Trip to see our wedding site...

Ok, I'm a little bit behind.  This past weekend, my Mom, my Sister, and I traveled to visit the site where JS and I will be married in LESS THAN ONE YEAR!!!!!  I've been trying to take as many pictures as possible to share with JS.  Just to show him what it will actually look like at this time of the year....and it helps to keep him included!  The trip went very well overall.  We got to meet with our wedding coordinator and he was pretty helpful.  Turns out that we don't have to actually pick our food until much later, so hopefully when JS is home on R&R in December, he'll be able to join me for a tasting....YAY! 

Here are some of the pics I snapped during the day :-)

Pretty barn

Such a pretty scene!

Definitely have to keep an eye out for Amish carriages!

They pop up ALL over around here!

The Round Barn....really cool!

The inside of the chapel.  This picture was taken from the choir loft.

Standing at the front of the chapel, looking toward the back.

Outside the chapel.....pretty flowers in bloom.....AND just before the storm hit!

The Inn where we are holding the reception...and where most of the guests will stay!

GORGEOUS rainbow we saw on the drive home :-)  This picture really makes me smile!!!!

QOTD.....Watch?

Do you wear a watch?



This question seems innocent enough.  A few weeks ago this very question was brought up on an email group that my friends from college have.  People got really fired up!  Adjectives like presumptuous, oppressive, and (almost) ostentatious were thrown out in the conversation!  I guess you could say my friends are interesting ;-)

Growing up, I never wore a watch.  Throughout high school and even college, I sported a naked wrist.  After college, I started wearing one....probably so I would be on time for work.  This actually stuck for a couple of years.  Then, about a month ago, I left my watch at my parents' house.  I didn't wear one that week.....then I decided to keep the streak going.  I went a good 3 weeks without the watch.  This weekend I put it on again, and now I think its going to stay for awhile.  I've become used to it.  I check it quite frequently to keep track of the day's events.  I guess it can be somewhat oppressive...

One very weird thing about my watch wearing......I wear it on my right wrist.  "That's not weird," you say.  Well, the odd thing is that I'm right handed.  I don't know how this happened.  My parents have no idea.  Maybe since I didn't grow up wearing a watch, I somehow missed the "how to wear a watch" rules....or maybe I just wanted to be different ;-)

Have a great day, everyone!!!

QOTD.....Honeymoon?

Where did you go on your honeymoon?  Did you go on your honeymoon right after you were married, or did you wait?  (For those not married yet, where do you dream of going for your honeymoon?)



JS and I were just discussing this issue this past weekend.  We don't know if we'll be able to honeymoon right away, but hope to have one within the first year.  He's going to have to take a big chunk of time off to come up here for the wedding, and then move me down to his house.  His family is planning on being here for a week (for the wedding), and I'm sure the moving will take a good 4 days.

I really don't care where we go for the honeymoon.  Having said that, I've always dreamed about laying on white sandy beaches with my new hubby.  So hopefully that can be incorporated :-)

Sweet Blog!

Thanks to AFWifey over at The Life of an Air Force Wife for giving me my First award!!  I'm completely excited!!!

 

 

 

 

Now, I'd like to pass it on to 10 of my SWEET blogging friends!

 

 

Lcpl's Princess @ Boonie Caps & Tiaras

Jordan @ Southern Hospitality

A Marine's Wife @ Flip Flops and Combat Boots

ExPat Girl @ The Sand is Different Here

Mateya @ Our Journey from Iraq to the Alter

Jennifer @ Crazy Shenanigans

Skinnie Piggie @ Skinnie Piggie

MannMom3 @ MannLan5

Stacie @ One Step at a Time

BSS @ My Life, From {Army} Brat to Wife

 

Getting to know YOU....with MannLand5

To play..copy the questions..post them..then visit MannLand5 and get your link on y'all!

The questions..

1. What has been your most memorable Mother's Day? (with your mom, as a mom, or with your wife)
I don't know about a specific Mother's Day, but any one before about 10 years ago.  That's when my both my grandpas and my great aunt were all alive an well.  Thankfully I still have both of my grandmas (and my mom) around, so I'm very lucky for that.  But I think back on those days when everyone was still around, and it makes me all happy inside :-)

2. Have you ever been pulled over for speeding and were you able to talk your way out of it?
I've never been pulled over for speeding, but I have been pulled over for making a left turn when the traffic light was red (the lanes to go straight were green).  Being from a small town where we don't have ANY traffic lights, I honestly didn't know.  I told the cop that story and he asked where I was from.  When I told him, he said, "Oh, well, that definitely makes sense now.  Just don't do it again."


3. What's the oldest thing you have hanging in your closet?
I've been working on cleaning my closet out at my parents house.  I keep a lot of clothes/shoes in there so I have something to wear when I go home.  I recently found an old track suit in there from junior high!  I wore it when I was a manager for the Varsity basketball team.   hehe


4. Do you whiten your teeth?
I do whiten my teeth on occasion.  I probably *think* about whitening my teeth more than I actually do (in fact, I was just thinking about it this morning!).  I always start off the first 2 days strong, and then my teeth get super sensitive.  I end up skipping day 3....and maybe 4.  Then, most of the time I forget about it.


5. Underwear or Panties..What do you call your "unmentionables"?
Panties


6. If you could go on vacation right now..today..where would you go?
Most definitely somewhere with a sand beach.....where it would be warm enough to lay out ALLLLLL day!


7. Do you get offended when people cuss on their blogs?
It depends on how severe the cussing is.  I don't cuss on my blog (or in real life, really).  I can tolerate it to a certain extent, but sometimes it is just too much.


8. If you had to give up one luxury item, it would be....?
Does air conditioning count?  I moved into a new place last fall, and there is no air conditioning.  This will be my first summer living there, so hopefully it isn't too unbearable!

QOTD.....Fav shoe brand?

Happy Monday, all!!!  I hope you all had a great weekend and an awesome Mother's Day!

Ok, for today's QOTD....



What is your favorite shoe brand?



This is a tough one for me.  I am a shoe-a-holic (Hi, my name is Nittani, and I'm addicted to shoes....."Hi Nittani"...).  I guess I can pick favorite brands for different occasions.

Working-out---- New Balance-  They are really comfortable, and they give a lot of support.

"Kickin' around" sneakers----  Nike-- I love  how they look, but they just don't work for working-out.

Work shoes----  Dansko- Awesome support for someone on their feet a lot during the day.  AND....they come in really fun patterns.  I have a pair that is red and black leopard patent leather.  So fun!

Nicer shoes---  Nine West- Reasonable prices and lots of fun styles.  Added bonus---there is a Nine West outlet about a mile from my house!

Quick slip on comfy shoes---- depends on the season.  Rainbow flip flops in the summer.  Sperry boat shoes in spring/fall.  Uggs in the winter.



Have a great day, everyone!!!  :-)

My Dream...

I just wanted to share the dream that I had last night. It was one of those dreams that seemed to go on forever...and felt extremely real. Its pretty funny!



Sooo...for some reason, JS was on a Ship that was docking in Baltimore, Maryland (the weird part about this is that JS is Army.....not Navy ;-) ). So, I had the opportunity to go down to visit him. I was extremely excited to see him...it had been forever. When I got on the ship, I was notified that he wasn't there.....he had been sent out on a Medic mission, and they weren't sure when he would be back. SOOOOOO sad! I decided to just hang out and wait for him.

Next, I ran into someone that I apparently knew. She took me to this room on the ship where they were having a dance-off. I took part, and it turned out very well...HAHAHA  At the dance-off, I also ran into Kenny from the Real World/Road Rules Challenge.  So random.

After that, somehow I ended up being outside and climbing up some huge grass covered hill. I was having a really hard time making it up the hill....it was really steep and slippery. I got near the top, and some girl opened the door and pulled me in. She was a younger girl and asked me if I was going to Prom. I chuckled and said, wow, I'm Waaaaay too old to go to prom. Then I started asking her and her friends about their prom dresses, dates, etc. It was a nice little talk. Turned out all of these young girls were part of the flight crew. The party that we were in was some type of little social. I was the only visitor there, the rest of the people were part of the crew. I kept looking around for JS, but everyone said he was still out on his medic mission.

Soon, some man called the room to order. Everyone sat down around the white board. I wasn't sure what to do, so I just sat with everyone else. They started going over some physics problems on the white board. The girls I was with broke out some note pads and started working on the physics problems. Then, they called 2 people up to the board to answer the questions up there. Weird.

The next thing I knew, I was involved in some training exercise. The weird thing was that it was all going on in my parents' driveway....and my Dad's trailer was involved. I had watched a few girls go through the exercise, and then it was my turn.  One of the girls was one of my sorority sisters (who I haven't seen in years).   I was trying REALLY hard to do it right. When I was about halfway through, JS showed up! He said, "What in the world are you doing, girl? How did you get involved in this?" Then he started laughing like crazy.


That was the end. That's when my sister came in and woke me up....hehe What a dream, eh? It was so vivid.....it felt completely real!!!