We're officially charting!

Yesterday was a busy day! I need a weekend with nothing else to do but lay in bed and watch TV and I think Dave needs one too. Love you hunny bunny!

First, I participated in my first Steps for Students run/walk fundraiser (I funraised $95 !! yay me!!). And even though I did not run/walked - although I would have preferred to do so - I helped out as a volunteer in the 1k water station. But that didn't mean I did not get any exercise done. OMG! I had to walk all the way from Robertson Stadium to the water station (Calhoun and McGregor) and then back once all participants had passed by. After that I went to Dave's apartment to rest for a bit and take a small nap - which did not happen because I was hungry, people knocking on the door to bring small packages - and by the time I was falling asleep it was time to go.

So then went to the Rice Catholic Student Center to the first session - of three - of the NFP class (Sympto-Thermal Method). A few months back we had gone to an information session where they told us about different methods. It can be a little intimidating with the weird sounding names of the different methods and stuff but I think this one is pretty easy to follow and it will work well.
I thought I was going to have a hard time concentrating because I was tired and sleepy, but it was a really interesting class and the presenters, Alison and Mike were really good even though it was their first class. So we had a quick anatomy/biology lesson then they taught us how to chart. We learned about temperature, mucus, and all kinds of fun stuff.. haha. They gave us a bag of goodies (info and materials) to use, we practiced charting and reading the chart and then we were on our merry way to charting on our own until the next class, one month from now.

THEN, we still had stuff to do. We didn't even have time to stop for a quick bite before heading out to our sponsor couple's house way on the other side of town for our weekly meeting with them. But there were good news, we're almost done with the meetings/talks!! 11 down, 6 to go, yay!!! We're almost there!

Gift Registry

So when I was a kid, I would fantasize about getting married. Its not what you think; I always wanted to go to a store and use one of those gun deals and start scanning all the stuff I want! So finally my day came when Aly and I went to Bed, Bath, and Beyond. It wasn't all I hoped it would be. It was hard work! Luckily for me, Aly already had a list of things we need for our new home together. And she was serious about this list; she would not let me add any "fun" gifts or gifts that I consider fun (like a bar glass set or a whisky flagon). There's a lot of stuff to get; things for the bedroom, for the bathroom, and the granddaddy of them all, the kitchen! What a day. My feet were sore by the time we had finished. We hit a roadblock when we couldn't agree on the color for our bed comforter ( I like dark colors, Aly likes light colors). We had to split our shopping into two trips. On the first day we got the bedroom and bathroom stuff done. The second day we went to a different BB&B to get all the kitchen stuff but it was a small store with not a lot of selections. So we decided to also register at Macy's and get all our kitchen stuff. Moral of the story: Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it!

Update...

Well, eeww that picture is not very nice looking. Hope no one thought it was me, it is not. The last post seems like it was ages ago. Since then, we have gotten sick again, recovered and sick all over again. Not fun.

It's been pretty busy at Queen of Peace (near UH) I've been there almost 3 months. It has been great even though sometimes I wanna choke a kid or two, haha. Dave started the spring semester @ St. Thomas. We continue with the preparations for the wedding. Lots of things have happened. I don't know if I posted the slight problem we had at St. Cecilia but here it is.

So it was waaay more than 6 months since we talked to the priest and he told us everything is fine and dandy, we began pre-marriage talks with our sponsor couple, booking stuff, etc. When one day the priest leaves me a message saying there's a small problem with our date! Woot!! I call him back and after some missed calls back and forth, we finally meet with him and he informs us that they had double booked the church for that day. Our wedding and some other event, and of course who did they kick out?: US. He tells us we can either change the date or find another church. Just great!
I start getting paranoid, we look at some options for the church and talk to the priest again. We decide to have the wedding moved to Our Lady of Walsingham a very nice, small, traditional looking church. You should all go to mass there some time. So now we have a church but there is a small problem, it is a catholic church with an anglican rite. The mass might not be in spanish as we would have liked to begin with and the whole deal might be kind of weird for our priest. But he seems to be willing to give it a try so we'll see how it goes when he meets or talks to the deacon there.

Back to the planning and such. We have booked reception venue, photography, florist, caterer, cake, registered at Bed Bath and Beyond (I'll leave it to Dave to tell you about our fun day at BB&B), we still got some more things to register for (mainly kitchen stuff, fun) ...I think most major things are done. Anyone know a good/not too expensive DJ?? We still haven't been able to decide where to go for our honeymoon. Time is flying by and we need to book something soon!!!

There are now 111 day till the wedding and counting. We still have lots to do, mainly small details which are the biggest pain in the booty. Yay!