Dysfunction Suits Me

Written December 17, 2021, when I tried to start a  Wordpress blog , but failed because I'm old and it's too complicated. I'm Elizabeth.  I have a lot to say.  Most of the time, too much.  This is mainly a creative outlet for me, but I do hope I can share some life lessons, some funny moments, some not so funny moments, some meal prep stuff, some animal and kid stuff.  Just stuff.  I'm hoping I can share stuff, and it will not be as scary as I think it could be.  A number of years ago, a very good friend asked me how I functioned.  She was asking this based on the multiple ways in which I tend to not do many things, and the ways in which I do things in an unconventional way.  It hurt my feelings at the time.  Looking back, it was a pretty harsh thing for my friend to ask, but it was also warranted.  I have somehow gotten by doing things my own way, which isn't always the best way.  I wrote this blog from 2004 - 2012 pretty regu...

I stopped taking all medication three weeks ago. I started singing again today.

I don't even know where to begin! Let's see: 1. We got married on February 18th. It was so romatic and fun and I couldn't have had a more beautiful wedding. Pictures to come...still waiting on our photographer. 2. Everyone at work found out about us being married...so no more secret there...good thing too because I still can't get my True Romance? blog to work! So P-Dub is now just Jason...my husband! :) 3. We put an offer in on a house and it was accepted! Can you believe it? We weren't planning on buying a house this soon, but one thing led to another and now...pending an inspection and appraisal...we are almost homeowners. I DO have picture of our new house below! The best thing is it's a "flipped" house. There isn't one thing we have to do when we move in. Nothing! And it even smells brand new!

In 9 days I will be Mrs. P-Dub. I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am.

Gabby spends a lot of time on the computer. Supervised, of course. But, because of that, I find that I'm never on here. I never, ever write posts here anymore. Kind of miss it. Maybe after all this wedding planning I'll find some time. Although I'm pretty sure no one reads this anymore. 20 days and I will be married. Can you believe it? I think the next long post I write I'll go back and find some good posts from my single days.

I thought I was done getting errors on my True Romance? blog and I could finally start posting again, but nope. I cannot. Darn it!

I'm putting up our engagement photos, taken by Becky Holmes, on my True Romance? blog. Check them out!

I can't believe it. So excited. We had a cake tasting scheduled last night, but the lady got sick and canceled. Boooo! We are definitely, finally taking engagement photos on Saturday after being rained out a million times. So far, weather looks great! My sister is working on getting a makeup artist...and plans are just moving ahead.

Tonight I will be bringing in the new year with my sister, fiance and friends at Andrea's house. My last New Year's Eve being single. I will never worry about having a date fir this night again! ;)

When I saw the pictures we took on our hike up and around Enchanted Rock...I wanted to cry and decided I wasn't going to post them...ANYWHERE! Decided I couldn't bear for anyone to see me at the heaviest I've ever been...well the heaviest minus the 15 lbs. I've lost. Then I got angry. At myself. I lost 70 lbs. at one time and then gained back 90! How did I let this happen??!! I have the opposite problem of an anorexic. When I look in the mirror I tend to see someone smaller than what they really are. So, seeing those pictures was a big wake up call. A huge motivator. Now that I'm feelilng more motivated and completely inspired to be in as great shape as I was around 2003-2005, I'm ok with posting these photos. This is what I look like at this point in my life. I'm learning to love myself no matter what. AND...I promise I will not look like this for long! That's a huge promise to myself!

Yesterday at the gym Ray Ray excitedly announced that we were going to do a circuit he lovingly called the "Leg Crank". I won't bore you with the details, but basically I may never walk again. So, as if I hadn't already paid someone to torture me, tomorrow is Andrea's birthday celebration...and to celebrate we are going hiking. Yes, hiking UP Enchanted Rock. I hope someone really strong is planning on attending because I might seriously need a piggy-back back down the rock. If I make it through the hike...Sunday will definitely be the day I try to roll out of bed and can't even stand.

Our invitations arrived in the mail today. They look even better in person. P-Dub and I opened them up together and were very pleased. I informed him, "Once we send these out, it would be very embarrassing if you backed out." He responded, "I was going to tell you the same thing."

So...my True Romance? blog is just gone. I get an error every time I try to access it. I've sent an email with the error to the support team and haven't heard anything. Maybe having two blogs was too much to keep up with anyway. The only thing nice about it was that it was private, so I could talk about P-Dub all I wanted without being cryptic. We did a lot this past weekend, even though I was sick. We did a cake tasting, ordered our invitations and then had a consult with a florist. FLOWERS ARE DAMN EXPENSIVE! Oh, and we looked at wedding bands...it was really easy. I know exactly what I want...just a plain band to match the band on my engagement ring. So, that's pretty much done. P-Dub found a ring he likes right away, too. This Saturday I'm meeting P- Dub's best friend and best man for the first time...how is it possible I've never met him before? Well, he lives in Austin...and, well, maybe P- Dub's secretly embarrassed by me. Maybe he's scared I...

I'm trying to relax out on the patio and this kid on the tennis courts keeps screaming! I just want him to shut up! I remember what it was like having a little one, so I'm trying to be sympathetic, but just take your kid inside for goodness sakes! The whole world doesn't want to hear your screaming kid!

Nothing besides wedding planning going on...and work...and a fire in my apartment complex.

P-Dub, Gabby and I are in Virgini at Jessie's house. Going to the beach house tomorrow.

Sleeping

...because I HATE the keyboard that came with our new computer!

I've been doing all my wedding planning blogging on True Romance? Just can't do it on this site yet...the other one's private. If you want to read, shoot me an email at gara_tx23@yahoo.com . Other than wedding planning...I've been working out with Ray Ray the Killer again - twice a week. I've lost ten pounds, but you can't really tell, yet. I suppose all brides-to-be say they're going to lose weight. I wonder how many actually do! I'm at the point where I want to keep working out, but just say screw it and try on dresses anyway. This is who I am. Other than that...just work. Gabby's spending some time with my mom for the summer and they're going to Colorado in a week. Should be fun for her to visit with family. We've also been spending every weekend at the pool. I bought a giant hat and 50 SPF. I'm getting a tan, but really trying hard not to get burnt. I've had way too much sun in my life!