Big Bird was shot and killed in our bathroom

Yesterday I had plans to go to the river with Heidi and her mom (Bonnie) for a some girls only bonding time. Fresh and energetic two days after Heidi's party, I made sangria and cut up fresh fruit to take with us.

As I'm getting ready to leave Jason is getting ready to prepare the two bathrooms to be painted.
We have been talking about painting the two bathrooms and the upstairs bedrooms for the last couple of months and we've had the color idea's in our heads but never really decided on a certain shade. But the gist went: Yellow for the bathrooms and a darkish tan/taupe for the bedrooms.
As far as I'm concerned Jason is only preparing the bathrooms to be painted, not actually painting them.

We had so much fun at the river, we were there for about 4 hours and just gossiped and chatted away. It was much needed girl time.

I get home and Jason says that he has painted the upstairs bathroom... I'm really excited because I didn't know that he was going to go so far with all the work. I run upstairs, turn the corner and then was blinded by the yellow piercing glare coming from the bathroom (the paint color Lemon Zest!). I really didn't know what to say except, "Wow... yeah, um, I think I like it but I can't really tell with the blue tape still on the walls." He was very excited and I could tell he wanted more enthusiasm from me but it wasn't what I was expecting so I was shocked a little. I told him that I'd have to see what it looked like when every thing was back in it's place and the tape was off... and then get a feel for it.

So we kept checking in on the color throughout the night, Jason started disliking it more and more as the evening went on. He wasn't sure about it when he first started painting because it was so bright and wanted to wait until I got home to get my opinion but he knew I was going to be gone for so long he just went ahead and did the whole room. He did such a fantastic job, the edges were straight and it looked very professional. But standing in that room with the door shut made us feel like we were in a Brady Bunch episode.

So today I went out and found a much more softer but bright color yellow (Morning Sunlight) and he is going to prime and tape off the bathroom for a second time after work.

So here's a picture of our lemon zested bathroom and you really can't tell by the photo but it's the brightest shade of yellow I've ever seen. I think you can get a tan in there...


Once we paint the new color I'll post a new picture so you can see the difference. I do have to emphasise that Jason worked so hard and did a beautiful job. I didn't even ask him to do this, he wanted to because he knew it would make us both happy.

So. Much. Fun.

Here's where we partied yesterday... the pool was so awesome! We had the best time! That's pretty much all the energy I have to write now. :)

Now just one party

I spoke too soon! We don't get to go to the showcase tonight. :( But it's probably just as well, now I can go to the gym like I planned. In my fantasy world, I'm sure I'll be able to lose the 10 pounds I'm working on before tomorrow. (I'm going to have to be in a bathing suit tomorrow, Yikes!)

Maybe I can still get Jason to dance with me tonight in our living room! I told him about how I was excited to practice dancing at this event and he thought that was cute. ;)

Party, Party!

It looks like Jason and I will have the opportunity to go to another food and wine event tonight. The Sonoma Showcase of Food and Wine is having a benefit/gala at the Kendell-Jackson Wine Center featuring 6 top Sonoma County chefs paring their menus with 6 Sonoma County wineries. There will be a silent auction for our local charities, live music, dancing... and then an after party of chocolate and port pairing, cigar and spirit bar, sparkling and desert wines. Two purchased tickets may not be used so luckily this will be a comp to us otherwise we wouldn't be able to afford it!

This also gives me the chance to dress up and practice our dancing for the wedding! Another plus is that I have tomorrow off, so I can stay up late. I haven't had a random Saturday off in about 4 years (unless it's during our vacations). I manage a winery/tasting room so I have to work every weekend... I'm the only one here... lol so I can't take many days off unless I can get the cellar master to work the tasting room for me. Right now we are just working on our wines and getting them ready for bottling so it's a little easier for him to come in and cover me. But in a few months during harvest if I need a day off (as in the case of my brother's wedding 9/23/07 and my aunt's wedding 10/20/07) I'll just have to have the tasting room closed.

The reason I'm taking tomorrow off is because it's Heidi's 30th birthday party! She is having a pool party at another friend's house. The pool was just custom built within the last few months and just got filled last week. I haven't seen it since it was just a hole in the ground so I'm so excited I know it'll look so beautiful.

There will be a taco truck, margaritas, mojitos, (wine, I'm bringing wine of course), music, swimming, dancing (I'm sure later in the day). Heidi's parents and cousins are coming (who I love and can't wait to see) my parents all our friends, etc. Jason and Marc (Jason's brother) won't be able to come until after work. :( But I told them I will save them some food.

Then I'll need a break! So many things have been going on it's just been non-stop... of course I won't get one. Monday we are all going to the river... that's sometimes trouble. ;) And then my and Heidi's favorite summertime event: Horse Racing at the Sonoma County fairgrounds, which is 3 weeks this year. This event is like a reunion for us, we run into all the people we used to work with at The Villa Restaurant, some people from High School, friends, etc. I'm really looking forward to a corn dog it's my favorite food at the fair and I really deserve one because of all the salads I have only eaten for dinner all month.

Apparently I've already found my dress... according to my fiancé

Last night Jason and I attended a business meeting but in our industry this "business meeting" is tasting wines, having a picnic, watching the sunset and socializing with the folks at Paradise Ridge, yeah real hard work. Jason is the manager at the Bottle Barn (a large retail wine and liquor shop) and every year Paradise Ridge invites the whole crew up to refresh their palates with their yummy wines. (Hmmm, must be some sort of sales pitch?? ;)

I'm tasting and eating away and one of Jason's co-workers starts asking me about the wedding. "So I hear you have everything pretty much together with your plans for the wedding." I nod, smile and say "Yeah, for it only being 10 months away I feel that we are right on track." He replies "That's what Jason said, you have the date, the place and the wedding dress." ??!!?? I start laughing... "what? wedding dress? Oh, no I'm waiting until the fall to go out and wedding dress shop." I'm laughing so hard.

Apparently Jason overheard me showing someone a dress in a magazine and to him that meant that I had found the dress. This is the one thing that he's not involved in so to him he had no idea about the process of going out and trying on dresses, different styles, colors, etc.

What's so funny is that this is coming from the same guy who had insisted that he needs to know the color of Heidi's dress to match his brother's suits. And from the same guy who at once said that he wanted to be in casual attire for the wedding but has now been more recently talking about wearing a suit or tux. He's so adorable.

The wedding is 10 months away... so far, yet so close when I look at what will need to be done. I don't even want to think about any of these things at the moment so we are just trying to enjoy our summer without too much planning . I would like this wedding to be very casual. Let me rephrase: I'm working on having this wedding to be very casual. This is not going to be a very "traditional wedding". We aren't having a "wedding party" just my best friend Heidi and his two brothers standing up at the altar with us. We are going to write our whole ceremony to be read (hopefully) to us by my Uncle who is an ordained minister.

But things change as the days go by (which I've already experienced within the last two months!) so hopefully this will be fun to read as I go back and forth about what I want... no take that back, what we want to do for our wedding.