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| For those of you who are not already aware, I'm switching from xanga back to blogger. Partly because xanga is blocked at work and blogger is not (hehe), and partly because I've entered a new phase of life (i.e. marriage), and a new blog seemed appropriate. I've created a new blog, as opposed to resurrecting the old one. Feel free to check it out at http://shillyshara.blogspot.com. The goal is to stop blathering about myself and start thinking about deeper things. We'll see how well this goes!
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| If I were into titling my blogs, I'd call this one "Fun with Vacations". I was pondering the other day about who all Daniel and I want to visit in the coming year.
my folks/maternal relatives - Phoenix, AZ
his folks - Columbia, MO
his sister/bro-in-law - Kansas City, KS
my sister/bro-in-law - Buena Park, CA
his maternal relatives - Katy, TX
more maternal relatives - San Antonio, TX
his paternal relatives - south Houston, TX
And I only have 2 weeks of vacay a year! ::sigh:: Good thing they're all really gracious about the time we are able to give. Will there ever come a time again when I can spend all the time I want with family?
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| Taking suggestions for car names! Options/suggestions so far:
Rudy
Rudolph
Ruby
Lucy
Rojo (red in spanish)
Rouge (red in French)
Rosso (red in Italian)
Rot (red in German)
Vermelho (red in Portuguese)
Tomato (pronounced "toe-mahtto")
Something to do with Communism
Linux
Anything else? No official name will be chosen until I receive my license and registration, so we have time to chat. 
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| Out with the old...
and in with the new!
That's right folks, I am now a statistic: I traded in my "clunker" -- 1998 Ford Explorer -- for a 2010 Ford Escape while in A-town for seester's wedding. The complicated part of this was that the old car's paperwork was still in my mom's name, so technically she had to buy the new car -- that is, she had to fill out the paperwork. Made for some craziness on top of a wedding, but she got everything done on Thursday so that all I had to do was hand over a check and the keys to my clunker when I arrived on Friday. It was sad to leave my Exploder behind, knowing what they will do to it, but I got more money for the trade-in than the car was worth, so there really wasn't a better way to do this.
He's preeeeeeeeety. Now for a name...
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| Well, my sister is married! (I'm sure she'll blog about everything later, hehe.) It was a crazy weekend, following a crazy week. I worked four 10-hour days Monday through Thursday so that I could take Friday off and save my own vacation time for my honeymoon. Not being used to this schedule, I was wiped out by the end of each day. Friday morning, I got up waaaaaaaaay too early to drive to A-town. Long story short, I was planning on buying a car there (I'll elaborate in a separate post), so I needed to get there fairly early in order to make it to the scheduled events the rest of the day. I left my apartment at 5:50 in a nasty thunderstorm. I ended up on the wrong freeway at one point because I was in an exit only lane and didn't notice till it was too late. It worked out fine, but it was stressful. A couple years ago, I had a minor "mishap" on the freeway in a thunderstorm, so I was pretty nervous. It poured for most of the first 80 miles/2 hrs of my trip. Not a good start to the day. But, the next 130 miles were perfect. I arrived on schedule to pick up the new car and trade in the old. I headed to the opposite end of town where family was gathering for a pizza lunch. After lunch we had a little time to chill before rehearsal and rehearsal dinner. I took a nap, haha. Rehearsal dinner was really nice... we had some good Texas bbq! I wish my tummy were bigger, because it would have been great to stuff in more tasty meat! D's flight came in late that night, so I had to stay up to go pick him up. Getting up at 5 and not getting to bed till after midnight is not my favorite thing to do, but anything for my love and my family. :)
Saturday wasn't quite as early, but it was definitely just as busy. I got up and showered, and made a quick Sonic run for breakfast before the hairstylist arrived. We -- seester and all 3 of us bridesmaids -- had fun laughing and being girly doing hair and makeup, which was entertaining since the three of them are not super girly. We were late leaving for the venue, but since the wedding can't actually start without the bride, we were right on schedule! We spent some time getting dressed, primping, and taking a few pictures.
The ceremony was beautiful, and I almost cried, hehe. I swore I wouldn't! I did have a maid-of-honor panic moment... I forgot the groom's ring in the bride's room!!! Thankfully, there was a way to work it out without being awkward. My dad and my uncle co-officiated the ceremony, with my uncle taking first shift so my dad could walk seester down the aisle. When they traded places, I grabbed my uncle and quickly explained where it was, and he managed to find it and get it to me in time. Whew! Disaster averted. The reception was lovely, the food was good, the dancing was great, and I think a good time was had by all! After the wedding, the family went back to the hotel to crash.
Sunday we got up and loaded seester's stuff into a truck, and everyone hit the road. D and I headed back to my place via returning the tuxes. We were pretty wiped out and took it easy for the afternoon. I took him to the airport early Monday morning -- getting up early and saying goodbye being my two least favorite activities.
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