NEW BLOG

I'm sad to say this is my last post....well, on here anyway! I now have a new blog hosted by www.casadeblundell.com.

It's still Vertigo but it looks a little different and has a new address. My new blog is www.casadeblundell.com/laurie.

Check it out and let me know what you think.

Work Day

Today was a workday at the Treadaway's (the pastor of Encounter where Jonathan and I go). And boy was it a work day! I have sore muscles that I didn't even know I had....I'm sore from my big toe to my fingertips. I spent the majority of the morning and afternoon laying tile in the living room and kitchen, with the help of others of course (Amber and Shari). The outside of the house was also repainted by Miguel, and it looks excellent! Shane took on the job of building all new kitchen drawers, Jonathan and Josh were in charge of all the tile work and cutting tile to custom fit in certain areas. None of the tile work would be done without much help from the "scrapers" who spent all day on their hands and knees scraping up old adhesive..and that was a task. Dennise and others were out in the yard cutting down an old, big tree and cleaning up ivey throughout the yard while Marni, beth, Shalyn and others were busy in the house cleaning up bathrooms and vaccuming. Sarah and Marni brought all the helpings and goodies for lunch and Sally, Jose and Mr. and Mrs. Perez (jose's parents) cooked us some wonderful fajitas, rice and beans for dinner. Overall it was a very productive day and I was excited to be a part of it. This whole project started out as an idea in a small community group as a way to help Brian and his family and repay him for all his hard work and dedication to the church. It's amazing to see God's handywork in this and see how He brings the community together. There were probably a total of 30 people that came out to help and the majority of them were not in the small group that took on this project. The love of friends is evident in this group and everone has such a big heart for serving our Lord and others. Of course I have pictures to show for the day but due to wanting to keep the hosue a suprise until the Treadaway's see it, your going to have to wait until Tuesday to see them...come back for more later.

Fun Times

So, i'm working on putting together a slide show to show at our rehersal dinner and wedding reception. I got a bunch of pictures of jonathan growing up from his mom the other day and since he posted some pictures of me, it's my turn to post them of him. These are two of my favorites and the third one--well, I just couldn't resist.

YUMMY

This close to their wedding, most brides would be watching everything that goes into their mouths and working out probably everyday. Well, not this bride--I just had some delicious chedder fries and a juicy hamburger from Snuffers and then went and had some cookies at my parents house. I'll watch everything that goes into my mouth just like other soon to be brides...then I feel it go into my tummy! And tomorrow i'm gonna eat cake! Fitting into a dress is highly overrated.

Finalizing

Last night my mom, Jennifer (my sister-in-law) and myself sat around my
parents kitchen table and addressed about 90 to 95 wedding invitations.
And when I say "we" addressed them, I really mean Jennifer--I wasn't
allowed to write on them....apparently "I have the medical brain so I
write like a doctor--which means it's not readable". I would agree with
this statement, my handwriting isn't that great but it's just because I
write so fast...my brain thinks so fast and if I don't write it as fast
as I think it, I'll forget it. Anyway--we did make a dent in the number
of invitations we have to address...I think we are about * way done,
Maybe.

We are also putting the finishing touches on things and making sure
they are all in order. We (my mom) met with the caterer last week and
got all that settled and we met with the florist a couple of weeks ago
and got all the flowers picked out and ordered. Let me tell you, I'm
tired of making decisions....I'm to the point now that I don't want to
make another decision. My poor mom, I told her that she can make all
the decisions from this point on...If she likes it, I will like
it--let's hope! I went out to the Arboretum about a week or two ago and
did my bridal portraits. It was a very windy day and a little on the
cool side. Although we have done a lot, there is still a lot to be done!
Let the planning continue. 44 more Days!!

New Photos

I just uploaded about 200 pictures yesterday to my flickr account. It's a bunch of pictures from Jake's 6th birthday party, Jake's gymnastics meet, Brad and Tami's Birthday bash and some pictures of a couple of showers for me and Jonathan.

Check them out here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20595264@N00/

ALL DONE!

I just completed re-finishing Jonathan's dresser to match the rest of my furniture. Here are some pictures I took along the way....I think it looks pretty good if you don't mind me saying so myself!



BEFORE

DURING

AFTER

Christmas came early this year!!

Yesterday I received mine and Jonathan's wedding present to each other. I went to my parents house after work, and with much anticipation there it was, the wonderful box filled with goodies. We both love photography and thought it would be a great investment to buy a nice camera. So we said, why not just make the camera a wedding present and we can both enjoy it. Now, when I say "our" camera, I really mean "my" camera that he can borrow! I'm totally kidding, but he will have to pry it out of my hands to use it, I'm not gonna lie, I can be a camera hog...as long as Im the one taking the pictures and not in the picture.

So I opened up the box and there was the beautiful Nikon D50 with 2 lenses, an HD wide angle lens, a tripod, filters and carrying case. I had some fun last night taking pictures...one lens gets you so close to your subject you can get an up the nose photo--don't worry I won't do that to you. Of course Presley was the main subject of my pictures last night, but I did get some other shots as well. I love figuring out all the cool little tricks to photography. I'm sure you'll get to see plenty of our pictures we take on here.

There is just something about capturing a moment and keeping it as a memory forever. I love having pictures of occasions or just everyday randomness (if that's even a word) that you can pull out whenever you want to and reminisce. I have pictures of ski trips and mission trips to Mexico and Honduras from high school and I love looking at them and remembering the fun times we had back then. I've taken many pictures of my niece and nephew over the last couple of years, its fun to see them as they get older and see how much they change.

I'm warning all of you right now--I'm about to go picture CRAZY!!