Sparkles McGee

My wedding present from Michael is awesome! A day or so after the wedding we went to sushi and then over to Barnes and Noble and they had a big display for their 'Nook' which is their version of an e-reader. I thought it was cool, but I love my *real* books. I like buying them, reading them (careful not to bend any pages or mess it up) and then putting them on my bookshelves. You can't do that with e-books. But the more I thought about it the more the idea grew on me of getting one. No more having to go to the bookstore when I want to read a certain book 'now', I can just buy it and it downloads in a minute, pretty awesome! I will still buy real books, I think I will just be more picky from now on. I like the Nook because it's not back-lit like other e-readers. It's pretty compact too so it will be really easy to travel with. It even has a web browser. Obviously, we went back a couple days later and bought me one. They have protectors that you can put your Nook in and it looks like a real book cover. I got a really soft, black leather cover, so when I'm reading it feels like I'm holding a real book. The first book I bought was "Sh*t My Dad Says" which is HILARIOUS. It does have some colorful language, but it is really funny. I named my Nook Sparkles McGee, hence the title.

Surprise!!!

It's official! Well, we still have to return the marriage license but it's as good as done. And no, the blog title isn't a mistake. Michael knew how much I love, love, love my name; when we originally went to get our marriage license it took me a good 15 minutes to get up the nerve to mark that I was changing my last name. It was a lot harder than I thought it would be. So a few weeks after we had the license he decided that he would change his last name. We went back to the office, got the license changed and we are now Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hope. How cool is that?! We had a really great time this past week; getting pictures done with Colleen, seeing lots of family and friends, setting up the reception. I will do a super long post soon just so I can get all the details in before I start forgetting the little stuff. For now we are recuperating and taking a few extra days off before going back to work. We are planning on doing a real honeymoon sometime this fall when we both have more vacation time. Michael wants to plant 10 new trees in the next two days....

10 days to go!

Wow, time flies when you're having fun. And sometimes when you're not! It has been a busy past month with getting everything ready for the wedding. The goal was to be done with everything by May 1st and I have pretty much met that goal. There are still a few small things that need to be taken care of and some other things (like the cake) that I can't do until the days prior to the wedding, but other than that I would say it's 95% DONE!
I did get a surprise a few weeks ago from my sister, Kayte, she threw me a bridal shower and I had no idea it was happening. It was lots of fun and I got some great stuff!! Michael and I had a date night planned already so after the shower we went downtown to catch the semi-finals of a comedy competition. There were a couple comics that were pretty funny, I have some pics of us there but haven't put them on the computer yet.
We also have a surprise that we will announce at the wedding, no, I am NOT pregnant. But it will still be a really good surprise.
So for now we are just waiting for the weather to realize that it's supposed to be spring (they said that the 'low' for tonight will be in the high teens) and gear up for the wedding. I'm sure there will be lots of pics to post after next week!