Mini Party for Engage-cia

[NOTE: The color of this post is dedicated to my new favorite cardigan... Enjoy]

This Saturday Married-ica and Married-shley

took Engage-cia [that's me!] out for crepes :)

City Coffeehouse and Creperie = good food and fun

sorry there's a bank robber behind me...

Which led to a little present sesh - surprise presents are so fun!

always gottu put the ring the shot

Ashley gave me a wonderful book to put goals, dreams, and 

memories of Doug and I's life in

Monica got me hand creme so that my ring-wearing hand always looks good :)

and thank you notes! 

Then it started SNOWING - this late in March, in the spring, 

and during spring break... There are no words

To brighten my mood, my big sister Monica took me to David's Bridal

on a whim - just to open the floodgates, pave the way, release the Kraken

what have you - we did it for dress shopping!

This is me in the shop - with an item from the funny "goody bag" they give us

it has a dress mag, a bride's maids mag, a suit mag, and coupons!!

Monica and I dog-eared our faves and

I proceeded to try on dresses with my wonderful consultant Lindsay

who asked me to rank every dress on a scale of 1 to 10

Dress #1 was a 6 - 7

Dress #2 was a 7 1/2 - 8

Dress #3 was an 8 - 9

and 

Dress #4 was the 10

Here's a sneak peak...

ahhhh, tricked'ya :)

but you are kind of witnessing a moment here...

It took less then half an hour...

Leave it up to me to find exactly what I'm looking for when I didn't 

even know I wanted it in the first place

[I had had one dress in mind from another store i had seen online, 

but it was more expensive and very plain... this new dress kicked that one's butt - hard!]

I felt like a bride for the first time, I LOOKED like a bride even! Crazy

Saturday was the most eventful moving day ever!

Doug and I are now at college - pretty much moved into our new rooms

ready for school to start - Doug is really almost done!!

Sorry I can't show you guys any dress pictures

but its a surprise! 

Just come to our wedding :)

BB's...

Whatever happened to these guys??

We all used to love them

Now we miss them...

Someone in the candy business should really consider bringing 'em back!

PLEASE :)

ps: Spring Break stories coming soon!

WHERE ARE WE?!?!

Doug and Lucia are in Florida right now

on fun little separate adventures with our friends.

Pictures and stories coming soon!

SPRING BREAK @)!! [that's 2011 in all caps :P]

It's Her BIRTHDAY!!!

If I time this right, this post will....post at exactly 12:01am Melbourne, Australia time!

You guessed it - it's my sister NATALIE'S B-DAY!!!

* HAPPY *YOU* DAY NATALIE!!! *

I so hope you know how much your dumb little sister adores you :) 

Here's Why:

* She's always doing crazy cool things with her crazy cool hair

[ex: short, really short, buzzed, hot pink, purple, blond, orange (people don't forget :P) and brown!]

 *I try really hard to be kinda like her :)

It started when I was in elementary school - i realized she was SO beautiful and 

that I too would like to be SO beautiful - so I proceeded to try on all her clothes and "test" 

out all her makeup [mostly just to do Queen Amidala stuff...] whenever she left the house

* She's Funny

Like REALLY funny - I mean come on! 

She introduced me to Dane Cook, and along with my other sister Monica, 

can say jokes that leave me in tears. Every funny thing in my 

life probably goes back to Natalie introducing me

to it somehow, its crazay

* Like I said before - She's Beautiful!!

She got a lot of our parents' good genes - moving me to incredible jealousy

* We have fun :)

Caity's not in this picture, but when we all get together - the Rooker Sisters have some good times 

And i miss them all a lot [sniff sniff] A LOT!

* She took me to my first live action pro-football game [CHARGERS!! vs. Denver]

She doesn't get to hear how often I brag about that to my friends

and how much it has affected my team loyalty...

PS: our team won, woo!

* She lives in Australia now

Which I am totally fine with

[until i get bored, sad, lonely, hungry, or needy for sister-time...]

* She goes EVERYWHERE!!!

This is Natalie in Thailand - she had a blast. Plus being in the Navy - she's gone pretty 

much everywhere else - she's a citizen of the World!

* She's kinda like a modern day superhero - I think

[this is me and her in Seattle - looking epic]

She's so smart and can do....... yeah, she can do everything!

Natalie is Awesome - and I hope this is sufficient for a b-day gift to her because 

I can't afford to do anything else :P But I love the girl and hope that she has a 

really fantastic Birthday - She deserves it hard core :)

I love you lots NATALIE!!!

here's a song you like :)

All-Nighter [attempted]

Last night I tried to pull an all-nighter in hopes of finishing and perfecting

my two papers due in two different classes today....

I took a stab at it, until i noticed this happening:

note: my EVIL laptop behind me.... gawking at me and looking very droll...

My poor eyeball - I decided to turn off my lights to give it a little break, and then...... 

all I can say is I'm grateful I woke up in time to go to work this morning, and that

 I finished the paper I actually had to turn in today, and that my other teacher 

offered up an extension 'til Monday just cause :)

Now its semi-over with: I can return 7 books to the library, take a well 

deserved/needed shower [sorry, gross], have Burger Top for supper, and 

go out and see RANGO!!! avec Doug and Friends, we're in for a good night!

Doug's Gone Rogue!

Nope, we didn't break up, calm down! 

My future hubba hubba hubby and fellow lover of films has taken on an adventure in the blogging world sans ME, and has made Doug Funny's Take on Film, a movie review blog - it will be funny, it will be interesting, it will be very Doug. I think it will take off :)

You all should follow his blog, and our blog [to round out your interests] and 

enjoy life with us! It will be a wild and fun ride. 

one of the many [and yet few] examples of the un-photographableness of 

Doug and I... or just me, this one may be just me.... 

WE WILL GET BETTER!!!

Ciao! [<-- color of Lucia's new favorite cardigan]

2011!!! Here's What You Missed

IT'S 2011! Well.... for a while now :)

We have had a pretty stellar year so far. I can't believe it's already March! Since we began this blog in the middle of February, here's what you may have missed about our lives.....

 * New Years with friends Carolyn and Brett *

* School began [Doug's almost done!] *

* Lucia gets asked to write for the Pilot [school's newspaper] she says yes *

* Doug tried out for Lazy Zipper [our school's improv group] and MADE IT! *

* Lucia's crazy class this quarter - 300 level Art History class *

* Doug's crazy class - 300 level History class [copy cat ;)] *

* Lucia lets a chipmunk into Wanamaker Hall.... seriously *

* Then suggests we bring the poor thing some chips - because it only makes sense that a chipmunk's diet would consist of.... chips.... *

* Doug upset when the Bears got knocked out of the running for Superbowl *

* Lucia watches the Superbowl anyways, while Doug works at Yankee Candle Co. *

* WEST PRESENTS: Doug stars in the skits:

(1) "Afternoon Delight" from Anchorman w/ friends

(2) Made this video w/ friends
[ps: allow yourself to laugh - this is not serious in any way [minus the seriously good camera angles and shots!] these four are the quote "funny guys" at our school - they often make us crack up :).... plus how could anyone take this video seriously???]

(3) Stand up routine - so darn funny!

(4) "Jar of Hearts" w/ friends

(5) "Hallelujah" w/ friend

(6) Lazy Zipper with the boys from Lowrey

YAA!! He was in six skits.... crazy boy *

* Lucia attended, laughed, cried [thanks a lot Blake], and cheered at West Presents *

* Valentine's Day Date - Saw max, ate Cheesecake factory, and almost saw a movie until we remembered there were no good movies playing *

* Valentine's Day - Doug got coupons for free hugs and a "I love you as much as...." List [ex: i love you as much as Boston, kayaking, the ocean, etc.]

Lucia got v-day m&m's wrapped in homemade notebook paper 

covered in marker and a Poem [ex: "Who else on earth would I want to split my cakesters with?

What other chick would want to watch star wars from the first to the sixth?"] *

* Doug's mum informs us that we will be seeing the LORD OF THE RINGS symphony!!! *

* Lucia writes a groundbreaking article about POT *

* Lazy Zipper Show a Big Success! Doug was extremely funny - best part: 

Christian: "movie theme, Inception!"

Doug: "BWAAAAGHWAAAAGH!!!!" *
* Graham Thatcher had a gallery show his beautiful photographs of our dancers from Dance Prod in Alton, I went, it was legit *

* Lucia finally uses her J.Crew gift card - now has a cute orange skirt *

* Doug starts work on his capstone - all about religious violence - what can I say, he likes to party....*

* Lucia writes a not-so-groundbreaking article about the men's houses [dormitories] on campus *

*WE START A BLOG!!!*

There you guys have it - our 2011 before creating this blog :)