Another quick update…

I hate that my posts have become quick updates of what’s been going on in the last couple of weeks. I’ve been so busy lately, though… And I’ve been reading a lot, which keeps me away from the computer.

I’ve been going dress shopping and to wedding shows… Fun times. We met with photographers last week. We met with Niki Rossi at Starbuck’s in Saratoga on Tuesday. She was great. SO funny and relaxed. Her style is very photo journalistic and her photos were awesome. Alex liked that she is all about candids and that when she does do the formal shots, she says that she’ll send you off to stand together and tell you to talk with each other while she snaps the pictures. He’s very much not into standing for a ton of formal shots.

We met with Linda Conley on Wednesday at Starbuck’s in Albany. Apparently, photographers like to meet at Starbuck’s. Linda’s style was more of a mix between formal and candids. Her albums were really beautiful. She seemed a little more conservative than Niki. I definitely felt like I’d be more relaxed around Niki. Linda’s packages are a little cheaper and I do like her pictures, so if Niki isn’t available, I’d still be happy with Linda.

I’m planning on booking a photographer this week and a DJ. The DJ that we’re going to go with is DJ Vinny of Cool Cat Entertainment - that is, if he’s still open! He seems very cool and I’ve heard nothing but good things about him. Erica from work said that he did her sister-in-laws wedding and that he was awesome. I’m pretty excited! So after this week, we’ll have a DJ, a Photographer, and possibly a dress! Yay!

OK, now the really depressing news. Ginny got sick last week. We were hoping that she was just a carrier of FeLV. Turns out, she’s not. She was fine all weekend but on Monday night she didn’t meet me at the door after work and didn’t beg for food during dinner. That is very unusual behavior for our spaz. She was also breathing kind of fast and it looked like it was hard for her to breathe. We took her to the vet the next day and they took chest xrays and she had a huge fluid build-up in her chest. Because she’s FeLV positive, her outlook is pretty grim. The dr let us take her home and gave her a shot of prednisone, just to see if it’d help. Amazingly, it did. By Thursday, when we thought we were going to be bringing her back to the vet to be put down, she was almost back to normal. The dr put her on oral prednisone - a tiny pill that we’re supposed to give her twice a day (along with tuna). She hates the pill. HATES it. Why would you ever prescribe a pill for a cat? Annoying.

Anyway, for now, she’s doing OK. She’s playing and being cute… but she sounds kind of crappy when she breathes. She’s not going to get better - Alex keeps reminding me of that. But for now she’s doing OK. We’ll take that.

Oh, and my last piece of news is that I did go back to WW and weighed in this Saturday and after my first week back on the program, I lost 4.6 lbs. I ROCK!!

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So very tired…

…But it’s been forever since I’ve updated and I just wanted to post a few thoughts before I drag my butt to bed…

1. Date has been set! 7-27-07 I love the sound of that date. Seven is my lucky number. We’ll be married at the Franklin Plaza. We’ve ordered the save the dates already - fun stuff! For more details (although there’s not much more than what you’ve read here already up yet), you can visit Our Wedding Website.

2. Went out for my first dress shopping trip! Went do David’s Bridal with the Wham and Meredith on Saturday (geez, that was only yesterday?). Tried on many dresses and came away with a top three. Took some pics, but of course you won’t see them here - gotta have some secrets, right? Also, I look like a whale in them. Which leads me to number…

3. Went to the gym five times last week - made my goal! Need to work on the eating part now. Am rejoining Weight Watchers. They have a monthly pass thing available now which is going to save me around $17 a month - not bad. I started tracking my points again today - did awesomely! I’m going back to my first meeting tomorrow. Not looking forward to what the scale says, but I’ve got to face the music at some point.

4. Had an awesome weekend which included dinner at Justin’s and drinks at Noche on Friday and a Halloween party at the Skyline on Saturday. Because I’m an old lady, I’m exhausted from two nights of fun times in a row. Bed now.

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