Just Checking In
Hi! Yeah...I'm here. I am in Georgia with SMF's family and whoo doggy have I got sum storees fer you. Yeah buddy!
Much love,
Cass
12.29.2006
12.22.2006
Ummmm.....So, Yeah??
Hi! How are ya? Hi! It's your favorite girly girl...Cass.
So, usually I consider myself on the up and up with technology but....BLUE RAY DISCS????
WTF?!?!? Lucy!!! You got some splainin' to do!!!!
12.21.2006
Holiday Meme
1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
Hot Chocolate all the way! I have some terrible experiences with egg nog.....**shudder**.
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
He wraps them, yo! And I have the paper cuts to prove it. He averages about 3 or 4 hours a day the three days before Christmas. (I've seen his time card. **wink**)
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
On the house? White for sure. On the tree? Colored but I prefer one solid color. Blue is my favorite.
4. Do you hang mistletoe?
No way! We don't need MORE excuses to smooch on each other!
5. When do you put your decorations up?
Some time before Christmas Eve. There's no set date.
6. What is your favorite holiday dish (excluding dessert)?
I'm a pretty picky princess....I HATE ham and sweet potatoes!! I guess I'd say, cinnamon apples or green bean casserole.
7. Favorite holiday memory as a child:
I don't have any. Tragic childhood, supression of memories...yada, yada, yada. Moving on...
8. When and how did you learn about the truth about Santa?
Again...don't remember.
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
We open all our gifts on Christmas Eve. With the divorce and all, the kids had to be out the door on Christmas Day @ 9am. It was always easier to open our stuff the night before.
10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
Ummm...I stand on the floor and hang ornaments on it??
11. Snow! Love it or dread it?
Ugh...not gonna lie, I want to move to a location that allows me to decorate a palm tree for Christmas!
12. Can you ice skate?
Of course! It's a requirement to keep your White Suburbanite Chick membership card!
13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
Ugh!!! What's with all the "Do you remember" questions?!?!? No, no memories!
14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
My answer hasn't always been "seeing my family" but after some significant healing, I can say I love being with my family.
15. What is your favorite holiday dessert?
Chocolate pie. Hands down...no questions.
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
Cookie baking! The women of my family have always gotten together to bake cookies. At times there have been up to three generations in the kitchen. This year was the first one in which the college aged girls were allowed to bring their favorite cookie recipes....this is a huge honor, trust me.
17. What tops your tree?
An angel and a big ass bow.
18. Which do you prefer, giving or receiving?
Both. Really! I got some really great gifts for people this Christmas and I can't wait to give them. On the other hand, one of Mother Figure's elves might have leaked what I'm getting...maybe. And I'm really excited to get it!!
19. What is your favorite Christmas song?
I like when Sleighride is played by an orchestra.
20. Candy Canes.
Love them!! I'm not a big fan of the peppermint ones though. Again...I'm a picky princess.
12.18.2006
So....Yeah.
There's so much to blog about today, I just don't know where to start. I think I'm going to go sleep on it and check in later. Have a great night. Tip your waitresses and GO TO BED!!!
12.16.2006
Wedding Wackoness Take 2! (Edited for Content)
The other night was my cousin's wedding. Yes, FRIDAY NIGHT!! Who does that?!?
With all the wedding stuff going on, naturally the conversations between the female siblings turned to Dream Nuptials. Each of us have our own weddings planned out (for the most part) and each girl's wedding is unique and speaks volumes about the woman she is and is going to become.
The Baby Sis dreams of an Island Diva style wedding. She wants all eyes on her and her alone. Her basic plans include very few details because she wants to be the centerpiece of every room she walks into that day. She plans on having a silk sheath dress, long flowing hair and a pink hibiscus to accent it all. She wants elegant simplicity with a touch of quirky funkiness that is uniquely her.
The Older Step Sis plans on a very quiet, private wedding. A traditional Catholic mass with only her nearest and dearest. Afterwards she would prefer a family meal together at someone's home and then a quiet departure to her honeymoon. She wants her wedding to be the celebration of a new beginning. She wants nothing more than to be surrounded by people that love her and that want to wish her and her husband the best. She wants to feel loved by and connected to each of her guests.
And then there's me.....The Princess. I believe Annie Oakley in the musical Annie Get Your Gun said it best during her duet with her love interest Frank:
"I want a wedding that's surrounded
by diamonds and platinum
A big reception at the Whaldorf
With champagne and caviar
I want a wedding like the Vanderbilt's had
Everything big not small
If I can't have that kind of a wedding
I'm not getting married at all"
That's right kidlets, the custom-made gown, the tiara, the six foot train, the flowers, the candles, the steak dinners, the flowing champagne, the men in tuxes, my groom in tails, the lush fabrics, the gold rimmed china...that's what I want people. And Special Man Friend and I will work till we're forty if we have to in order to get it!
I think I surprised my mother with how much Special Man Friend and I have planned for our wedding! SMF and I have set a goal of $25,000. That's how much the two of us are bringing to the wedding budget...each of us that is, for a combined total of $50,000! Seeing as how he has a head for numbers and I have a head for STUFF, we work well together. He's not the type of guy to think I'm silly to be looking for deals on reception sites this far out. He genuinely participates when I make him look at eleventy billion different paper options for invitations. He likes knowing all the details and even more so, he likes knowing WHERE the budget will need to go when we do finally get serious about planning.
Alright...I know. Most of you are wondering WHAT THE HELL we're going to do with 50k. Here's the deal, both of us have divorced parents who have since remarried. Each of us has EASILY 200 family members we need to invite. That number is not including our friends and co-workers.
My mother about fell on the floor when I quoted the total goal. But when she really thought about it she realized, I have always been the princess in the family. Not only is our wedding going to be huge just because of the sheer number of people that are going to be there, it's going to be huge because I've grown up with images of celebrity weddings. *shrug* That's just how I am. (I'm already talking to one of my Mom's flight attendant friends about going to Hong Kong and picking up silk swatches for the gown and Maids' dresses)
SMF and I are both on our way towards the goal, I own my own business selling cosmetics and he works for one of the biggest medical supply companies in the area. $50,000 is perfectly within our abilities.
***Here's where it starts to gets sentimental and a little heartfelt. ;-)***
We're both really excited to start our lives together, on the other hand...I'm jealous of this personal time I have and I guard it like a pitbull. I wouldn't trade any of this time I have on my own for more time in married life with SMF. I couldn't imagine starting a life with him before I had a chance to do all things I've ever wanted to do.
I plan on doing a Missions Trip to Haiti to spend some time digging wells and working in our church ministry there. I'm also doing my internship in Montana on a farm that uses horses as a therapeutic tool for abused and traumatized women and children.
But all of my futures plans are not solo, I also have many plans that INCLUDE Special Man Friend; kids, home, church...you know the deal. (Espcially the Kids part....little tough to do all by your lonesome!) SMF and I have spent many nights talking about our future life. We love daydreaming and imagineing.
Where is all this 'word vomit' going?? Essentially, nowhere. I guess I've just spent alot of time thinking about the future lately. I'm getting excited to see where Life takes me.
With all the wedding stuff going on, naturally the conversations between the female siblings turned to Dream Nuptials. Each of us have our own weddings planned out (for the most part) and each girl's wedding is unique and speaks volumes about the woman she is and is going to become.
The Baby Sis dreams of an Island Diva style wedding. She wants all eyes on her and her alone. Her basic plans include very few details because she wants to be the centerpiece of every room she walks into that day. She plans on having a silk sheath dress, long flowing hair and a pink hibiscus to accent it all. She wants elegant simplicity with a touch of quirky funkiness that is uniquely her.
The Older Step Sis plans on a very quiet, private wedding. A traditional Catholic mass with only her nearest and dearest. Afterwards she would prefer a family meal together at someone's home and then a quiet departure to her honeymoon. She wants her wedding to be the celebration of a new beginning. She wants nothing more than to be surrounded by people that love her and that want to wish her and her husband the best. She wants to feel loved by and connected to each of her guests.
And then there's me.....The Princess. I believe Annie Oakley in the musical Annie Get Your Gun said it best during her duet with her love interest Frank:
"I want a wedding that's surrounded
by diamonds and platinum
A big reception at the Whaldorf
With champagne and caviar
I want a wedding like the Vanderbilt's had
Everything big not small
If I can't have that kind of a wedding
I'm not getting married at all"
That's right kidlets, the custom-made gown, the tiara, the six foot train, the flowers, the candles, the steak dinners, the flowing champagne, the men in tuxes, my groom in tails, the lush fabrics, the gold rimmed china...that's what I want people. And Special Man Friend and I will work till we're forty if we have to in order to get it!
I think I surprised my mother with how much Special Man Friend and I have planned for our wedding! SMF and I have set a goal of $25,000. That's how much the two of us are bringing to the wedding budget...each of us that is, for a combined total of $50,000! Seeing as how he has a head for numbers and I have a head for STUFF, we work well together. He's not the type of guy to think I'm silly to be looking for deals on reception sites this far out. He genuinely participates when I make him look at eleventy billion different paper options for invitations. He likes knowing all the details and even more so, he likes knowing WHERE the budget will need to go when we do finally get serious about planning.
Alright...I know. Most of you are wondering WHAT THE HELL we're going to do with 50k. Here's the deal, both of us have divorced parents who have since remarried. Each of us has EASILY 200 family members we need to invite. That number is not including our friends and co-workers.
My mother about fell on the floor when I quoted the total goal. But when she really thought about it she realized, I have always been the princess in the family. Not only is our wedding going to be huge just because of the sheer number of people that are going to be there, it's going to be huge because I've grown up with images of celebrity weddings. *shrug* That's just how I am. (I'm already talking to one of my Mom's flight attendant friends about going to Hong Kong and picking up silk swatches for the gown and Maids' dresses)
SMF and I are both on our way towards the goal, I own my own business selling cosmetics and he works for one of the biggest medical supply companies in the area. $50,000 is perfectly within our abilities.
***Here's where it starts to gets sentimental and a little heartfelt. ;-)***
We're both really excited to start our lives together, on the other hand...I'm jealous of this personal time I have and I guard it like a pitbull. I wouldn't trade any of this time I have on my own for more time in married life with SMF. I couldn't imagine starting a life with him before I had a chance to do all things I've ever wanted to do.
I plan on doing a Missions Trip to Haiti to spend some time digging wells and working in our church ministry there. I'm also doing my internship in Montana on a farm that uses horses as a therapeutic tool for abused and traumatized women and children.
But all of my futures plans are not solo, I also have many plans that INCLUDE Special Man Friend; kids, home, church...you know the deal. (Espcially the Kids part....little tough to do all by your lonesome!) SMF and I have spent many nights talking about our future life. We love daydreaming and imagineing.
Where is all this 'word vomit' going?? Essentially, nowhere. I guess I've just spent alot of time thinking about the future lately. I'm getting excited to see where Life takes me.
12.14.2006
It's All About the Numbers
9...............Personal Record of Mocha Fraps consumed in a 24-hour period
48.............Number of Excedrin Tablets Popped in Groups of Three's (Yay for apostrophe abuse!)
78.............Number of Pieces of Printer Paper (I hear the forests crying.)
6...............Number of Hours Spent Sleeping (I'm whimpering....)
10.............Number of Medium Pizzas Ordered (God Bless the men and boys of Domino's)
72.............Number of Hours Spent in Front of Books (Do straight A students REALLY do this all the time?!?)
4...............Number of Hours Spent Actually Taking Finals!!!!! (Seems a little unbalanced, no?)
What am I trying to say?? I'm done!!! Three semesters down, five semesters left until I'm handed my B.A.!
Best quote of the week, "You know? All this schoolwork is really hindering my College experience!" uttered at 3:31 AM on Tuesday morning.
This is one of the hardest Finals Weeks I've ever made it through. Reason?? POSSIBLY because it was the first one I've ever ACTUALLY studied for. Of course, this is just a theory!
I'm leaving for the Mother Figure's house tonight where I will spend my break until I leave on the 27th for GEORGIA!! I'm meeting the Special Man Friend's family for the first time this Christmas and everyone involved is very excited.
I'm sure I'll be touching base with all of you with updates on my loony family and Holiday Madness 2006! When you smash 2 overbearing parents, 4 adult children that are about as different as they could get and 2 dachsunds that make potatoes look smart, you are bound to get some great blogging fodder!
Have a great holiday. Spend some time lovin up on your own loony family.
I'm going to go crash...for like a week!
Cass
12.13.2006
Two Down....One to Go
Alright...so I told Bob over at bobbarama I wasn't going to post till Break starts, but I knew most of you must be writhing on the ground in withdrawal induced tremors.
No worries my lovies! I have your hit of Sass right here. I'm cool, yo!
Last night was another night of sleeplessness aided by the Wing Giver and the Headache Medicine. The Friends and I spent a good portion of our night jamming out to 'old school' pop tunes. Backstreet Boys?? Britney Spears?? Blink-182??? Yup...good times. The soundtrack to our high school years.
And yeah, that's about it. Look, I never promised EVERY moment of a college student's life was going to be scintillating!!!
But there's no hiding it people, like the song says, you guys "love, love me do!"
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