wow, tomorrow's the big day. i cannot believe it's really here. last night was the bachelorette party. we got professional henna done which turned out beautifully. we added to our hippie fun with a dinner at the pita jungle. we had fun eating "handicapped" by our effort to keep our henna paste intact for as long as possible for maximum dying ( Read more... )

wow, the wedding is only a few days away now. i feel quite calm about the whole ordeal. at this point i'm really looking forward to the event but i'm not overly excited either. somehow i've developed this superstition that if i get too out of control excited about something it increases the odds of something terrible happening. i think it's ( Read more... )

we had dinner with my parents this evening. before we went to the restaurant my mom had a bunch of old home videos out. so many memories of a life that used to be so familiar and now it seems like so long ago. when i used to watch these videos i would just focus little me. now i watch them i relate more to my mom than myself. i think about ( Read more... )

wedding things are falling into place. all the major things that need to be done are done. the big things now are getting table and arch decorations figured out. i made the flower girl basket. i think it's pretty cute. i also lined the windows of the bridesmaids' lanterns with wax paper so they'll glow nicely. this saturday i go for another ( Read more... )

grrrrr. our air conditioning is broken. it is quite warm in here. they are going to try and replace the unit today and if the guy can't come today they're going to give us a temporary window unit. thankfully it isn't so so hot outside so it isn't completely miserable in here, just annoyingly warm. i may need to take another cool shower later on

wedding stuff is getting really exciting. i had a very productive and fun day with my mom on friday. the hair and make-up consultation was great. i loved the style the hair lady showed me. i just brought in a few pictures of some styles i liked to give her some ideas. she tossed my hair up in just 5 minutes and i would have walked down the ( Read more... )

naresh and i got our old apartment all cleaned today. there are still a few minor things that could use a little more attention but overall it's done. tomorrow our new mattress will be delivered. it will be nice to have an actual mattress instead of a futon. when we were looking at them the other day the sales people were having us try ( Read more... )

so we're all moved in to the new apartment. i love it so far. we would still like to buy a new bed and a couch. it would be nice to get a bigger dining room table too now that we have an actual dining room, but it isn't necessary. we tried to go to ikea this evening to look at furniture but we got a ton of rain so the 60 was closed from ( Read more... )

the deal on our new apartment just keeps getting better and better. they called me a couple days ago and said we won $500 off of our first months rent in a drawing that i didn't even know we were in. so we won't have to pay anything at move in and will even get some money credited to the next months rent. then we found out that we'll get $40 off ( Read more... )

naresh and i found a new apartment! our lease is up at the end of july so we figured we should start looking if we want any kind of overlap for moving and cleaning. we'd been eying this place down the street for a little while and went and looked at it again today. we got a really good deal on it. for a 1007 sqft, 2 bed, 2 bath apartment we ( Read more... )