in less than 24 hours (7.7.07)

hi, friends. welcome to the last edition of late night chats with denise...denise kysor, that is. in less than 24 hours i will become denise dilley, or double d as some would say.


i can't believe this day is finally here. i've been dreaming about it for 3 years now. i'm excited, nervous, and very, very sleepy, yet i'm not in bed. yeah, yeah. that's just me.

anyway, i'm just finishing off some last minute things and then i'm off to bed. i need my beauty sleep, you know. hope to see you all there tomorrow, but if not, i know you'll be there in spirit, as true friends always are.

love ya!

i feel good (5.22.07)

hello, and welcome to my late night chat. i'm sitting here watching friends, listening to josh talk about cremation, and writing this lovely blog. i feel some sense of accomplishment today, although i am still procrastinating. it's awful to have some many things in your life that are priority, only to have to prioritize your priorities! oh well.


i finished all the wedding invites. thanks to all of you who sent addresses to help complete my guest list. if you don't get an invite, it's because you didn't send me your updated address. sorry! (i'll still send you one, though, if you email me your address)

i also finally mailed my matron of honor her dress. i'm sure she'll be very grateful as she's the one who has to alter it if it doesn't fit properly. and, i'm praying that it fits her perfectly so she doesn't have to stress out about it!

i also mailed some donations to the american cancer society. thanks to all of you who donated! i was able to raise about $150.

wedding-wise, the only stuff left to do is to pick out the flowers, cake, and decorations for the church. if anyone has any ideas as to how to decorate the church, and to do it cheaply without looking cheap, let me know!

school-wise, i have TONS to do! my goal this week is to finish all 7 papers that i have yet to do for this one class. a paper a day will suffice to finish this goal. i'm also going to work on my thesis for at least an hour a day this week, and then spend the following week working on it for a couple hours a day. not to mention, i have to pick up my cap and gown tomorrow or thursday. and my honors cords.

anyway, guess that's it for now. i'm extremely tired and need to go to sleep. i'm supposed to wake up early to do my philosophy of law homework. woohoo!

*holds up a glass of milk and says: sweet dreams!*

i should call this something (5.15.07)

hello, and welcome to another session of the late night chats! monday's are usually my day's to sleep in. so, as usual, i slept in til about 1 today. i took my good ole time getting up, getting something to eat, and then taking a shower. then josh calls me to ask about stamps for our wedding invitations. after two or three different phone calls, we determine that josh is going to purchase the stamps and that i would bring the invites over to his house so that we could put the address labels and stamps on them. in the middle of all the phone calls, i was trying to work on my senior thesis presentation. of course, you all know how well that went...haha! this procrastinator barely worked on her presentation and ended up reading my sorry excuse for a paper to the class as my presentation. i did tell the class, however, that it was merely a rough draft and an analysis rather than a thesis as it is supposed to be. i also told them that i was sorry to bore them with crap, which got a laugh! oh well. at this point, i really don't care. and, i always try to do things with excellence, but i've got senioritis -- i'm ready for graduation!!!




but, back to the invitations. i only printed 50 invites, 50 rsvp cards, and 50 maps (for the out-of-towners and for ppl who have no idea where my old church is). however, josh and i have at least 90-100 people on our guest list. so, sometime this week i have to print up 50 more of the invites and rsvp cards, but not the maps because quite a few of the guests actually attend my old church. lucky me. hmmmm.......where did my simple wedding plans go? on the up side, i didn't have to pay for the stamps (thanks, mom-in-law)!



life is quite the adventure, don't ya think?! seriously, though, i consider all the things that are going on in my life right now and think to myself how great i have it. i've been around the world (literally) and the things that i think are overwhelming and draining are nothing in comparison to what the world is experiencing. i can always thank god that i have a roof over my head, money to pay the bills and provide for my needs, and family and friends that love me. not only that, but i have hope in christ.....a hope that exceeds anything else that the world can even think to offer. i know, i know...there are skeptics that are reading this blog (wait, there are people that read this?!) and thinking to themselves, "hope is christ...yeah, right...he's never done anything for me" there are probably others that are thinking "what?! god doesn't even exist." i'd like to challenge you to reconsider those thoughts. re-examine your life, looking closely at specific moments when you felt like giving up....



i dunno about you, but i sure am tired! yet, i'm not sleepy. wonder why that always happens around this time of night? oh well. i'm off to drink milk (cuz i hear it does a body good!) and then i'm going to fall asleep to my "friends."