs. Then the contractor came over to talk to us about the next steps - roof, gutters, electricity, plumbing, HVAC, floors. Whew. We have our work cut out for us. After all that, we got a celebratory dinner (and dessert, duh) at La Piazza in Troy. The dessert was heaven - peanut butter, caramel, fudge ice cream parfait. No joke.
Thursday, July 4
America!
We attempted a run, but my knee hurt too bad to go more than 3/4 a mile. We walked back during the parade in Troy and then packed up the car to drive to Wisconsin. We drove all day - made great time since everyone else was doing 4th of July stuff. My mom made a delicious dinner and we just relaxed for the rest of the evening.
Friday, July 5
After Joe and I killed a workout on my parent's driveway, we went with my dad to his office to go "shopping" for bathroom tile in his warehouse. He has so much extra, leftover tile from jobs that he's practically begging us to tile our whole house. We got a gorgeous combination of tiles and I am sososososo excited. We picked a 12x12 sandstone-looking striated tile for the floor; a long, thin horizontal set of tiles in the same sandstoney color but with different textures for the bathtub enclosure and the opposite wall above the vanity; and a gorgeous pale aqua glass subway tile for the wall the bathtub faucet will be on, and about shoulder height on the wall in the bathtub enclosure area. Guh-orgeous.
Then we got all googly-eyed over the BMW motorcycles at a nearby bike shop. Yum.
After that, we picked up our monogram cake topper which was laser cut out of plexiglas, and we got an aluminum one, too, for our front door. :)
We went home and relaxed a little before people started coming over for my Pampered Chef wedding shower. My grandpa described the Unity Cross he is going to be building for our ceremony, and subsequently our home. I got to see my aunts, grandma and several cousins, and my bridesmaid, Amanda! The Pampered Chef shower was nice and I got a lot of neat things which I'm pretty excited about. It's a little weird to ask people to buy you things, but whatever. Only chance I get, right? Of course, I showed everyone our tile selections and pictures of the house and they oohed and aahed. It was great. My mom also coordinated the decoration of an apron by my bridesmaids and family members. She sent it to the people who couldn't make it to the shower and they all wrote words of wisdom on it. So sweet. (My favorite might be the John Mayer lyrics to Heart of Life around the edge, added by Sarah P. Shh.) During the shower, Joe and my dad went to a Brewers game, but they lost because they suck.
Saturday, July 6
In the morning, my mom and I went to have my final dress fitting. My cardio has payed off! Thank God! The dress fit a little better, but I can't slack off! I want to lose a little bit more so I can sit down more comfortably. Haha. Then we hit up a garage sale. My mom got a cute little china vase, and I got a small, teal ceramic vase perfect for the kitchen windowsill, as well as four ceramic, blue and green bowls handmade by someone in Phlox, Wisc., in 1970-something, as well as two little spools of raspberry colored thread to match a knit I recently bought.
My other grandpa came over later in the afternoon for an early dinner. He brought our wedding gift with him - a bright red KitchenAid mixer! *heart eyes smiley* It was nice to see him and he kept saying how happy Grandma was that she got to go with me to buy my wedding dress before she died. *tear smiley* He seems to be doing well, and I'm happy he talks about Grandma.
Thennnn, Joe and I drove down to Summerfest in Milwaukee to see John Mayer perform his first big, big performance in three years. Whut. *ten heart eye smileys* Omg. It was such a great concert. Like, really great. He sounded good, he played amazingly, and he introduced a couple brand new songs. I'm obsessed with Wildfire. He declared his love for Katy Perry and graciously thanked the audience approximately 100 times. The backdrop was awesome - southwestern rock formations against a digital montage of night sky and desert graphics. I finally bought my first JM shirt, a rad tank top, and I got my picture taken in front of a backdrop of the new album cover. That was to promote his involvement with NCIRE and VHIP (Veteran's Health and Integration Program). Did you know he is privately funding the research for PTSD treatments for veterans? Now you do. His involvement with veteran's health is not talked about much, but it's very significant and inspiring. Kind of want to get involved.
Anyway, we didn't get home until like 12:30.
Sunday, July 7
Slept through my alarm, missed church. My parents didn't go either, opting to let us sleep and then have breakfast with us before we hit the road. But, we ended up hitting the road a little late and got stuck in traffic like 80 times. We went to the house in Dayton where we met up with Joe's parents, sister Sarah and brother, Greg, as well as my cat, Titus. We showed them the house, swapped our cars and stuff, and then I got back on the road to Louisville in Joe's car (*scared smiley*). I didn't get home until 11. That sucked.
And now, I'm back at work. Week 1 of 4. Almost done. Then end is in sight! Woohoo!
Next up - dance lessons (poor Joe) and more house things and more wedding things. Oh boy!
Ps. At some point, I will add photos to these posts, just don't have time to upload & edit.
