its about time

for an update, isn't it? it seems that the month of september [along with summer weather] flew by overnight. i'm sitting here working on a freelance project i need to finish up, i've got a dog sleeping directly behind my chair, and a nosy black cat exploring the office. wrapped up in a sweater with a nice cup of tea, its suprisingly stress-free. well, for the moment, at least ;) i've got an endless to-do list this week, [with the exception of finishing this project] the main item being finishing the wedding dress. i know, i know... 2 weeks!

let's see.. skimming over the past month, what do i have to recap on? we went to a friends wedding early this month; had my 2nd shower in pittsburgh, a lovely high tea; made a quick trip to erie to grap my parents cake topper and serving knife; finished up my tivoli sweater + trellis [just need to seam]; received a great package from my sp8; had our bachelor/bachelorette parties this past weekend. phew! its been a busy month. see for yourself...

fancy high tea, where yes, hats where required:

[this is for ian, right??]

girls night out:

[and while i look both pregnant *and* drunk in this photo, i assure you i am neither! just being all slouchy and mid-blink :)]


we've also managed to get work done on the house as well, but we didn't do all the work. we broke down and hired someone to finish painting the outside of the house; it needed to be done, and we really had no time to spare. on the plus side, it looks *really* great. now we just need to either re-paint or tile the front porch....




in other news... we have a great new addition to the household. and no, its not the cute little kitten i keep seeing in the backyard. we got this lovely ipod hi-fi as a shower [!] gift.



its currently housing my old ipod mini, which i have recently replaced with a black nano. which also has a new partner.... i finally bought the macbook pro i've been coveting :) with the amount of freelance work i have, and the traveling that i do, it made perfect sense.



here it is on my new desk in front of the window. i promise.... office photos *will* be coming... sometime.


hmm... what happened to that stress-free feeling? i've just made a mental list of all the things that need to be done before next friday, and i'm realizing i am a little stressed ;) i just need to focus and remember that in 2 weeks we'll be lounging at our private plunge pool at our villa right next to the pitons on st. lucia.



ahhhh.......

best week ever?

i don't think so! after a very productive yet relaxing labor day weekend, the week has just gone quickly downhill :( over the weekend, i made some progress on the bridesmaid dresses while ian did a little work at his parents house. on monday, we finally tackled our "storage" room, since ian will be moving his computer and instruments into it. [so we can tear down a wall and expand the master bedroom]. we divided everything into piles of keep, donate to goodwill, trash or sell on craigslist. that was an undertaking! i now have a pile of stuff to put away in my office, which is still not ready for photos. maybe next week...

ian brought home some extra cabinets from a job, so we hung a few in his new 'office' and he put a few in the.. hmm... i guess i will call it the mudroom. [previous owners had built an addition off the back of the house, and this is now our outdoor tool room]. he's going to put a counter on top of it and i can use that for my gardening tools and planting, since there is a nice big window above it. maybe next year i will actually have time to pay attention to my garden ;)

where does the bad week come in? i guess its more busy/frustrating. this week i am working "on site" instead of at home, so thats always an adjustment, and im finding i don't have time for alot of the day to day stuff that i'm used to. because of limited day-time hours, we scheduled a meeting withour caterer on tuesday night after work. it didn't help that i took a wrong turn on the way to his house which seemed to be in the middle of nowhere, but the meeting seemed to take about 10 hours. at least we have our tables situated now. unfortunately, when we got home that night, we found out that our hot water tank had burst. guess what ian got to do last night? i was surprised we were able to maneuever the new one into the house and down 2 flights of stairs, but at least we are able to take warm showers now.

thinking that the rest of the week could only get better, i was mistaken when i was ran off the road this morning. yep, on smallman street no less! i think the speed limit is maybe 30, and i had turned onto it to go 3 blocks before turning into my destination. in those short 3 blocks, some a**hole in an suv comes blasting up behind me, probably going around 60mph and comes within inches of hitting me, and starts swerving back and forth, slowing down then speeding up acting like he is going to hit me... all the while screaming at me and shaking his fist. i should point out that i am *not* a slow driver, so thats what makes this even more crazy! anyways, after realizing that he would very well hit me if he kept it up [and if i didn't get out of the way] i was basically forced off the road into the oncoming traffic lane [!], as he flew by me screaming. what a great way to start the day!!

this weekend ian and i are going to a wedding, then heading back for my shower sunday morning. i can only hope that things will start looking up! [knitting news in my next post... with photos!]