Natural Sceptre

It’s been a good couple of days. A couple setbacks, mostly due to the satanic furniture store called RC Willey and the fact that a storm delayed our rings getting finished (apparently they need electricity to make rings…or something.) But it’s all going to work out.

We’ve been able to get some things arranged for the wedding- talking over ideas for the receptions and where to stay when and in what state, etc. My Mom managed to find a place for us to stay in Manti the night before the wedding. I’m kind of nervous about that day- almost more about the day before than the actual day of the wedding. It’ll be nice to have a place to stay sorted out. John and I also found a GREAT B&B in Maine- which I’m really excited about. Our trip to Maine between the two wedding celebrations is for two purposes, really. #1) Maine is cool- and oh so very “us” #2) Portland is the proud home of the University of Southern Maine- a contestant for our grad school experience in a couple of years. We’re going to eat some good fish (I would say lobster, but John doesn’t eat things that he has to attack) and check out the school. All in all- very excited.

In other news- I apparently don’t know how to take care of plants. The flower in the office is dying- not even slowly- it’s just dying. I’ve done all I know how to do- sun, water, love and attention, to no avail. N0w the one in my house is turning yellow-ish around the edges. John says that they need nutrients…so I guess tomorrow I’ll need to get out and about to find some nutrients.

Little brother is settling in well. The landscaping guy finally called today and set him up with a job- so that’ll be GOOD. Now I won’t worry about him being stuck in the house all day while John and I are at work. It’s nice to have him around I’m a lucky girl, to have people I love here in Provo.

So. I woke up this morning to a text message from John. “I’m up.” What was CRAZY is that he had BEEN up since about 7 am. Anyone who knows John knows he likes his sleep. Especially when we work all week- Saturday is slleeeppp time. Apparently, the air mattress he’s been sleeping on (because he moved his bed into this house for me) sprung a leak last night. So, off he went into the early morning to fix it. When he was done with that- he decided it was time to drive around randomly, witnessing stuff at yard sales all over the place. He finally came to the apartment, and we took off to see if there was something we wanted in the way of a desk/coffee table/dressers to be had in Provo. Ran to the bank, went and dropped the rent check off at the landlords house, etc. We had no luck with finding second-hand furniture- and came back home for some food and so I could finish my Saturday chores. (This week, washing area rugs and mopping floors.) THEN, John decided he was going to fix a circuit breaker so that we could use the toaster and microwave and have a light on ALL AT THE SAME TIME. So John, Jon and I headed off to Home Depot and WalMart to get some little necessities. On the way we found a coffee table, real wood, for $5. Sweet. I mean, it’s a little ugly…but it works great. $5! Now I’m just killing time before heading off to Seasons with Alicia for some girl maintenance type activities.

Busy Busy Saturday!

So loves, it’s been awhile. John is working on a load of new webpages (I don’t really understand the process) but until I become a little more computer literate, I’ll be sticking to “fill-in-the-blanks” kinds of blogging situations. I did get the job after all! It’s been good, I’ve been here about two weeks. The book is A LOT of work! It’s so easy to get lost in what we’re doing and get overwhelmed, but I think it’s going to be fabulous experience. If you want to check out the work blog, it’s where you’ll get info about the book, the office, and whatever else we want to write about.

In recent news, the upstairs neighbors moved out. We’re getting new ones soon, so that should be exciting. Also: John broke his little pinky finger.

After an evening in the emergency room, the X-Rays showed that he did, indeed, injure himself. Beware falling backpacks! So, he’s on drugs. And I hope he feels better soon. Funny things about John: he gets giddy doing laundry, and also in the emergency room! And also through professional photo sessions…was I supposed to say that?

This weekend, we have some fun things planned. I may go to the first of many bridal showers for friends. I have to get on organizing one of those…Mostly I think we’ll lay around. I may try to get the extra room cleaned out a bit. Perhaps I’ll look for a bed for Jonathan, or a dresser for my clothes, or just head down to Borders and read magazines. Who knows what the weekend brings: I hope some time to relax and some things crossed off the big LIFE to-do list.