Pool, Tanning, Girls...limits?

Today I learned that our complex has begun to enforce a rule where each resident can only bring one guest to the pool.  This disturbs me.  One of my favorite summer activities is to sit at my melrose place pool and pretend I'm somewhere in the Caribbean.  Second to that activity, I like to live in the present and invite the girls over for Sunday vino by the pool.  After all, who doesn't enjoy a crisp Sauv by the pool discussing the latest US weekly and our upcoming party plans (as of late, it's my bachelorette party...for another post).  I can no longer invite 2 girls over to the pool to enjoy such happenings and I am limited to one, unless Justin joins.  Now, as much as I love my fiance, I'm pretty sure that he has NO interest in the latest diet trends and/or what wines we have all tried lately.  Once again, the college kids have put an end to my immature fun.  Damn them for partying harder than we do.

4 Months 2 Weeks

It seems that my good friend is getting married in exactly 4 months from today and he and his lovely fiance graciously reminded me on Facebook today.  That means that our wedding is exactly 4 months and 2 weeks away.  Holy cow.  Time sure does fly.  I suppose this means that I surely should be getting my act together and organizing a rehearsal dinner.  The jury is still out on where to have it and what to do.  We are still in the process of getting a list of names together, much less close booking a place.  I mean, in truth, I just remembered the other day that I’ll be needing to order a cake (or cupcakes in our case).  I’m told it’s a tradition and I do love cake but I just forgot about that.  Perhaps my mind has been on the 160 pair of flip flops that I just tied together with tiny ribbons saying “Justin & Lynne September 18, 2010.”  I’m sure those ribbons will be cherished forever by the attendees of the wedding and that no one will dare to leave them behind.

Wedding Flubs

Every night I go to bed and I think, "One of these days I'm going to start my wedding workout and diet plan" and every morning I wake up and think, "This morning I should really get out of bed and do P90X to start my day out right."  To date, I have managed to not begin the so called wedding workout and/or wedding diet.  Perhaps by writing it down, I will be inspired to begin.  Doubtful, but every bit of inspiration helps.  


My most recent inspiration for fitness has been the quest for a honeymoon.  Who wants to show up to a honeymoon looks soft and pasty.  Certainly not me.  Originally we thought, "Oh we will do our honeymoon later," but our fear now is that we won't actually go on a honeymoon and we will just fall back into the routine of things.  Mega FAIL potential.  So alas, I have been on a quest for a honeymoon and I haven't yet found something suitable.  Call me pretentious, but I feel that luxury is the only way to go.  That being said, it's even more reason for both Justin and myself to tone up.  We still have a few months to go before the allotted 90 day window to "our best shape ever" as the infomercial describes, but I feel it might be best for us to start sooner rather than later.  

A Whole New World...Texas

Justin and I went to Texas this weekend and we got our fill of fun for the next century.  We never would have guessed the shannanigans that ensue in south Texas and it’s probably good that we didn’t.  Let me tell you, boys in Texas are FUN and that’s all that I can really say to describe them.  

The weekend began with boating adventures on the “beautiful” channels of the Gulf of Mexico.  Not nearly as beautiful as I had imagined.  Apparently in Texas, you can drive on the beach and that pollutes the water.   Eeeww.  After boating we went out for some good old fashioned Texas burgers.  I’m pretty sure that I’ve never eaten something that had such artery clogging potential in my life...only in Texas.  We finished the evening by washing the burgers down with many many drinks.  

There must be something magical about Texas because we woke up in the morning feeling bright and chipper and ready to see the air show.  The planes were amazing and the show was unreal.  To date, it was the best airshow that I’ve ever been to.  Granted, I’ve only been to two. 

Overall Texas was filled with good friends both old and new, lots of sun and a bit of liver damage.  Cheers to that!

Playing Wife

The past few weeks I've been playing wife like a champ.  Coming home to cook, clean and take care of the pup has been my M.O.  Playing wife has been quite fun, however I'm beginning to wonder how long I'm supposed to keep up the charade.  What Justin fails to realize is that I am in fact, not a very good cook and sometimes I come home to find that the pup doesn't seem to have been fed that morning.  When is the time to pull the wool away from his eyes to let him know that I actually am quite irresponsible?  Is this whole getting married thing all about keeping up appearances?

Justin also seems to think that in addition to playing wife, I also play comedian.  I am not entirely sure why he thinks I'm so hilarious, however I'm not complaining.  Previously, the only person besides myself to think that I had any sense of humor was my mom (and she has to say that...thanks Mom!)  Perhaps he has also pulled the wool over my eyes and has allowed me to think that I am indeed the most hilarious person of the household.

Burritos y Horchata

Yesterday Justin and I sat reflecting at a local Santa Cruz taqueria on an amazing afternoon where we took our engagement photos.  Not only did we have an amazing day, but we also experienced a world record in holding "the longest kiss ever."  While at the taco shop I ordered my typical, burrito y "orch-attta" throwing in my best spanglish accent.  No matter how hard I try, I cannot seem to get the pronunciation of that word correct.  I'm always corrected by the spanish speaker by the counter repeats in his perfect spanish accent "OK so one burrrrrito y horchata."  Dang, he beat me again.


On another note, the horchata did live up to it's delicious name.  Mmmmm...creamy full of fat and sugar delicious drink of the Mexican Gods...thank you.

Prepping for Wine Wednesday

Wine Wednesday's have been put to a halt in the absence of Jen, but soon they will resume upon Jens homecoming next week.  In preparation for wine Wednesday, Justin and I cracked open a practice bottle of wine last night to make sure we were still in "shape".  After all, practice makes perfect.  Typically on wine Wednesdays the wine bottles start out with the good wine, but end with the cheap stuff.  Last night however, we started with the cheap stuff knowing that we should not continue on for very long.  We were able to work out the kinks in our strategy for next week and I feel fully prepare for the kickoff of wine Wednseday's once again.  I plan for next week to be the most epic wine Wednesday ever...which usually means that Thursday will be unfortunate.