Sharon Tate is like mad hot beautiful


I used to have a big poster of her in my living room, and nobody understood why. And I could never explain. But she's great.
And a good actress who never got the respect she deserved.


Now I want to watch Valley of the Dolls, but I can't find my dvd. :(

I'm married!

On September 5th, my perfect fiance became my perfect husband, and despite all the minor mishaps, it was a great day.

I had super mad hot sex today.
(Like sweaty, headboard banging, loud moaning and noisemaking sex)

If this is any indication of what the honeymoon will be like, BRING IT ON!

I got my Env3. Ed got glasses. He hates them.
I have a swollen gland behind my right ear. It hurts. :(

It looks like we might be switching our cell phones to Verizon. I'm torn between the LG Envy in maroon and the LG Chocolate in light blue. I'm sad though, as it means saying goodbye to my pretty, shiny purple Sony Ericson.

Wedding stuff is still coming together, albeit slowly. I'm worried about being able to afford everything, but since my wedding shower is coming up, I'm trying to remain focused on enjoying that, rather than freaking out about everything else.

Tonight is the first part of my hunters safety course, and I'm nervous about it. I'm really psyched about hunting this season, and I'm afraid I'll do horrible and not pass. It should be okay though.

So...
Pre-marital counseling was a breeze. We just talked about good communication habits and how we wanted the ceremony to go. We have one more session on Wed. night, and that's it.

We checked our bridal registry and it looks like we got some of the stuff we picked out.

Gremlin has been all neurotic-affectionate lately when he's not under the couch, ripping up carpet and tearing out foam. I love my bunny.
He follows me all over the house, and even tries to follow me into the bathroom, lol.

Not much else to say, except that the whole Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, and Ed McMahon dying thing was mind blowing. I'm sad to hear about all of them, but on the subject of MJ, I have to admit, the MJ I grew up on, and knew and loved, was dead years ago.
Still, it is sad news.

So, the wedding is approaching. Like 2 months and 2 weeks away or something like that.
And I'm nervous, but only about how we're going to pay for all of it. I'm mostly excited about getting married though. We have had our wedding rings for a little while, and it's all I can do to keep myself from getting into the boxes and trying mine on.

I got some fringe bangs cut, so my updo will be a little more interesting than just pulled-up hair. I'm hoping that my veil will look okay with it.

I also got my boots. They're not exactly specifically wedding shoes, I just planned on having some cowboy boots to wear under my dress. So Ed and I went to the boot shop near his Grandpap's hunting camp (can't believe I actually recognized the area, being so directionally challenged) and I got some boots. They're fabulous.
Almost all female relatives are ready to shit over the fact that I'm just wearing my boots though, lol. I think everyone expected me to want to get heels or something.

Anyway, the money my grandfather left me looks like it should be coming in soon. Ed and I are beyond excited because $37,000 is a LOT of money for us, and would most definitely help us out, especially if it comes before the wedding, and then we would be worry free about paying for everything.
Either way, I still have plans for some of the money. I'm definitely buying that awesome .22 with a good scope. And a shotgun and good camoflage. I'm so excited for buck season, it's ridiculous.

It looks like my bachelorette party is going to be the week before the wedding. Destiny, my maid of honor, said she's thinking something along the lines of dinner and then getting tanked up. (My words, not hers, lol)
"Goin' out with my boots on..."


I just must not be into LJ as much as before. I still check my friends page and keep updated on everyone else's goings on, but as for posting my own, it never seems like I have enough time. There's too much wedding and domestic-wifely-duty stuff to be done.

Most of the time I just seems to be spending most of my free time with Ed. Last night we went out to dinner and then went to Target and finished up our registry list. It was a lot of fun, even with the storm knocked out the power for a minute and we were in the store in the dark. We found the original Gremlins movie for $4, and being that I have never seen it, and he's been dying to see it again, we bought it and started watching it last night. We didn't finish it, but we probably will tonight.
It's kind of funny watching a movie that our rabbit got his name from. When we first went to the store to pick out a bunny, I found ours in the back of the cage, and Ed was like, 'Oh he looks like Gremlin, from the movie.' He really meant Gizmo, but couldn't think of the name, and I just liked it, so now our bunny's name is Gremlin. And he is a little gremlin. He chews things all over the house, and worst of all, HE POOPS ALL OVER THE BATHROOM!
I hate that.
Lol.

I'm a bridal fuckup.
We're getting married in like 3 and 1/2 months, and there's all this detail shit I haven't done, and I can barely generate any interest. But then I think about how close everything is, and I freak the fuck out.
Fuck. It. All.



Aaaaaannnnnnnddddd....
My fiance is gone on a job. I want sex like woah. I am becoming shamelessly obsessive about sex with him. I don't know if it's the pill or what, but I was warned that it could possibly lower my sex drive, and it seems like the opposite.

I bought tequila for our house. We'll probably have a fire pit party and I'll get smashed and fuck the shit out of him.
As it should be.


Oh, and I'm semi-smoking again.

badness?...badass?

Wow... I never post anymore.

Anyway-
Wedding in 4 months

Still on the job hunt

Fiance is still amazingly fantastic, and I cannot wait to marry him

Almost finished cleaning out former residence of all belongings, and have found some cool long lost stuff

Getting contacts (yay!)

Fiance is sexy... Like we-have-sex-every-night-and-it's-super-hot sexy

We got our house bunny... He's a black and white dwarf rabbit, and his name is Gremlin

He eats rubber like a motherfucker


thatisall.
/end
fin.


haha

I got a crossbow yesterday. At Cabela's.
Yesterday, I went on a delivery run with Ed. To Ohio.

And on the way back, he asked if I wanted to stop in at Cabela's and just look around. We weren't inteding on buying anything, but we found a crossbow that's light and easy for me to shoot. I absolutely love it.
So we get home, and I made lunch (leftovers, haha), and afterward, before we left for Kentucky, Ed asked if I wanted to practice shooting a little, so we went outside to have a little fun.

So, we're shooting and getting my bow sighted in, and shooting, and I'm doing good. I mean, I can definitely make a kill shot.
Then we find a grapefruit outside and Ed asked if I wanted to try shooting it. So, we mess with the bow a little more, and it's finally sighted in perfectly, and then I start shootig my three practice arrows. The first one went right in the center, which was good. The second landed right next to it. The third was a 'one-in-a-million' shot. I shafted the second arrow. Right down the shaft, no deviation. I remember watching MythBusters when they tried to do this and they couldn't.

It was so cute, Ed was so excited, he took pictures of the arrows, the grapefruit with them in it, me next to it with my bow, and then me holding the arrows and my bow.
He was beyond proud and called his brother and his mom to tell them and texted my mom the pics on his phone.

He says I'm going to be a killing machine.



But right now I'm sitting in our hotel room, hoping he's not working a 12 today, and wishing I could be practicing with my bow.

So, we're not getting a dog.
We still want an indoor pet, but until we no longer have outdoor dogs, it really isn't practical to have another dog, dig?

In lieu of a dog, we have decided that we will instead get a 'house bunny'. Har har.
That's what we have been referring to our future pet as. Not just because it's funny, but also because I have decided we are going to name the bunny Hef, in accordance with my mad Hugh and Playboy obsession.


Also, I've been playing Super Princess Peach for the DS like crazy, and I think I'm finally getting somewhere with it.

Lux Interior died.

Dammit.




You could 'Get In My Pants' anytime.

Camera phone pics...

( Pictures!!! )

Ed's away on a job, and while I appreciate that he is on a service job and therefore getting more pay and more hours, I miss him terribly and he only left yesterday.  He figures on this being a 4-5 day job, which means he'll be back maybe Monday or Tuesday, or even as late as Wednesday.
I know that this is not only necessary because we need the money to help pay for our wedding, but also because it's his job and he has to do what he has to do, but I'm still bummed.

I am deeply conflicted about this.

And I really miss him.

http://www.mywedding.com/edlovesjess/index.html


I've been trying to construct a wedding website for my guests and wedding party to use and keep updated, and also as a kind of cool memento for Ed and I.

If you have a chance, check it out and give me some feedback...  I really want to make it as user friendly and interesting as possible.

Gah... more and more wedding crapola... this is my dress, an Oleg Cassini thing ---> www.davidsbridal.com/bridal_gowns_detail.jsp

I'm making us a wedding website right now, and we're trying to get everything nailed down.  So far we've definitely got our church, and we're thisclose to signing the contract for our hall, which is really nice, and I can totally picture us taking our first spin around the dance floor as husband and wife there.  :)

So anyway, lots of stuff is either already done or close to it, which will be nice when it gets closer to our date and things are getting crazier.  Especially since we changed our date.  To get our church, we had to bump everything up a week.  So now it's September 5th.  I hate to admit it, but I'm getting really excited.  I think it's finally sinking in... I'm going to be a bride!

So aside from all this wedding stuff...
The holidays were great.  We gave each other some really great presents, and he especially did really awesome... he knew I was dying for the ring, and then he surprised me with the earrings.  Needless to say, I LOVE them!
 

I've been wearing them pretty much nonstop since Christmas.  And I actually get a lot of complements on them.  I never knew so many other people liked Hello Kitty.
But anyway...

Since I don't have a job, and am not getting one until next month, I have lots of time to clean our house and cook.  I always thought this 50s housewife stuff was crapola, but I find myself actually liking it more and more.  We get up at the same time every day and then I make coffee and make his lunch while he showers and then we have coffee together before he leaves for work.  It's nice.  Really nice.

Also, it's been really nice getting to know his family more.  I really feel accepted, like I fit in well.  I was pretty nervous about it, but the more time I spend with them, the more I feel like I'm fitting in.  And I think his brother's wife and I could get to be really good friends.  She's probably the nicest, sweetest person I've ever met in my life.  It'll be good to have some close female friends the closer it gets to our wedding date, since my best friend and mom both live a little ways away.

But anyway, that's about it for now.  All I seem to think and talk about lately is wedding stuff, and I'm sure that cannot be all that interesting for everyone.  Sorry!

2008

:: What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Got engaged!

:: Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I did not make any

:: Did anyone close to you give birth?
Not anyone close to me, no

:: Did anyone close to you die?
Yes

:: What countries did you visit?
Good ol' America

:: What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
A husband! ;)

:: What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
November 15... day we got engaged

:: What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Meeting my fiance and successfully maintaining our relationship

:: What was your biggest failure?
I would have liked to have graduated with a little higher GPA

:: Did you suffer illness or injury?
I had surgery, but am completely recovered thankfully

:: What was the best thing you bought?
My wedding dress

:: Whose behaviour merited celebration?
My fiance, Ed... he has been so fantastically supportive through everything

:: Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Umm, nobody's really

:: Where did most of your money go?
Wedding things, food, rent

:: What did you get really, really, really excited about?
My impending wedding

:: What song will always remind you of 2008?
Sexy Can I... lol, it was played a lot during our awesome summer together

:: Compared to this time last year, are you:
// happier or sadder? Happier, definitely
// thinner or fatter? About the same, maybe a little thinner?
// richer or poorer? Maybe a little richer, but probably close to the same, haha

:: What do you wish you'd done more of?
Studying

:: What do you wish you'd done less of?
Not sure

:: How will you be spending Christmas?
With my fiance's family

:: Did you fall in love in 2008?
Yes...finally

:: How many one-night stands?
None of your business, darlings

:: What was your favourite TV programme?
Lost

:: Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I don't hate anyone, honestly

:: What was the best book you read?
We Were the Mulvaneys... it was really good

:: What was your greatest musical discovery?
Hank III

:: What did you want and get?
I wanted to let go of things, and I have

:: What did you want and not get?
I wanted a better car, lol

:: What was your favourite film of this year?
Sex and the City or Juno

:: What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Went out to dinner with my fiance and mom, and then he took me to see a Christmas light thing... and I turned 25

:: What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Nothing, I'm happy

:: How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Stacy and Clinton inspired while still retaining my personality

:: What kept you sane?
Ed, Destiny, and my family and other friends

:: Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I did have a little thing for Chris Noth, but to be honest ever since Ed, I've not been much interested

:: What political issue stirred you the most?
There's many, but I'll go with mercury in the vaccines

:: Who did you miss?
Frank

:: Who was the best new person you met?
Ed! :)

:: Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:
It's a good thing to just let go of stuff and be happy

2009

1. Will you be looking for a new job?
Yes, I'm getting a job in Feb... Ed told me I should take January off, lol

2. Will you be looking for a relationship?
Only with my new husband

3. Will you be looking for sex?
We have enough of it, I don't need to go looking for it, haha

4. What will you do different in '09?
Cooking more at home, making a home for us

5. New Year's Resolution?
Have a gorgeous wedding!

6. What will you not be doing in '09?
Going to school, unless it's for my job

7. Any trips planned?
A couple small roadtrips, but the only big trip is our honeymoon

8. Wedding plans?
September 5...!!!

9. Major thing on your calendar?
My wedding!!! lol

10. What can’t you wait for?
Marriage, starting a family, etc

11. What would you like to see happen different?
I would like to be less quick to flip the bitch switch

12. What about yourself will you be changing?
Taking better care of my health

13. What happened in ‘08 that you didn’t think would ever happen?
i had never planned on meeting someone special, much less getting engaged to them and moving in together

14. Will you be nicer to the people you care about?
Yes

15. Will you dress differently in '09 than you did in '08?
I will probably kick the professionalism up a notch

16. Will you start or quit drinking?
I'll only quit if I get pregnant

17. Will you better your relationship with your family?
It's already good, but maybe it'll get even better

18. Will you do Volunteer work?
I'd like to

19. Will you be nice to people you don't know?
I usually am anyway

20. Do you expect '09 to be a good year for you?
I do indeed

21. How much did you change from this time last year til now?
I've matured here and there, but I'm still basically the same

22. Do you plan on having a child?
We might try after our wedding

23. Will you still be friends with the same people you are friends with now?
Yes, but I'm sure I'll become better friends with my new ones, too

24. Major lifestyle changes?
I got engaged, and I'm living with a significant other for the first time

25. Will you be moving?
No, I just did that

26. What will you make sure doesn’t happen in 09 that happened in 08?
I am not going to have another operation...lol, I've had enough of the hospital

27. What are your New Years Eve plans?
We hung out at home and spent it in bed watching tv

28. Will you have someone to kiss at midnight?
I did, yes


...
Wow, that was intensive
       

We have cohabitation!

Seriously, last week (Monday night, really), I got home to my empty home-on-the-hill and it was all snowy and just really depressing, and I called my fiance, and he was all like 'Come stay with me.', and that night we talked about how he wanted me to just move in from day one, and how I'm sick of missing him and waiting for the weekend to come like some kind of mini-vacation, and we decided that instead ofthis just being a visit, I would move in.  So, here I am, typing this from our living room.

So now I live in Pennsylvania again!

Thanksgiving was good, too.
My fiance is big into hunting, and yesterday he let me shoot his mom's rifle and one of his.  My first time ever even touching a gun, and I shot the fucking bullseye dead center my first try.  Lol, everyone says I'm a natural, and surprisingly, I loved it!
We went to his grandparents' place (mom's side) for lunch, and then had dinner with his father's side at his aunt's place (parents are divorced).  It was pretty nice.  I like his family and we get along well, which is a relief.  His older brother's wife offered to help me with the wedding stuff, and I'm planning on asking his mom, too.  Things should be cool.
I'm starting to get excited, as we get more stuff ready and planned.

We spent Friday until Wednesday with my mom in Philly, and since she's doing our flowers for us, we went flower shopping, and we bought all of our flowers, including everything for my bouquet!
It's going to be so beautiful, it makes me want to put on my dress right now...lol!

And now I have SO much stuff to do for school, but there is huge comfort in knowing that once it's over, I'm DONE.  For good, and there will be that much more time to spend with my fiance. 
But putting together this project and my portfolio is going to be a pain.  Ugh.

And we set a tentative wedding date:  September 12th.

For the record, I couldn't be happier.  And my ring is gorgeous! ;)

So, Zach and Miri Make A Porno...  really funny.  We had a good time, went to dinner, then to see the movie, then came home and had some lovely cuddle time in bed.  Best Halloween ever, hands down, and I didn't even do anything Halloween related.

This whole weekend has been good.  There were a lot of little moments where we had some conflict, but not enough to be a big deal.  More or less it was us learning how we need to not take everything so seriously, and kind of just chill.  I know though, that we are definitely going to make it.  Everything, no matter how much it got blown out of proportion, was resolved with a minimum of stress.

Saturday night was good.  We went to the mall, and I went shopping, and then we went out to the club and had some beers and did a little dancing, which was really nice. 
Sunday night was nice, but man, is it hard to leave him and go back to my house.  I love being at his house, and just knowing that even if he's not there, he's still all around me.  It's heaven... lol.

I'm supposed to get my ring soon, too.  He already knows how he's going to do it, too.  I am SO excited. :)

Gah, we were so full of the sappy crapola this weekend. 
It.  Was.  Awesome.