In less than two days....

I'll be a married woman! Mrs. Anderson to be exact :)

I love Katie and Shawnelle

Now that I'm getting older, I am admiring my friends more and more. I believe I have been truely blessed to have amazing people in my life.

This past Friday Katie and Shawnelle both put on a lovely bridal shower for me. The food was GREAT, especially the delicious brushetta sandwiches and the thai pasta salad, the centerpieces looked so cute, and the work that I know they put into it made me realize how much they care.

They even played this game that I'd never played before. As I opened my presents, the girls had to write down things I said that I could say on my wedding night. I laughed so hard when they read them all. It was so funny. "I'm done now. Thank you."

I love these two girls, and am so glad we have so many memories that tie us together throughout the years. As my wedding gets closer, I look forward to being more on the same level as them, married, and starting a family. I love how they have husbands and children, but still took the time to put together something so nice for me. So thank you. I love you both!

Lake Silverwood

This last Saturday a group of us from our ward went to the lake and took John's boat. We had such a good time, and the weather wasn't that bad either. Between the nice breeze and the semi-cold water, it balanced out the heat pretty nicely. I got up on the wakeboard...but need some more time and repeated tries to get better. Watching some of the guys have tube wars was by far the most entertaining. I was just excited to spend a fun day out with friends before the wedding. It was relaxing and just what I needed! Here's some moments from the day.

Wow, where do I begin?

So...it's been a while. I'll give you the somewhat shortened version.
1. Moved to new apartment in Orange, and LOVE IT! We have a t.v., surround sound, my queen bed, a dresser, a fridge, and some beanbag chairs. We get couches from his parents after the wedding, and have to order a new bed and bedroom set, entertainment unit, dining room table, and coffee table from his brother in law, who owns a wholesale furniture place. How sweet is that?! (p.s...we painted the living room a tan color. It looks much better now!)

2. My aunt threw me a ward/family/ bridal shower. It was great. I got alot of good stuff that i need, and was very grateful to have so many people I love show up!
3. Went to Utah for the weekend for Adam and Leah's wedding. Had so much fun! (minus throwing up on the turbulent plane ride over there...)

We climbed part of Bridal Veil Falls, ate at Sonics, and fell in love with Guitar Hero.
4. The wedding is 25 days away. Holy moly.

I'm sorry...

I have been a horrible blogger! I really didn't think my life would get so busy once I started working full time...but it has. Well, I wont waste time, here's the update:

1. I got an apartment! It's in Orange, by CHOC hospital and Main Place Mall (yippee!). I move in August 4th (next weekend!) It's a cute place, 1 bed 1 bath, and it even has plantation wood blinds instead of those dingy mini-blinds I feared we'd end up with. Its in our price range too, and its still local. I'm going to live there for the first month and then when Dave and I get married he'll move on in. I'm excited, but pretty nervous. This is a big step in our lives, and I'm moving out of my parents house after 24 years!

2. I started my new job. It's been interesting...not quite what I'd hoped for though. I'm an assistant site supervisor, but two locations have merged together for the summer, so we have 3 assistants under one site, which makes for a bit of a crowded atmosphere. I'll be moving back to our home site the first week in Sept. and another assistant and I will run that site, so I'll have more opportunities to get trained and really get into my job description. But so far I've met some cool people, and had some fun times....And I can't really complain, cause the paychecks are nice!

3. The wedding invites are done (minus a few stragglers) but over 500 are pretty much ready to go! Tonight we'll have a stuffing party, and then in the mail tomorrow they go!

Lets see, I have some pictures too. A few weekends ago a group of our friends went to Hollywood to see a movie. In a cemetery. It was so fun! Hollywood Forever Cemetery projects movies onto a huge wall in the middle of an empty lawn on Saturday nights in the summer, and SO MANY people show up. It looked like a crowded day at Disneyland with all the people. You can bring blankets and dinner and they have DJ's spinning before the movie starts. We watched "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", which I'd never seen. It was a cool night! They're showing their annual presentation of Pee Wee's Big Adventure next weekend, so I think most everyone wants to go back.

We had to park blocks away and walk a bit to get there...

We got a little bored before the movie started...and with Seth around, things get silly...

I haven't played tag in a while!

I Got Tagged


Jobs I've had:

1) Masons Community Bakery

2) Backdoor Friends Scrapbook Store

3) Bath & Body Works

4) City of Whittier Rec. Specialist



Places for weekend getaway:

1) Laughlin

2) Vegas

3) Sac Clemente

4) San Francisco (hint, hint, wink, wink, Dave Anderson)



Movies I can watch over and over:

1) Anchorman

2) Sense & Sensibility

3) How to Loose a Guy in 10 Days

4) The Holiday



Guilty Pleasures:

1) Shopping

2) Napping

3) Eating. And diet coke. MMMM.....

4) HGTV and TLC



Places I've Lived:

1) La Mirada, CA

2) Whittier, CA




What I thought when I first saw my significant other:

1) Nice car.

2) He's cute!

3) I'm SO nervous!

4) What was I thinking?! (about the blind date)



Places I've been on vacations:

1) Bahamas

2) Mexico

3) Laughlin/Vegas (they don't really count, but I'm running low on good ones)

4) Catalina



Favorite Foods:

1) Pasta

2) Mexican food

3) Red Robin french fries!

4) Carls. Jr.



If in a "jam" with spouse, tactics used to get out of the doghouse:

1) Well, apparently the foolproof tactic is something I have yet to discover. Check back in two months.



Websites I visit daily:

1) WaMu

2) Yahoo

3) Gmail

4) this one



First kiss locations:

1) In front of my garage

2) Next to Dave's car

3) Cabin in the mountains

4) Starbucks parking lot



Places I'd rather be:

1) Sleeping

2) San Clemente Beach House

3) Vacation anywhere awesome

4) Getting a pedicure



4 people I tag are:...

...I think everyone already got tagged. I was just being a good sport and finishing this :)

Forced vacations: Love it or hate it?

Negative:

Today was yet another day with no work. It's seriously not fun anymore. I get sick thinking about the money I could have made. BUT in better news, my second go at fingerprinting has gone through, and now just needs to clear. Which is better than never processing at all. I'm crossing my fingers that they will clear by tomorrow so i can do orientation on Monday. We'll see where finger crossing gets me, cause it hasn't gotten me far yet.

Positive:

Time off work gives me time to A) Work out, and B) Spend quality time with my stay-at-home-mom friends. This morning I woke up late from a bad dream. Dave and I had been chased by some random bad guys, then one of them got in our car, and then *gasp* shot Dave in the back! I was hysterical and crying, telling him he couldn't die, screaming for help. You get the picture. Then I woke up all nervous and on edge. Ick. I went to the gym, jogged for a couple miles, did some crunches and listened to Rascal Flatts on my Ipod. I love them. (I want to go to another one of their concerts soon.) Straight from the gym I went to Shawnelle's and we went in the pool. It was pretty warm outside, and I was perspiring just a little (understatement!) so swimming felt oh-so-nice! The girls went with us, so we chatted and waded around with them. Sharlee...(or was is Kaia?) fell asleep in Shawnelle's arms. We took that as our cue that it was time to get out. So we called it a day! I came home, made myself a healthy lunch, put through some laundry, and who knows...maybe i'll watch Oprah before I take a shower. After I think i'll go to Target to hopefully find some bathing suits for the honeymoom.