June 12th

Say hello to your next June bride! June 12th 2010 in Albuquerque, NM. I will send more details soon.

Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas...just in case.

OK! OK! So it has been another month since I posted anything! I can tell you that I have been busy, but I also remember several times I could have logged in and posted something. Sorry! Like I said before, computer time at home is no longer fun for me. I have pretty much burnt out my computer at work they are buying me a new one...I ordered it today! My hands feel like they have carpal tunnel so I'm sure I will have a to wear wrists braces on both hands by the time I'm 30.

Anyway, the wedding planning is coming along finally! I went to New Mexico for Thanksgiving and my mom and I went and started looking as soon as I stepped off the plane. My biggest hurdle has become people responding to our correspondence...or not responding should I say. I'm sure it is because it is the holidays but they are going to have to work with me since I live out of town...oh yeah, we are having the wedding in Albuquerque. I could have it both ways, Houston vs. Albuquerque. Enough said about that. Anyway, the plan currently is to have the ceremony at the church my parents married in. Then there is a hotel down the street where we will be having the ceremony. The tentative date is June 12. I will know for sure after tomorrow. Dustin and I are arguing...I mean planning a mock reception based on so many people.

Yesterday was a little tragic for my children. They both went to the vet and lived through the neutering process. The kitty is a haus and was doing flips and tricks after his surgery. Max wasn't that excited. I didn't think he was going to live through the night. He was making noises I have never heard out of him before. He was in so much pain. I paid extra for pain medicine for both of them but Max wouldn't eat anything. For the easy one (the kitty), they gave me a liquid med...for the sickest one (Max), they gave me a big pill. SMART PEOPLE! I wanted to call their emergency line to see if I could just give Max the feline liquid medicine. It truly broke my heart to see Max in so much pain. I wish I could have taken the pain for myself. I started to regret taking him in the first place. Today he is feeling much better though and soon he won't even remember. Well, hopefully. Yesterday morning was probably the last time he happily jumps in the car by himself. Next time I am going to have to pry him away from home.

Jadyn comes on the 18th so we put up a Christmas tree. I was totally against it saying we should just save our money and buy one next year but this is Dustin's first Christmas with his daughter so he demanded we have one...(that's what I like, a man that knows what he wants!) He went and bought one with some ornaments and it is BEAUTIFUL. I'm really glad he made such a good decision. Now if he would help plan instead of being so opinionated about the wedding....hmmmmm.





If I don't post a permanent date or news about the date within the next couple of days, feel free to email me! I hope everyone is enjoying this CHRISTmas season. American seems to forget the reason we have Christmas. Make sure your Christmas cards mention CHRIST. Sadly more and more items say "Season's Greetings" or "Happy HOlidays." I ordered cookies in these cute tins for our favorite clients. I made sure I purchased the "Merry Christmas" tins and the lady called me to point out which tins I had ordered...I let her finish her sentence and then gracefully told her I was perfectly aware of my order and they should provide more options (I only had one choice!) Anyway, pray for our country. It was built on Christian values and no one, including our President, obviously has not read the Constitution in quite some time. In God we Trust is not a past time as far as I'm concerned.

So...Have a Merry Christmas!!

Catching up!

I don't even know where to start! I have been so busy at work that I just don't feel like being on my computer when I get home. At work, as soon as my Outlook is open, I am emailing away...I answer emails I received after I left work the day before, I answer emails I received before I got to work, I EMAIL! I write contracts, I do a lot of accounting, I look at numbers, I compare numbers, I email, I do accounts payable, I email, I do accounts receivable, I email, I have a boss on crack (is that appropriate?), she emails and I email her back, sometimes I finish her emails, I email...98% of everything I do is on the computer. I just don't feel like being on mine when I get home and it has really shown! I looked at my last blog and it is almost 2 months ago. It feels like it has only been 1 month! I probably have lost half of my readers, but maybe not.

Some of you may be surprised to find that I have not made any wedding plans. If you know me well enough, you are probably not surprised. I go back to NM for Thanksgiving and hopefully I can look around and figure out what I really want and decide on a date.

Last weekend, I went back to college! I went back to Las Cruces for Homecoming. A lot of my friends went back too so it was a blast! Unfortunately, my camera has been broken and I didn't take many pictures myself so I am waiting for people to post pictures. Here are some that I have seen so far that I like:


Sorority pose!


Me, Wendy and Kristen. We have this exact same picture from 4 or 5 years ago...



Me, Megan and Jenn...girls from my pledge class.

Anyway, I love those girls and I am so glad I had the opportunity to go last weekend. It was a nice little break. Last night I went to a Halloween party. It was a LOT O FUN! Everyone had to dress as a famous couple (dead or alive) so Dustin and I dressed up as Dog and his wife, Beth. For those who don't watch A&E, Dustin was the one in front and I was the one on the left with the fanny pack:



I will post pictures as soon as I retrieve some! Well, that's it! I will try and be more loyal to the blog! It was fun reading up on all of my friends blogs too!

Happy Birthday, Ryan!

I can guarantee Ryan won't read my blog, but just in case, HAPPY 7TH BIRTHDAY!! (He is the one in the front.)




So the weather in Houston has been gloomy and it is making me a little gloomy! I'm so bored and I don't want to do anything! I sit here thinking of all of the things I could be doing and none of them sound that important...except wedding planning but I guess I'm just waiting to win the lottery before I get started. I also sit here and am thinking about how much I miss my friends back home! I have been talking to them a lot and makes me miss them even more!

Anyway, although I miss my friends back home, I do have a great support system here. Dustin's family and the friends I have made through him are all really great! I don't think I would make it here in Houston without all of them. I am also trying to get more involved in things here so I should stay busy....it's so weird without Jadyn here! I just realized this is probably the first time I have been bored in months! We were always doing things when she was here and staying busy entertaining her! haha! I guess now I am going to have to find new ways to stay busy.

Last night I heard a rumor that people actually read my blog. I instantly felt really bad because I post things about once a week. The last time I posted something, it was 2 sentences...so I will try to stay loyal to my readers and post more! (K, so I will try not to flatter myself!)

OH! I love to post pictures, but this time, you will have to click on the link to view this one. Dustin and I went out on a date last night to an Astros game and there is a guy that takes pictures of as many people as possible and then posts them on the fanfoto page. Beware of the margaritas...Dustin bought both of us one and it was really good! I'm usually not a big fan of margaritas, but it was really tasty! I asked if there was any alcohol in them and he didn't know...well, after I drank it, I could tell there was definitely some alcohol in that thing! Wait a few hours before driving if you have one of those...luckily, I didn't have to worry about that. Anyway, here is the link:

http://www.printroom.com/ViewGalleryPhoto.asp?evgroupid=0&userid=astrosstaffevents&gallery_id=1750829&image_id=1&pos=2

sorry, I tried to insert the link so you can just click on it, but it didn't show up when I published the blog. You will just have to copy and paste! Sorry!

Pictures!!

Sneak peeks are up! We get the rest in a day or so. I think I look weird in a couple of them, but oh well! Enjoy!

www.kdloftisphotography.com/blog

boooo...

No sneek peak yet! The photographer hasn't emailed me yet. She says she puts sneak peaks on her blog but she doesn't have them up yet! I wasn't too anxious before but now I'm getting a little impatient.

I was supposed to go meet my sister in San Antonio but her hubby got sick. We were going to shop for wedding/bridesmaid dresses, but that's a no go! I am getting frustrated because I don't have a date! I don't have a place! I don't even have my wedding party yet (I have people in mind of course;0). Is this normal??

Since I am not going to San Antonio this weekend, I am going to meet Dustin at the bay house. Poor me! Last weekend, Dustin caught a big 'ol Red fish. I caught a medium size fish and Jadyn caught a little bitty fish.







I am going to start packing. I came home early, but not early enough to miss traffic. I hope everyone has a fun and SAFE weekend! Don't drink and drive!!

A New Life

Babies are beautiful. Congratulations to Bryon and Brittany Frank (Brittany is Dustin's cousin). They had their first baby together tonight. Her name is Presley and she weighs 8 lbs 15 oz. We got to be 2 of the first few people that saw her in her first few minutes of life. She is so beautiful! She was very entertaining with all of her funny faces. I took pictures with my phone...




So engagement pictures went well I think. We don't get to see them for another week so that kind of stinks but I'm not too worried. Since I was in kindergarten, I could never find the right outfit for school pictures and my mom would always make me wear something that I did not want to wear. Well, no wonder she MADE me wear what she picked out. I can't seem to picture what I want to wear. I'm not kidding when I say I was changing shirts 1 minute before I walked out the door for pictures. I was almost in tears on the way because I was so mad at myself for not being able to just pick something simple. Instead, I wore this shirt that I wear to work frequently. It is collared and has a ruffle on it...a ruffle! For my engagement pictures! I have known about pictures for 3 weeks and I didn't even have my outfits sorted out. What is wrong with me??? I was able to take another outfit, but instead of taking a whole other outfit, I took one other shirt. I thought that shirt was cute but I wore it with the same jeans and crappy shoes. I had these cute khaki pants I wanted to wear and I didn't take them. Can I rewind back to Saturday and take these all over again? The only good thing that came out of Saturday was I had my makeup done. I met a girl at the Cos Bar in the Woodlands and she said she would do my make up anytime. She did a great job! OH and I found Jadyn a cute outfit too. Maybe I was just focusing too much on what she wanted to wear. Yes, that has to be it...I was worried about Jadyn because she wanted to wear the crazy purple, blue and pink dress with bows all over it. Instead I had her wear a jean skirt with a white shirt with little gems on it. So everyone looked great except me with my big ruffles. Go figure! Sorry Mom for all the crap I have given you about clothes. Why can't we just wear the same thing everyday like the Flintstones?

Stay tuned and I will give you directions on how to look at the pictures once I get them. Again, CONGRATULATIONS Brittany and Bryon and another Congratulations to Linda and Bob. Linda and Bob are grandparents for the first time!