new and improved website!

i know, i should be resting my sinus infection and cough, but i got started on this and couldn't stop until i was finished. i present the new and improved website. i'm guessing there may be a few bugs to work out, but i think you'll like it much better than the first. enjoy!

-jason

for our loyal reader

apparently there are people out there who read this thing, or at least 1 future sister-in-law anyway! ah let's see what we need to catch you up on...

• we bought a townhouse in brentwood! it's 3 beds, 2.5 baths, 1 car garage, about 1500 sq. ft. we're super excited we could afford something like that, and can't wait to move in. it hasn't been built yet, so we got to customize everything and pick our own upgrades. we'll put up with apartment dwelling until november and then we get to move to the first place we can officially call "home."
• invitations were mailed out yesterday. a whole lot of stuffin, lickin, and stickin. now you get to send them back. don't worry -- we addressed and put the stamp on them for you! just fill out the card, donate some saliva, and drop it in the box.
• the dog/cat merging hasn't progressed at all. i have scratches on my arm, and blue has scabs on his nose. i don't know what we're gonna do. anybody want some cats?!? (hopefully meg won't read this either!)
• i love wedding showers! megan goes away for a couple of hours and comes back with a car-full of stuff. then i get to put that year of unloading chick-fil-a trucks experience to use finding the best way to fit everything into a tight space. there need to be showers for men, except you'd call them something manly like... i dunno. but you'd get tools and man toys.

that's all i've got for now. we're under 2 months away, so a lot more will be happening in the next few weeks. we'll try to keep you up to date!

jason

oh, and i want this to be our first dance song! it's on the right hand side, click play!

showers, fittings and houses

So, it's been awhile since we've last posted...sorry for the delay! In that time we have traveled to both Iowa and Georgia and attended 2 showers. In my opinion, showers are great wonderful things where old, embarrassing stories are told, but you get wonderful presents out of the deal! I thank everyone for the wonderful gifts that we received!

Meanwhile, we travel ever closer to the wedding day! The blogger has it all marked out, but I believe we're at like 9 1/2 weeks!!! That is absolute craziness! Everything is coming together though, and I'm really not stressing too much. We have to finalize tux selections, address and send out invitations, and have one last planning session at Cedarwood before it's all said and done.

I have my first dress fitting this week, so that's pretty exciting! I'm not exactly sure what takes place at a dress fitting, but I'm taking along a good friend who also has no idea what's going on so it'll be a good time!

In other news, we're working on buying a house. Round one didn't go through as planned, so we're back to square one and ready to start looking again. I have to say, for being a buyers market things aren't dropping as much as you would expect. But, we've found some good possible contenders so we'll see how that all goes!

Other than that, there's not much new...maybe Jason will post with more interesting stories!!! :)

Megan

Smokey stoves and Crispy ovens

Well... this post isn't so much about the wedding except possibly as a glimpse into the future. On Saturday, I decided that I was going to hurry and prepare a pork roast to put in the crock-pot before heading out to a couples massage with Jason. The part about me hurrying was my first problem....the recipe called for me to heat the roast in hot oil before transferring it into the crock-pot, oh and I also had to trim the fat off of the roast. So I am thinking that pork has about as much fat on it as beef (it doesn't, it has much, much more) so I put oil into the pan and turn the burner up quite high. As I'm busy trimming up the roast I start feeling really hot; I finally turn around and notice that not only has the entire apartment filled with heavy smoke, the little tray under the burner is on fire! :) The fire went out as soon as it was exposed to air, the smoke however, lingered. Thankfully it was a beautiful weekend so I was able to open up the doors and windows, and I am able to say that the smoke (and smell) is out of the apartment. Based on this episode Jason nicknamed me 'Smokey'.

You would think this story is over and I would have to live the rest of my life with that nickname, but not so.... after returning from the massage, Jason and I decided to get Papa Murphy's take-and-bake pizza. He heated up the oven (at his apartment this time) and we waited for it to pre-heat. We weren't really paying attention to the time so the oven was probably pre-heating for about 20 minutes before we both started smelling a horrible burning smell. I got to the oven first and opened it to find the biscuits Jason had made (and left in the oven) earlier that day still in the pan burnt to a crisp and probably just a few minutes away from igniting. So his nickname is now 'crisp' and he's a little upset that his moment of glory for embarrassing me lasted all of 3 hours.

Needless to say, I am banned from cooking on the stove for awhile, and the oven is off limits to him! Thankfully we were able to laugh about the whole thing, and more importantly we didn't destroy an apartment! :) Cooking classes here we come!

Oh, and on a wedding note... our invitations are back from the printer!!! I haven't seen them yet, but I'm excited to pick them up! :)

Megan

less than 4 months and counting

megan sent me an e-mail at work on thursday that said "4 months!!!" that sounds so close, and my heart skipped a beat, but it can't get here soon enough. i'm so excited to see what the next few months has in store for us.

after trying on my ring a few times i realized i knew nothing about rings when we bought it, and it probably wasn't a good thing that it took me 5 minutes and a lot of pain to get it off. that might be the way megan wanted it to be, but we took it back to shane co. to get it stretched out a little. a ring looks so weird on my finger, but i'm looking forward to getting used to it. in addition to taking the ring in to be re-sized, we also went to 2 stores to look at tuxes. we've pretty much picked it out. now it's just a matter of getting measured and coaxing justin and eric into getting fitted for theirs. mine will look the same, just with a white vest and a white tie. i'm hoping that the weather is going to make wearing a tux tolerable for about 45 minutes. maybe we're crazy.

megan and i have been attending a baptist church in the area that we really like. we're in a "nearly/newly wed" class that is a good fit for us. it's taught by a christian counselor and his wife, and will serve as a great starting point for building a strong foundation for our marriage. it's good for both of us to be attending church on a regular basis again, and building relationships with others who are in the same boat as us.