photo of the day/lucky dog

so i can't take in hurley this weekend to the doctor after all. little boogar gets another week of respite. he has no idea how happy he should be about this change in plans.

Katy Bennett Bennett

What a fun weekend! The bestest came to DC to help me find a wedding dress. And we did! I love it, it is soooooo beautiful and if I say so myself, I look like a damn hottie. So it was a good time. And I'm so lucky to have such great friends and a great sister who (not so much, thanks to Tommy!) surprised me with champagne once we found "THE ONE," and a great mother who just is an all around good sport and superstar. And of course, I'm lucky to have such a wonderful future hubbie who graciously sleeps on the couch for 2 nights whenever I ask. :) It's so wonderful to have such good friends. Katy and I have known each for going on 12 years now. Hard to believe. Here's a pic of us back from 2004 at a friend's wedding. I look SO young!


Then on Sunday we got to visit Summer with her two beautiful children. Makes me want to swim in the Australian waters a la Nicole Kidman. I guess Ick and Hurley will do for now. Speaking of, I am slightly depressed as I have to take my angel to the snip-snip (as opposed to the scoot down) doctor this weekend. I have this vision of Ick's face when I picked him up from his turn burned in my memory. He was like, what did i ever do to deserve THAT? I am not looking forward to it.

seven months!

In exactly 7 months from today, i will be MRS. Niki Clark Durrett. And probably a little emotional. Hopefully I will not be feeling like Ms. Party-TOO-Hard-At-Her-Rehearsal-Dinner Lindsey C. Hansen. But in any case, it's exciting and becoming more real every day. Today I received quite a treat: the besties designed my wedding invitation. (Click the pictures below to see a larger view.) I'm sure James would approve. :)

The New Countdown

So there are now TWO very important things that are happening in spring 2009. I'm getting married. Yes. But as I found out today, in March, one of my all-time favorite bands is coming back from the dead for one weekend. IN A LOCATION TWO HOURS FROM MY HOUSE! YAH YAH YAH YAH. Life is good. Except for that whole economy thing.

One More Thing

222 days until the wedding! Today's gotta be a good day with those numbers, yes?

Calgon, take me away!

Wow. It's been almost two months since my last entry. What a 2 months!! Italy, Greece and Croatia were extraordinary. I had the best time imaginable! James and I rented a scooter in Rome, we saw the most magnificient (and OLD) buildings and ruins, climbed thousands of stairs, ate the best meals of my life, scuba dived in Mykonos, on and on and on. It was the trip of a lifetime. And it's REALLY hard to be back. Lucky me, we're getting married in 7 months which means HONEYMOON! I knew James was the one for me when I could be in the car with him for 45 hours straight with no blood. And traveling for 2 weeks straight has just confirmed this! So now I am back to the grind, with work overload. Makes me want to turn right back around and go back! In the meantime, I have the memories (and 10,000 photos) and a wedding to plan (i've done NOTHING!) to get me through. I do have some upcoming travel to see my bestest girlfriends in San Diego in November, and a visit from Katy in October, so I'm sure it'll seem like no time until its time for the next venture. I am so blessed!!!


Click here to see some trip photo highlights!

My Bluesy Friday Morning

Well after five very quick weeks, Em and Jacob left this morning. James is driving them back to Indy. I am very sad not to be going, but as they extended their trip and my dearest Sarah Stein has a birthday party this Sunday and my cousin Hillary is in town, I am staying behind. We had a terrific time yesterday at Splashdown Water Park (I am TOTALLY owning a lazy river in the next 5 years!) and a wonderful month. Here are a few highlights....I love you both and miss you already!