i'm back

things have finally started to settle down up here. ty is back at work and i'm back at school and work. dandy is glad to have us both around =)

here are some pictures of the wedding from my digital camera... enjoy! i'll post our mexico pics sometime this weekend probly...

9 days

some days it seems like this year has flown by and i can't even remember all of the cool things that have happened since january. and other days it seems like i've been waiting all year for this and it hasn't come soon enough. most days though, i can't sleep because i'm thinking of all the things i have to get done before next weekend. and of course i never write anything down at night so i usually forget what needs to be done.

it was really nice to be home last weekend, but also weird. my mom hugged me before i left and said "this is the last time you'll be home as our unmarried daughter." i've been living away from home for almost 3 years now, but it seems to be just hitting her that me and ty are going to have our own life now.

tyson and i carved pumpkins last night and they turned out really cute =) once i get a camera, i'll take some pics. also- halloween candy is so expensive! i'm handing out pencils or something lame from now on.

pics

took some more pics this weekend... she took like 150 shots (yeah holy moly), but these are just a few of my faves.

just in time for Halloween

So, I went to the dentist today for my check-up. Figured it would be perfect timing to have a cleaning before wedding photos... I also had a funny bump on my gums that won't go away and I wanted them to check it out.

WELL, it turns out I have a rare form of a gum infection that is eating the roots of my teeth =(

They are sending me to a specialist in Sedona because my dentist said he doesn't know much about this kind of infection and he doesn't have the tools in his office to check out the damage that its already done.

Hopefully my teeth will last until the wedding...

and double hopefully maybe this will convince Ty to put me on his insurance for after we get married...

wake me up before you go-go

so i have been feeling completely tired, run-down, and stressed out lately and had no idea why. i haven't been doing too awesome at school and wedding planning has made me cry on more than one occasion.
just today i realized that this is probably due to the fact that i have not gone to sleep before 11pm ever since ty moved here!! starting next week, that is going to change!

best buy opens this weekend so i'm going to be working crazy long hours, but ty promised to make me a nice breakfast on saturday morning before he leaves for the valley. that will be nice. he is so thoughtful =)

also- the wedding is one month from saturday (or wednesday depending on your definition of a month). if i don't have your address, please post it here or email it to shanda.dean@gmail.com

the only thing we still really need is a CAKE! any volunteers to home make it? we're having a whole dessert bar at the reception so i really don't care what kind of cake we have as long as it looks pretty.

OH speaking of wedding cakes- whenever ty comes to my apt he watches this lame SPEED channel which is basically just car renovations for rich people. but last night, he was channel surfing and stopped on the FOOD NETWORK and asked if i'd like to watch the wedding cake show with him! it was awesome. the competitors had 8 hours to create a wedding cake for this couple and some of them turned out soooo cooool. this just popped into my head so i thought i'd share.

Recap:
i need more sleep.
send me your address.
ty is the best.
the end.

Quick Update

Life is good.

Ty is here and does my dishes more often than I cook him dinner!! It's amazing. Everyday so far he has asked me what he can do to help me out since I've been so busy with school and work. I make him lists sometimes, but most of the time he just does chores around my apartment. He is so totally out of my league, but I don't think he even cares =) I think I'm going to spend the rest of my life trying to prove to myself that I deserve him. But I think thats a good goal to aim for.

My new car is awesome. In the last 200 miles, I've gotten an average of 41 miles per gallon. I still can't figure out how to program my radio stations, but everything else works just fine. I love it.

My job at Best Buy is keeping me super busy, but I can tell all of the managers appreciate the work I do and are happy to have me there. They give me "special projects" and have put me in charge of large groups of other employees quite a bit as we get ready to open the store.

School is the most stressful part of life right now, but I have one of the highest grades in my most difficult class so I guess I'm doing alright.

My mom is coming up tonight with my family and I'm pretty excited. If only I didn't have to work tomorrow....

it's about time.

in just a few short hours, i will be the proud new owner of this sweet ride:




2003 toyota prius (hybrid). yay!

my mom

i mostly just wanted to post what dandy looked like before her haircut...



yeah, she's my little sheep dog =)


but now i've decided to tell you all why my mom is the best mom in the whole world. you might think its up for debate, but really, that would be like arm wrestling hulk hogan for the last french fry. just let him have it.

i've known for quite some time that i have the best mom in the universe, but this weekend just further confirmed it. i thought the highlight of my weekend was going to be a 58 page practice test that i was graciously allowed to print from her computer, but it only went uphill from there! she took me thrift store shopping, and let me tell you - if it were an olympic sport, my mom would be a 39 time gold medalist! she always finds the coolest stuff!

anyway- she's trying to find things for her house in flagstaff (where ty will be living) but ended up buying me NEW FURNITURE! my couch and loveseat are uncomfortable and falling apart so she replaced them with SUUUUPER comfy thrift store finds. and since the upholstery was so heinous, she bought slip covers too =) they look so cute! ty even broke them in by taking a saturday afternoon nap! yay.

she's just so darn cute and thoughtful! this is a picture of us in 2005 taking a gondola ride in venice. yeah, that was her idea too =) life rules.


becoming a mom scares me because i have her to live up to. but if i'm half the mom she's been, i think i'll do alright.

can i have my money back?

this has to be the worst haircut EVER. i feel so bad.

conjunctivitis

i have pink eye. and some sort of allergy attack too. yeahhhhh.

at least i have the disney channel.

school starts tomorrow so hopefully i'll be feeling better...



oh- and can i just say that STARDUST was quite possibly the best movie i've seen this year!