Ants in my pants

I am a very happpy girl! I am going to Topsail Beach, North Carolina for 5 days! I leave in the morning, and I couldnt be more excited! Cant wait to finally be with Robbie... I mean its only been 53 days since I've seen him last. Pray for good weather and safe travels! Be prepared for lots of pictures when I get home.

"Only in Minnesota my friends."

Where did all the nice weather go? 55 and sunny to 25 and snowy? Only in Minnesota my friends. Lately, I have been thinking about how much stuff I have to get done for the wedding. The list is long and it seems to keep growing I always think of more things that need to get done. I will be shocked once/if everything gets finished! My big task for the next two weeks is to get the invitations addressed and mailed. I really need to get everyones addresses first, this will be a longgggg process.I have also started pre-marital counseling. Its a little weird right now because it is supposed to be a process that we go through together and that is definatly not happening. It has been me going to all the meetings and trying to relay the info to Robbie. He is supposed to get skyped into the meetings but we have opposite schedules. So when I meed with the Pastor, Robbie is in class. I guess we will see what happens. We got "homework" to do. We have to read two books. One of them we read alone and one of them we read together. Apparently I will be reading outloud to Robbie on the phone... this will be interesting. Speaking of Robbie, I get to see him in 5 days! I cant wait! It has been way to long! I am very excited to see North Carolina for the first time also. Keeping my fingers crossed for good weather!

We had a fun St. Patty's Day!

My lovely friend Jenna

Jenna and I. Yes, I got a haircut.

Playing in the fresh snow!

She loves to bury her face in the snow. Crazy dog!

Bo-bo plays it safe on the deck.

"Let me in, its cold!"

Happy weekend everyone!

*Puppy Love*

 

Happy St. Patty's Day!!! Enjoy drinking green beer today. These are some pictures I took at Kal's last night of her puppy Miley.

"Big Girl Camera"

Finalllyyyy!!! After saving up change and $1 bills for about a year I finally saved up enough money to buy myself a camera. A nice camera. Not a little digital camera. I got a big girl dSLR camera! I was so excited to go to best buy and pick up this beauty today I could hardly stand it! I went to the bank with bags of change and when I took my slip up to the counter I couldnt help but to brag about what I was going to buy with my savings. I picked up my Canon Rebel XS with a 18-55 mm lens drove straight home and started snapping pictures. Lexi is sick of me already. Now I just need to get a photo editing program and I will be set! Here are some of the pictures I took today...

Look at the detail, you could count the hairs if you wanted.

I love when she does this with her eyes.

Grumpy ol man

Rainy day, probably my new favorite picture. I love the little drops!

My new baby

So happy!

Not so happy...

"annoyed"

"declutter"

Ummm yea... so that is my room. It looks like this most of the time. I seem to have all this motivation to do everything else in my life besides clean my room. I just can't do it. It's even more sad that those are all clean clothes. I just cant get myself to put them away. A terrible habit. I am not a messy person when it comes to shared space, however if it is my space it usually looks like this. Sorry Robbie hopefully I will brake the habit soon. Doubtful though since I have been living like this for 22 years. When I lived in Mankato we always kept the house pretty clean. Whenever my roommate would come in my room she would just about have a heart attack. She couldnt understand how I lived with not only my clothes spead all over the floor but also starting to pile up since there was no more floor space. It is sad. The only way I can get motivation to clean my room is if someone is in it with me. I will often times call Kal and ask her if she can come clean my room. She is a neat freak. I usually just want her to sit there and keep me company but she gets so mad about all my clutter that she cant help herself but to help me.. Maybe I take advantage of her. I know she will always help!  Oh yea and that is my suitcase from Mexico. Let me remind you I got back from there February 16. It still isnt unpack.. Maybe I am subconsiously leaving there incase I need to take an emergency vaca back to paradise. Sounds nice right about now. I was reading Better Homes magazine and I found this article about decluttering your space. It had some helpful tips, maybe when I get my own place I can put them to use!

And lexi, poor lexi, doesnt even like to come into my room when it is this messy because she has no where to lay. Instead she is booted to the doorway until I make room for more than just myself.

I finally got an address book. I needed one since I will start to work on invitations soon for my wedding. It will be really helpful to have when I move away also. I will have all the important info I need about everyone with out having to call my mom for phone numbers or addresses to send out "thank you's." My mom on the other hand could use a new address book also. This thing is pretty beat up and beautifully designed with nailpolished eyes  and other random body parts.

Don't let this picture fool you... I can't cook for the life of me. But, I did get a recipe box. I have started writing down all my favorite recipes from my mom in hopes that I will be able to reproduce the food to half of its quality. If you have good recipes send them my way. My box is pretty empty right now, but I hope to have it mostly full by the time I move. Then maybe I can cook Robbie a real meal someday.

That is all for now. I am going to attempt to clean my room...

Some things just arent meant to be.

Sunday's would be much more relaxing if I didnt have to close at work each and every one of them. I can't complain though I need the money and I had a very successful weekend making it. I am happy to say that my meds for my sinus infection are finally kicking in. I hope by next week everything will clear up and I wont feel like I'm breathing with my face shoved into a pillow anymore. The headaches are the worse though, they get so bad that it makes my ears hurt! Sounds crazy I know. Also, remember, I am a HUGE baby when it comes to any kind of sickness... I feel bad for Robbie, my mom better give him some detailed instuctions on how to make me feel better. 

Saturday after I got off work I went to a friends house to celebrate her acceptance into vet school. I am so happy/envious of her. I wish I could work with animals everyday of my life...but I also realize that I would never be able to be a vet because I cant work with reptiles and spiders and rodents. They gross me out. It was fun being at their house because they have all sorts of critters. 3 ducks, a dog, a ferrit, and a cat.




Franklin the Duck


I am sure some of you are wondering how my "no beer drinking" rule is going... well its no longer existing. I had a beer. To tell you the truth I have had 5 beers between Friday and now. Some things just arent meant to be. And Briana not drinking a beer is just not natural. I was telling the bartender at work that I was trying not to drink beer and he said, "why its a part of life. everyone needs to drink beer it keeps them sane." I couldnt agree more. It is nice and relaxing... He then asked me if I smoked, and I said no, so he told me that its ok if I drink beer because I dont smoke I have room for "error" or I think he was trying to say that the less a person smokes the more they can drink... or I dont know. Im confusing myself now. But I can see what he is trying to say. I definatly dont plan to take his advice and start drinking more. Dont get the wrong idea.

My work outs have been going well. I went 3 times last week. I am also going bright and early tomorrow morning with a friend. If I make plans to go with someone it gets me there and it makes me work hard. Good motivation. I am also thinking about trying out the Zumba class. Its every tuesday night, and I just so happen to have tuesday's off. Perfect. I'll let everyone know how that goes.

Saturday is Shauna's reception. Should be really fun. Unfortunatly, Robbie cant come home for it like we are planning on. I wont see him until March 30th. That will be 2 months without seeing each other. So long! I miss him so much. But atleast we finally have a date set to see each other again. (details about the trip soon to come).

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend!

A lot of nothing.

A lot of nothing going on lately.... My new obsession... Dexter. I have watched 3 seasons of it in the past week and a half. I need to get a life. Besides that I have just been working, the usual.

Robbie and I had a big talk about the wedding last night and I told him how stressed out I was that I have to do everything "alone." I sent him a big list of things to do and he has started it right away, he has much more motivation than I do! He is so sweet though, he is trying really hard to help me (love you!) and keep me sane in this stressful process. It doesnt help that I have a sinus infection and it feels like my head is going to blow up any second, which leaves me with a short temper. I just want to get better.. I'm on a big dose of meds twice a day for two weeks. Hopefully I'll get better soon, for everyone's sake. 

I just started my wedding diet and work out. As of March 1st I will eat healthy, go to the gym atleast 5 days a week, and not drink beer. Sounds terrible doesnt it? Anything to look good in my dress though :)  I am giving myself a little cheat room though.. Like St. Patricks day I will drink guiness and go out for Jenna's (Marolt) birthday! Other than that I am going to try to be strict on myself. We will see how it goes, wish me luck! Also, I am making it a "March 1st resolution" that I do yoga atleast 3 times a week, to release this stress. And if I have time, go to a work out class atleast 1 time a week.

My Mom, Aunt Karen, and Grandma, and I are planning a trip to go see Robbie March 30- April 3. We are going to rent a house on the beach in North Carolina! I am so excited to go, I hope everything works out okay. The only bad news... I wont be able to see him until then. That means that we are going to go the longest we have ever been apart, EVER. (2 whole months!) I am not happy about this because I miss him soooo much. I think I would be a lot less stressed if I could see him soon. But, I will have to suck it up and wait... Still not happy about it. Only a month to go, did I mention I am not happy about it?? Just trying to be clear!

Enough ranting for one night.