Her name is Cleopatra (Cleo) and she is a Miniature Schnauzer.
More pictures coming soon!
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Puppy!
So I have a puppy now!
Her name is Cleopatra (Cleo) and she is a Miniature Schnauzer.
More pictures coming soon!
Her name is Cleopatra (Cleo) and she is a Miniature Schnauzer.
More pictures coming soon!
Sunday, July 6, 2008
It's funny how life sneaks up on you sometimes.
I'm feeling...mixed.
I finally have a job that I actually enjoy for the most part. I work for bluehost, same place as Marianne and my future mother in law. It's all computer stuff and I am so much a minority gender-wise, but I enjoy it. The power thrill I get when I can magically fix a customer's problems...it's the only reason why I still keep coming back. I'm not fully versed in everything, but it's nice to have a job that requires more skill than making sandwiches. Plus, I'm making a heck of a lot more than I was with Costco.
Alan and I went and got pre-approved for a house the other day. I tell you what, it freaks me out that I actually qualify to own a home at my age. That's something that's always been such a far off ideal "I'm not old enough to be that stable, are you kidding?" Yet it's happening.
It's just one of the things that freak me out about getting married. I'm not having any doubts about Alan, I know I'm young but I know this is the next step for me. It's just the idea of doing scary grownup things - financing a house and getting us both through college and starting a family - is just that, scary. I never thought this would be me. I never seriously dated anyone in highschool, for heaven's sake I didn't get my first kiss until I was almost 19, and now, less than two years later I'm engaged. *chuckles* to top it all off I'm marrying one of my friends brothers, which is turning out to be a huge benefit, but is still very weird.
Alan and I have been engaged for 5 1/2 months now, and our wedding is two months (66 days) away. I'm so incredibly excited, and honestly it won't change things between us all that much. I just want to be able to relax with him more.
I also didn't think I would feel this lonely. I gained a best friend who is constantly there for me, but I miss all of my old friends. I pretty much dropped off the face of the earth into married people land, and yet it's way hard to find friends there that Alan and I are both compatible with. It might be easier if we were married and had kids, but now we're in a state where it's hard to make friends and hard to keep the ones we have. I miss everybody, with a few in particular. I don't want to lose the only thing that has kept me sane for the past few years. *Sigh*
Oh, and we took our engagement photos.
http://www.blphoto.com
Click on events, ani and alan engagements, then enter your email address.
Any email address will do. Let me know what you think are the best ones!
I'm feeling...mixed.
I finally have a job that I actually enjoy for the most part. I work for bluehost, same place as Marianne and my future mother in law. It's all computer stuff and I am so much a minority gender-wise, but I enjoy it. The power thrill I get when I can magically fix a customer's problems...it's the only reason why I still keep coming back. I'm not fully versed in everything, but it's nice to have a job that requires more skill than making sandwiches. Plus, I'm making a heck of a lot more than I was with Costco.
Alan and I went and got pre-approved for a house the other day. I tell you what, it freaks me out that I actually qualify to own a home at my age. That's something that's always been such a far off ideal "I'm not old enough to be that stable, are you kidding?" Yet it's happening.
It's just one of the things that freak me out about getting married. I'm not having any doubts about Alan, I know I'm young but I know this is the next step for me. It's just the idea of doing scary grownup things - financing a house and getting us both through college and starting a family - is just that, scary. I never thought this would be me. I never seriously dated anyone in highschool, for heaven's sake I didn't get my first kiss until I was almost 19, and now, less than two years later I'm engaged. *chuckles* to top it all off I'm marrying one of my friends brothers, which is turning out to be a huge benefit, but is still very weird.
Alan and I have been engaged for 5 1/2 months now, and our wedding is two months (66 days) away. I'm so incredibly excited, and honestly it won't change things between us all that much. I just want to be able to relax with him more.
I also didn't think I would feel this lonely. I gained a best friend who is constantly there for me, but I miss all of my old friends. I pretty much dropped off the face of the earth into married people land, and yet it's way hard to find friends there that Alan and I are both compatible with. It might be easier if we were married and had kids, but now we're in a state where it's hard to make friends and hard to keep the ones we have. I miss everybody, with a few in particular. I don't want to lose the only thing that has kept me sane for the past few years. *Sigh*
Oh, and we took our engagement photos.
http://www.blphoto.com
Click on events, ani and alan engagements, then enter your email address.
Any email address will do. Let me know what you think are the best ones!
Friday, June 20, 2008
Wedding invites
I need everyone's addresses so I can send out invites.
We're taking our engagement pictures next thursday, and we plan to send them out no less than 2 weeks after that, so let me know ASAP!
We're taking our engagement pictures next thursday, and we plan to send them out no less than 2 weeks after that, so let me know ASAP!
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
We've set a date! We're getting married on September 12th (friday) in the Mount Timpanogos Temple. We're planning on getting married at about 10 or so in the morning, then taking pictures, having the luncheon, and then having the reception at about 6 or so. We'll be sending out invitations as it gets closer.
Yay!
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Soo..I'm engaged!
Yuppers, majorly weird and crazy, but I'm seriously engaged!
Alan is Marianne Schmidt's older brother.
Good old Marianne on Shakespeare team.
Anyways, Alan and I had met on occasion when i would go over to Marianne's house, but didn't really get to know each other until Marianne's wedding on January 5, 2008. About a half an hour into the reception I noticed Alan had been following me around, staying within a 15ft. radius of me at all times. Even when I tried to lose him by ducking into the bathroom when he wasn't looking, I came out and he was faithfully waiting.
During the dancing I noticed he was standing alone, and dragged him into the spinning circle of people, after which he asked me to dance.
We danced a couple of times, then the reception ended and we all cleaned up. Alan and I were some of the last to leave.
I helped Aubrey out to her car with Alan following close behind, and he hovered in the parking lot while Aubrey drove off. I gave him a hug and got into my car. I was just about to drive off when I heard a knock on my car window. And there was Alan, looking very nervous. In a rush he said "I know this is kinda weird and a little bit awkward but I couldn't live with myself if I didn't at least try. Do you wana go out with me sometime?"
"Sure."
". . . Really?"
"Why not?"
I gave him my phone number and the rest is pretty much history.
We were officially dating on our second date on Jan, 10th. Its been really weird for me as I never dated anyone in specific in highschool, so I'm glad that the awkward dating stage only lasted 5 days, as Alan proposed on Jan 15th, just 10 days after him asking me out.
He proposed using his class ring, as everything was so sudden for both of us. It took me two hours to say yes, with Alan stewing over it the whole time. I wore the ring on a chain around my neck till we got something more official, but the wedding ring itself still is in the making.
And that is how it went down. I can't believe it happened so fast and so young, but I know its perfect for both of us. Heck, I used to make fun of people like us all the time. But I couldn't be happier with it happening and am so excited! We haven't set a date yet (I know , I know, I'm a slacker) but it should be in September, so there's enough time to prepare for it. I promise I'll let everyone know the instant we decide!
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