Vox Audita Perit, Littera Scripta Manet.

Due to recent occurences, the idea of having an open LJ is not something I am comfortable with. So, my journal from here out is friends only. Have a lovely day.

I was supposed to pick Ben up at the airport tonight at 7:15pm... My only concern at that time was getting through rush hour traffic. Now, his first flight was an hour and half behind he missed his connecting flight that was supposed to bring him home. So, he had to get on another flight to get home. That flight was supposed to arrive at 11:05pm. I just checked the flight status online... now its not supposed to arrive until 11:32. I'm really really glad that I don't have an early shift tomorrow morning, because at this rate I wont get home until 2am. Is it too much to ask just to have my Ben home?

I'm back from my visit to my parent's place in California. It was a good visit, my mom threw us a little shindig to celbrate our engagement. Ben got to meet a lot of people that have known me since I was a baby... creepy. Either way, it was fun despite the fact that we both talked about the same thing to different people for three straight hours. And, here's a pic:

engagement party Me and Ben fancied up for a party my mom threw for us to celebreate our engagement.

While we were in Sacramento, we went to visit some potential wedding locals. I've got my head set on this whole garden wedding thing, which makes it complicated for having Ben's dad play piano in the ceremony.

George at the piano Ben's dad tinkles the ivories at our engagement party, despite an injured finger.

I'm starting to also realize how potentially expensive this could get.

I also got to try on wedding dresses after Ben left for PA. It was wierd going to a full on bridal salon and trying on dresses that were sometimes upwards of $2,000 (which is more than three times my dress budget), and then heading over to the Jessica McClintock store and putting on wedding dresses that were $400 tops. Heck I felt like a fatty wierd trying on wedding dresses period. We also had so time before I had to fly out and went to a bridal outlet and I got an even better idea of the dress I want in the price range I want. But I've got plenty of time, so I'm not stressing about it.

Mas-mas went well, my grandparents are good for a laugh now that I don't take their antics to seriously. I got a bunch of DVDs and (we got) a power mixer which we've been wanting/whining for in the past few months. We also had a tasty ham dinner, and a rousing game of Trivial Pursuit.

All in all, a good visit. Although I think I was there too long.

kamsar picked me up from the airport last night, we hung out drank beer, ate pizza, and watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to ring in the New Year. All the while Tigger was purring wildly on the back of the couch unprovoked. I think she was just happy to not be alone anymore.

Ben & Kam & mike's hard cranberry & games =Best mas mas eve EVA!

I would rate my sewing skills at about a 6 on a scale from 1 to 10 and my difficuly at the moment is I need to put together a dress for the engagement party my mummy is throwing for me on the 29th. Problem is, I need to get it done by saturday night because I will be flying home on the 25th. Luckily I'm done with my presents that I was sewing so I can concentrate on this project (outside of work and other life of course). I have two patterns to decide between. They are fairly similar dresses the only real difference is the number of pieces to each pattern. One has wider straps and about four pieces (with no facing or anything of that nature) the other has about seven pieces with facing and lining and spagehtti straps.

I want to be able to put it together quickly but it still look nice. I have enough fabric etc. to do either so... Are there any other things I should consider? I just would like people's opinions on which might be better. Thanks in advance!

You Were a Whale

You see the unseen and connect on the deepest level. You help others find their soul's song.

Ben is adorkable!

Very happy birthday wishes to acafox. Hope you aren't too old to enjoy it ;-)

We recieved a package today from Ben's father's family. They had already sent us another package before that had stockings in them with fun things. Alright, cool people. Especially since they already think i'm a enough a part of the family to send me christmas presents... but I hope that this package isn't a preview of things to come. Ben opened his box and got a neat fleece turtle neck sweater, and then I opened mine. Oh me, oh my. The first thing I saw was fur and as i opened my package further I discovered it to contain a fur vest lined with nylon. I pull it out of the box to show Ben and all he said was: "Well, they don't know you." That's very true, but even then a fur vest would not be my first option as a gift to someone I didn't know... oh well, it's not that I'm ungrateful I'm just suprised.
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Oi vey.

Yesterday I got off of work fairly early and had decided to be somewhat productive for the day, what a surprise. Well, that didn't really happen though I did get to do something I've been wanting for a while. My contract with T-Mobile ended sometime in November (I knew because they started sneding me letters that said things like "sign up with us for another year and we'll give you another 100 minutes a month for the same price you pay now!" and various other offers), but I had decided to hold out and see what I could get in the way of upgrades for my phone etc. So I checked their site for phones and deals and saw some good things, I also looked up what T-Mobile direct dealers were in close vicinity (I was told by someone who used to work for them that a direct dealer can almost always get you a better deal than an authorized dealer can). Come to find out that there's one in the Salem Center that I could drive to. So I go onto mapquest and get directions to head out there with an idea of which phone I want and I what tems I want it.

After much dificulty getting there (Salem is one confusing fucked up city) I worked my way into a new phone and a car charger for $20. My new phone is a Samsung x495, basically your no frills flip phone but that was basically what I was wanting anyway. Oh and by the way I managed to get another 400 minutes a month for nothing more than I had been paying. I'm happy.

Today I'm going to help Ben with his mas-mas shopping and hopefully I'll stop being so damned lazy and get at least one more sewing project done.