Halloween Haul

Sorry to have been away for a few days. I can't even use the wedding as an excuse. I've been sick! Only I would get sick the week of my own wedding!!! Sigh. It's some sort of cold bug I think. I've got swollen glands and I've been just exhausted! I'm feeling better today, but I suspect I should get some 5 hour energy drinks for the wedding day! On top of that, my car has been acting up something awful. It's emitting a burning smell and some wisps of smoke. There are no lights on and it's not overheating, so I have no idea what's wrong with it. Jon and I have decided to rent a car to drive up and use for the wedding, b/c I really want a car I can counjt on for my wedding day. We'll probably spend at least one day of our honeymoon getting my car fixed.

Anyway, I did manage to get some pictures of my Halloween haul items! I'm not showing all of them of course, b/c we have to keep some mystery about our party!!! I don't know what is up with this first picture, it is all sorts of funky!

I'm so excited about our party!! I can't wait!! I think I've decided to be an ice princess. I'm still working out the details, but I've been wanting to do this costume for a few years now and I think this is the party I should finally try it! Well, sorry for the short post, but I'm bushed. I'm going to get some rest b/c I really want to be awake for my wedding!

hurrah!

Ah Saturday. My favorite day of the week. This morning Jon, Josh and I ran errands in Columbus. We went to Target and got some stuff for Halloween (look for a Halloween haul post in the near future!) and I had a Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino! That's right people it's back!!! It was really tasty too, but I learned a very important lesson. I should not drink coffee on an empty stomach. NO BUENO!!!! I was pretty sickly for a bit. After Target, we went to the mall. We hit up Kmart, Walden Books, Nirvana, and Bath and Body Works. We also took photos in a photo booth! It was a lot of fun! We really made out good in the book store! I finally got a copy of Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. I'm already to chapter 4 and I'm really liking it! At Bath and Body Works, I got a Halloween hand sanitizer! It smells like pumpkin! Yum! At Nirvana, we found an awesome poster! It is an illustration of the white rabbit from Alice in Wonderland by Ralph Steadman. It's a perfect fit for Jon and I b/c I love Alice in Wonderland and he loves Ralph Steadman! (Steadman did all of the illustrations in the book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas). We came home and have been chilling at home this afternoon.
I can't beliebe that this time next week, I'll be married! I never thought our wedding would actually get here but it has! Oh I just can't wait! Hurrah!

the last weekend

Well this is my last weekend as a singleton!!! My last official weekend as a George! It's a little bittersweet! I mean, I've only ever been a George! I love my last name! I'm going to love my new name, but I think I'm always going to miss being a George. So how will I spend my last single weekend you ask? Getting ready for the wedding I answer.

Tidbits

1. The weather!!! I am so lovin' this weather! In fact, I think this weather can stay around as loooooooong as it likes! Even though I am waiting for all the bugs to die (seriously, what is with the mosquitoes!) I could even stand them if this weather wanted to stay around say, FOR_EV_ER!!!! (you must say forever in the Sandlot voice!) Oh and by the way, that rain that is supposed to show up the weekend of my wedding? Yeah, it can go away. Seriously mother nature, I don't play! NO RAIN!!!!!

2. Pumpkin Pie Poptarts!!!! I don't know if they are new or a seasonal thing that I've never seen before, but they are scrumptious!!! Seriously, if you like pumpkin, go to your nearest grocery store and get them!

3. I am beyond ready for fall! BEYOND I TELL YOU!!!! Cool weather, no bugs, boots, sweaters, no bugs, everything pumpkin, scary decorations, pumpkin picking at Huber's, no bugs, crunchy orange leaves, yummy fall candles, and did I mention no bugs?! Fall is by far my favorite season!

4. Since summer is rapidly fading, I'm going to cook all our main dishes on the grill this weekend! Get it while it lasts I say! All too soon we will be bemoaning the cold and wishing for summer again. We are such silly fickle monkeys!

5. In 10 days I'll be a Mrs.

6. I am digging watching Bewitched!!! This show is adorable! I remember watching it at my Grandma G's house while she watched my sister and I and I love it just as much now as I do now!

And here is this weeks Wee Bit of me Wednesday!

{one} what was your first pet and how did you come up with its name?my first pet was my wonderful cat Marie. I named her after my oldest sister (used her middle name) b/c she was going to college and I was afraid of how much I was going to miss her
{two} do you like your ice crushed or cubed?crushed
{three} do you believe in love at first sight?I'm not sure. I think you can get a feeling about someone when you first meet them. I knew when I met Jon that he was going to be in my life forever. But I don't know about actually loving someone at first site.
{four} do you have any nicknames?my family called me sarah-nae when I was little.
{five} what movie do you never get tired of watching?Alice in Wonderland, the original Disney cartoon. I have loved it since I was a wee one.
{six} how do you like your eggs cooked?over easy! I love dipping toast in the yokes.
{seven} are you named after anyone in particular?nope, I'm just me!
{eight} what are three things that you would like to do that you haven’t done yet?1. go to Vegas2. have a baby3. go to Europe
{nine} what one thing always brightens your mood?Jon. All I have to do is talk to him and I feel better.
{ten} what five things will you always find in your purse?cell phone, wallet, keys, burts bees chapstick, and address book

The Last Day

Well hello last day of my long weekend! I'm glad that I don't have to work, but I'm not glad that you are the last day. I'd like more time at home please! See, now I'm sad. :( On the up side, I only have to work 4 days this week, then 3 next week b/c in 12 days I'll be getting married! Woooooooop!!!!!! I'm getting so excited! Squeee!!!!! See?!??!? I just keep making high pitched happy sounds! Sigh. The other day I realized that, seeing as I only plan on doing this whole marriage thing once, I'll never have another bridal shower or bachelorette party. I'll never be 12 days away from my long anticipated wedding again. It's kind of bittersweet! It's silly I know, b/c I have an incredible amount of blessings in my life, but it did make me a little sad. But enough with the pity party!!!!

Could we have had better weather this weekend?!?!? It's been perfect. In the 70s during the day and the 50s and 60s at night! Beautiful!!! Little message to mother nature, I'd really like this kind of weather in 12 days!!! Please??!?!?!?!!

On the project front, we decided to abandon the lace covered vases. We made a few and they just didn't turn out and I didn't feel like stressing over them this late in the game. Had I started them earlier, I think they really would have been great, but I just don't want to have an added stress at this point. I may still make them for other uses when I have more time.

That means, of course, that we are officially done with our wedding stuff! Wahoo!!!

Well, I am going to go enjoy the rest of my last day of my 4 day weekend!

Chicken Gravy and Biscuits

I made something new for dinner and I wanted to post the recipe on here. This recipe could be served for breakfast too, but I wanted to have it for dinner. Jon and I have taste tested and it is good!

Chicken Gravy and Biscuits

2 cans cream of mushroom soup

2 packets country gravy mix

2 1/4 cups water

2-4 chicken breasts

can of biscuits

Mix soup, gravy mix, and water in crockpot. Put in chicken (can put it in while frozen) and make sure is coated in mix. Cook on low 4-6 hours. At 5 hours, I shredded my chicken and cooked it for another hour. You can do this at the end though. Serve over biscuits!

Day 3 of 4

Ah I have so been enjoying my long weekend! Yesterday was Jon's bachelor party! He and his friends went kayaking all day, and I have it on good authority (well, Jon's) that they had a lot of fun! While the guys were out, I ran some errands and then Amber and I spent the afternoon together! It was really nice to have some girl time! She, Zoey and I went shopping! Then we went to the park so Zoey could play and finished up with some dinner from Applebee's! All in all a fantastic day!

Today, Jon and I have been getting some necessaries done and now we are going to laze about! I made something new for dinner, Chicken Gravy and Biscuits! The recipe is in the post below! I also finished my reserved table signs! I think they look pretty good!

Sorry for the crappy photo, my camera has been very hit and miss lately. Anywho, we are going to finish printing our programs and making the lace covered vases either today or tomorrow. I'm also working on jewelry frames and hooks for my scarves. Since we rearranged the bedroom, I've got some wiggle room now and I love it! I've got my own little nook and I'm going to take advantage of it! Photos to come on the "in progress" projects!! We also went through our wedding checklist!! I think we're going to laze out for the rest of the evening. Jon was so sore from kayaking yesterday, though he's feeling better now, but I still think we'll take it easy tonight. We can finish my to do list tomorrow. :)

chicken and dumpling soup

Well I didn't accomplish much today! I did finish my reserved sign frames for the wedding and Jon and I rearranged our bedroom, but other than that, not much! Hey it was a vacation day!!! I did manage to make a new recipe! Jon and I both liked this one!

Chicken Dumpling Soup

2 quarts chicken stock

2 cups frozen mixed veggies

1/2 cup chopped mushrooms

1/2 onion, chopped

1 1/2 cups flour

3 tbsp shortening

3/4 tsp salt

2 tsp baking powder

3/4 cup milk

Fry mushrooms and onions in some butter in the bottom of a big soup pot. Once tender, add chicken stock and frozen veggies. Simmer for 30 minutes. Mix flour, salt, baking powder. Cut in shortening until lumpy. Slowly stir in milk. Increase heat on soup pot and bring to a boil. Once boiling, drop in spoonfuls of the dumpling mix. Simmer for 20 minutes, 10 uncovered, then 10 covered. Eat!

here's lookin' at you, four day weekend

Wowee!!!! I am officially off work for 4 days! Woooooop!!!! I'm so very happy! This weekend should be fun. I'm finishing up wedding stuff and making a few new recipes! Jon is having his bachelor party on Saturday during the day (they're going kayaking) so I'm going to tackle those last minute wedding tasks and maybe watch Clueless!! All in all I suppose it will be productive and fun!! Oh! I'm also going to sort through Jon's pictures! They have been sitting in a big rubber tub in the garage (I dread to think what the heat has done to them!) and I can't wait to get into them and start organizing! Sorry for the short post, but I'm gonna go start that 4 days of freedom!

Well Hello There September

I'm officially in my wedding month! Now when people ask when I'm getting hitched, I can say, this month! I'm really starting to get excited about our honeymoon. I'm suddenly picturing Jon and I lazing about in a bed (which strangely has all white bedding, even though ours is black and white) giggling and being all husband and wifey. Oh we're going to be doing stuff on our honeymoon, but I plan to spend at least one morning lazing in bed! I have also started obsessively checking the weather in the hopes that I will somehow become psychic and know what the weather will be like on our wedding day. Of course it's impossible to get a reliable forecast that far out, but I'm just hoping hurricane Earl doesn't blow in on my wedding day! It should be gone by then right? I mean, I know that hurricanes have caused us issues here in IN, but surely not 18 days later...right? RIGHT?!?!?

This weekend, I have quite a to do list!

1. finish reserved signs and frames

2. finish lace covered candle holders

3. put Jon's photos in photo albums

4. scrapbook my bachelorette party and showers

5. finish printing our programs

6. go over final paking chek list for wedding stuff

7. rearrange bedroom

8. run around like a mad woman trying to get all the stuff on the list that I don't already have

And so my September begins!