3.31.2005

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

My car will be TRYING to pass inspection again on Monday. Actually, it's not so bad. I just need a couple light bulbs and an exhaust pipe (the big long one had been patched previously and now it just needs to be replaced). Fortunately, those repairs are well within my "annual inspection budget."

Mia is doing much better. I didn't mention it earlier, but she's had an ear infection accompanied by some vomiting (from both ends). Gross. Thank goodness for potty-trained babies!! She does require a lot of "pick it up huggies," and that's fine with me.

My shoes and my veil arrived today. I got the shoes from Dyeable Shoe Store (.com), but they're not dyeable. I got my veil from veilshop.com and it's beautiful, but not QUITE the right shade. I guess everyone's "antique white" is different. I'll be exchanging it.

My flight to Pensacola is secured...actually, my THREE flights for that day are secured. I opted to take a route with TWO stops to save some dinero.

With all these crazy purchases, the veil, the shoes, the plane ticket, Rus' ring...my bank thought my card was STOLEN and put a block on it. That's nice, but I told them next time it would be NICER if they would wait until I REPORTED it stolen. I had one of those horrible moments today where my card was DECLINED and you all know how that is, you're all like "WHAT?! I KNOW I have money in there!!" and the person waiting for payment is all like, "Yeah, I hate when that happens," but they're really thinking, "YEAH RIGHT! You're broke and your cards are maxed, you're a HORRIBLE HORRIBLE person!!!"

Yeah, I had one of THOSE moments today. Argh.

Posted by Deir at 18:34 | |

3.30.2005

"Mommy, open it."

"No, Baby, Mommy can't open those boxes [from Target!!] until Rus gets back from school."

"Pessent Mia?"

"No, Mia. Those are presents for Mommy and Rus."

"Mommy Rus getteen may-eed."

"Yes, Mia, that's right."

Posted by Deir at 18:39 | |

3.27.2005

Appealing to the dork within.

My Russell is the best Russell ever.

Soon, very soon, "hootress" will be no more. I've already dropped the shorts (figuratively, of course) and the position, the blogspot is next, babies.

I posted about my purchase of ohdeir.com not so long ago and that will be my new digs once the lovely ladies of BlogMoxie have done what they do better than anyone.

Christine, the "techette", has been very helpful in setting up my hosting plan, and the next step is the design and implementation. I don't know how long these things take, but I'll keep everyone posted!

Blogspot has been a good outlet for my stories, my vents, my typos, everything. But as my family gets bigger and I wisen up, I am remembering a wise cousin's advice from long ago. In the early days of hootress, she asked something very close to, "are you sure you want to be posting this stuff for all to see?" And I thought...hm. Probably not! NOW, the question has become, "How MUCH should ALL be able to see?" the desired features of my .com are a password protected photo album and family section and the usual rants, stories, typos section for all that have become accustomed. :)

Stay tuned...

Posted by Deir at 17:05 | |

Dork, Party of 5?

Good times!!

Last night, some girls from work took me out to celebrate Rus' and my fasting approaching (still not fast enough) nuptials.

We started at the Red Star Tavern with dinner. We had a couple appetizers: Calamari (the best I've ever had) and Blue Cheese Kettle Chips (something Rus would LOVE). I had a couple martinis :) "Blue" was my favorite: Bacardi Limon, lemonade, Blue Tropical Pucker, and frozen blueberries. DEE-LISH! I've always been a sucker for blueberries...Uncle Dan knows that! I ordered Hazelnut Crusted Trout, but alas, they were out of trout and made it with flounder! FINE WITH ME! The Little Mermaid's best friend has always been my favorite meal!

Dinner was a great time. We griped about work, laughed, griped about work some more...it was a ton of fun, really! The whole time, I was wearing my veil & tiara and my bride-to-be ribbon/button. Pictures to follow.

After we closed out there, we walked over to the Cheesecake Factory for dessert. It was a 35-50 minute wait so they gave us a buzzer and we headed to the bar. We ordered drinks (Bellini for me!) and hung out. These two girls came up and asked if it was my SWEET SIXTEEN. I repeat: SWEET SIXTEEN. I had a veil on my head and a rock on my finger. Yeah, I'm 16. Happy Birthday! Anway, I told them I'm getting married, blah blah blah. They asked when, I said April 22nd, "Ooooooooooh the day after my birthday!!" one of them oozed. Tbat's exactly what we had in mind when we planned it.

Anyway, they turned out to be relatively cool and gave us THEIR buzzer because they were just going to eat at the bar. They were a party of TWO and we were a party of FIVE, but we decided to take the risk anyway. Their buzzer went first and we went up and told them our party had increased and would that be okay...the chick stared. :) It was funny. She said, "I'm ASSUMING you got this from ANOTHER PATRON...but I have something open, so that's fine." So she changed us to a party of 5 and guided us to the "wait here to be seated" section. They kept calling "dork, party of 5" (probably York...but we all swear she said dork". That turned out to be us...they changed the number, but not the name. The tiramisu there is delicious, but Olive Garden still makes my fave.

I got home at 10 something, and talked to Rus til bedtime. Then sleep, wonderful sleep!!

3.24.2005

My man in uniform.

Meghan posted so many pics of Brian looking all cute and all "home of the brave," I thought I'd post a picture of my Beloved Sailor in HIS hottie clothes!



For those of you that don't know, he's the baldie on the left.

3.23.2005

Because it's the BEST, DUH!!

YAY TARGET!!

3.21.2005

Planes, trains, and automobiles.

Not so much the trains, though...

I'm flying down to Pensacola next month to meet my Beloved. His recruiting class is over on the 15th, so I'll be there in time for his "graduation" (as the Navy calls it).

Then we'll drive home together. That drive is just too long to do all alone. He SAYS he'll stop if he gets tired, and I made him promise to stop even if he doesn't, but the only to make sure he doesn't nod off is to be there to keep him awake. Admittedly, I slept most of the way DOWN to Alabama the first time...but I asked him stop at a hotel because that car seat was not doing much for my neck.

And the countdown starts tomorrow. A month from tomorrow, it will be nothing but wedded bliss!

As Mia says, "WEEEWHEEEEW!!"

3.16.2005


My dress is here!! All I'm waiting for now: breast implants. :)

I tried to order the dress a size smaller than I am now, but I tried in on and it basically fits. I'll need those implants and some stilts, but I'm willing to settle for some good alterations. I'm planning on losing a little weight before the big day, so I'll be cutting it close with the alterations. I have to have the dress in by April 3 to get it back by the 17th (allowing 2 days for the thing to NOT be ready on time).

The registry is completed, I think. Rus and I had done a sweep through Target AWHILE ago, kind of playing that, "If we ever get married and live together, what would we want" game. So we had a conference call and tried to remember what we could. I LOVE Target.

3.15.2005

No title.

Updates, updates.

My fabulous Mia is well on her way to being potty-trained!! Rus, Mia, and I all left for Alabama on Thursday. That is one heck of a drive, let me tell you! We stopped in Shorter, Alabama and stayed at a hotel because I didn't want to drive :) and Rus was getting sleeeeepy. Anyway, we woke up Friday morning and Mia sat up and said, "Mommy, wanna go pee-pee potty." I asked, "Do you need clean pants?" "NO MOMMY. Wanna go pee-pee POTTY." "Oooooooooh!" And she's been sitting on the big girl potty ever since. That training potty got used once or twice before, so I guess it wasn't a total loss. So Mia's sporting the big girl training pants and there's $70-90/month I'll be saving!! WOOHOO! We're all big winners!

The Alabama trip was fun. Mia had a great time playing with her soon-to-be cousins. That girl is a tomboy!! She played football until she was blue in the face :) I enjoyed my visit with Rus' mom, sibs, and neices (and great-neice?).

There were a few failed attempts to marry us in the yard...but I'm a forgiving person.

3.10.2005

Alabama or bust...?

Be back Tuesday.

P.S. My dress is en route. WOOHOO!!

3.08.2005

Just in the knick of time...

I was about to be removed from Meghan's links list (and Twinnie's, too, probably) for lack of posting.

News, news, news.

It IS official. On February 15th, with the help of Mia's MagnaDoodle, Rus proposed and we are engaged. The trip is all set, we're just waiting for the tickets to arrive at the travel agent's.

Here's the hand, by the way:



Dianna and I went to David's Bridal last night. She's such a sweetheart, too!! She told me, "I'll hold Mia and pretend she's mine, so you can act like you're pure." Haha. What a kidder!

Mia is growing like a weed, still. And she's so smart! She opens doors now, too. She's getting closer to the potty, but who wants to stop having fun to go potty?

It's been decided (by the Navy) that Rus, Mia, and I will be leaving Virginia Beach in April/May. Details to follow.

We're all headed to Alabama this weekend to visit his family (and my soon-to-be family). He has to drive down anyway...he'll be doing the Navy school there for about a month. Mia and I will be flying back from Pensacola...with a stop in HOUSTON? Crazy.

Anyway. That's enough for now. I'll post again...soon.