My sibling-in-laws

Let's take a moment for me to express to all of you how awesome my in laws are. More specifically, my new siblings. I could not pick better people to be added to my family than them. Seriously. I don't look at them as Dustin's brother and sisters anymore. They're MY new brother and sisters. And I get so excited thinking about seeing them again. They're coming to New York to be in our wedding of course, and they get to meet all of my younger siblings. It's just too exciting for words for me! My two worlds are coming together and it will be magical and wonderful and everyone will be friends and happy! At least that's what I see in my head. I love all of these people so much so they just have to get along.

When I first met Dustin's fam in Arizona I was probably more nervous than I needed to be. But I am the shy sort and I'm pretty much always nervous or worried about something from day to day. It's lame and I'm pretty sure one day my heart will explode. But anyways, I remember that whole trip every time I met someone new I was amazed by how awesome every single person in Dustin's family were. It didn't feel real that that many people in a single family could be that cool. It still doesn't make sense. Dustin had told me about everyone but I don't think he expressed enough on how amazing everybody was. I was not prepared for the magic that is Dustin's family.

Now I just feel sooo blessed that I have the best in laws. For reals. They are so fun and kind and all of them make me laugh a lot. Especially Grandma and Grandpa...but that's a whole other story. And they all make good food which is always appreciated. But, I have to say, the siblings are my favourites out of the bunch. My mom and sis Britt probably have figured this out by now cause I've talked about them many many times to them. It's probably because they're the closest to my age so we're more alike in that sense. They have always been extremely accepting of me and I just automatically felt comfortable around them from the very beginning.

Dezirae is 20 and has just recently become one of my best friends. I've always liked her but for some reason, on our last trip to AZ in November, we became pretty damn close. Now I miss her like crazy and I wish we went to high school together cause I would've totally been friends with her. She's beautiful and funny as hell and, best of all, loves Harry Potter. Some days I look at Dustin and wish I was married to Dezirae instead. Just sometimes though. Like when Dustin is digging lint balls out of his belly button. Things like that. I look forward to living close by her so we can obsess over the same things and go shopping and make fun of Dustin together. *sigh* It'll be wonderful.

Then there's Daulton who's 17. He's basically the older version of little bro, Brandon. Except, instead of being obsessed with all things cars, he's obsessed with all things sports. Mainly baseball. Obsessions aside (because I don't get either of them), he is one of the sweetest guys I've ever met. Dustin and I have discussed the fact that Daulton is so like able that if you don't like him, then there's something wrong with you. He's just that amazing. He's good at anything he does and always cracks me up. He reminds me of some of the Green Street boys back in Goshen. I probably feel the most comfortable around him just cause he's super easy to get along with. And he reminds me of my Brandon which is always nice.

Last, but not least, Daylss. She's the "baby" having just turned 13. Look at how damn photogenic she is! I ruin every picture. lol Her face is so gorgeous, it's ridiculous. Dalyss is Dustin's favourite and I'm pretty sure that's clear to everyone. They're very close and I can see why. Dalyss reminds me of Jadzia. She's beyond sweet. She always makes things for Dustin and I and is constantly thinking about us. She's always expressed to me how I'm the best girl for Dustin (of course) and has never said an unkind word to me. She's extremely passionate like Jadzia. And by that I mean, they have tempers. Oh Lordy. They've gotten better over the years but I still love them for it. Dalyss came to our place in Boise for Christmas '07 which I will be forever grateful for. It was my first Christmas away from my family and her being there helped me get over the pain of missing my family immensely. Her and Jadzia should get along famously.

Even writing this whole post doesn't feel like enough to express how much I really really love these people and how exstatic I am to have them as my new siblings. And I love them more and more everytime I see them. I hope all of them are able to come visit us in Okinawa. In the mean time I seriously cannot wait to see them in New York and show them off to all of my family.

Update on Pugzy Malone

Hehe...see what I did there? Like Bugsy Malone....

Anywho, thanks to everyone that's been keeping dear Pugzy in their prayers. Beth emailed me to let me know that they took him to Boise but weren't able to get the stones out of his bladder. Apparently he's now getting a new peehole. Poor puppy but hopefully that will somehow do the trick. I'll get more clear on this when Beth emails me back.

But hooray for Pugz if this works out and everything goes well. His sugery was on Thursday so I'll write another puppy post when I find out how everything went.

RSVP deadline

It was technically today but I live in a world of procrastinators so I wasn't stupid enough to think only 40 people were coming to my wedding. I have a feeling some Goshenites will be just sending me a myspace message to tell me they're going. Silly bitches. As long as I get all the responces before I leave for New York, I'm not gunna sweat it. But on May 6th I gots to meet with my banquet manager and tell him the exact number of people going and all the food choices. If I get any responces after that I just may have to kill someone.

On another note, my friend Kelly totally made my day when I got her RSVP in the mail last week. I knew it was from her before I even opened it because this is what the envelope looked like:

If you know Kelly you understand why my RSVP would come back to me looking like this:

Then I couldn't get my lame ass camera to focus again. But the card says, "Yay I'm excited!". Only Kelly would think to draw pictures on a wedding rsvp card. God, I can't wait to see her and punch her in the mouth.

Daisy of Love

I hate the Daisy of Love commercial on VH1 but I am soooooo excited for the show! If you watch VH1 reality shows you know all of the antics that go on. Dustin knows because I watch VH1 almost all day long.

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Here's Dustin's version of that promo:

What do you get when....

...you mix April Fool's blue milk and strawberry syrup???

Purple strawberry flavoured milk!!

Not too shabby

If you read my previous post from today you would have found out that my first April Fool's day trick didn't get the reaction I had hoped for. I suppose I could've gotten up this morning when Dustin was getting his breakfast to yell "APRIL FOOL'S!!" in his face so he wouldn't have been so confused. Except I would never wake up that early just for a prank. It's just not worth it.

The great thing is that I had something else up my sleeve. It also involved food but in a nicer way. It wasn't really a prank either. It was just plain fun and I figured Dustin would like this one alot better.

I got the recipe for these "cupcakes" off of the Family Fun website and decided I HAD to make them. They look like cute little cupcakes with purple and blue frosting but they're actually mini meatloaves (meat loafs?) with coloured mashed potatoes on top. How fun is that?! I was soooo excited to make these little gems. You have no idea. I'd been planning for almost two weeks and I have the worst time keeping fun secrets. I suck at not telling Dustin what I got him for Christmas or his birthday every damn year. So this was super hard to keep to myself. I would literally jump with excitement whenever I thought of them. And the best part is, they actually turned out really really well! They were super tasty!

Here's the meatloaves before I put them into the oven. They already almost look like cupcakes I think.

Here's the "frosting" mashed potatoes. Since the milk we had was already blue and I had to use it in the potatoes, I had limited choices in my colours. Oh well. That purple was a nightmare though. I couldn't quite get it the shade I wanted.

All decorated! Yes, they look like a 5 year old did them. I need some decorating supplies! I miss Mrs. Fields. :(

Dustin approved!

When he came home they were all done and ready and I was ready to tell him I made cupcakes since he hasn't been feeling too well the last few days and I knew they would bring him some happiness. But I wasn't prepared for his question:

"What kind of cupcakes are they?"

Shit. I started to kinda giggle and then replied: "Special cupcakes...Oh damn, don't ask me that question! They're good ok? I already ate one so you know they're not poison."

Had I not giggled I would've been in the clear. The nice thing was that Dustin actually thought they were real cupcakes! And he even licked the "frosting" first and couldn't figure out what it was. Then he unwrapped it and was like, "Is this meat??" Then I explained and was all, "April Fool's!!!" with my arms all up in the air because I can't say it any other way.

So all in all I would consider that a successful first April Fool's. :)

My bad...

*ring ring*

Tara: Hi!
Dustin: Hi. I'm calling to tell you two things.
T: Ok.
D: One, I left my wedding ring on the bathroom scale because it's easier to take off when my hands are wet.
T: Yea, I saw it.
D: And two, you probably shouldn't drink the milk because for some reason it's blue.
T: April Fool's!!!!!
D: You put blue dye in the milk???
T: Yes. It's April Fool's... It's a joke.
D: I thought there was something wrong with it so I threw out my entire bowl of cereal and just had yogurt.
T: I'm sorry. It was just food colouring.
D: It's not your fault. I'm just hungry.
T: It is my fault that the milk is BLUE! It was just a joke. I was looking for one that wouldn't upset you or require me to clean up a big mess afterwards.


He laughed about it later when he came home for lunch and had a bowl of cereal with our blue milk. I still think it's funny. Even though I hate that he wasted food. He said since it was early in the morning he was too tired to realize what day it was or that I would actually do something like this.

Dustin: I just wasn't expecting you to do anything.
Tara: That's kinda the point....