We were approved for the apartment! We move in on Sunday April 30th! So if anyone wants to help they are more then appreciated!

So for the past week or so Kelly and I have been looking at various apartments and deciding where and what we can afford. Two months ago we stoped at a couple apartments and the very first one we looked at we really liked. Well we went back there on Monday and after all the other apartments still feel it’s the one for us. The complex is right on the border of Santa Ana and Orange, it’s probably less then a mile from my work, and slightly closer to Kelly’s work since it’s directly off the 22/55 freeways. The grounds are beautiful with lots of trees and a fake river throught the whole place.

There are pool tables, a pretty nice fitness center, 2 pools, tennis courts, and a basketball court. We like to play tennis and I’ve always enjoyed shooting baskets. It’s also right next to bike/walking trail that covers about 4-5 miles which is great for getting exercise. Last but not least it’s next door to Hart Park, which means I can walk over there and do hill sprints and then walk back home. I have my whole work out planned out already! We’ll save a bit of money on gas since I’ll be right down the street from work (at least at this time I am). I’ve also checked how much our insurance premium will be and currently I pay $730 per 6 months. With us both being on the same plan (as multi car but not married yet) our premium will be about $1000 total! She pays about $650 right now. Once we are married we will get discounts because single vs. married have discounts (oh no I’m taking advantage of the same discounts I used to complain about! ). Today we go over to the complex and check out the apartments that will be avaliable the second week of May (I’m hoping one if first floor because then I can also do working out in the apartment and not worry about making too much noise for the downstairs people) and hopefully we will be placing our down payment and they will process our credit. That will be once less thing to worry about before the wedding!

So we are just about ready to start working on sending out the invitations. Wow less then 3 1/2 months away. Is it me or is time starting to move faster as we get closer to the date?! We’d like to know who’s reading this so if you have a chance please add a comment and let us know who you are! Just click on the link below that says “No Comments” then you will be able to add your own comment!

Over the past week I have been taking care of 3 very sweet dogs, a West Highland Terrier, a Lab Mix, and a Rhodesian Ridgeback. Daniel has been helping me and he has grown quite tolerant of dog hair which was my plan from the very beginning. When we first started dating Daniel was very hesitant to have dogs lick him or jump on him because he might get dirty or hairy well since I’m a dog groomer I have no problem with a stray hair here or there and with being very fond of animals I knew I had to get Daniel over his thought of animals are supposed to be enjoyed outside and not inside the house. Since my dog Lilly is practically an inside dog, and being 70lbs. does not realize she is not technically a lap dog she loves to be on everybody’s lap and lick faces and she gets so excited she can’t sit still for a moment, Daniel has grown to love Lilly as much as Me an my family do. Now on weekends we make special plans to make sure we can take Lilly with us, he even calls Lilly to come over and sit on his lap. It makes me so happy to watch Daniel laugh and enjoy animals as much as I do. So over the past week staying with the 3 dogs when Daniel comes over he has so much fun playing and just sitting with the dogs. We have both just had a great time with the dogs and hanging out laughing at the antics the dogs get themselves into. It’s been nice just Daniel and I, I can’t wait till it’s just us all the time.

On Sunday Daniel, Pam, Ken, and I went to the Bridal Expo at the Orange County Fairgrounds.  Wasn’t really to much there just a lot of d.j.’s, places to have your wedding and florists.  Since we already had all of that covered it wasn’t as informative as I thought it would be.  I did get an idea by looking at the booths the way they were decorated so I guess it wasn’t a total loss.  Oh and there was this really neat booth, the women get your bouquet and they dry them and put them in memory boxes or frame them for you, but they don’t crush them flat they leave them the way they are, it really looks very pretty.  We weren’t there very long so it was a good thing this women had extra free tickets, she just handed them to us when we were standing in line, so that was nice not having to pay!  After we were done we were all a little hungry so we went over to Mimi’s Cafe.  The same one I used to go to with my Grandma.  It was nice being there I kept thinking of all the times I had gone there with her, it just felt nice sitting there.  After that we went back to Michael’s and bought some more decorations for the hall.  They had a great sale going on so we definetly had luck on our side there.  After that we went back to Daniel’s house and ordered our invitations, so those should be coming soon!  Hopefully they will be sent out around early to mid-April.  After all the wedding stuff we could handle for one day Daniel and I watch some t.v. had some dinner and had a good laugh watching “Wedding Crasher’s”.  It was a nice Sunday.

Last night Kelly and I went through Target and got our gift registry completed.  If you would like to check it out online you can click on the link to the right, or you can click right HERE.  You will find things for our kitchen, bedroom, and even games!
Other then that nothing else to report.  We will be finalizing our invitations some time this week and sending them out next month.

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On Sunday my parents, Daniel’s parents, and Daniel and I got together to go look for dresses for the Mom’s and the three little girls.  We went over  to Westminister Mall and didn’t find much luck.  Although my mom did find a dress to wear to the wedding in the very first store we went into!  Pam on the other hand didn’t find much of anything.  She is the opposite of me, everything is to short for me and everything is to long for her so I kind of know where she is coming from.  As for finding any little girl dresses we were unsuccessful.  None of the stores had any of the Easter/ Spring dresses out yet, and all the ones we did find were PINK!  Oh that darn pink, not all people like pink!  Oh well we still have plenty of time for the dresses.  After not finding much luck in the mall we decided it was time for lunch, after all Tony and Ken were very good about spending and hour or more looking at dresses, altough they did find their way over to the tool department one time, but they were very nice about shopping with a bunch of women, I know how difficult we can be!  So we went over to B.J.’s Pizza and Brewhouse for a couple of pizza’s.  After lunch we headed over to Micheal’s (it’s a arts and crafts store) and looked at silk flowers and things like that.  They do have a wedding section with some really good and neat things.  Pam is just so creative she can see something from nothing, I was glad she was there to show me some really cute ideas.  Well that was our day together, fun and overall a great day!