Two points before I head out for work:

1. I've decided against attempting the duathlon. My fiance and I agree that I would be pretty upset with myself if I fell off my bike a week before my wedding. And I have developed a habit of falling.

2. My sweetie scored some last minute tickets to the Django/Jerry Jeff Walker concert last night at Bass Hall. It was a great show by both bands. I think that Django was a little out of place- although he did make a joke that the 3 people there to see him were sitting on the 4th level. He also showed up in a t-shirt, jeans, and flip flops.
Jerry Jeff was great. This was my second time to see him at Bass Hall. Last time was an acoustic, story telling atmosphere. Last night he had his band with him. Both concerts were equally enjoyable. One thing I thought was strange- he played Redneck Mother both in the concert and the encore. We concluded that Django was probably supposed to join him at the encore but was probably already down the street at 8.0's.

We went to see Tommy Alverson last night. The little BBQ joint in North Richland Hills had some tasty beef and good tunes. This confirmed to us that we made a good choice for music at the reception. I got home last night and checked my mail. Two rsvp cards accounted for! It was very exciting.

Invitations are in the mail. (Sigh of relief). I still have a laundry list of thing to do. I'm starting to have dreams at night about the wedding. Last night, my groom was wearing a dark purple shirt with a blue and green polka dot tie.

There's a phrase we use at home jokingly: Bridezilla. I'm doing my best not to acquire this title.

We had a great weekend.

After tackling the leaves Friday, we made a trip to our new favorite place: Home Depot. One lawn mower, LEAF blower, weed eater, bag of weed & feed, and can of paint later, we returned home and painted our first room. The master bath. Thanks to the genius of my better half, the room is much warmer and inviting. Is a bathroom supposed to be inviting?

He spent most of the day Saturday tackling our lawn while I worked on cleaning. The difference is night and day compared to when we moved in. We also tried to get the homemade irrigation system running. Someone installed piping and sprinkler heads along the edge of the backyard but over the years it has gotten full of mud, etc. It seems to be working much better now and we'll probaly use it for a while.

It is also our year for Spring Break with the kiddos. So far, they've gotten to go swimming and to eat at Trail Dust with the big slide. I believe that Six Flags may be in our future.

I look forward to Friday's because my assistant is not here. I then don't feel guilty for taking care of my personal to-do's. Today I've spent some quality time catching up with a friend of mine from high school. She got married about 4 years ago and we've since lost touch. She quit her job 9 months ago to have her baby girl, Azlyn. And now she's bored. She said she's not in to the mommy-club thing. So she's trying to catch up with her old girlfriends.

I respect that. I think alot of people experience changes in their life that affect the closeness of some of their friendships. We've been friends since we were young and always will be, no matter how many times we talk each year. I have friends that don't understand these changes. Too bad- I hope they will someday.

As for my domesticatedness, big plans this weekend to clean out the covering of leaves at our house that blew in with the wind storm Wednesday night. We swept and cleaned all leaves from our property last weekend. I sense a pattern here. We're gonna have to look into that pool cover.

Weather should be nice. I hope to take advantage of the sun and get some sun on my white meat. Can't get too much-I have my bridal pics on Monday.

TaTa!

I love coffee

I miss coffee. I've been using white strips for the last 10 days in preparation for my bridal pics next monday. I feel like the coffee may be counter productive, so I have modified my intake. I do still have coffee everyday. But only through a straw.

I really like drinking coffee everyday- especially out of the new starbucks mugs we bought last weekend. The straw prohibits such pleasure.

The weekend didn't go quite as planned- but it was great. We bailed out of the Cowtown because of the rain. But attempted to go clean our apartment out. Of course, as soon as we went to pick up the trailer, it had a flat. After getting the tire patched, we cleaned out the apartment, made a stop at Mom's, and headed back home.

The kids were GREAT this weekend! It was pretty amazing what a difference it makes when they have space to run around and space of their own. They were super excited to have new beds. Addison, the little daredevil, was overwhelmed by her desire to get in the pool- she jumped in! She quickly jumped out too...

My better half is a home repair specialist. He bought all new blinds and hung them, trimmed the palm trees, cleaned out the gutters, changed and hooked up the W/D. He's done an outstanding amount of work. The cable and DVR got hooked up yesterday and Security comes tomorrow. Lots to do, lots to do.

Biggest frustration: Eliot has now thrown up in four places on our new carpet. He may be an outdoor cat soon.

On my way out the door to order invitations to the wedding. I know - I'm a little behind. But they're in the works.