No Problem Mon!!

oh Jamaica....this is where my husband and I went on our honeymoon!! it was so awesome!! when we got there we realized they had upgraded us to the best room on the entire resort, it had our very own swim up pool outside of our patio deck, it was great. our butler had our chairs ready for us every morning under the palm trees and brought us our Jamaican Smiles (the best drink ever) and whatever else we needed while we basked in the sun, they were only a phone call away. I would have to say naps by the ocean was one of my favorite events:) we went and got certified to go diving down there, that was cool!! it was a little scary for me at first cause I couldn't get the whole breathing through your mouth thing down, but once under the water they said I was a pro! It is amazing down under the ocean with all of the ocean life around you. words can't even describe. the sunsets down there were amazing too, and believe it or not the weather was great the whole week.

I will post more pictures and stories later, but this will have to do for now.

Got Zuchinni!!

so I went out to my garden last night and this is what I found!!!




wholly zuchinni!!! I needed two hands just to pick the first one in the picture off the plant (notice the finger nail swipe) I don't know how they got this huge!! no steroids, miracle grow, just water!! I know one thing for sure you don't see this kind of stuff in the stores:):)

They are really good, we grilled a couple them on the grill the other night, oh so tasty!! So if you want any zuchinni, come on over and I'll hook ya up!!

Mister N Shorty

Here are a few of our Engagement Pictures!!
15 Days!!!

Say It's NOT True!!

I get a call from my mother-in-law to be the other day telling me she bought her dress and how excited she was for it. She started describing her dress to me and it sounded very familiar!! So I asked her where she bought it from...from Sears :0 then I asked her what designer it was from... Oh Boy!! all I could think is that is was the EXACT same dress that my mom had bought a few months back for the wedding!!! so I am having her send me a picture of it to verify...I don't get how it happens, two different states, bought at different times!! oh boy, lets hope that it isn't the same dress as my moms:)

It's All About the Limeade!!!

You would not believe what FINALLY arrived in Minnesota!! SONIC and their famous Cherry Limeades!!! and cheddar bites!! mmmmm I made a trip to them on Saturday. It was GREAT!!

if you haven't had SONIC before it is well worth your trip. They are only in St. Paul right now, but is coming soon to Savage:):)

After the Fact

I thought women only changed their minds at the last minute "after the fact" that something is already in progress. Not true...I have come to realize that my hubby to be likes to come up with "new" ideas of how something should be or go "AFTER" I have started or completed the process of something!!! Now, I know he means well, and is just sharing his ideas, but FOR THE LOVE!! Why not share your thoughts and ideas during the putting together process. (I know where is the story LD) We have been working on our programs for the wedding, and I have made proteges for him to see and get his imput, he tells me he likes it and if I like it I can do it. We go get all the paper for the one side of the program and I him the file of what will be printed one last time to make sure he likes it. He does, then I get an email a couple hours later from him suggesting we do the programs maybe this way... AFTER I sent the file to the print shop with all the paper and is now in production. meanwhile I am preparing my self for him to say he really wanted to do the programs this other way. Which would Xnay the whole thing that we had put together in the first place. BREATHE LaDonna, they are just programs....You gotta love him though, he did realize his new idea was a "little" last minute, but thought we would share it with me:)

58 Days

Yeah!! I will be a Ver Strate soon!! I kinda feel like I am on a roller coaster of feelings, I get excited, then a little nervous, some times I feel anxious and then excited all over again:) So many changes to come. This has been a good year of changes though, My girlfriend was married earlier this year, I have two friends who are new mommies, and I am about to be married in less than two months....woohoo!!

Clubhouse Chicken Squares

some of us girls got together over the weekend for scrapbooking!! I wouldn't say I got to much done, but I did have fun:) we were to bring a dish with and everytime I make this, it seems as everyone raves about and wants the "secret" recipe...well, here is LD's version of the ClubHouse Chicken Squares. Enjoy!!!

2 (8 oz.) tubes of refrigerator crescent rolls1

(8 oz.) package of cream cheese,

1 clove of garlic, pressed

1/2 cup of ranch dressing

1 teaspoon of italian seasoning

2cups of chopped chiken

1 cucumber chopped

1 chopped tomato,

1/2 cup shredded marble jack cheese

6 slices of bacon, crisply cooked & crumbled(the "real" bacon bits work just as well)

Preheat oven to 375. Unroll 1 package of crescent rolls across one end of cookie sheet (baking sheet). Repeat with remaining package of crescent rolls dough, covering the sheet. Roll or press dough to seal perforations. Press up sides to form crust. Bake 12 - 15 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and cool completely.

Place cream cheese, ranch dressing, garlic, italian seasoning, in a batter bowl. Mix until smooth. Spread cream cheese mixture evenly over the cooled crust. Sprinkle chicken evenly over the filling. Place cucumber slices evenly on top. Sprinkle tomatoes, bacon, and cheese on top. Cut into squares (I use a pizza cutter).

50 MPH

Today is the first day in a long time I drove the actual speed limit on my way to work. I see this trooper from the corner of my eye waiting to turn onto the highway after I passed by... oooh boy!! I was only going "a few" miles over the speed limit, ok I admit my car is use to going 60 on this road and not 50. So we are cruisin' along then I see another 3 cop cars up the road(at this point I am thinking I am about to witness a C.O.P.S. show episode) well, no COPS show episode was about to happen, but it did get me to go the speed limit the entire stretch of 13. I have to say though, it is too easy to be cruizin along and not realizing how fast you are actually going...

Joy Riding

Yesterday Rich and I were off to meet little Martin (he is the newest addition to some good friends of ours) after work and lets just say, it was a trip:) I googled the address that was given to me and printed them off to get us to the hospital, well, lets just say the directions took us to a house that was being newly built. So unless the hospital downsized to a housing development...mmm I not to sure. Well to our knowledge the adventure had just begun:) we started driving around the city of St. Louis Park and later found ourselves on Excelsior(which the hospital is on) so we pulled into the hospital and walked into the building, got on the elevator thinking we were going to her floor and ended up on the Senoir Citizens Ward! I don't think they are having babies on that floor. So we go down a level, nope that was the family practice level and everyone had gone home for the day! So we found ourselves back at the parking ramp and realized this hospital had multiple buildings. We picked up the courtesy phone to talk to the operator to find out which building she was in. Her reply was "you are on the wrong campus of the hospital!" we needed to go back out to Excelsior and go down another 2 miles and she will be at the hospital there. oops! (At this point my lovely husband to be was not very happy with me, I deffinately need to get a map or a gps unit in my car) So we get back in the car and head down the road to see construction is in our way of getting to the hospital! Yipee(note the sarcasm) well after a little detour we made it to the hospital...we walk in and ask the desk guy how to get to her room. We go up to the 3rd floor looking for room 316(this is the room I thought she was in). There is no room 316!! There was 317, 318, 319 and so on...NO 316. We both laugh walk back down the hallway and the nurses could tell we were still lost:) To our knowledge she was in room 336! An hour later we found our friends and met little Martin (the adventure was deffinately worth it, he is so adorable:):)!! but to know we did a complete circle on our drive passing the same resturant we passed on our way to the first hospital site oh about 45 minutes earlier....I got in a little bit of trouble:)

Too Busy

I feel like I have kinda fallen a little with my "God Time" per say. My prayer life is pretty good, but when it comes to sitting down and reading my bible or reading a devotion, I struggle. I feel like I have gotten wrapped up in the cycle called "I am too busy and if I am not at the moment I will find something else to do to busy my time" I know, its horrible isn't it. Then I get a little frustrated cause in the back of my mind I know I should spend more quality time with God and because I don't I feel bad. I think about spending more time with Him... ALOT(does that count?) but I don't do anything about it...I know I could have the strength to over come this bondage I feel, but I just don't have the motivation to do it. Blogger friends, do you ever get in this cycle? How do you deal with it?

Harding vs. Kerrigan for '08

ok, I was watching my usual Good Morning America Segments this morning while getting ready for work and I just have to laugh at the media these days, (don't get me wrong I love GMA in the mornings) but to analyze the Democratic race with the Harding/Kerrigan incident...I am not to sure. Granted I would have to say this is probably the first time I have been following the democratic race closely(I like what Obama has to say and to see how Clinton handles her campaign) but for them to say Clinton needs to pull a Tanya Harding on Obama to get on the ballot is kinda sad! Granted it seems that is whats happening, but why can't they focus on the issues such as the recession we are sliding in, or the housing market, health insurance, our kids education and so on. I don't know for sure the Obama campaign hasn't gone on a rampage like I have seen/heard the Clinton campaign do with her opponent. But come on now, can't we all just get along! We have two grown adults who could potentially be our President and this is what we have to look foward too???

What a Punk!!

So I was driving around the Wal Mart parking lot today at lunch looking for a spot to park in and had seen this car off to the side who looked like they were just going to plow right into me so I quickly slammed on my brakes. This kid(he is probably in his teens) looked at me and waved me on, so I proceeded and then went down the next aisle and just happened to find a spot right behind his car. As I was getting out of my car he pokes his head out of the window and yelled "you gotta problem with me!" and then gave me that look like you wanna fight. So I just shrugged my shoulds at him and continued to lock my car, well as I was starting to walk towards the store he was getting out of his car yelling "hey, whats your deal" ignoring him I continued to walk shaking my head at him. He then honked his horn at me trying to get my attention even more and continued the yelling. What was this boy thinking!! that I was going to fight him for whatever I did to make him mad!! what an idiot! Every part of my red headedness wanted to go off on him, maybe punch him for being stupid, but I didn't, he wasn't worth my time or energy. I just don't get why teens act like they are all tough, then it makes me think, were we like that as a teenager??

October Road

So I am not sure if any of you watch October Road, it is a show based on small town drama. It is the perfect chic flick!! I am sad to say the season has come to an end, I am so sucked into this show I find myself wondering about what the different characters are going to about how things ended. I can get myself so wrapped up in it that I feel like I am actually right in the town with them. I know sad, I am actually going to miss this show, hopefully they don't take too long to bring it back on.

Hair Dresser Crisis

I am kinda in shell shock and starting to freak out!! I just found out today that my hair dresser had left the salon!! AHHHHHH!!! who's going to do my hair, will I like the person doing my hair, will they do a good job?? I know I have a few months to find someone, but that takes a lot of time. If I wasn't so particular about who does my hair it probably wouldn't be a huge deal. It seems like you get use to someone who knows what you like and what you want and then they vanish and you have to start all over again. I wanna cry ..... Am I freaking out for nothing, I think someone just needs to tell me to chill out....anyone know a good hair dresser???

MY DRESS

So what do you think?? I heard it was the new trend these days!! ha ha....just kidding!! My girls were passing around emails about different bridesmaids dresses and so on and I really fell in love with this one:) and Rich will be wearing a sky blue tux with all the ruffles to match:) (just in case you were wondering)

if you want a good laugh check out this web site.... www.uglydress.com

you will be amazed on what you will find!!

Going to the Chapel!!

Yes, it is true Mister and Shorty are getting married!!!

He took me away for my birthday to a ski resort up in northern Minnesota. It was pretty nice up there. The room was awesome!! We went skiing, had strawberry cheesecake(my favorite), wine, went on a sleigh ride through the hills, and then one day I was sitting by the fire and he comes into the room with a box and said this was for me:)....was he for real!! I started opening the little box, getting more and more excited as I got closer to what is the most beautiful ring! It is perfect!! Of course I said YES!!!