Holy crap!!! When does the world slow down? I really think it is spinning out of control. March is crazy, and it looks like April is going to be worse. I need a personal assistant. I am now accepting applications. Yet, I do not see anyone submitting.
So let me catch you up to speed on what has been going on. As people know, we finally sold the townhouse. That is AWESOME!!! But with it, comes so much work. The biggest challenge is all of the packing, moving, and figuring out where things are going to. Chad is moving from the townhouse into my house AND into a storage locker. I already have a storage locker in the same facility. So we have been doing a lot of schlepping back and forth of things to be stored and thrown. We have also been doing a lot of re-organizing. The good thing... I have thrown out a HUGE amount of crap. All of this continues well into April as closing is not until the 23rd. Lots more packing, cleaning, schlepping, loading, unloading, and plenty of schvitzing!!!
In addition to that, we are currently getting ready for Passover. If you know me, you know that it is not my favorite holiday. I enjoy Seder, but that is pretty much where it ends. Having 26 people over for dinner and being constipated for 8 days is not my idea of a good time.
To add to all of this, we are now on a kick to get Chad a new car. Granted, I am TOTALLY in favor of this, but it is just more back-and-forth and something else to do. That said, it looks like he has narrowed it down to one car, but I won't give it away until the deal is done.
Tonight is Paxton's 10th birthday party, so my aunt is having people over for that. It is just one thing after another. I feel like things will never get done. The good news is, I know they will and at the end of the month, we are relaxing.
As I said, we close on the 23rd. On the 24th we are getting massages. I love a good massage. That night we are going to the Melting Pot for dinner to celebrate our birthdays (his on April 18 and mine on May 9). The next week, April 30 - May 2 we are going to the Wisconsin Dells for a mini-vacation. We both love to travel, so we decided that for our presents to each other this year for our birthdays, we are going to go on a quick trip to the Dells. We got a great deal as we certainly need to save money.
Money could be a whole different blog. We have to sell this townhouse, eventually buy our own new house, pay for the wedding, and on and on. If anyone knows a good money tree, please let me know.
But... lots of fun to look forward... in June we are going to New Orleans. We are going up to Herzl for the weekend of the 4th of July. Our wedding is 10-10-10. At the end of that week, we are doing a mini-moon in the Wisconsin Dells (a different resort than the place we are staying in April). And finally, next January is the honeymoon... a 14-night cruise to Hawaii!!!
Needless to say... we have a shit load going on, but it is all good things, and things we are super excited for. Now the only question is... where should we go after the honeymoon?
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Saturday, March 27, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
No Family?
I was recently reminded of a guy several years ago that I went on a date with. We had a nice time, but certainly nothing special. After our date, we were talking on the phone and started discussing family. Obviously, to anyone who knows me, family means the world to me. That's when he told me the funniest thing I had ever heard in my life. "If you want to have a relationship with me, you need to forget your family. I want to be in a relationship with you, not your family." After falling on the ground, I picked myself up, and politely told the guy to FUCK OFF.
Seriously... that is the funniest, dumbest, lamest, rudest, and most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. Let's see how many things we can find wrong with this:
1. My family means the world to me. You think I am seriously going to give them up?
2. I had one date with you... you think I would pick you over my family?
3. I am pretty sure no one tells me what to do... certainly not something like that.
4. That proves what a low self-esteem this guy has because he does not see room for a family and a partner.
And the list could go on. The reason this came back to me is I recently became friends with someone on Facebook, who happens to be dating the guy. It is even more funny because how involved he is the this other person's family, as demonstrated by the pictures.
In any case, I would never have considered dating anyone that said something so ridiculous to me. Thankfully, I have the greatest person in the world as my partner who not only loves me, but my family as well. And of course, I love his too.
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Seriously... that is the funniest, dumbest, lamest, rudest, and most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. Let's see how many things we can find wrong with this:
1. My family means the world to me. You think I am seriously going to give them up?
2. I had one date with you... you think I would pick you over my family?
3. I am pretty sure no one tells me what to do... certainly not something like that.
4. That proves what a low self-esteem this guy has because he does not see room for a family and a partner.
And the list could go on. The reason this came back to me is I recently became friends with someone on Facebook, who happens to be dating the guy. It is even more funny because how involved he is the this other person's family, as demonstrated by the pictures.
In any case, I would never have considered dating anyone that said something so ridiculous to me. Thankfully, I have the greatest person in the world as my partner who not only loves me, but my family as well. And of course, I love his too.
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
It Feels So Real
As all of you know, my wedding date is quickly approaching. When Chad and I officially decided on 10-10-10 as our date, it felt so far in the distance. Part of that is we have already been engaged for over a year, so it really was far away. But man, how time flies. Before we know it, 10-10-10 will be here and we will be happily marching down that aisle.
What got me realizing how "real" it is... our invitations arrived last night!!! They look so good, and Chad and I love them. We also now have our rings, which are beautiful as well. Don't forget the Ketubah (thanks, Mom), thank-you notes, and of course all of our vendors. It is amazing how real it feels, and yet, I am so excited. Finding Chad is the best thing that ever happened to me, and I am so excited to spend the rest of our lives together.
Now, before the wedding, we have quite the list of things going on... Chad's conversion (which will hopefully be official within the next week), Passover, closing on the townhouse, moving, a trip to the Dells for our birthdays, a Shabbat at Herzl, and at least a million other things we have going on. Keeping busy always makes time fly by. And this time, I am excited it is flying because as soon as we blink, 10-10-10 will be here, and we will not only get to commit to each other, but we will get to celebrate with all of our loved ones. And of course, then we get to go on our 14-night Hawaiian cruise. Damn I love vacations.... especially on a ship in the ocean!
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What got me realizing how "real" it is... our invitations arrived last night!!! They look so good, and Chad and I love them. We also now have our rings, which are beautiful as well. Don't forget the Ketubah (thanks, Mom), thank-you notes, and of course all of our vendors. It is amazing how real it feels, and yet, I am so excited. Finding Chad is the best thing that ever happened to me, and I am so excited to spend the rest of our lives together.
Now, before the wedding, we have quite the list of things going on... Chad's conversion (which will hopefully be official within the next week), Passover, closing on the townhouse, moving, a trip to the Dells for our birthdays, a Shabbat at Herzl, and at least a million other things we have going on. Keeping busy always makes time fly by. And this time, I am excited it is flying because as soon as we blink, 10-10-10 will be here, and we will not only get to commit to each other, but we will get to celebrate with all of our loved ones. And of course, then we get to go on our 14-night Hawaiian cruise. Damn I love vacations.... especially on a ship in the ocean!
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Another One Bites the Dust
Hey, Hollywood... lay off the drugs. Once again, we find another washed up star dead from an overdose. This time it is 80's movie star Corey Haim. What is it about Hollywood that they all get so hooked on drugs?
Don't we see a pattern? People get hooked on drugs and die. If you are taking drugs, don't you want to get help. Even you are not blind to the fact that others around you are dieing. Do you want the same thing to happen to you? I guess it is the "I am invincible" attitude, and the fact that they think they are in control, and "it would never happen to me." But it is sad.
I guess those of us that are not into drugs and do not have an addiction do not understand. I am on the outside looking in, and it is easy to judge them. But when it comes down to it, it is just sad. Stars are using drugs to escape. They don't know what it is doing to them until it is too late, and they RARELY get help on their own.
I wish we had a generation in Hollywood that would forget the drugs and become good role models for kids/teens today. But it looks like it is already too late for this generation thanks to people like Lindsey Lohan. Perhaps the next generation will wake-up and realize what they are doing to themselves and to society.
Until then... just say no!
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Don't we see a pattern? People get hooked on drugs and die. If you are taking drugs, don't you want to get help. Even you are not blind to the fact that others around you are dieing. Do you want the same thing to happen to you? I guess it is the "I am invincible" attitude, and the fact that they think they are in control, and "it would never happen to me." But it is sad.
I guess those of us that are not into drugs and do not have an addiction do not understand. I am on the outside looking in, and it is easy to judge them. But when it comes down to it, it is just sad. Stars are using drugs to escape. They don't know what it is doing to them until it is too late, and they RARELY get help on their own.
I wish we had a generation in Hollywood that would forget the drugs and become good role models for kids/teens today. But it looks like it is already too late for this generation thanks to people like Lindsey Lohan. Perhaps the next generation will wake-up and realize what they are doing to themselves and to society.
Until then... just say no!
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Friday, March 5, 2010
How Do I Love Thee?
Chad decided last night that I need to write a blog about the reasons I love him. Given I have no other topics, here goes...
1. He is my heart and soul (our wedding bands even say it).
2. We have more fun together than two people should be allowed to have.
3. We have so many of the same interests.
4. We totally "get" each other.
5. He's cute.
6. I am treated like a king every day.
7. We are both ready to live somewhere tropical and "beachy."
8. He loves Charley like his own.
9. He is part of my family, and I am part of his.
10. He is my B'sheret (intended).
11. I am happier than I ever knew I could be.
12. We keep each other laughing.
13. We listen and give each other advice.
14. We are equal partners.
15. We make sacrifices for each other.
16. He accepts my faults.
17. We would give anything for each other.
18. He is the love of my life.
There are hundreds and thousands of more reasons, but I had to cap the list somewhere. So, I left it at magic #18 (life) to represent the long, happy, and healthy life we will live together for many years to come.
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1. He is my heart and soul (our wedding bands even say it).
2. We have more fun together than two people should be allowed to have.
3. We have so many of the same interests.
4. We totally "get" each other.
5. He's cute.
6. I am treated like a king every day.
7. We are both ready to live somewhere tropical and "beachy."
8. He loves Charley like his own.
9. He is part of my family, and I am part of his.
10. He is my B'sheret (intended).
11. I am happier than I ever knew I could be.
12. We keep each other laughing.
13. We listen and give each other advice.
14. We are equal partners.
15. We make sacrifices for each other.
16. He accepts my faults.
17. We would give anything for each other.
18. He is the love of my life.
There are hundreds and thousands of more reasons, but I had to cap the list somewhere. So, I left it at magic #18 (life) to represent the long, happy, and healthy life we will live together for many years to come.
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Bling for Ms. Thing
Congratulations to Simon Cowell and his fiance, Mezghan Hussainy (however the hell you pronounce that). I am very happy for both of you. Now comes the scolding...
A ring that costs $750,000?!?!?! Are you kidding me?!?!?! I understand that celebrities have a lot of money, and most often do not know what to use it on. But a fucking ring that costs $750,000 and will likely end in divorce anyway? That is ridiculous!! Send some more money to Haiti or Chile, help the homeless, hell.... pay for my wedding. But a ring?!?! Most of us will never even see that kind of money in our lifetime, and they drop it on a ring.
I'm sorry... I am just baffled by this. It seems like such a careless use of money, power, and fame. I will keep this short and end my tirade now. But seriously... almost $1 million on a ring? Someone needs a reality check.
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A ring that costs $750,000?!?!?! Are you kidding me?!?!?! I understand that celebrities have a lot of money, and most often do not know what to use it on. But a fucking ring that costs $750,000 and will likely end in divorce anyway? That is ridiculous!! Send some more money to Haiti or Chile, help the homeless, hell.... pay for my wedding. But a ring?!?! Most of us will never even see that kind of money in our lifetime, and they drop it on a ring.
I'm sorry... I am just baffled by this. It seems like such a careless use of money, power, and fame. I will keep this short and end my tirade now. But seriously... almost $1 million on a ring? Someone needs a reality check.
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