Jacked up

My bloglines is on crack, it shows I have the number of post you've written total I have left to read. Boooo

I worked a lot this weekend and also did some cleaning. It was nice to be home this weekend as we'll be heading down to the Cape on Thursday for the weekend. And then the following weekend I'll be leaving for Wisconsin on Thursday for Liane's wedding. Yeah!!!

Off to the gym, I should just run outside it is WONDEFUL outside!

Best and worst thing about being a MOH....

Giving the speech.....

I have to give a speech at my BFF Liane's wedding in 16 days. I am UBER.STRESSING. about it. I know it'll be fine but any advice? 

So we just got Apple TV and let me tell you, it is the best! How fun is it to play the music off of your TV. 

The shower was great this weekend and the batch party for Liane went very well! Some cute and not so cute pics! :) One funny story, we were leaving the first bar and one of the bridesmaids had to pee so she went in between two cars, I was there "helping" her. So out of the blue we see a guy walking towards us with a flashlight, yep you guessed it. It was a Cop. She was about to get a ticket and then another Cop came over and they ended up knowing each other...So she walked away with a "never do it again"! 

OK, so any help with the speech would be very wonderful!!!! 

Erik and me

Here is a picture from this weekend. Me and my gay best friend Erik. We dated in high school, and he was my prom date! Let me tell you nothing was better than having a gay prom date!

Love you lots E!!!

WE...WON...WE...

WON...

I knew we would win...

I spent the whole game listening to helicopters and it was the best knowing the Celtics were going to win!

Bring on the Parade!

Will do it at home....

I called it and I was wrong....

The Celts will win it all in Boston!!!

xo,

Kimba

Only ok if you're Kimba....

I had a wonderful weekend! More on the weekend later, this post is just about today.

Today in Charlestown was the Bunker Hill Road Race, I knew A & B would be running so I laced up my running shoes and set out in the pouring rain to check out the festivities and to try to locate them in the Navy Yard before they took off. Successful on both counts! I saw all of the Townies set up their chairs and reserve their spots on Main Street for the race and the parade and was able to wish A & B luck! I came back home quickly and showered (have never been so soaked) as I was walking out the door I saw Music Guy give B a high five! Bummed I missed him run by but MG was there and I screamed GO BILLY, to only realize I was only screaming to myself!

Coll picked me up and we headed North to attend a fabulous graduation party for the oh so fab Libby! Can I just please preface that if Coll and I ever plan to attend somewhere we've never been and we're together we absolutely under no circumstance will be able find the place on the first try. I'm just saying... We cruised the strip of Hampton Beach at 11:30am and of course had to stop for A) gas and B) help...decked out in white, pink, navy and pearls with a Lilly dress hanging in the back. We threw our Vineyard Vines totes in the backseat and went on our way (with directions of course). We knew we were on the right rode and felt pretty confident....we said lets look for the house with balloons and we'll know that has to be it. So we found the house with balloons and pulled over both thinking to ourselves hum....is this right? I looked at the gal in the front yard and she sure looked at me, i checked the address and well not the house...mind you we were pretty much parked and out the door (well I was). Back on route and only another few blocks we arrived at our destination. We were greeted by Libs and Devil Dog.... Best greeting ever if you ask me!

We had a wonderful time and was so tickled to be able to meet Libby's wonderful friends and family. We have a picture of us three that i'll post this week! (Thanks D!)

We headed back to Boston (found our way NO problem) and Coll dropped me off in Beacon Hill for our Father's Day celebration! It was a wonderful afternoon!

We're back home now and Charlestown is still rocking, these Townies are pretty crazy!!!

I'm ready for the Celtics this evening, but spending a good hour + running around town in the pouring rain it will be a struggle to stay up...BUT I know they'll take it tonight so I'm ready!!!!!!

BEAT LA!!!

PS, anyone watch the US Open yesterday? T.I.G.E.R....we watched history last night with those two putts!

Tough to take

Tim Russert was one of the biggest influences in American Political journalism. 

Every Sunday morning was spent watching Meet the Press in my house. This is one of the biggest elections our Country will ever see and it is so sad to know we'll be going through this without him.

Tim spent a lot of time in Boston as his son attended Boston College. We would see him all the time attending Sox games and he just moved his father into a retirement home here. So very sad. My heart goes out to his family who were in Italy continuing there vacation Tim had just returned from when they heard the news.

Chris Matthews said it best "We lost our quarterback tonight".

Shoes shoes and more shoes

HOWDY...

I just bought the shoes for my gals, 6 pairs of shoes for $260! I used the 20% coupon and also they have free shipping!

Shoe Buy and the coupon is "FATHERSDAY08".

Wait did I just buy 6 pairs, but I only have 5 bridesmaids....how could I not buy myself a pair!

OH MY GOD, i just heard about Tim Russert that is so sad, I knew it was Sunday morning when I'd see him on Meet the Press.

Flops on Pair Tree

What does a grosgrain ribbon belt and 6 pairs of flip flops have in common? Many things, preppy of course is the first thing that comes to mind. Or maybe flip flops made out of grosgrain ribbon...

But actually none of the above for this example!

See the really cool flip flop "shoe hanger". How super cute is that?/! I think it would make a great gift. Maybe for your flip flop loving bridesmaids? Who knew storing your flip flops could be so cute!

My Pair Tree sells this little cuties, you can also pick which belt pattern you like!

*Update*

Enter "Kimba" when you checkout and receive free shipping! 

Bridesmaid shoes II

Thanks to Ami for the link and coupon link!

Thoughts on these bad boys? Is the bling a little too much?

Triple Brown

I sure hope Big Brown wins the Belmont today, I think it would be very good for the sport!

We're just about to head out on the boat and I'm very much looking forward to getting out on the water! We won't be down on the Cape for a few weeks so we have to soak it all up this weekend and what a great weather we're having!

Will Hillary take a freaking seat already, I am sick of seeing her bright pantsuits...she has no clue.

Off to the dock!

Bridesmaid Shoes help

Ideally I would like my bridesmaids to wear gold strappy sandals. 

I'm having a hard time finding a pair that are reasonably priced. 

Any idea's or thoughts?

Tie One on

I finally just picked out the tie for the wedding!

I have fallen in love with two only to days later have it taken off the site and to never be seen again. Now that I think about it i actually posted them each time I found them. Oh well here goes nothin'.....

Compass Tie in Raspberry

This fits our theme perfectly and I like the random pink really it adds to the look. I was looking to do something other than navy and white and when I saw the Compass motif it was perfect!

Should have more wedding updates soon, only three months and a few weeks left!

Thanks for hanging with ATK the last few months, lots going on here and more great things to come!

Sunday Sunday Sunday

I am off to the Paper Source to pick out our invites. I know exactly what I want so i'm hoping it's pretty easy. Haha i know!

It's a nice day out there hope you're all enjoying!

Jeep Jeep

Now if this picture doesn't get me through the wrok done nothing will!


We got an Over Sand Vehicle (OSV) Permit for Sandy Neck Beach in Barnstable yesterday. It's time to get the cooler, horseshoes and chairs ready! When it's too rough to be on the boat we can do the next best thing!

He asked...she said yes...K&MG are "tying the knot"...

There are many many more wedding "sayings".... But we opted to put our own stamp on the wedding!

Kimba & Music Guy

Miss you guys tons! I'll be back soon, i'm gearing up for our Preakness party this weekend. The signature drink for the day is of course Black-Eyed Suz'....In honor of my fun horse loving gal Suz!!!

Our guest list age range is from 2 months to 60 years old. If you're in town come on by!!! SO HAPPY Sara & Mr. Benjamin will be able to attend!!!

Check back for condo and Preakness pics!

*The move went well, we're getting settled, it feels great!*

**Any thoughts or tips on the menu are more than welcome**

Dog-a-palooza

(thanks Suz for the witty title!)

That is the best way to describe our new place. Now don't go thinking we bought a place where they had 15 cats that haven't been outside in 10 years. It's just that they had a black lab and well they shed. No big deal right, the place is very clean expect for some dust and dog hair in the fridge. Now why am i bring this up? Well i'm HIGHLY allergic to animals, I have a hard time riding in a car where a dog or cat has been. (Sara can concur) It's pretty shitty actually. So before we can do anything we have to get a cleaning service to come in and scrub the place from top to bottom. Now normally I would do this but when we were there on Tuesday I was having a tough time and thought there is no way i'm going to be able to clean up dog hair. So that's it, i'm paying to have someone clean an already clean house. Done and done.

In other news, I had a very nice lunch with Sara and she's going to take me home so i can give her 500 bridal magazines! (before MG throws them out) I'll take her to the new place and.....

this posted before i finished... but this is pretty much what i wanted to say! HA! I don't blog for a few weeks and this is what happens! :)

You a home owner Focker???

YEP!!!!!!! (that line has been used A LOT in our house for the last month!)

Lots to share but wanted to post the first pic of MG and I in our new place!!!!

AND, big congrats to the very lovely Lib and Dear D on their wonderful news!!!!!!!!!!

Agh

I hit my head just so in the shower last night (i bet down to turn off the water and moved to quickly). Things like this happen to me all the time so I didn't think much of it. I woke up in the middle of the night with a splitting headache and spent most of the day with that same pain. The weird thing is it was only in my left eye and temple. I "web md'd it" and the only thing I could come up with was an eye strain. Yes, that could be it, but I have never felt this type of pain before and it didn't go away with Advil. I wasn't on the computer at work as much as I normally am so I thought that would help, but it is now worse (i know i'm on the computer now). So needless to say i'm off to bed, but this is just so odd for me.

Tomorrow i'm going to be a great day!!! I have my weekly 8am leadership conference call but Kimba's working from home tomorrow so i'll be able to wake up and start working right away. We have our walk through in the morning and our closing in the afternoon!!!

Ok it's off to bed, i'm not feeling all to well.

Thanks for the comments, i'm happy to know everyone else also made the best out of pre-cana!!!!!

Oh, and i'm so happy Ambre Lake won Rock of Love II!

Our Saturday

HOWDY!

I promise i'll be back more often, i've missed you all tons!!

Let me quickly recap and fill you in on our Saturday thus far and what is to come.

Today was Pre-Cana at the Paulist Center in Boston, Wikipedia definition below:
Pre-Cana is a course or consultation Catholic couples must undergo before they can be married in a Catholic church. The name is derived from John 2:1-12, the wedding feast at Cana in Galilee, where Jesus performed the miracle of turning water into wine.
Approaches to Pre-Cana vary among Catholic parishes. Often six weekly sessions will be led by a priest or deacon with support from a married Catholic couple. Common topic include: compatibility of the couple, basic principles of Catholic marriage and family life, conflict resolution within marriage, and natural family planning.

Let me tell you I am damn lucky Music Guys is also Catholic or I would never hear the last of how i dragged him to this. We did the fast version an all day "class". Let me tell you how serious MG took it...One of the questions in our "fighting fair" piece was "How do you and your future spouse resolve arguments" he answered arm wrestle. Lovely!

We got some bad looks from others as we're sitting there laughing at what each other put. They had about 15 different topics with questions and every one of them was taken with that seriousness. The people behind us were really into it and I think we annoyed them. There was a booklet in our packet called "Together for life" and we looked at each other and said Together for "now". And that was within the first 10 minutes so I think everyone around us knew what they getting into sitting next to us. It was a joke, my goodness people, you have to be able to laugh at yourself. But I think that might have pushed it.

It was not as bad as I had thought it would be, I actually enjoyed it! They had a couple come up and do mock vows and when the girl was saying them she started to get choked up. It was so cute, and then of course I start to tear up. I'm going to LOSE IT when we're up there, I always do. I look over at MG and he's looking at me like i'm crazy, he'll be worse then me, I know it!

You would think that's enough for one day right? Oh no, there's more!

I'm about to get ready as my boss is hosting a party this evening at his house for all of his direct reports and their spouses. Yep people you got it, party at my bosses! I'm looking forward to it, but i'm not sure about my other half. He'll enjoy himself, i know he will! Only thing that is a real bummer is some friends of ours are having a very sweet party and we're going to miss it. We did say we might stop by after, but I don't think that will happen. Oh well!

Off to put on my party pants! GREAT to be back!!!!

Anybody still there??? :)