Wait, What Month Is It?

I've been slacking.  I know, I know.

I have NO CLUE where the month of August went.  Or September for that matter.  I promise I will play catchup soon.  These past couple months have been a really fast and really big blur...SLOW DOWN!

Bridal fair this weekend.  To reiterate just how fast these months have flown by us, we had no idea the bridal fair was coming up so quickly.  It just appeared all of a sudden and we feel incredibly unprepared.  Basically, our new walls are drying RIGHT NOW in the garage...and we set up tomorrow.  I am hoping we have enough postcards and business cards to pass out since we had no time to order any.  Eeep

On the plus side, fall is almost here!  October is a couple weeks off and I am so excited.  Mmmm fall leaves and apple cider.  Oh yeah, and we will have been married ONE WHOLE YEAR!  Still cant believe that one. :)

Off to bed, photo shoot at 6am (yikes, remind me what possessed me to sign up for that on the day we have bridal fair setup?).  Then fair setup until 6.  Then Sunday our lives are parked at the convention center from 6am to 7pm...or whenever we finally get to load up the uhaul...only to turn around and unload it.  Sleep Monday!  Yay for a day off!  Well, kinda.

This Is What 216 Rolls of Film Looks Like...

You heard me.  216 rolls.  Did I mention just how amazing Craigslist is? 

Total cost?  $30.  Yeah, that's right.

Relief.

After 21 days in the heat, 3 different hotels, and numerous calls to our agitated landlord, we were finally given back our air on Wednesday.  It was definitely a welcome relief, seeing as we had been living in and out of a hotel for a week and the night before, a storm knocked out power to the hotel we were in, causing there to be no air (or lights) again for us...so much for paying to get a good nights' sleep.

After waiting most of the day Wed for the house to cool down, the thermostat FINALLY climbed down from the 97 or so it had been sitting at for days.

This weekend we are looking forward to picking up Annabelle, the house has been very quiet without her.  And we can finally celebrate her birthday!  That puppy IS getting a cake!

Happy Birthday Annabelle!! Oh yeah, and it's still hot....

Day number...16 now? I think that is how long it has been since we have had ac.  Landlord finally agreed to prorate the rent (although, only sine this past Friday and only through today, so 3 days...) so we used that money to book ourselves a cheap hotel for the weekend, since we have been under excessive heat warnings all weekend.  We got a really great deal on priceline for only $23 a night and ended up with a Holiday Inn which is actually pretty nice.  Mom drove halfway and picked up the cats and Annabelle since they cant stay in the hotel but I think were getting heat stroke.  I am really bummed though, because today is Annabelle's birthday and we had planned this big deal with a puppy cake and a steak and all.  Adam promises we can celebrate it next weekend but I am still bummed.  I know she is much happier though, mom said she got special food and hasnt been panting at all since getting there.

Hopefully they get the air fixed tomorrow, though my hopes are pretty low.  I would really like to get back to my normal routine and be able to work again and not sit in my house without breaking a sweat.  We shall see I guess...

Day 6

Yesterday our landlord finally brought a maintenence guy out to fix the AC. He was there for close to something like 5 hours and in the end, told us the system was working and we were good to go. Super excited, we closed up the windows and headed out to the store, hoping to come back to a nice and cool house.

He didnt fix it. We came home to a nice 85 degrees on the thermostat and called our nice irritated landlords who said we'd have to wait another day. Yippie.

So today the guy comes back out for another few hours, only this time he left with the system blowing nice cold air... FINALLY! Hopefully it lasts, but at least not the temperature is slowly going down!

Could this finally be the end?

Pretty!

Last night we went to good old Office Depot to get power chords and got caught in another of our massive downpours that have been oh so popular lately.  Only this time, after leaving, we came out to this- the most brilliant rainbow that I have probably ever seen in my life. You could literally see every single color. We took a ton of pictures, though this is the best one that showed up on my phone

I know you can't get the full brilliance of it, but you get the idea!

FINISHED!!!!

It's done!!!  After another insanely long wedding on Saturday and meetings on Sunday, we finally got a chance Sunday evening to finish up the desk. It took us until after 10 to get it all finished, but it was totally worth it and it is FINISHED!! 

I love my hubby. I took a glance at those instructions and boy, there is NO way I could have even attempted that. And he did it all by himself! 

Now we have to go get longer chords and a power strip so we can actually plug everything in, haha, but it is set up and it is so pretty!!

Chinese

Let me start off by saying that I've never really been a big fan of Chinese food. I think it may be all of the seafood involved, but I just would much rather prefer a giant pasta dish over something called sweet and sour any day.

Well, Adam on the other hand, loves the stuff. We got a flier in the mail for a local place near us that had some really cheap lunch specials, and after Adam hinting multiple times that he would like to go, I gave in.

I was pleasantly surprised to find out that the particular dish I got was really good! Not to mention how ridiculously huge the portions were! Haha, I think Adam was really happy, since that means we will probably be back there more often!

Progress!

We had a busy busy weekend, which for me started early Friday with a quick trip up to Omaha.  My good friend Catie is having a baby and was having her baby shower back on Friday evening, so even though we had a wedding in KC on Saturday, I wasnt going to miss her party.  I headed up and checked into my ridiculously small hotel room and headed to the shower.  It was fun and she got some really cute gifts for baby Finn!

After a quick night, it was a bright and early drive back home to get ready for the wedding, which was actually a good hour away from our place.  It was a ridiculously long day, especially after sitting in the car for that long.  But we did get some fun pictures, so that's always good.

Sunday was the big day though, even though we were really sore from our wedding (dont let anyone tell you photographing a wedding isnt a workout) we really wanted to get the desk set up.  Adam spent close to 8 hours building it, but it is finally done!  We still need to build the hutch, so it isnt fully complete, but the desk itself is done and it is AMAZING!  It looks so pretty and I cant wait to start decorating and finally getting to have a proper workstation.  I am so proud of my handy hubby!

More pictures from the shower and the desk building process soon, but in rearranging everything we somehow managed to knock out our internet...now the cable guy has to make a stop tomorrow!  So for now I am utilizing this amazing Droid, so I get to include the happy one pic!  But hey, one is better than none!  This is of the desk right after we got it set up.  Nothing is organized yet, but doesnt it look nice?!

It's Here!!!

It's here it's here it's here!!!

I'm so excited!

Now if only the hubby would put it together....

Yum, Spicy!

Last week I came across a link on someone's Facebook page for Chik-Fil-Et, a fast food place here in town that has delicious chicken.  Apparently they are coming out with a new spicy chicken sandwich, and to promote it, were giving away free coupons for free sandwiches.  Um, free food? Sign me up!

So Wednesday was our day to try the deliciousness, and we happily showed up and ordered our free sandwiches.  Yum!  It was delicious.  And by delicious, i mean absolutely amazing.  And spicy.  Yum. 

I think I am going to log on to that site again and see if there are any more coupons, I mean, you cant beat free food!

Whips

Springfield weekend!  So much food already and we've only been here one day.  I think my mom is trying to make us fat...  but it's sooo good! Ha.

Anywho, we are doing Kelsey's senior pictures today (I still can't believe my little sister is a senior!) which should be fun.  And hopefully we will stop and get another of these amazing little gems called a "pineapple whip". 

Yes, the whip.  Apparently they are these little hidden gems of Springfield that have been featured on the Food Channel and everything.  Is it ice cream?  Is is sherbert? Apparently neither, though they won't tell you just what they are.  Well, whatever they are, they are amazing.  And now that I have had my first, I want more.  And more.  Mmmm whip.

I attached a picture of the stand, it doesn't look like much does it?  But I guarentee you that enclosed in that small trailer stand is a world of goodness. 

One drawback to this app on the Droid is the lack of ability to attach more than one photo to a post.  I have many delicious pictures of us enjoying the whips, but unfortunately can only inclue one.  Ah well, we can't have everything I suppose!

Moving on Up!

I am so incredibly excited! 

So earlier this week I was in Office Depot to get printer ink. I decided to take a slight detour and stop by their furniture department.  I had seen a flyer when I walked in showing they were having some sales on desks, so I decided to take a look. Granted, I always just assumed when we bought a desk it would be from a place like Nebraska Furniture Mart, since that was the only place I assumed sold nice desks.

Imagine my surprise when I wandered into this little gem?  (Literally, I walked right into it while gazing about) 

Imagine my even greater surprise when I saw the price- $399!  "Hm..."  The wheels started turning, and my desperate desire to have an actual desk for our office left me wanting. 

But wait, it gets better.

Because of Memorial Day, apparently the store was having some special deals (remember the flyer?) and this desk was included. Sale price? $299. 

AND free delivery?!  I was getting more and more tempted....

I snapped a quick picture and sent it to Adam and headed home to look up any on line reviews.  After all, I didn't want us to end up with something crappy regardless of the price.

So I'm on trusty Google looking up reviews while I get a text from Adam saying we should get it. Reviews were perfect. I'm thinking this needs to happen.

As if to confirm this, the gods decided I needed to have my computer accidentally redirect to Office Depots home page, and there in shiny lights- a $45 off a $300 purchase.

Yeah, I know, right?!

We bought it last night.  It took a very long time and was very frustrating (apparently the manager doesn't know how to do simple math) but our brand new pretty will be delivered Tuesday.  Adam now has many hours of building ahead of him, but from the reviews I've read- it's worth it!

New Phone!

Thanks to Verizon's nice "Buy One Get One Free" sale, Adam and i are now proud new owners of two very pretty and very shiny Droids!

I've been having quite a fun time playing around and learning the frustrating world of the touch screen, as well as exploring the thousands of apps the Android market has.  Well, one thing that i always found frustrating about the Blackberry (among other things) was the lack of ability to update my blog.  I searched for an app to be able to do this, but could never find one.  So i was pleasantly surprised when I searched and came across not just one, but many options to allow me to post my all important thoughts instantaneously.  To say the least, i was quite the happy camper as my newfound app was downloading.

How does it work?  Well I'll give you a hint- I'm not at home right now!

I'm becoming quite the happy Cassie.