good morning blogland! i'm hoping this week i'll get us back on track here at loosefromthezoo. last week was a bit of a panic-stricken one trying to get everything done in preparation to replace steve's car slash try and make a dent in our mess slash work on wedding details slash feel like i'm making any progress at work. but the past weekend was one big pleasant surprise!
we accomplished some of our to-do list, but not all. our living room is still a mess, but sans financial hardship, steve has upgraded from herman (chevy monte carlo) to hank (mazda tribute). another extra big thank you to my mom and dad for saving hank for us, instead of trading him in. even after driving the new car from kzoo back to ann arbor, steve couldn't get enough of his favorite new toy, so we had to take an extra little joy ride around town. since i lazily took next to no pictures this weekend, here's a great shot steve's mom got of him and his new ride.
we're still plugging away at the wedding plans, but one of the exciting parts we got settled this weekend was "finding" our wedding officiant. we met up with steve's roommate from his freshman year in the dorms, alex, along with his lovely girlfriend erin, last night. alex has been there pretty much since the inception of steve & becky (steve's five AM profession of love, the dorm fort, wizard people: dear reader, etc.). we all treated ourselves to some serious face-stuffing last night, and plenty of wine, fish tacos, mushroom risotto, chocolate pumpkin cheesecake, and brandy alexanders later, one of our best friends was signed up to officiate our wedding! oh and the four of us are having a combination j.crew outlet shopping, hockey game watching, cat and kitten introducing slumber party next weekend.
a sunday feast of epic proportions with wonderful friends sure is the best medicine to get your week started right. now it's time to get on with the cleaning house so we'll be ready to host my sister when she comes for a visit the weekend after halloween! busy? yup that we still are, but we're filling life up with happy times, so i'm ready to stop complaining!
hope everyone's week is starting out on as good a note as ours! we are feeling like lucky ducks these days!
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