Thanksgiving Ideas

Tomorrow night Mr. Right and I will be traveling 6 hours (after I get off work at 5) to his Grandfather's house. His mother always cooks for his entire family (all 20 of them - and no one else brings anything).

I hate going empty handed. And I'm annoyed that she cooks it all herself. I'm going to make chess bars tonight (they will travel well and are good several days after they are made). What else should I take?

Quick update

the follow-up appointment went okay. and his mother, while critical of a few choices, doesn't want to kill me.

although i do still feel guilty because he was working on something for me. a friend correctly point out that he would have been upset had i paid someone else to do it, so its not really my fault. but still there is that twinge.

last night he asked if finishing the table would be an okay christmas gift for me (we had originally set a $75 limit) and what could i say but "yes".

Say a quick prayer for Mr. Right please...

this weekend he hurt himself with a power tool (belt sander to be exact). we spent the weekend at the ER and we're going back for a follow up this afternoon. nothing life threatening, but its also nothing to sneeze at.

i was hoping to start with the wedding blogs this week, but you'll have to wait at least another day.

I'm back!

Actually we got back last Friday. Mr. Right is a self employeed real estate agent and had to work some on our honeymoon, and we had to come back a bit early so he could show a client property.

Unfortunately, I've been too busy to blog about the big day or about the honeymoon. I'm hoping to get to that sooner rather than later (i don't want to forget all the fun details!)

Things I Love Thursday

Pssst...can you keep a secret?

I've already used some of my wedding gifts. I couldn't help it - I had all this new shiny pretty stuff just begging to be brought out of the box.

And you know what I love (besides the man I'm going to marry in two days)? My Cuisinart Mini Deep Fryer. My parents always used a Fry Daddy that they had to dig the fries out with. Being a wimp, that scared me.

So I love that this has a basket to lower the fries into the grease just like the pros use. and a place to rest the basket so the grease can drip off before you serve the fries.

For more great products, check out Things I Love Thursday over at the Diaper Diaries.

Bridezilla

I've figured out why so many women get the "bridezilla" label.

Because she makes decisions for months and months, carefully plan everything - taking every possible problem into consideration. She makes plans based on what's best for her fiance and herself.

And then when the work is finally over, people step up and start criticizing her plans. "you should have..." "it would have been better if you would have..." "why didn't you..." "i can't believe your not..."

If you wanted to help, your opinion would have been helpful about 6 months ago. Now all you're doing is putting me down. Because I tried my hardest. I'm sorry that wasn't good enough for you.

I've already encountered several Debbie Downers...and I'm not going to put up with it at the rehearsal. So it'll be my turn to stand up for myself and my choices. And in the process earn my "bridezilla" title.

Only 4 days left!!!!

Just putting the finishing touches on the wedding plans. :) doing the slideshow tonight, meeting with the chef at the reception site tomorrow.

and it goes without saying that next week i'll be on a bloggy break for the honeymoon.