ENCOURAGED IN HEART

Question:  What do you get when you drink a Starbucks VIA Iced Coffee with dinner?

Answer:  Me, blogging at 11:00 pm…(If you want an iced coffee coupon, click here!)

First of all, those suckers are G-O-O-D!  Second of all, they have caffeine, and I’m currently feeling the effects.  I’d like to take this opportunity to blame the high levels of caffeination for sponsoring this post and randomness…after talking to some friends, it seems that I’ve been negligent in posting updates.  So here are some random, and overdue updates.  That and, I need some advice.  The advice part first…

Bride Stacey’s wedding is right around the corner…41 days until the big day!  You picked the bridesmaid dress, counseled in the undergarment department and now I haven’t the foggiest idea of what kind of bling to wear.  The dress is actually mocha colored and the body…well, I think it’s more than safe to say that I’m not at 4% body fat people.

Simple earrings…chandelier…hoops…pearls…diamonds…rhinestones – I dunno.  Do you?

And as for the undergarments, I just gotta go there.  I hooked myself up, spanx you very much.  That is, after glistening getting into em’, I’m now a proud owner.  Spanx is good stuff, literally.

But the more difficult part was finding how to keep the girls, “high and lifted up” – if ya catch my drift.  After trying many options, I found the one.  It is more like the rubix cube of bras, or the Transformers of lingerie, but this one, a Lily of France Extreme Options has a spin wheel to accompany it.  It promises 62 WAYS TO WOW!  And I thought I was a hard worker…

I don’t need 62 Ways to Wow, I just need 1 Way so there’s no Whoops.

I bought both the slogan and the bra.

Never. Never in my life have I seem an undergarment work so hard and promise so much.  The spin wheel, really? Really. I needed it.  The pictures too.

Moving on…

Weight Watchers is going awesome!  I’ve been able to stay under my goal weight and enter into my third week of maintenance.  Once successfully at my sixth week of maintenance, I become a “Lifetime Member” which is required to be employed for them.  I’ve not yet heard back from Weight Watchers about my employment inquiry, but will keep ya posted!

Last randomness to report is that while our current home remains on the market, our dirt sweet dirt is turning into our home sweet home.  We’ve broken ground,

and started laying the foundation!

Woo-hoo!

Well, I think we’re all updated with the floating randomness in my brain as well as running low on caffeine so I think it’s time to lay my own foundation…to bed!  No more randomness, just some sleep! Night! 

I pled for help…and help is what I received! (That and a TON of laughs! HOLY COW are you gals are a hoot and a half!)

Well, the tribe has voted…and, by a landslide #3 won! I returned tonight from our weekend away in the West Virginian mountains very eager to report to bride Stacey your vote. Stacey will order all the bridesmaids dresses in one swoop this February so we can get a 15% discount.

Yes, she was cracking up that I asked for you to vote. But not surprised…she knows the loon that she’s dealing with!

Well, so far, bridesmaid Christina picked the one shouldered dress, but bridesmaid Wendy also picked #3. So I defaulted to the runner up, #1. And, for your viewing “pleasure” (cough, cough…), I contacted the dress designer, got a whole bunch of spanx, and “the couch”. This picture is just for you lovelies that took the time to cast your vote…

Okay, so maybe, just maybe, I took a couple of artistic liberties…

But I did give Stacey fair enough warning. I told her that a real pic will be posted, with her, right here…after her August wedding! And WOW is her dress gorgeous!

So after my dress is shipped to me, poor Bella has the daunting task to help me get “the girls” lined up (and I do mean UP) and the rest of me as flat as humanly possibly.

Spanx…Gods speed to ya.

Which inappropriately (or appropriately) reminds me of an email that I received moments before typing this post. Maya Angelou spoke about growing older and her body changes. She brought up her “girls” and that, “They seem to be in a race to see which will reach her waist, first.”

Dr. Angelou, are you free to shop with Bella and I next month some time?

I’m all distracted this morning. A “major” decision hovers over me…and I just can’t get it together. What I thought was going to be my blog post today, isn’t all because well…like I just wrote, I’m distracted.

Last night I went to a bridal boutique. No, the Finkster and I aren’t getting married again, but my dear friend of over 15 years, Stacey, is. For years, we prayed for Mr. Right and Mr. Right is here! (What’s not to love, he’s an Irish cop from Jersey baby!) Despite being completely biased, he really is a great guy!

Well, Stacey’s being one of those brides. No, not bridezilla…she’s being one of those really easy to get along with brides. She’s letting her bridesmaids pick from a collection, whichever dress style we like. We’ll pick our style out and all be in floor length mocha colored chiffon. Oooohhh, la, la; I feel glamorous just typing “floor length mocha colored chiffon ‘!

I came home and started to download information on the Finkster. I showed him pictures, we talked numbers, boob-age concerns, keyster coverage, and of course “the pooch”, how are “we” going to cover “the pooch”. All I can write is that the Finkster tried ladies, he tried really hard…but the man can handle only so much.

In all fairness, Bella was on the other side of town waiting for pictures and ready to tag Dave out of the ring.

In all fairness to Dave, I have taken to ruthlessly bombarding Bella, Nancy and Mary’s inboxes about this decision…because I know they love me and will tell me the truth.

All I can say is this.

Please, help them. Help them get me off their back and out of their email inboxes with pictures and questions, oh, the questions…they have jobs to work at and children to raise, and laundry to do…but not until the dress gets picked!)

I’m crazed, distracted and letting you know right now…the fate of “the girls” are in your hands. Bella, Nancy and Mary have done the hard part and narrowed it down to three. Would you please vote which bridesmaid dress you like best:

#1, #2, or #3.

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On behalf of bride Stacey, my mental health and the quality of life (and emails) for The Finkster, Bella, Nancy and Mary – THANK YOU!