extreme fun

the husband and i decided to end our fun day of inside-ness with a good outside walk by the water. nice to have that so close. we bundled up to the nine's (a little of the ten's and eleven's too to be honest) expecting the foretold rain to begin. we walked around, sat and looked at the water and city lights, and then decided to visit the swings we had seen from the road.



it was great fun and i highly recommend doing the same whenever you can. friends and i in high school (and maybe farther into college years than we'd like to admit) used to go 'extreme swinging' at parks and elementary schools. i can't quite remember why it was so extreme, i think there were a few bruising incidents though...most of the time you just tried to swing out-of-control or knock the other person off their swing. fond memories.

it was fun to goof off though, just the two of us together, and although we were completely overdressed for the minor drizzle that caught us in the end, it was awesome to see us decked out in my polka dot galoshes, and scott in his huge snowboarding jacket. i'm sure.

one more thing before i join said husband for some mango-mimosas (mango juice + wedding champagne = mangmosas) and movies, here are some pictures that Diane was kind enough to send to me from the wedding. soooo fun :]

the reception

one of the scarf tables. i loved how they all looked ready and waiting to be claimed.

alright - on to the joys of being married! wish you all a happy holiday rainy day!

new found time

well hello all -- it has been a busy two weeks or so indeed.
a quick note to clear the air: i quit my job on thursday and am now beginning the wonderful Search For Something New. i do not mind, it was time, and i am very excited to find something brand new and exciting that i will love.

now i must find Things to do with my time. i have discovered something- it is one matter to have Time and Moneys. another entirely to have Time and Limited Moneys or Money You Are Careful With. yes yes. my first thought with my free time was, Ooo, now i can start the nesting process and make our place just just so. then i discovered the above mentioned revelation of truth.

therefore i believe i need to have an extra ounce of creativity in which to solve this puzzle. economically do everything i want to to our cute little place to make it just just so.

another past time i have found (alright alright...it's been one day, i know) is spending some time in our kitchen with all our lovely wedding gifts.

i made Martha's butternut squash soup the other evening. super duper fun to make, but not entirely thrilled with the outcome. perhaps just not to our taste. don't worry Martha, i like many of your other recipes, i won't stop here.

look at the fun though :]

prepping

looks so good

i cooked it with the onions, ginger, and garlic, then pureed the soup and cooked it for a twinge longer

scotto stole the camera

finished with some sour cream on top.

looks so good and was great fun to make, but not our favorite soup. butternut squash is so sweet, it just was not our taste. fun nonetheless.

but as nanny would say, We Carry On!

new life

well. it has been So Long, officially, that i can't even talk about how long it has been. i think once you reach a certain point of slacking off, it is only right that you be responsible, and don't mention it.

so i'm going to pretend that i've just been blogging this whole time and not even try to catch us all up on life. let's just start here.

ah....hi.

now that we are more-or-less settled into our cute tiny place, i have time to pick up some of my creativity again. which means that some days, after work, i find a project, sit on the couch, make a great wall of china of scraps and art mess all around me, and then get lost goofing around. then, scotto sends me a text, or gives me a call telling me he's finally on his way home and i spring into action! quick! make the bed! run the dishwasher! throw my scraps away! make it look like i haven't been sitting in the same place for the last couple of hours!

he's never cared whether or not the bed is made...but it's kind of fun going into whirlwind mode.

let me show you what i made yesterday :]

this is Cynthia

and this is Jorge

and they are both so excited to greet kirstie!

my sister in law (Kirstie) just moved down to san diego and is bunking at my parent's house for a while, so i wanted to give her something that would make her feel a little more at home/loved. hopefully cynthia and jorge can help.

it was so much fun creating them, i couldn't help it but i started to make one for our house as well. he's pretty cute so far.

it's been fun setting up our place, but there is still loads to do. some days though, you just have to chose your priorities. scott and i love to cook together, but we're still picking up some of the tricks of the trade. we plan on some day becoming fine chefs - running our own cooking show, "Germans cook with Chopsticks" ... but for now it's fun just to think something up, see if we have the fixins, and then go for the gold. and sometimes eating our hard earned meal, watching some season 1 ER, and trying out our Harry Potter moves to try to get the kitchen to clean itself, takes priority over Organizing the Hall Closet. that's just life.

for now though, i'm leaving my sandwich plate here, crumbs and all, and climbing into bed for a nice afternoon nap.

more on Diehlio life later.

oh how i've slacked

oh my word it has been so long and i have oh-so-many things to tell you.

i can't even decide where to start.

you all would be very proud of me, i have been Super Productive these days (let's hope, eh?! less than three weeks away now!)

i think the three week mark crept up on both scott and i. i mean, we knew it was close, and even getting closer, but i think one day i was minding my own business and it was 2 months away still, and then the very next day i woke up and found out it's only three weeks away. madness i say.

wellll...let me start blabbing news and we'll see where this goes.

i found the perfect shoes! red, cute, and claaaassssyy. i took my dress to the seamstress with said shoes of cuteness. she was adorable but spoke i think 14 words of english, 17 on a good day. they included but were not limited to, "you move arms ok?" making big rowing gestures, which...heh...phew! good thing she thought of THAT because our first dance involves some serious Fred Astaire arm movements, so...good save.

here are the shoes shoes shoes



they look plastic latexy because of the flash but they are satin



i like the red and the ruffle. oh fun



so that is that.

next, scott and i got the keys to our place. WOOT. and we've spent the past 2 days painting like craazy. here are before and afters~

Before:




bedroom that now has new carpet and different paint.



living room in which we kept that same sage green because it is lovely



mildly retina numbing blue. a must go.



slightly took over the little kitchen with it's pizazz.

After:



Blue be-gone! it is now a soft grey/blue with one panel of dark grey/blue where once an intense red lived.



sliiightly different angle
excuse the bad lighting, we finished at dark (no power yet so time is precious)



he's cute but so tired. we worked hard.

i have moved in some of our gifts from showers and some of my own things. wonderful wonderful feeling.

we also spent some time this weekendish helping some good friends join our side of the dating world:




congratulations dear dano and charlotte. we are soo happy. and you are so cute.

i have also:
- figured out our exact drink order for bevmo but refuse to use their delivery service because it costs $200. no thank you, i can carry it.
- finished almost all of the favors (thanks mom and nanny)
- working on place "cards"
- ordered all rental items and had consultant come measure our reception site
- tried hard not to think of the 15 thousand other things i need to really and truly be thinking about

ok, speaking of those 15 thousand other things, i really must get back to them so i can check some other big things off the list.

much love and t-minus 19 days!!

Holler!

WE DID IT!

scott and i have found a place to LIVE. and we love it.
this is neither the Like one nor the Love one. but it sure is fabulous.

washer/dryer inside our home, beautiful hardwood floors, fireplace, cute cute cute, wonderful location for us (less than 15 minutes from both our jobs). it is small, 650 square feet, but so cute that it's perfect for a first place.

and i can paint it. any any any colors i want.
oh the happiness.

i.e. this blue. must go.

this bedroom is getting new carpet tomorrow, and a makeover from me.

we'll take better pictures tomorrow when we sign. and when we start painting!!

i can't even believe it.

oh the choices

ok, i am in the middle of shoe shopping. very close behind in priority, scott and i are apartment shopping.

the decisions.

so i have two shoes from dsw that are super cute. give me your thoughts:
there are
these in red

or these in black

both cute. both schnazzy. but i do like the idea of the red peeking out from under my dress. so fun.

as far as housing goes. scott and i have a conundrum.

we found Place We Like and Place We Love. sounds like an easy choice so far -- but there's always a twist.

Like started at $1150, it's 2br, 1 1/2 bath townhouse, washer dryer shared by three other townhouses. one parking spot. very good size and plenty of storage space.
is now priced at $1125

Love started at $1450 or $1475 i believe. very very cute. inside washer/dryer. 2 br 2bath townhouse. 2 parking spaces. very private.
is now priced at $1395

both are in point loma and both close to scott's work. not too far from mine either.

so here is our game plan. both are managed by the same people. they have both been on the market for 2 months now, or close to. i think we will call them and offer them less for Love. it's worth a shot. they might be in the mood for bargaining if no one else makes an offer for another week or two. if that just goes nowhere or someone else grabs the place, then we'll jump on Like. maybe offer them $1100 instead.

sigh.

so many choices to make. all have fun results though.

45 days

alrighty, just a quicky update.

wedding invitations have ALL been mailed out! glory hallelujah. just sent the last ones in the mail early this morning. hip hip hooray. however, i believe there are about 30 ish people that will receive HAND MADE envelopes. that's right peeps, scott and i will stop at nothing to get things done and be creative while doing it!

bridal shower number one - check. my auntie steph did a phenomenal job. phenomenal. scott and i had a blast just hanging out with people we love and being spoiled by them.

i am on the hunt for shoooes! if you see a cute red or yellow or something fun pair, send them my way! (a picture or link, not an actual pair of shoes)
i must find shoes so that i can get my dress altered so that i can wear it on my wedding day!

all wedding surprises and fun plans are coming along fantastically. our secret project is still on the move and turning out marvelously. loads of work though.

scott came up with another secret plan that makes me SO happy. i just can't wait to see how it turns out. jeesh, why am i blogging only to say that i have so many secrets and i can't tell you about them??

who knows.

well, on that note, i have some things to do today. scheduling is upon me!!

xoxo