It's a Wonderful World

These past few (4) months have been busy... stressful... life-changing... for both me and Scottie.

We unpacked our scale the other day. And, um, well it turns out the craziness has caused us both to pack on a few extra pounds. Well, actually all of the Napolis pizza we had delivered to our house while rennovating it was probably the cause for the extra Ilbs.

So we've challenged ourselves. Whoever losses the biggest percent body mass gets to pick where our next trip will be to (within reason). And the loser has to pay for the transportation to get there.

I'm using this blog to publically display how far along I'm going. Hopefully knowing it's on the world wide web will also encourage me to actually keep track and keep moving forward. You'll see a new little ticker on the right hand side of the blog. That's where I'll keep track.

Here's to more comfortable jeans!

Well the bridal show that I was panicking so much about went really well! No huge issues, everyone that was supposed to be there showed up, and we had double the attendees the average show in our area does. I am still very tired this week from the show but I'm recovering!

We were also able to actually have some fun, too! One of our Gold Sponsors, Ideal Impressions Photography had a photobooth so we had some fun with it. A big group also went out for some hearty Italian afterwards. It was a good day.

For those of you who know me, you know that I'm an Event Planner. For those of you who do not know me, I am an Event Planner at the new Veterans Terrace in Burlington, WI. On March 14, 2010 we are hosting our first annual bridal showcase, put on by yours truly. I used to plan Exhibit Shows in Chicago -- but this is the first one where I've ever planned, like, everything for the show! Needless to say I'm just a tad bit nervous!

So, if you happen to be in the Burlington area on March 14 and want to go to a really cool bridal show, let me know! I'll hook you up with some free tickets. Click here to see our pretty little website.

Before....

Yipee I'm so excited! We booked our 1 year anniversary trip to Boston. Less than 2 months away now! We originally were going to do Ireland - I would LOVE to show Scottie where I studied abroad. But the exchange rate is not too hot rate now, making travel to Europe verrrry expensive for us Americans.

We are particularly excited to go to Boston because

1) We have a BOSTON terrier and hope to see tons of those little guys running around there, and

2) BOSE headquarters is located right near Boston so we are excited that Scottie can make his homage there.

Wow, I can't believe we've almost been married for one year. This year fllleeewwww by!

As we all know the great state of Massachusetts had a pretty big election last week - that was highly unfavorable for the dems.

I generally find myself right in the middle of conservative and liberal, leaning more towards the liberal side on social issues.

Now that there is a lot of uncertainty with this healthcare reform, I must say this.... This past month I had a few visits to the hospital. I am 100% healthy and won't be sharing WHY I went on the internet...

However.

The bills that I received, being insured through my husband's bank, (banks have great benefits) were terrible!! Thanks be to God that Scottie and I can afford these bills. But I can't even imagine having to pay for that out of pocket without the help of an insurance company.

I'm a prime example of why SOMETHING needs to happen. I am a college graduate. I have been working for three solid years after graduation. Yet my employer does not carry health insurance because it's too expensive. They'd go out of business. If it weren't for my husband, I'd be one of the millions that does not have access to health insurnace. Let me refrase... GOOD health insurance. Yes I am a hard worker --never have asked for a dime from the government -- and yes I have a degree yet I still would not have access to insurance if I wasn't married.

There's something wrong with that.

The costs HAVE GOT to go down. And trust me, I don't necessarily believe that the government running a hospital is a good idea. I also believe that a doctor SHOULD be paid a lot for his or her services. If it means it will save a person's life, than I believe that six figures certainly is worth somebody's life.

But there has got to be a solution. I personally believe it all boils down to COMPETITION. Let's not rely on these silly insurance companies to choose WHERE I get MY healthcare. Let me shop around, like I would for anything else, and make my own decision. If patients choose how much they will spend, the hospitals would be forced to re-evaluate what they charge for their services. And not charge my insurance company thousands of dollars for a stupid visit.

That's all.

Cheers.

I promise, I do have a life outside of my house.


I'm so excited for E's big day. October 2010 will come very fast ~ I'm totally stoked to be apart of this.

It's official! We are IN our house! Wow I never thought the day would come. And while we are still working away at getting everything organized every night, I must say it's great to just hop into bed and go to sleep after a long days work. We still need to...

Since we purchased our home, I have been the one who has lead the painting project. For the most part, it's been easy. I had an inspiration picture of our living room and consequently matched the paint color to that. We got our master bed spread as a wedding gift so that dictated what color the master would be. Our bathroom tiles are brown so we went bold in the bathroom and painted it Trusty Tan by Sherwin Williams. And I was veeery forward thinking with the 2nd and 3rd bedrooms by painting them kid friendly colors. Note I said *very forward thinking, no bun in the oven yet.

Well, we are making progress. Unfortunately we are STILL not in the house. All we need is 1) Grouted tile in the bathtub, and 2) An installed toilet. Both of which are supposed to be complete tonight. The rest of the stuff can be completed while we are living in the house. I am praying that the above projects will actually be done tonight. All I want for Christmas is to sleep in our house on Christmas Eve!!