Phoebe: I’m not sure about buying a mattress from Janice’s ex-husband. It’s like cheating on Chandler.
Monica: Not at these prices! -Friends

When I was little, I used to daydream about what my house would look like. I’d dress up in my mother’s dresses and wear my mother’s ring and play house. I used to daydream about my bedroom especially. I always wanted a sleigh bed, ever since I saw the movie The Santa Claus. Remember that kickass bed Scott Calvin falls asleep on?

As I got older I figured one day I would get a sleigh bed, but I thought it would take years of saving up to afford it. Well as luck would have it, our new town is not only an amazing place to live, but apparently their prices are incredible too. We went mattress shopping today and walked out with brand new pillows and free same day delivery of a top of the line mattress…and SLEIGH BED all for the price of what one mattress would normally cost.

I can’t wait to curl up on this beautiful bed tonight.

Especially next to this guy. (He’s going to be so mad I posted this but I don’t care, it’s adorable)

Joey: (To Rachel) Look, turning thirty is not that big a deal.
Ross: Oh really? Is that how you felt when you turned thirty?
[Flashback to Joey's thirtieth birthday]
Joey: Why God, why?! We had a deal. Let the others grow old, not me! -Friends

Today is my birthday…and it means I’m 2 years closer to turning 30. I’m not quite sure how I feel about that yet. I think part of me is excited because I’ve heard the 30s are fabulous. But I’m also a tad depressed because I thought I’d have a lot more done by this point in my life. I suppose that’s natural.

I’m also a little down today because my birthday falls on a weekday (boo). All of my friends live out of town so it’s not likely that I’ll be able to get together with anyone today, and Match has to sleep and then works tonight.

My ideal day today would be to meet up with a few of my fabulous bloggy besties and go out for a lunch date. This would of course include wine, laughing, and girl talk. Doesn’t that sound awesome? Instead I’ve decided to treat myself to a haircut. It’s been SEVEN months so I figure I’m due. Then I may do a little craft shopping, rent a chick flick and veg out. Match is taking me to dinner before he has to work so that’ll be fun. Our real celebration is this weekend when we go rafting! I’m sooo excited for that.

Meanwhile, I am missing my friends a bit today. So what better than to play the Who Are Your Friends game over at  Gigi’s World.

As you already know, I’ve got two friends nicknamed after Friends characters.

Monica & Chandler

I’m missing them big time. They’re so far away in Scotland. Sniff. They are just like Mon and Chan on Friends.

As for the rest of the cast, I think Tahoe Girl would make a perfect Phoebe. She already does a lot of silly singing and goofiness.

I don’t have a lady’s man friend, so there’s no Joey or his two pizzas sadly. We also don’t have a Rachel or a Ross. No one in my group of friends breaks up and then gets back together constantly. Thank god for that!

I’m a total Monica myself when it comes to being clean. I have also been known to do a lot of singing and dancing and making up weird songs, so I channel a bit of the Phoebe floopy energy.

Match is no Chandler. He actually hates being the center of attention. He’s actually more like Phoebe’s Mike because he sits back and puts up with my shenanigans.

So my group doesn’t really fit the Friends cast. We’re a lot more like the How I Met Your Mother crew. But I still adore the show and I love nothing more than curl up, turn on the projector bulbs and have Friends marathons and quoting episodes on a daily basis. So what about you? Who are your friends?

Ross: All right, we have a tie. Luckily, I have prepared for such an event. (Pulls out flashcards) The Lightning Round!
All: Ohhhh.
Ross: Thirty seconds, all the questions you can answer.
Monica: You guys are dead, I am so good at lightning rounds.
Chandler: I majored in lightning rounds. All right, we’re gonna destroy you.
Monica: Huh, wanna bet?
Chandler: Well, I’m so confused as to what we’ve been doing so far… -Friends

Today I’m linking up with two fabulous bloggers, my blog bestie Impulsive Addict and Seriously Shawn for the first edition of Talk to Us Tuesday.  It’s a link up where you talk to the hosts as if you’re getting together with them for a cup of coffee or in my case, glass of wine. No rules, just say what you feel like!  It’s going to be amazeballs so link up and come play!

Now grab your favorite glass of whatever, because I’m going to tell you about a little game we discovered over the weekend.

• At the awesomeness that was Tahoe Mom’s 60th birthday on Saturday, we were introduced to a new game. You all know how much The Group loves a good game.
• The game didn’t have a name, it was just referred to as Brown Bag Game. Of course I had to rename it. After playing for about a minute, I immediately yelled, “This game is called Brown Bag Bendover.”
• This became better known as Triple B.
• This is what the game looks like:

• As you can tell the game is simple. You have a brown bag, you bend over, and you pick it up.
• The only rules are you have to pick up the bag with your mouth, and nothing on your body can touch the floor except for your feet.
• It’s not a drinking game, but it helps!
• After each round, you cut an inch off the bag, making the game even harder.

• At this point in the game someone yelled, hey that’s like 7 inches! (It was when this picture was taken, so it was maybe 2)
• To which I replied, “Who have you been dating?!” Yes, Triple B brings out my dirty minded sarcasm.
• The  game gets a lot harder when the bag gets shorter. This is where people started falling down.

• Tahoe Girl’s Dad came up with a Lightening round, in which the bag was replaced with a paper plate.

• The Lightening Round was damn hard.

• At one point, Tahoe Dad gave Santa Cruz Chick some motivation by way of a piece of birthday cake.

• We messaged Chandler and Monica in Scotland telling them they had to try the game Brown Bag Bendover.
• To which Chandler replied, “Does this involve a butterface?” Hehehehe. That’s a whole different kind of game!
• So there you have it folks: Brown Bag Bendover, aka Triple B. Mark my words this game is going to be playing on every college campus nationwide. You’re welcome America!

 

 

[Monica and Chandler each borrow money from Joey, forcing him to lie to them both until they find out.]
Rachel: Joey! Why did you tell Chandler that Monica was getting a boob job?
Joey: Because she is!
Monica: Joey, Chandler knows I borrowed the money.
Joey: Mm-hmm! For your boob job!
Monica, Rachel, Chandler: It’s over, Joe!
Joey: Okay. So I’m out four thousand dollars and nobody’s boobs are getting any bigger? -Friends

brought to you by:
Mamarazzi, Janette, Impulsive Addict, and Seriously Shawn

1. Name five of your favorite new blogs that you’re reading.
The Young and The Relentless, Real Life Reslers, , Boobies, Babies, and a Blog, and Terri’s Little Haven
2. When you were a young child or teenager, did you have an idea of how many children you wanted and what their names would be? Did you follow through on your ideas?
I have always wanted two children, a boy and a girl. I have never really been able to narrow down names, and I’m afraid I still can’t. It would be  great to be blessed with a boy and a girl someday; though I really just hope I’ll be lucky enough to be a mom someday regardless of gender.

3. What is the silliest thing you fight with someone about? It could be your spouse, sibling, parents, co-worker, etc.
Ha, this is perfect timing. Just today I had a mini argument with Match over where we’ll go for a vacation. It wasn’t a big fight, we don’t really have those, but it was more of a nitpicky kind of silly fight. Match is really bad about making plans and he always leaves it to me. He’s also terrible about telling me what he would like to do, and tries to just go with the flow. The problem with this is inevitably I’ll pick something he doesn’t want to do, and he waits til the last minute to tell me, so we end up not doing anything. Sometimes it feels like a silly fight because we’re fighting over what fun thing to do. I know it’s silly but I do wish he’d come up with the plan for once!

4. What is your favorite scent that others may not find very nice? Ex. gasoline, sweat from your sweetie, etc.
Campfire smoke and the smoke smell after you light a match. Smells delicious to me.

5. What are your thoughts on plastic surgery? (Have you had it? Want it? Regrets?)
What a perfectly timed question. I just saw Sassy Couple yesterday and Sassy just got a boob job. I have to say I’ve always said I’d never get plastic surgery but hers looked fantastic! I do wish I was blessed a little bit better in the girl’s department, but I don’t think I could ever go through that kind of pain. She was describing it and it sounded terrible! I think I’d rather go with water bras. Seems much less painful.

Jules: Ellie, friend test.
Ellie: Fine, I’ll come.
Bobby: Friend test?
Jules: Yeah. It’s when you call your entire friendship into question and force them into doing something. I came up with it.
Trav: Sounds like you. -Cougar Town

Last Thursday was Monica & Chandler’s wedding and it was so beautiful. The ceremony was small and not everyone was invited (Match and I were among the few friends invited, we felt very VIP). The ceremony was at a family friend’s house that was absolutely stunning. I really wish I lived in this house. I didn’t get very many pictures because I was playing videographer/gopher/bridal party assistant all day. I figured I owed it to Monica because she helped me with everything when it was my big day. It was also my sneaky way to be a part of the behind the scenes action, which I loved.

One moment I was able to capture was by complete accident. It was of Match helping one of the bride’s younger family friends tie his tie. Isn’t this just the sweetest thing you’ve ever seen? This is the snapshot of the video I took of them. Match is going to be such a good daddy someday. Le Sigh.

My favorite part of a wedding ceremony is the groom when he first sees his bride and Chandler’s expression was priceless. His eyes sparkled like blue diamonds as he teared up when he saw Monica walking down the aisle. I tried to keep the tears at bay but the minute I looked over and saw that not only was the groom crying but every one of the groomsmen I just couldn’t keep it together.

After the ceremony Match and I went with Tahoe Girl’s parents and decorated M&C’s hotel room with balloons and rose petals. Then it was on to the reception! The reception was at a winery in beautiful wine country. Ladies you need to come visit me here. This is why I love Northern California. And yes there are always beautiful women dancing at wineries. It’s standard.

Her decorations were so pretty and so Monica. I loved the flowers and floating candles.

The boys have this picture tradition, that started at our wedding. It’s the butt pose and they do at every wedding now. I think it’s adorable. Some of those boys really know how to stick out their booties!

The girls went for the classic jumping in the air pose. This would have turned out great if I hadn’t jumped too soon. Notice how I’m the only one way up in the air here?

yeah, so for the official photo, I’m the only one with my legs firmly planted on the ground. I look like I didn’t even try! I kept telling them it’s because I’m short so I hit the ground faster.

Dinner was delicious and the toasts were both funny and heartwarming. The bride and groom danced to “The Way You Look Tonight” and looked so incredibly happy. Notice awkward me trying to get video and maneuver around one of the groomsmen.

 

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this but Monica and Chandler have been together for almost 10 years. They were high school sweethearts and have survived a major long distance relationship. She’s lives in Scotland for vet school and has been there for the last two years! So to see them finally married, and finally he will be moving with her so they can truly be together is the stuff of storybooks.

Another very memorable moment of the night was when Tahoe Guy came up to me and pointed out that 6 of our best friends have gotten married within the year, and not to people outside our group but to each other (Token Gay Couple, Me and Match, and now Monica and Chandler). That is pretty incredible. I was also so touched that he included me in that grouping of 6. At first I was really slow on the uptake. 6? Ohh you mean me and Match too? Lol! I’ve never been a true part of a group before, and this crew has known each other since high school. The fact that I’m counted as one of their best friends is a great feeling.

We danced for hours and got a lot of people out there on that dance floor. I got some classic footage of the bride and groom dancing with their moms, and some hilarious shots of Chandler and his patented noodle arms dance moves. We ended the night with a 2 hour ride on the party bus, where I drank champagne straight out of the bottle. The bride also tossed her bouquet on the bus, and I screamed “Crawl for it bitches!” because I’m classy like that. The night ended as you know, with me curled up on the dog bed at the in-laws.It was a great night and I’m so happy for Mr. & Mrs. Monica and Chandler!