Back Home

Back home from Cancun!  It was a blast and a bit crazy.  Lot's of work mixed in with some play.  We got in on Wednesday and went off to Cosco in Cancun and let's just say that it looks exactly like the Coscos here in Houston.  The only difference is the difficulty trying to remember words like juice in Spanish and the crazy prices since everything is in Pesos so generally take everything and multiply it by 10 or 13 depending on which store you are at.  We worked lots but had some free time Friday late morning to enjoy the beach and the waves.  It was so nice.  Our suite looked over the pool and the ocean and when you walk down to the beach an attendant follows you to a beach chair which he covers with a towel, then put's one down for your head as a pillow and another at the foot of the chair to use to dry off.  Then there is a little flag you raise any time you want them to come by to get you a drink or something to eat!  That would be how I managed to somehow order a margarita that costed $23 american dollars.  Didn't realize that until later but in hindsight it was an amazing margarita and goes with the great memory of sitting in front of this amazing blue water at the Ritz Carlton in Cancun.  

   After this wonderful hour and a half we were off to the rehearsal dinner and the wedding the next day.  It all went great and in the end we had an amazingly happy bride and groom.  It was a long and busy 5 days with not a lot of down time but a great experience.  Now I'm dying to go back someday when I'm on vacation.  Can't wait!  Good to be back home though, I missed my Dillon.

Off to Cancun

Tomorrow I'm off to Cancun.  We've got a great wedding at the Ritz Carlton, Cancun and I'm excited to see it.  It's gonna be a really busy but hopefully we'll be able to find some time to spend on the beach and sip a few frosty frozen cocktails.  We'll be there until Sunday so I'm sure that we will!  Attached is a photo - it's hard work but I guess someone has to do it and I have to learn about destination weddings somewhere.  If it's the Ritz then it's the Ritz!

Wish Me Luck

Tomorrow is my first official client meeting as a wedding planner!  I've booked my first wedding and we have a meeting tomorrow to sign the contract, put down the deposit and go over all of the details.  I can't wait!  Hopefully things will go great and I'll be set and ready to go.  Everyone send me good vibes!!!

Hula and Me

So I'm finally reading Marley & Me even though my Mom gave it to me long before the movie came out.  It's  great book and it's already made me cry once!  Now I'm constantly comparing Hula to Marley and it's making reading the book even more entertaining.  Hula's much smarted that Marley though.  Recently we got a doggy door in the laundry room of our house for her since she seems to get some kind of joy from continuously making us get up and down from the couch to let her in and out so she can wander.  Well our laundry room is conveniently located right next to our kitchen.  By putting this dog door in the laundry room Hula now has figured out she can come in her door, take something from trash can she wants and then sneak right back out of her door.  She's pretty smart.  We've been finding all sorts of things she sees as delicious mo
rsels of trash out in the backyard devoured by her and we can't catch her doing it.  Guess it's time to invest in a trash can with a lid!  Here's another picture of our crazy girl!  This was when she was younger and I think it adorable with my baby Dillon!

Wedding Weekend Craziness

Wow, what a busy weekend. Yesterday was the Ruiz wedding at the Crystal ballroom and it was beautiful.  The lighting in the room made it so warm and nice inside and I just have always loved the look of the Crystal Ballroom.  What's funny is it brought back tons of memories of when I did the Houston's Best Martini Competition there when I was in college.  Definitely fun memories!!  Today I'm off to the Aquarium for the Robert's wedding.  This wedding has crazy decor and lots of details.  It's going to be right on that borderline between gaudy and unique.  I'm hoping that Sam kept her at unique with her peacock feather themed wedding.  Sam's got great taste and style so as long as things go as planned no worries.  After today I'm going to be exhausted and ready to crash.  I'll updated later as to how everything goes.  Everyone pray for no bridezilla today!!

How is it stood for??

If insurance companies ruled the world and operated it like they do their companies would anything ever get done?  Would everyone hate each other?  Would you just spend all day, every day on endless phone calls and automated systems??  After the last two days I think so.  I was rear ended a week ago and am now lost in the system of insurance adjustors, heathcare companies, doctors visits and automated phone systems.  I think that if I was asked for my claim number or date of birth one more time I might have screamed!  Why also do they want you to say it to a machine rather than enter it into the phone?  That never works!!  I don't think I have much of an accent and it doesn't understand me.  How does it understand people from another country or with a deep south accent? It just doesn't make any sense.  

After all of this craziness it seems that since my car had no damage from being rear ended the insurance company doesn't seem to want to think that I could have been injured.  It seems as though they would believe me that I was injured if their had been car damage and then had to pay more money out to fix me and my car!  Apparently they think that my neck hurting could have been the cause of something else I did between getting hit and going to the doctor.  They operate under the assumption  that I'm lying!!  I can commit a crime and be presumed innocent until proven guilty but I can't be assured payment for medical treatment from someone's insurance company until I can prove it was from them.  I'm assumed guilty!!  Well, off my soapbox for now!  Time for some valium, ibprophen and drift away into a drug induced sleep.  Sounds like my kind of night!  I leave with the question I started with - how is it stood for??