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I will be shooting my first wedding in October as the main photog. I am so excited about it. Tara and Robert (Tara and I are old friends) are so cool. No traditional stuff for them! Tara’s wedding dress is fucshia, and they’re renting a pink cadillac! This will be so much fun!
I will be shooting a wedding on Friday with my friend Lisa. We’ll be at the Jewel Box, which I LOVE shooting at (I’ve done another wedding there). So, I’ll be doing that all day, then Saturday I have to be in Jeff City for a baby shower, then back to Jeff on Sunday for a wedding shower! Matt has a LOT of cousins, and someone is always pregnant or engaged. So, tomorrow I have to go out and find presents for them, and something to wear as well. So the next few days I’ll be a little busy.
I am still off the caffeine wagon. I am desperately craving some Dr. Pepper, but Matt keeps telling me that I can’t have any. I’ve been really good, and I’d like to keep it that way. I will admit to having some Mug rootbeer at my parents, but that’s caffeine free. I bought some Mt. Dew lip gloss to make me feel better. It smells like MD that’s gone flat. And the container is shaped like a can. I’ll have to take a pic to show everyone.
So, the people who are selling their house across the street are finally having an open house this weekend. I think Matt should go and check it out. I am hoping someone will buy the house at their asking price, because that will make things easier for us when we put ours on the market. And our neighbors to our left have been tearing down their deck and patio. Until today, it was all done by the owner. Well, apparently they had hired some people, and they brought in a Bobcat. They tried to stay on their side of the house, but they tore up some of our yard. We haven’t checked out the damage yet, but you better be damn sure that they are going to fix it before our house goes on the market! Although who knows when that will be. Maybe I can get Matt to help me paint the bathroom tonight…..
Enough rambling on my part….off to find a new RSS reader for my PC. Any suggestions?

Being sick is no fun

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WTF is going on with me lately? I mean, I FINALLY got over all of the Lexapro withdrawls (a little over a week of bad headaches and a general crap feeling), and now I’ve got a sinus infection! Matt can attest to the fact that I look and sound like hell. It started a few hours after I decided to dust the ceiling fans and light fixtures. I haven’t dusted them in a good 6 months. I know; I suck at housekeeping, but you all know that. So, the dust aggravated my allergies, which in turn developed into an infection. I won’t go into details, but I’ve been miserable. On the bright side, I am feeling a little bit better. 🙂
So, my friend Sara is trying to move to St. Louis. She’s currently living in Atlanta, and is miserable there. I feel so bad for her. Her job is a complete nightmare, and she doesn’t know a single person outside of work. She’s hoping to come into town some time this month (yay!) and check out more of the city. She went to Mizzou, but never really ventured into STL. I’m sure we’ve all seen this list a million times, but I’m going to print it off for her when she moves here:

    You Know You’re From St. Louis When:

  • You love toasted ravioli with Budweiser beer.
  • “Vacation” is a choice between Silver Dollar City and Lake of the Ozarks.
  • You can find Pestalozzi Street by aroma alone.
  • You can get anywhere in 20 minutes, except on highway 40.
  • You can debate for 30 minutes whether Missouri Baking or Marge Amighetti makes the best Italian bread.
  • You know what “Party Cove” is, and where the “lake” is.
  • You still can’t believe the Arena is gone.
  • Your first question to a new person is, “Where did you go to High School?”
  • Your non-St. Louisan friends always ask if you’re aware there is no “r” in “wash.”
  • You know at least one person who’s gotten hurt at Johnson Shut-ins.
  • You know in your heart that Mizzou can beat Nebraska in football.
  • You think the four major food groups are Beef, Pork, Budweiser and Imo’s.
  • You know there are really only three salad dressings: Imo’s, Zia’s and Rich and Charlie’s.
  • You’ll pay for your kid to go to college unless they want to go to KU.
  • You would rather have a root canal without anesthetic than drive on Manchester on a Saturday afternoon.
  • It just doesn’t seem like a wedding without mostaciolli. AND YOU PRONOUNCE IT ‘MUSKACHOLLI’. The balance of the menu is ham, boiled roast beef, string beans with ham and of course pitchers of Busch Bavarian (class weddings have Bud)
  • You know, within a three-mile radius, where another St. Louisan grew up as soon as they open their mouth.
  • You know what a Pork Steak is…and what kind of sauce to put on it!
  • Everyone in your family has floated the Meramec River at least once.
  • A hoosier is someone that lives just south of Chouteau, not a person from Indiana.
  • You have made fun of Mike Shanahan and tried to imitate him ordering another cold, frosty Busch Bavarian Beer.
  • You have listened to Mike’s broadcast on KMOX, while watching the game on TV and wonder what game he is watching. A tear forms in your eye as someone mentions their favorite Jack Buck story.
  • You’ve said, “It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.”
  • Your favorite summer treat is handed to you upside-down
  • You bleed Blue between September and May

I don’t necessarily agree with everything on this list (FYI: I have NEVER been to The Hill in my life), but overall I thought it was funny.