hrm, june 10th was the last time i was on here, eh?

well so much has happened i dont know where to start, so i'll just say that next saturday i will be moving into our condo... OUR condo. it sounds so weird! we signed the paper work today, pictures to come! and i'll receive our marriage license from the county by next friday. three weeks from tomorrow is my wedding. how crazy! so much left to do and so little time.

my mom broke her ankle at my wedding shower... horrible! but other than that it was a great shower. she even roughed out the whole thing and didnt go to the hospital until after.

my bachelorette party is 11/3. we are going trail riding on horseback and then camping. we are having a joint party, so drew and the guys will meet up with us at the campground after our trail ride for some nefarious fun.

just  quickie, bye!!

my grandma died this morning. we knew it was coming as she has been on hospice for a few weeks now. she has alzheimer's and has mentally been gone for a few years. it is a sad but relieving day for the family i think. this is the first death ive had to deal with in my family and right now it is just a fact to me that she is gone. i think when i get out to NY for the service it'll hit me like a ton of bricks.

this wasnt the most easy grandmother in the world. she didnt bake us cupcakes, smother us with hugs and kisses, or let us get away with murder when mom wasn't looking. she was stern but fair, and had the best cereal ever. Booberry, count chocula, frankenberry... ohhh yeah. my love for legos and the fun things to be built with them was inspired by my grandmother. i also remember going to their house and playing in the drain/ditch in front of their house, looking for frogs and breaking off cattails from their stem and blowing the fuzzies around from them... or the stream behind their most recent house and watching the fish swim up in the spring...  since the time spent there we were usually sent outside to play so we didnt bother the adults ;)  poor grandma raised 8 kids and was kind of done with them by that time :)  she did a good job raising MY mom at least, and giving me some good childhood memories of cereal and nature.. love you grandma, may your heart be free of worry now.

so i went to urgent care again on thursday. the night before i felt something grind and pop when i got off the bed after saying goodnight to gracie.the next day at work i had cold sweaty hands and 100.2 fever, burning sternum and nausea... i tore a few muscles between my ribs apparently, and my body was telling me it hurt and i needed to rest. i never took a day off work to recover from my fall (i know i sound like a baby, but seriously this was painful!) and it caught up to me. i wrapped my ribs in a non medical way and it feels SO much better when the movement is restricted.

It was a sad day at the barn today. Aira, grace's fave walk/trot horse, passed away. he was 32, older than me! for a horse that is ancient. we signed the card for his owner and the poster up by his stall and i had to bite back tears. he was a great horse :( grace hadn't ridden him in a while because she learned to canter and because of his age he can't go that fast, but she loved him still and we loved to bring him treats every weekend. the horse she had been riding for her cantering class whom she loved almost as much, was sold and is no longer a 'school horse' which means she cant ride her for lessons.. so here is a video of her riding Orbit, a new school horse. She loves him! There are 3 other new horses for her to try and because everyone feels bad that Aira died, she is getting first dibs on who she wants to ride. they are so sweet :)

oh and dont mind the kitten in the middle of the video. i was holding him and i couldnt zoom out for some reason... i was trying to convince drew to take him home "His name is Soap."

Ok so, happy belated mother's day to all. i spent a few hours of my day in the ER making sure my ribs werent broken. next time someone convinces you ice skating would be fun and you havent been in 15 years... TAKE IT SLOW!!! i fell, knocked the wind out of me, couldnt speak, and am drugged up right now so i can function. fun stuff. nothing broken, but it sucks because bruised ribs take longer to heal and hurt more than broken ones. grr.

Drew's sister got married on Cinco de Mayo. we were both in the wedding and yes, i wore a hot pink dress. my hair was freaking rockin' though.

drew is making a goofy face. he looked great in another pic i took, but my  hair wasn't as nice looking :)

Grace and drew after her hair started falling out. :)

whispers on a limo bus :)