Keeping up with the Kants

We have a tradition in our family to carve our pumpkins together. With my sister living in KC now, we weren't sure how it would work. Luckily the kid's school schedule worked out and they were able to come down for a long weekend. We had planned to go to Valas, but with the rainy weather, it didn't seem like a good idea. Then we had a beautiful Saturday, and who gets sick? This guy. I haven't been the happiest person this weekend, as Erich can voucher, but I sucked it up for carving pumpkins. I'd say we had some pretty sweet carvings this year! Enjoy. They're in backwards order, sorry!

I'd say that, in general, October is my favorite month. Fall is here, leaves are changing, it's not scalding hot out! I love going to the pumpkin patch with my family, and then carving our pumpkins with my niece and nephews. So why is it the longest month ever? My sister moved to Kansas City last year, so we have to wait until the end of the month to do most of these things. And we don't get to see them in their costumes, and that's sad! And work is crazy; I joined a new team a couple months ago, and we're working on regulations to be effective 1-1-09; needless to say we have a lot to do a little time to do it in. I am also responsible for some mailings to be done--two next week alone, plus we're waiting for approval on a third. I'll be in on most weekends the rest of the year! It's also a long month because we finally close on the house in early November. I think Erich and I tell each other at least once a day, "I want a house!" "I want t...

10. Lemons and Limes...from the very beginning I wanted a green wedding. I don't mean environmentally friendly, but green. Dresses, cakes, etc. I suggested the lemons and limes pretty early on, but it really wasn't until about a month before the wedding people were convinced--someone saw it somewhere else. I thought it turned out pretty cool if I do say so myself. Also, note our favors--individual Colby Ridge popcorn. Yum! 9. The rehearsal dinner: we had a pretty low key rehearsal dinner, with delicious Chances R chicken and all the fixings. Then to top it off, we took off with the wedding party and guests to drink beers and bowl the night away! We looked pretty class in our snazzy bowling shoes! And it let everyone get to know each other before the big night. 8. Our flower girl, Andie: this girl cracks me up everytime I talk to her, she has such an awesome personality. She started practicing for this role from the time I asked her to be in the wedding--around November of last ...

There's really nothing like a slow day at work on a Friday...especially when your workfriend leaves at 12:45. Now I just look forward to 4 for my walk around our track, and then 5 when I get to leave. We have big plans for tonight, going to dinner at Panera, then on to Best Buy to check out TVs, which we totally need right away. I also want to look for an MP3 player, as I may very well be the last person on earth to own one. I take that back, I had one and Erich stole it because his broke. I've been promised one for Christmas, so I want to start window shopping. We got the final word from the FHA, and the house is a done deal (short of a few signatures and our souls being sold to the bank). It's very exciting to buy a house, especially one that needs so little work. We're very excited to get in there and make it our own. Erich even bought one of those dumb infuser things--it does have a cool container I may reuse though. We've scoped out the local (and not so local)...

A few years ago I blogged quite a bit, and then it tapered off. Maybe it was because I was in a new relationship, and then that turned into the time consuming planning of a wedding. Now it seems I have more time on my hands, so I might as well start up again. Erich and I were married almost 2 months ago. The big question everyone asks? How does it feel to be married? My answer is always, The Same! We have been living together for more than a year, and unofficially for about a year before that. We know how to live with each other, so the only adjustment issues we're having is finding room for the 20 decorative bowls we received as wedding gifts. Luckily, we're storing majority of the gifts in York until we get a house. Onto that topic. We sta rted house hunting about a month ago; we knew that that was our next step. We have a dog-Abbey, and want to start getting our stuff organized, and it's hard to do that in an apartment. Plus, Abbey has a bad habit of getting up early to ...