You know you're getting old when you think this is the best part of the county fair.

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TWO posts in one day? I'm starting off strong, y'all.

So this just happened:

A customer comes in wanting to get her daughter's backpack embroidered with her initials. Then proceeds to argue with me about what initial goes in the middle.

Look lady, I don't care how you want it to look, but I'm telling you, traditional monogram goes:

First Last Middle

She then spends 15 minutes trying to pull up her friend's Facebook page because her friend had HER daughter's backpack monogrammed too, and wanted to see how SHE did it. 

Guess how her friend has her's. 

Then she can't decide on what font to use, so she has to get her mom to come in here to help her pick. And while I'm trying to write down her information, she takes a phone call that last for 10 minutes. 

I AM GOING TO PUNCH YOU IN THE MOUTH. 

As she's leaving the store, she informs me that she will be back on Wednesday with her mom to do some more shopping. I can't wait!

Oh Blogger... Why can't I quit you??

Maybe it's because I've been with you for 11 YEARS? That's longer than like, all my relationships. Combined. 

Ever since they blocked the internet at work, I've been trying to find things to do to keep myself occupied during our slow hours. Which, let's be honest, is most hours. So let's see how long of a streak I can keep this "updating" thing going until I disappear for 2 years again. 

And let's just pretend these last two years didn't happen. 

Expect for:

* I married my best friend. No, not Phuong (I wish). But my honey and my Superman. 

* I became a step mom. Seriously. I could go into that for days, but let's leave it at "I'm happy to be a part-time parent" for now.

* I got a new job. Which I HATED. And then I got another one. Which I love. Except for the days that I see less than 10 people and make less than $100. But I get to make my own schedule, and my quality of life has improved tremendously.

Annnnd.... that's about all that's happened in the last two years. No, really. This is my life now. No more crazy partying filled with excessive drinking and reckless endangerment. But I'm loving every moment and couldn't be happier. It's like I've become domesticated or something. ;)

For those that read this, the date is June 12th.

I think she's forgotten about this blog...

I'll update. Wedding planning is supposed to be happening, but really I'm honestly not sure how much has actually taken place. Everything seems so dynamic that I'm fearful that it won't get done in time. I've been harping on her to buckle down and figure out where the wedding is going to take place and where the reception will be so that invitations can be ordered. Reception site has been decided but wedding location is yet to be determined. What has been decided is that we're going to Taiwan for two weeks in July/August.

I say that she needs to decide on where the ceremony will take place, but more importantly, in my mind, how this will all be paid for should be priority. Tammy's mom is moving to Taiwan in just over two weeks and coordinating with her from there will be hard. I think that it really hasn't hit Tammy how soon the summer is. She doesn't talk about the wedding much, I'm normally the one to bring it up, and she doesn't seem worried.

/shrug

There's only so much I can do and only so many times I can remind her... guess I'll plan it and we'll get married by Lord Zedd in the Opera House located inside a cleared instance of Karazhan with everyone in attendance virtually.

(And no, I do not play World of Warcraft)

You never update. Fail.

I saw the biggest engagement ring of my entire life today. One of my associates asked her if it was 13 carats, and she said it was bigger. She wouldn't tell us how big it was but said it was bigger than Princess Camilla's (11 carats), but smaller than Melania Trump's (18 carats). We're guessing it was probably 15 or 16. Either way, it was entirely too big and could probably feed 17 third world countries.

But it sure was pretty.

On another note, we have a velour handbag in the store right now that's called "Juicy Drips", Haha. Gross.

I want black leg-warmers for Christmas.

And this car:

RX400 Hybrid

That's not asking for too much right?

:)

The cutest thing is when Tammy farts in her sleep and the noise wakes her up.

Your face is stupid.

Winter time has finally arrived in Nashville. I knew the gorgeous 60 degree Autumn weather would not last long. We've had an amazingly mild summer this past year... With beautiful breezy days instead of the typical suffocating humidity we usually experience. Everyone's been saying that we're gonna pay for it with an extraordinarily cold winter. DO NOT WANT!!!

Bring on the extra down blankets at night!







-- Via the Jesus phone

I can't believe it's December already. The wedding is half a year away, and I feel like I've gotten NO planning done so far. I was just so caught up and busy with trying to buy a house that all the wedding planning was put on hiatus... but now that we've settled in, I really need to buckle down and get things done.

My first step is really to book my reception venue. I've looked and called dozens of places, and ideally, I want a venue that would allow outside catering (Andrew said he would get Wild Ginger to cater for us), but it's so hard to find a place that would let us do that. I'm disappointed, but I think I'm okay with it, as long as the reception site is beautiful.

I've narrowed it down to a couple of places - Gaylord Opryland Hotel, and Cheekwood. But who knows, I might change my mind if I see something else.

My mom dropped the bomb on me yesterday that she was quitting her job and moving back to Taiwan to take care of my grandmother in February. I know I'm just being selfish when I want her to be here to help me plan, but I thought all of this wedding planning stuff was supposed to be some big bonding experience that every daughter is supposed to have with their mother. It's frustrating and not to mention, really disheartening knowing that she won't be here to help me plan any of it. I feel like I have even less desire to do a lot of this knowing she won't be around, and I feel overwhelmed with all the stuff there is left to do.

I know once I book the venue and the photographer, everything else will slowly fall into place. It's just the steps getting there that's hard...

It feels nice being settled in. After a month+ of trying to get our financial situation figured out and able to purchase a home, we were finally able to move in at the beginning of October. Our parents were gracious enough to give us some furniture that were just sitting in storage - we scored a dining room set, bookshelves, and a bedroom set. My mom also got us beautiful leather living room furniture as our housewarming present. I love being home-owners. It feels nice knowing that we own this place, and we can do whatever we want with it. We've been trying to keep it cleaner than we did when we were at the apartment, and I think we're doing a fairly decent job. We have a long ways to go before we can be anything like the clean-freak that my mom is, but we're on the right track.

So far we've had two small parties here - a housewarming party, and a RockBand party. We had a great turnout for both (even if some of the guests were people I haven't seen since I graduated high school in 2003), and it was nice knowing that our friends were willing to drive all the way out here to play with us!

I have so many ideas on what I would like to do with this house - adding some lights along the sidewalks, painting a couple of rooms, framing more pictures, etc. I can't wait to slowly turn this place into my first dream home with Jason. :)

Happy Halloween!

We had Devon this weekend. Last year, I was unable to spend it with the boys because I flew back to Austin to celebrate Phuong's birthday. It was nice taking Devon out trick-o-treating this time around because it reminded me of my first Halloween here in America. I was dressed as Princess Jasmine from Aladdin, and my brother and his girlfriend/my babysitter took me out. I remember how much fun I had, and how excited I was to get so much FREE candy!

I think Devon had a great time. He dressed up as a skeleton, and I got to paint his face. I painted Jason's face to match his. I drew a funky design and said I was part of Cirque du Soleil or something. Sanket tagged along, even though he was lame and didn't dress up. Jason's mom came over here to pass out candy and she was dressed up as a devil. We first took Devon to East Nashville (where Jason grew up) - the streets were packed with little kids! I had never seen so many trick-o-treaters all at once! After a couple hours there, we drove to where Sanket lives, and did some more trick-o-treating there until it was too late to be out. Devon scored a big bucket of candy which I'm sure would last him through until next Halloween.

When we came home, Jason's mom opened the door and said, "You guys are my FIRST trick-o-treaters!" Haha - I hope this place picks up in the years to come because since these are all town-homes, think about how much candy we could acquire in a small amount of time!