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&. K E L .
Kel. 28. Lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Graduated from UC Berkeley 2001. Has a small obsession with TV. Enjoys chick lit and teen movies. Major shopaholic. Blogging since January 17, 2002. &. N A V I G A T I O N .
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April 30, 2008 I found this on Christie's LJ... I think I want to try it. :D Aim of the Game: For one week, you are to post photographs taken during the day. Rules: You must post these rules at your first entry, then link back to it for the other six days so that people will know wtf you're doing. Your post must say "A Week in the Life of [your name/username], Volume [whatever day you're on]." I have a feeling I will fail at this and post pictures days after I took them... but let's not think about that. First, let's see if I can remember to bring the camera with me to work tomorrow. :D Posted by Kel at 10:32 PM | Comments (1) April 29, 2008 So Rob and I decided to take dance lessons. HEE. We thought it would make us a little more comfortable during our first dance at the wedding. :) Our initial consultation was this past Saturday. Our instructors, Karen and Michael were recommended to us by our recently married friends Jimmy and Eleen. They were awesome! We shared our first dance music with them (should I reveal what it is? :D), they made suggestions about the dance style they recommend (rumba), and then they taught us a few basic steps, turns, and transitions. It was a lot of fun! But hard work -- there's so much more to think about when you're dancing with a partner. Rob was totally sweating after the hour was up. Hehe. When we got home that night, we tried to practice in our itty bitty living room and found that we had already forgotten most of what we learned. OOPS. Our first official lesson is in a few weeks -- let's hope we pay better attention. Or we might end up looking like crazies in front of all our family and friends! :P Posted by Kel at 09:18 PM | Comments (3) April 26, 2008 Rob, some friends, and I went to see Forgetting Sarah Marshall last night. I know the genre of "Apatow-ian" comedy isn't everyone's cup of tea but I found this movie to be HILARIOUS. It's still crude like the others (less than Superbad, though) but it's also really charming and sweet. Peter (Jason Segel) was totally endearing. Sarah and Rachel (Kristen Bell and Mila Kunis, respectively) were, surprisingly, not one-note characters. But Aldous (the "other guy" played by Russell Brand) was, by far, the complete stand-out. OMG. He was awesome. I loved the pop culture references, like... Crime Scene: Scene of the Crime (BWAH!) and "You shall not pass!" (Lord of the Rings). Hee. And, of course, Paul Rudd has a small role in the movie and as always, he rocks. "The weather outside is... weather." Seriously, just go see it! :) And a TV meme stolen from Ceci... 1. Bold the shows you've watched every episode of 50. Quantum Leap 45. Farscape 40. Life on Mars 35. Alias 30. Dexter 25. Futurama 20. Blackadder 15. Heroes 10. Spaced 05. Lost Posted by Kel at 11:45 PM | Comments (3) April 23, 2008 I'm back from my long weekend in LA. And of course, I return to find that a stinky virus hit a ton of Coppermine sites -- one of which is CreekCaps.com. UGH. A few people have emailed me about the problem and it'll probably take me a few days to get the site cleaned up. I so don't want to do this right now. Don't these people have better things to do than mess with personal sites?!? I mean, REALLY. GAWD. Huge thanks to Mandy at Josh-Jackson.net for letting me know about the attacks. What a pain. Anyway. Rob and I had a good weekend in LA visiting family and meeting with our wedding vendors. Here's a quick rundown... Saturday That night we had dinner with Rob's friends at Hometown Buffet in honor of a late friend's birthday. The buffet was nothing spectacular but they had some amazing cornbread. Mmm. Too bad they ran out before I had the chance to snag another piece. I think that was a sign that I should be scaling back on the carbs. :P We also opened the presents we've received so far -- they're all being delivered to Rob's parent's house since there is just no room here. Our friends are such generous people. *sniff* Here's Rob with the Kitchenaid Mixer! I never thought we'd actually get this... 
Sunday Next we took the FOCCUS, which is a survey of 189 questions(!) designed to help facilitate discussion between engaged couples. This totally made me realize that while we're on the same page with regards to most issues, there are still some things we need to talk about, like religion and family planning. Who knew that getting married isn't just planning a party? :P Finally, we had a private meeting with the Father officiating our wedding to go over the structure of the ceremony. OMG. This was the meeting that gave me the whole "butterflies" feeling. Choosing which vows we wanted to read, practicing where we're going to stand... it's the weirdest thing, I tell you. Monday As a sweet treat before the drive back to the Bay, we stopped by the Pinkberry in Huntington Beach. Here I am with a LARGE (don't worry, Rob had some too) Original Yogurt with strawberries, Captain Crunch, and mochi. Heaven. 
Why is my face so ROUND? UGH. And that was my weekend! Phew. Sorry for all the rambling... I didn't really want to monopolize my blog with wedding planning entries but I realized that it's taking over my life right now and my blog should reflect that... Random -- I just noticed that Mario Kart for the Nintendo Wii is being released next week. I'm SO going to get it. I love racing games. Even though I'm totally awful at them. :D Posted by Kel at 11:59 PM | Comments (4) April 18, 2008 Not only has the wedding taken over our finances, it has started to take over our apartment. 
There's candles/votives, ribbon, candy, petals, initial letters... and a whole lot of other stuff. And this was *before* we received a huge delivery of boxes for our invitations. EEK. Anyway, Rob, Diesel and I are heading down to LA tonight for another weekend of wedding meetings. It's never-ending! Hope everyone has a great weekend. Posted by Kel at 06:31 PM | Comments (2) April 14, 2008 Handwriting Meme! Handwrite the following: 
Click image for bigger! This was a fun meme. You should do it too! Posted by Kel at 10:35 PM | Comments (2) April 12, 2008 Diesel celebrated his first birthday last Tuesday, April 1st. Yes, he's a little April Fool! :) He's a spoiled pup so he got a couple of new toys and a birthday cookie. I have to share some pics (please excuse the messy apartment)... Here he is posing with his presents (a stuffed hot dog, rope tug, and a cookie!). 
Eating his cookie. He totally loved it, hehe. I held it for him because I knew he would make a mess. And I didn't want him to gobble it down too fast, like he normally does with his treats. 
After eating half the cookie (I wouldn't let him finish it). Look at the blue mess he made of his face! 
I love this little guy. *hearts* Posted by Kel at 12:25 PM | Comments (4) April 10, 2008 My wedding dress is IN!!! YAYAYAYAY. Sadly I won't get to try it on until my first fitting on May 27. But I totally want to go visit it before then. Admire it. Feel it. Maybe even give it a hug. Can you tell I'm excited? :D Too bad my excitement has now been deflated with the thought of fitting into the dress. I don't think I've gained any weight but... UGH. Time to hit the gym. BOO. Posted by Kel at 11:33 PM | Comments (3) April 8, 2008 I was tagged for this meme by the lovely Reen... Legend has it that Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in only six words. His response? "For sale: baby shoes, never worn." Last year, SMITH Magazine re-ignited the challenge by asking readers for their own six-word memoirs. They sent in short life stories in droves, from the bittersweet ("Cursed with cancer, blessed with friends") and poignant ("I still make coffee for two") to the inspirational ("Business school? Bah! Pop music? Hurrah") and hilarious ("I like big butts, can't lie"). Mine: I wish I had no regrets. Here are the rules: Just tagging Sarah, Alie, and Ceci. :) Back to work! Posted by Kel at 11:52 AM | Comments (3) April 2, 2008 So the other day I was browsing around on the Crate and Barrel website to see if there was anything I could add to our registry when I saw IT. That wonderful word in RED. Fulfilled SQUEEEEEEEEE!!! Someone bought us our first wedding gift(s)! WOWOWOW. It's really real now. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU so much, whoever you are. :D Posted by Kel at 11:01 PM | Comments (3) April 1, 2008 Again I wrote a post that I forgot to publish... oy vey. I am *so* not a Monday person. I just LOATHE waking up knowing the weekend is over and I have to go back to work. UGH. Had a good weekend... on Saturday morning, Rob and I had THE BEST ramen EVER. We went over to Santa Ramen in San Mateo. Yes, all the way on the other side of the Bay. It was SO worth it. The portion size was ginormous and I ate every last bit of it. I wish I had pictures to share so you could all see the size of the bowl I consumed. Unfortunately, we were sitting at a cramped 2-person table with 2 other couples sitting on either side of us so I did not feel comfortable whipping out the camera, hehe. We also watched a few movies... 21 I Am Legend The Game Plan Posted by Kel at 04:53 PM | Comments (1) |
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