Wednesday, August 6, 2008
2 Days
Matt and I are getting married on Friday. Our friends and family are starting to arrive. I cannot wait until Friday and Matt and I say I DO!
Thursday, July 31, 2008
8 Days and counting!
The programs are done, the flowers are ordered, and I have my final dress fitting tonight. The gifts are wrapped and I starting writing Thank yous. The wedding plans are coming to an end. I can't wait for the big day and I definitely cannot wait until Matt and I can start our lives together and get our family started.
Matt is at his house closing today. We were very lucky to only have his on the market for 3 months. My house seems small now with both of us living together now. We house hunt every now and again. He will ride his bike through a new neighborhood or we will drive to a new neighborhood and take the dog for a walk. There are so many houses for sale, one of the ones we like is offering a trip to Mexico and all of the closing costs if you buy their house. We will have to sell mine before we can really start looking. I would like to wait for the spring.
Tonight Matt and I are heading to Bears Training Camp in Bourbonnais. I have never been and Matt hasn't been in a long time.
My last bit of good news, I am officially the new Head Girls Track and Field Coach. I have been the Assistant with the girls for the last 8 years and I cannot wait until the season starts.
Matt is at his house closing today. We were very lucky to only have his on the market for 3 months. My house seems small now with both of us living together now. We house hunt every now and again. He will ride his bike through a new neighborhood or we will drive to a new neighborhood and take the dog for a walk. There are so many houses for sale, one of the ones we like is offering a trip to Mexico and all of the closing costs if you buy their house. We will have to sell mine before we can really start looking. I would like to wait for the spring.
Tonight Matt and I are heading to Bears Training Camp in Bourbonnais. I have never been and Matt hasn't been in a long time.
My last bit of good news, I am officially the new Head Girls Track and Field Coach. I have been the Assistant with the girls for the last 8 years and I cannot wait until the season starts.
Friday, July 11, 2008
New York
Last week Matt and I vacationed in New York City. The word vacation always implies relaxation and this trip was far from that. We drove to NYC, it took 13 hours. We traded off the driving every few hours and before we knew it we arrived in Clifton, NJ. Matt and I checked into the hotel, grabbed a bite to eat and then crashed.
We started our marathon vacation Monday at 4:30 am, caught the 5:05 bus into the city and headed to see the Statue of Liberty and tour Ellis Island. We headed back to Manhatten and walked around the World Trade Center Site. We capped off the evening at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees ended up losing to the Rangers, but it was cool to visit the stadium during its last season.
Tuesday was going to be a little less hectic. Matt and I wanted to run in Central Park, so we packed a change of cloths, a washcloth and lots of deodorent. We decided to take turns running so someone could keep an eye on our stuff. I took off on my run, I was only going to run 3 miles or so. On my way through the paths, I ran into a friend from Mizzou. In front of me on the path was a guy wearing a St. Louis Cardinals hat and low and behold it was Mike Ryan. New York City is huge, but I ran into one of the two people I know that live in the city. Mike and I met during one of my sorority philanthropies. I was in charge of the t-shirts for A Dee Pi and Mike was his fraternities king candidate. We made plans to try and grab drinks later in the week. After the run we changed cloths and wandered around Times Square and mapped out what we wanted to do on Wednesday as far as Broadway tickets. We headed to Yankee Stadium a bit early so we could get in line to see the Memorial Garden.
On Wednesday, we slept in a bit, but still made it to Times Square to see a bit of taping of Good Morning America. Ermil Lagasse was taping a cooking bit. After watching the production a bit we headed to the cheap Broadway ticket line. Matt and I bought tickets to see Legally Blonde. We met my Friend Eddie for lunch. He and I worked together and Disney and have remained friends for a long time! We grabbed a train after lunch, watched the show and then met my friend Mike for drinks. Then it was back to the hotel to get good night sleep before the long ride home.
Take a peak at pictures.
On Wednesday
We started our marathon vacation Monday at 4:30 am, caught the 5:05 bus into the city and headed to see the Statue of Liberty and tour Ellis Island. We headed back to Manhatten and walked around the World Trade Center Site. We capped off the evening at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees ended up losing to the Rangers, but it was cool to visit the stadium during its last season.
Tuesday was going to be a little less hectic. Matt and I wanted to run in Central Park, so we packed a change of cloths, a washcloth and lots of deodorent. We decided to take turns running so someone could keep an eye on our stuff. I took off on my run, I was only going to run 3 miles or so. On my way through the paths, I ran into a friend from Mizzou. In front of me on the path was a guy wearing a St. Louis Cardinals hat and low and behold it was Mike Ryan. New York City is huge, but I ran into one of the two people I know that live in the city. Mike and I met during one of my sorority philanthropies. I was in charge of the t-shirts for A Dee Pi and Mike was his fraternities king candidate. We made plans to try and grab drinks later in the week. After the run we changed cloths and wandered around Times Square and mapped out what we wanted to do on Wednesday as far as Broadway tickets. We headed to Yankee Stadium a bit early so we could get in line to see the Memorial Garden.
On Wednesday, we slept in a bit, but still made it to Times Square to see a bit of taping of Good Morning America. Ermil Lagasse was taping a cooking bit. After watching the production a bit we headed to the cheap Broadway ticket line. Matt and I bought tickets to see Legally Blonde. We met my Friend Eddie for lunch. He and I worked together and Disney and have remained friends for a long time! We grabbed a train after lunch, watched the show and then met my friend Mike for drinks. Then it was back to the hotel to get good night sleep before the long ride home.
Take a peak at pictures.
On Wednesday
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Garage Sale
I am officially a grown-up. I hosted my very own garage sale. I put an ad in the paper, made signs and set up all the treasures. Matt and I were able to purge a lot of stuff. Whatever we didn't see we took to goodwill. People by the strangest things, but don't buy the "good stuff." We sold used groady pans, but didn't sell really nice couches.
With the garage sale over, Matt has officially moved in and boy do we have a lot of stuff. We took two full houses and now have one. My garage has never been so organized and now the basement too. Einstein loves that he has two people around at all times.
With the garage sale over, Matt has officially moved in and boy do we have a lot of stuff. We took two full houses and now have one. My garage has never been so organized and now the basement too. Einstein loves that he has two people around at all times.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
The Proposal
Before I get to the proposal I thought I would bore you with some details. Matt has moved most of his stuff in and boy does my house look small. His parents came into town and helped us move the heavy stuff from Matt's house. Keep your fingers crossed that his house sale goes through. The closing date is July 31!
Einstein is glad to have two adults fawning over him!
In November Matt and I went to Columbia for a Football game. I hadn't been back to Mizzou in quite a few years and hadn't been back for a football game since college. Matt appreciates my love for anything MU, so he gave me the tickets and the trip to the game for my 33rd birthday. He and I had taken the last few Christmas card photos at my house, so I wanted to go to the quad. I thought maybe we could get a good picture in front of the columns. Matt also bought Mizzou shirts for us to wear to the Blackout game. We went to the quad and I was messing with my camera, trying to set the timer and Matt came over to me and told me to hold on a minute. He took my hands in his, bent down on one knee, told me that he loved me (I don't remember what he said it is all a blur), and proposed. Meanwhile, there was a photographer milling around the Quad taking pictures around the campus. After Matt Proposed, we asked her if she wouldn't mind taking a picture of us. She confessed that she had looked over and saw Matt down on one knee and snapped a photo. She gave us her business card and told us she would send the photo. We were elated and extremely grateful. We went on to the Mizzou game, the tigers did not disappoint and they won, I got to hang out with some friends from college and show off my fiance!
When we returned from the weekend, Matt emailed the photographer, she sent the picture and shared a story of her own. She was from Kansas City and that night she also got engaged.
It was a crazy set of circumstances and I don't think that if we wanted a photographer to be there it would have worked out as well.
The wedding is now 7 weeks away. Happy Friday!
Einstein is glad to have two adults fawning over him!
In November Matt and I went to Columbia for a Football game. I hadn't been back to Mizzou in quite a few years and hadn't been back for a football game since college. Matt appreciates my love for anything MU, so he gave me the tickets and the trip to the game for my 33rd birthday. He and I had taken the last few Christmas card photos at my house, so I wanted to go to the quad. I thought maybe we could get a good picture in front of the columns. Matt also bought Mizzou shirts for us to wear to the Blackout game. We went to the quad and I was messing with my camera, trying to set the timer and Matt came over to me and told me to hold on a minute. He took my hands in his, bent down on one knee, told me that he loved me (I don't remember what he said it is all a blur), and proposed. Meanwhile, there was a photographer milling around the Quad taking pictures around the campus. After Matt Proposed, we asked her if she wouldn't mind taking a picture of us. She confessed that she had looked over and saw Matt down on one knee and snapped a photo. She gave us her business card and told us she would send the photo. We were elated and extremely grateful. We went on to the Mizzou game, the tigers did not disappoint and they won, I got to hang out with some friends from college and show off my fiance!
When we returned from the weekend, Matt emailed the photographer, she sent the picture and shared a story of her own. She was from Kansas City and that night she also got engaged.
It was a crazy set of circumstances and I don't think that if we wanted a photographer to be there it would have worked out as well.
The wedding is now 7 weeks away. Happy Friday!
Friday, June 13, 2008
Summer "Break"
It is now the end of the second week of summer vacation and I have already fallen into a routine of running in the am, teaching summer school, run some errands, eat lunch, and then my favorite time of day...Nap time!
When I was a kid I hated naps, my mom would even put a hook lock on the outside of my door so I would be forced to stay in my room so she could have a bit of peace in her day. Now I love naps, 20 minutes or a long 2 hour afternoon one.
This summer is flying by. Last Sunday was my wedding shower put on by my mom, Aunt Debbie and Matt's mom. The food was amazing and the cake was fantastic. I only hope the reception food is half as good. After the shower a few people came over and helped stuff the invitations and label the outside envelopes so I could get them in the mail this week. The problem was the stamps. The heart $0.59 stamps did not arrive at the post office on time, so the invitation didn't get mailed out until late yesterday.
An old college friend, Ali, said I needed to be a bit more specific in my blog so here is my attempt to answer some of her questions.
1. What do I teach? I just finished my 8th year of teaching high school Algebra. I only teach freshman. I also have coached swimming and track and field and been the Freshman class sponsor. This year I will be taking over as the girls head track coach after being an assistant for the last 8 years.
2. Who is Matt? Matt is also a Math teacher and coaches cross country and baseball. We met at school. During the first few weeks of his first year teaching four years ago he caught my eye. We started talking at first just at work and then my friends were throwing a surprise party for my 30th birthday and they invited him as well. We continued to just be platonic at work and my brothers wedding was coming up and I needed a date so I asked Matt. We weren't sure it was a good idea to date as we were at the same building and in the same department, so we backed off and pretended to be just friends. In the spring we decided we were definitely more then friends, but agreed we needed to be very cautious at work. So for two years only our closes friends at work new we were dating. This past November when we got engaged (I'll tell the story next week) there were people at school that were shocked because they didn't even know we had been dating. It was kind of fun to be a bit on the sneaky side.
Gotta go take a nap!
When I was a kid I hated naps, my mom would even put a hook lock on the outside of my door so I would be forced to stay in my room so she could have a bit of peace in her day. Now I love naps, 20 minutes or a long 2 hour afternoon one.
This summer is flying by. Last Sunday was my wedding shower put on by my mom, Aunt Debbie and Matt's mom. The food was amazing and the cake was fantastic. I only hope the reception food is half as good. After the shower a few people came over and helped stuff the invitations and label the outside envelopes so I could get them in the mail this week. The problem was the stamps. The heart $0.59 stamps did not arrive at the post office on time, so the invitation didn't get mailed out until late yesterday.
An old college friend, Ali, said I needed to be a bit more specific in my blog so here is my attempt to answer some of her questions.
1. What do I teach? I just finished my 8th year of teaching high school Algebra. I only teach freshman. I also have coached swimming and track and field and been the Freshman class sponsor. This year I will be taking over as the girls head track coach after being an assistant for the last 8 years.
2. Who is Matt? Matt is also a Math teacher and coaches cross country and baseball. We met at school. During the first few weeks of his first year teaching four years ago he caught my eye. We started talking at first just at work and then my friends were throwing a surprise party for my 30th birthday and they invited him as well. We continued to just be platonic at work and my brothers wedding was coming up and I needed a date so I asked Matt. We weren't sure it was a good idea to date as we were at the same building and in the same department, so we backed off and pretended to be just friends. In the spring we decided we were definitely more then friends, but agreed we needed to be very cautious at work. So for two years only our closes friends at work new we were dating. This past November when we got engaged (I'll tell the story next week) there were people at school that were shocked because they didn't even know we had been dating. It was kind of fun to be a bit on the sneaky side.
Gotta go take a nap!
Friday, June 6, 2008
Wedding Craziness
The wedding is 9 weeks away (not that I am counting) and this weekend is my wedding shower. Some of Matt's relatives and mine are coming to my house after the shower to stuff invitations, so this week has been a bit on the crazy side, getting stamps, gathering family addresses, and printing labels. Sending the invitations is the last big thing on my check list. I cannot wait to get them in the mail!
In addition to organizing the wedding this summer, Matt and I are teaching summer school. I am teaching an Algebra and Algebra 2 bridge course. It is a class to allow kids to work on skills they will need for that class before they take it. I thought I would regret my decision to teach the class, but so far it has been an interesting opportunity to work a bit more one-on-one with students that genuinely want extra help. It has been a nice change.
The other big thing on the Fry-Clark plate is that Matt and I are finishing our coursework for our administrative masters degree. This is my second and Matt's first. In the Fall we will finish our internship and then graduate in December. We are both looking to move up the ranks in the next few years. Matt would like to be an athletic director and I may want to be a department chairperson.
Off to bed. Have a great Fry Day.
In addition to organizing the wedding this summer, Matt and I are teaching summer school. I am teaching an Algebra and Algebra 2 bridge course. It is a class to allow kids to work on skills they will need for that class before they take it. I thought I would regret my decision to teach the class, but so far it has been an interesting opportunity to work a bit more one-on-one with students that genuinely want extra help. It has been a nice change.
The other big thing on the Fry-Clark plate is that Matt and I are finishing our coursework for our administrative masters degree. This is my second and Matt's first. In the Fall we will finish our internship and then graduate in December. We are both looking to move up the ranks in the next few years. Matt would like to be an athletic director and I may want to be a department chairperson.
Off to bed. Have a great Fry Day.
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