Happy Birthday, Summer!

Just wanted to wish my niece, and beautiful flower girl, Summer a Happy 6th Birthday!

Invites!

the invitations are going out.. maybe tomorrow- or the next day.. but keep an eye on your mailboxes! =)

in other news.. i joined LA Fitness so dan and i can work out and get into shape for the wedding. man- dont do a personal trainer.. i couldnt do half the things she was making me do.. i am so out of shape.. i'm gonna hurt bad tomorrow. maybe in 3 months i can do "mountain climber" or "scissor legs" but not today. i did try my hardest though, i didnt give up.. except for when my muscles made me. haha.. but no- really- i'm kinda lame.

well, i am back to addressing.. just wanted to give a little quick update. =)

Washed Out

finally, the storms have stopped. now- rivers and lakes and ponds and cornfields are at an all time high with the amount of water we got in many parts of wisconsin. my littlest sister jorie managed to get her car stuck in a "puddle" in the road. she drove into the "puddle" as it was washing across from one side of the street to the other and over a foot deep. her car completely died on the spot.. silly girl. but here's what part of pardeeville looks like right now...

yep- they had to fill sandbags to re-route the water from park lake across main street. good job, dad =) he volunteered to help- i wish i woulda.. and i still dont know if the actual dam on park lake in pardeeville has blown yet. havent watched the news since yesterday noon time.. too depressing.. i watched a couple houses float away down the wisconsin river and watched as lake delton completely emptied and became a huge pit... i am sure you can find out all about it on jsonline.com if you haven't heard already.

in other news.. we met with our florist when we were back at my mom's this past couple of days. got the basics all set up for the wedding. my bouquet and birdesmaids bouquets are planned out.. the boutonniere's for dan and the groomsmen and the rest of the family... the arbor... centerpieces.. =) yay! and we'll be meeting with the photographer within a week.. and we have a dj keeping our date on hold for a bit.. we think we've decided on their company- but not all to sure yet... so yeah.. i guess we're rollin right along!

Hurricane Season

the past couple of days have been nuts over much of Wisconsin.. i guess other areas too.. and heat waves everywhere else. crazy. dan and i woke up yesterday morning and drove down to Gurnee, IL for Aidan's 2nd birthday party. it was 90 degrees and humid! we had to leave early to get back at 4 to work.. and when we pulled into our driveway and got out of the car- it had dropped 30 degrees and was getting dark. we knew rain was on the way- and i was really excited because that means we dont have to set up the patio! we went to work, took a wine quiz.. did all of our sidework to get ready for saturday night dinner time at Bosley. and about ten minutes before the power actually went off- i was telling one of the new girls about how the power had gone off in a storm once before since i had been working there. so that happened.. we had one table in the restaurant, but luckily their food was already done cooking and in the process of being plated up, so they finished their meal in the "dark" though the large windows gave enough light. and on that note- there were sirens going off and tornado watches all over the place.. i dont think by the large front window is a good place to hang out and enjoy your meal. the streets were just crazy- a river was basically flowing down brady street.. couldnt tell there was a curb the water was so high. lights at intersections had stopped working- people were honking at eachother for signals of the "you go ahead before me" while other streets were being blocked off because cars were getting stuck.. i heard a story about how people had to swim away from their cars becasue the water got so high so fast somewhere over on silver spring drive. a buiding on 6th and national had collapsed due to the rain- the old abandoned acupulco bar. so all this- we all knew our power wasnt about to be on the high priority list for the city to come figure out, as everyone else on the street had power, we think lightning hit our power box or something. we closed everything down in the kitchen and called our reservations and let them know they couldnt exactly dine out unless they wanted a cold salad... but the staff still had to hang around for hours telling jokes and i guess having a good time, but we still wanted to leave. at 8 our owner called and gave us the go ahead and leave thing. so- no one made any money. saturday nights are our money nights, too. kind of a bummer.. but i guess when you dont have any saturday nights off, ever.. we went out to La Fuente. =) then we got hit with another wave of crazy storms.. and it kept through most of the night.. and another hit thismorning- it's just passing. i hope it holds off for the drive back to my mom's house!
oh- ps.. i titled this hurricane season because of all the crazy weather here in milwaukee. we couldnt see out our front bay windows just a bit ago- the rain was coming down so hard and the wind was pushing it up against them... but real hurricane season is right when we get married.. and we wanted to do a cruise- but now have to wait a few months for the honeymoon if we do decide on a cruise. no hurricanes while i'm on a boat in the middle of an ocean, thank you. not for me. . .

Go Brewers!

we went to the brewer game last night (thank you Amy J!!!) and it was one of the best games we've been to all year.. the highlight for me i think was seeing Prince steal third base! haha.. it was also our first game we've been to where the roof was open.. but that didnt last long- it was closed about halfway through the game due to some light rain. i think we're going to Steny's to watch the game tonight. they have a special for televised brewer games- where you can get dollar hot dogs and $3 22oz. Miller lites. we'll see how it goes.. i dont handle overly excessive drunkards all too well.. but we cant stay home to watch it because our satellite really sucks. we get it for free from the landlords upstairs.. and they have it split so many times.. that the smallest cloud in the sky causes us to lose a ton of channels. the only channel we are almost guaranteed to get is Food Network. which isnt too bad for us.. we love the channel.. you just have no choice. and that kinda bothers me. good news though- we spotted an ATT truck a block away from us.. looked like they are finally starting to set up that deal in Shorewood.. we could be wrong though.. i hope we can get that soon! i need HD.. and DVR.. and a rewind option for if i miss something good.. it's hard to go from all that to what we have now.. bummer. well.. go brewers!