Merry Christmas

Christmas is finally here! This year it actually felt like it came really fast. This is one of the best Christmases (is that a word??) I have had. I probably say that every year but each year I feel that way. This year Kevin's sister and her kids are in town so we are very excited to be able to spend some time with them. Kevin did all the shopping this year although I did accompany him to some the stores and gave some input but other than his sister Jen's gift Kevin picked them all. I have never seen him so excited to give gifts. We didn't do too bad this year either. We each got some things that we really wanted/love! Some of my favorites: Nana got me beeswax candles, Kevin's brother got me a glass water bottle, and the one I am the most excited about, Kevin got me a 40 day unlimited class membership to a very cool yoga studio. Today we are off to nanas for Christmas lunch and family time and then we will be headed back over to Kevin's mom's to spend some more time with his sister, niece and nephew.

Wedding up date

I really haven't done too much more wedding planning because really there's not much to do. Really the only things left on my list are a decorator, a dj, and to ask the rest of the bridal party. Kevin and I have each asked one person. The main thing we must get accomplished is the save the date cards. Ideally I wanted to have them sent out in November but that didn't happen and I didn't want them to get mixed up in with peoples Christmas cards so December was out but I also don't want them to get accidently thrown out when Christmas stuff gets put away so I am hoping to get them sent out by the end of January. My sister pointed out that November would have been a year in advance and that January is ten months early. I realize that most people don't send them out this early but most people get married during wedding season (the summer months) and most people don't have people traveling as far as we do. Our wedding is in a month that has a major travel holiday (and its also very close to Christmas) and we have a lot of people coming from other sides of the country and other countries so etiquette says they need to go out a year in advance. (I didn't make that rule up Emily Post did, so if you have a problem with it take it up with her). The other night Kevin actually spent a lot of time giving me some of his guest list, he is up to about 50 invites!

And while I'm thinking about:
Kevin and I would love to share all of our engagement pictures with everyone, once they're taken that is, but would greatly appreciate it if everyone would refrain from sharing them or using them on facebook. I have seen a lot of my friends' very personal pictures (sonograms, babies, wedding, engagement, and so on) being shared by  friends family members and used by friends and family as profile pictures. This is one of my biggest pet peeves and I'll tell you why. I know who all of my friends on facebook are but I do not know who your friends are so I can't control who sees or uses it once you share or use one of my pictures. If you would like a printed photo just let one of us know and we would be more than happy to get you copies of any picture you like.

12 days till Christmas!!

There are 12 days until Christmas and Kevin and I have seriously not bought a single gift. However I did send out Christmas cards this year! Last year I only sent out about 3 and this year I think I sent out around 30. Two weeks ago I went to my yearly doctor appointment and the nurse who took me to the exam room and did my blood pressure and questionnaire and such is a horrible person and the doctor and I had a long chat about her after my check up. Everytime I go they ask me about a million questions about my health and routines. One of the questions they ask is do you take any medicines or vitamins, she seriously rolled her eyes while I went over what vitamins I take. Then she asked if I had gotten the flu shot yet and of course I said no, which prompted her to say it wouldn't be a problem t get it during my visit. I politely declined which sent her into a long lecture about why I need one and blah blah blah. I gave her my reasons for not wanting one and she made me feel like crap for them. You better believe I let the doctor know that I didn't appreciate being lectured on my medical choices especially ones I have extensively researched and she agreed that the nurse was out of line. So while I'm on the subject lets discuss the flu shot for a minute. Did you know that the CDC recently released a statement admitting that the flu shot does not work? I don't need the CDC to tell me it doesn't work there is plenty of proof. Example one: a U.S. Navy ship (the military requires that everyone must get a flu shot except those who are exempt because of allergies or religious reasons) that was almost completely vaccinated had a major outbreak of the flu. How does that happen if the flu shot works, shouldn't only a few of those on board (the ones who didn't get vaccinated) be the only people who got sick? Example two: There have been I want to say around 100 cases of people who have gotten the shot and then been diagnosed with the exact same strain of the flu as the one in the vaccine. Example three: Matt and Charlene had all three of their kids get the vaccine and the past two weeks all of them have been home sick with the flu. I don't need any more proof than that to tell me that the flu shot does not work.