I love....

....my baby! He gave me the best day today. A few days ago, he told me that he had a surprise for me. He said, I would have to be blindfolded and could not even try to peek. We kind of over slept for what we needed to get done today but he still took me for my surprise.

My surprise??? He took me to this place called, "Xpress It"; it's a ceramic painting place in Crofton. When we first reconnected and hung out as friends, I told him that I had always wanted to do something like that but didn't want to do it alone and most times didn't have anyone to do it with because they were always busy or something would come up. I was so surprised even though it would not be that big of a deal for someone else, it was a big deal for me. I love the simple things, the little things.

As for what I painted, I painted a butterfly shaped dish. I definitely want to go back and do it again. I think next time I will paint some pet dishes for my cats, Cleo and Tigger. It was so hard to choose what to paint. Steve was hoping to paint a gecko but they were out of the ceramic ones they normally carry. It was then that I saw that they had a wood shaped gecko thing on the wall. The lady said that is for their glass mosaics that they have available if he wanted to do that. He is so proud of his creation as am I.

It was a good day!

PS: Pictures of our creations to come once complete after the finishing touches.

Oh! Hunting I will go...Dress Hunting that is...

For a while now I have been thinking about selling the wedding dress that My Mom bought me for what was to be my first and only marriage about 6 years ago. Yes, you read correctly; I have had a wedding dress in my closet for 6 years. I always thought that it would be the dress I would wear regardless of who I would marry. While Steve really didn't have any issues against it, tonight he finally told me that he had been thinking about it and said that he would like for me to have a dress that would represent our union and not what was with another man. If that makes sense.

So, now the hunt begins for a new dress and the hope also begins to sell this dress that I currently have. For anyone interested...here are the details: Worn once when tried on to buy, paid $400.00 for the dress and $150.00 for the veil that will be sold along with it. Both in great condition and extremely beautiful. Strapless. Off white cream in color. Veil is the same color and is accented with crystal like jewels in between the scallops of the design in the veil. Dress is size 18.

Now the dress I am looking for is hard to describe but as soon as I get pictures I will post them...

I'm off to do some hunting online. Later...

Contemplating Wedding Ideas and Choices Made

So, I'm getting married. HOLY JUMPIN' JESUS ON A POGO STICK!!!! As I stated in a previous blog, this feels so real and so great. I still sometimes can't believe it though.

There is so much to think about. We have yet to pick a date. This is due in part to we don't want to make that committment without getting certain things in order; mainly getting myself a job (still waiting on my doctor to release me to work because of my knee). We want to have some finanical stability before we get married. With Steve's job, he does make good money but it's not enough to live on; much less get married. We want to do things as close to right as possible. But that doesn't mean that we have not made any plans/choices for the wedding.

So far, we have decided that there will be 4 Attendants on both sides. His are: Andrew - Steve's younger brother, Peter - Steve's youngest brother, Tony - Steve's Friend and Boss; and, Brian - Steve's Older Cousin. Mine are: Kellie - My best friend, Kristy - My childhood best friend, Courtney - My sister in law and, Amy - Steve's younger cousin. We have yet to ask either of them but I don't see an issue with either of them saying no. We've also picked colors. They are midnight blue, silver and, crystal (the last one is not really a color persay but we are going to incorporate it in our wedding. Now the wedding itself is going to be a bit different. It's going to be a bit traditional with a twist of punk. The punk is definitely Steve's style coming into play there because that is just him and because I am so not the typical bride to be, I will forever and always say that this is OUR wedding; not just mine. There are so many brides out there at that say it's my day blah blah. I totally think it is about both the bride and the groom. Now, I am little weary thinking about the punk aspect of the wedding but I think I can make it work with my womanly touches without Steve complaining too much. LOL!!!

Let's see what else...oh yeah! We have decided on some decor for the reception. Steve loves fish and he has gotten me into fish as well. So we are going to somehow have fish as part of our center pieces on the tables at our reception.

So far things are coming together. But I know that it will not always be this way....LOL!!!