Turkey Day

Happy Thanksgiving! I had to work last night so I came home and cooked garlic mashed potatoes! Of course it is still raining here. We have supposed the state 'official record' for most rain and we are now working on the unofficial record. Yeah us!

Not 6, but 5 years old

So, Sunday Ronnie had duty until 4 pm. I decided to go shopping at about 1100. I ran to a sporting goods store and picked up 2 gifts that Ronnie is totally not expecting. Then I went to Wal-Mart and picked up some gift boxes, a few gifts (not for Ronnie), and 3 seasons of Friends. Best buy was the next stop. (I had not yet bought Guitar Hero II because I had not had the chance but was going to.) I got there and asked for the military discount. The chick got really snooty, turned up her nose and said, "We don't have a MILITARY DISCOUNT, who told you we had a military discount?". I told her that the Everett store had one and she informed ME that HER store did not. So I left!

I ended up driving all the way back to Everett (this is 25 miles from my house and 50-60 miles from the Best Buy I was currently at). So I stop at the mall to get Taylor and Alexys a gift and I ended up betting my sisters something and I got a BUNCH of cool free stuff. (Yeah FREE STUFF.) Then to Best Buy. I got the game and drove home with only one and a half hours to wrap Ronnie's stuff before he got home.

So, I got all of his stuff wrapped and started on everything else. He walked in the front door and started grabbing boxes. Now, he apparently does this every year and next year, I am not getting him shit because Christmas is not about what you get or how much you spend. He attempted to tell me what was in every package but two. He only got 2 out of the 6 correct! This really bugs me because that is not how I grew up and it really irritates me that he can not act like an adult and leave well enough alone. (He just got a leather jacket.) All day he whinned and begged for the Guitar. NO was the answer. He eventually stooped so low as to say, "I did not want it for a Christmas present. I wanted it to play. You can either let me have it now or I am going to buy it and you can bring this one back".

I don't even know how to respond to this. My 15 year old sister did not even act like this. Someone wanna help out the newlywed?

0 kids to a 6 year old

Saturday morning I got off of work and made it home about 1100 or so. I got home cleaned up, changed and turned on the PS2 to relax a little and Ronnie started pouting and stuff. So I asked him what was wrong and he said he wanted to go shopping. I did not want to go because it is not yet Thanksgiving and I know how my holiday shopping goes.

We ended up shopping. I planned on going to the outlet mall and then to the Everett Mall. Well, we never left the outlet mall. We got books for us and the nieces (I have nieces now!), then clothes, kitchen items, more clothes, and then Ronnie an early Christmas present....leather jacket.

We went home, cleaned, went to the Everett Mall and then to Best Buy. At Best Buy we walked by the display of Guitar Hero II and watched for a little bit. (Have you seen Blue Collar Comedy Tour? Remember Jeff talking about bringing his kids down the cereal isle?) Ronnie went into a childhood flashback on me! I was truly waiting for him to lay on the floor and start kicking and screaming! The conversation went like this:
Ronnie: I am going to get it.
Me: No, you don't need it.
Ronnie: I am going to get it, I want it, you get it for me or I am going to get it on my way home from work.
Me: No, you don't need it.
Ronnie: Yes I do. I am going to have nothing to do for a month so I want it.
Me: Is this really something that you want to get into a huge fight over? Is it really worth it?
Ronnie: (about the time we are walking out of the store) Nothing to fight about I am going to go home and roll up change when we get home and go buy it.
Me: (After we walked out) I already bought you the damn thing.
Ronnie: Oh (Gets a huge grin, gives me a hug, and opens the door.) I love you.

So, we go to diner and then go home.

Flood

Last Monday I got off of work and received a phone message that had been sent 1 hour earlier stating that the river had flooded and there was no way to get home! I freaked out and called Ronnie who was already on his way home because he had received the same message. After talking to him for a bit I made arrangements for us to stay at a friend's for a few day's. He called me after he tried to access the house failed. Now, Ronnie has an '03 Jeep Liberty Freedom edition with 2 inch spacers and 'bigger tires'. (The typical chick explanation I know!) And the water came up to his 'hood' (or so he says.....I was not here!) He tried to walk but it was like 40 degrees and there was a current so that did not work either.

A good friend of his was sitting by me on our (not so) wonderful contracted transportation and offered for us to stay at his place because it was closer and we had not hung out in a while. So, there we stayed. After supper Ronnie and I went to the store to buy toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, and all the other little things that you need in a situation like this but don't keep an emergency kit of in your car! Ronnie insisted on driving out to the property and 'checking it out' because I 'just had to see it'. (I am from Louisiana, I have seen a flood or 3!)

So, we pull up to the drive way (which 3 hours before was completely underwater) and there were only 3 small spots that still had water on them. So, we drove to the house to do some damage control. The middle spot where water was present was still flowing at a nice pace, but not too bad. While Ronnie loaded up the 4 wheelers I packed us clothes and got all of our toothbrushes/paste, deodorant, (and every thing you need in a situation like this but don't have an emergency kit of in your car), and set it buy the door. The I removed everything I could think of off the floor so that nothing got damaged. Then I began to clean up the broken window that was smashed to get into the house by our roommate (a whole different story). Then we left.

Needless to say the next morning everything was fine. We went home (we all had the next day off to deal with this in case it got really bad) and the water was gone except a few spots in the field (that are still there). We cleaned and put everything back were it belonged and then checked the weather every hour or so because we thought it was going to happen again. We got lucky. It is still raining but no more floods!

It has begun

This past Saturday night we stayed up playing Playstation. About 2 am I feel asleep on the couch. I wake up and see sun light and I look at the clock.....then I look at him and ask him if it is really 6 am. He said, "Yep, and no, I have not moved one inch." (With daylight savings, that is 5 hours!) I get up walk into the bed room then walk back into the living room, look at him and say, "I am real disappointed in you. Not only did you not have the courtesy of waking me to see if I wanted to play, but you did not even try to get me back into bed. I turned around and crawled into bed. (Notice that I did not say (nor was I by any means) that I was mad or upset....just disappointed.) He crawls into bed a few minutes later and goes, "Baby, don't be mad at me". When I asked him why, he said one of the cutest things I have ever heard him say, "Because you LOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVEEEEEE me". Ah, the softer side of Ronnie. It was really funny but he needs to save stuff like this for much much later I wasn't even mad.

I am going to become one of those mushy people and I don't like it.

In between

So, on with the wedding planning. His sister rocks....she did every thing....it was wonderful. Of course when you want things to be 'JUST PERFECT', everything gets screwed up and nothing goes right. So I just stuck with the simple stuff. She would call me and I would just say that I did not care. Maybe that made things a little harder for her, but I don't think so. Here are the issues we fought:
1. My dress. Could not find one.
2. Bridesmaid's dresses. They were in Louisiana and scared to make a decision on a dress because I am picky and they were scared I would not like it.
3. An officiant.
4. An officiant.
5. My dress. Hemming and dry cleaning (WAY TOO EXPENSIVE).
6. Bridesmaid's. Never got dresses till 3 weeks before the ceremony and they had to be ordered.
7. Marriage license. Why do I have to pay for this? I will be paying for the rest of my life I am getting married HELLO.
8. Cash bar or no cash bar?
9. Photographer. Some of them don't use a flash? Yuck
10. No cash bar
11. Plane tickets and reservations, and directions (Now, I can't take it anymore)
~I forgot invitations at the top ops~
12. My dress. Was not ready on time 3 times. Bad days right here
13. Little stuff until I started to freak out.
14. Airport. My mom was being my mom and my sister being my sister. Let's just say it was a bad day.
15. Night before. Ronnie does exactly what his is not suppose to do (he promised).
16. 2 am. Not a good night. I am freaking out again.
17. Day of 7am. I am freaking out AGAIN. Not because I second guessed or questioned our love for each other but I questioned his ability to keep his word.
18. 1000. The talk with the older sisters. (This leads to (several) talks to Ronnie not from me.)
~rowing best friend tries to talk to me about the night before...did not happen~
19. Hair and nail polish everywhere.
20. Makeup
21. The photographer arrived early and I was not even in my dress.
22. Pictures Pictures Pictures
23. The officiant is late?
24. The officiant forgot about us?
25. I think I whispered my vows.
26. The reception and a million more pictures.
27. Post wedding drama.
28. Driving 4 hours home in separate vehicles sucked.

I got through it and I LOOOOVVVEE him!