Meet My True Love For The First Time - Or Again

WARNING: May Need Your Vomit Bag for the following two introductions. Justin, 33 years old, recently married – to me! IT Dude, Sales Guy, and other things i know i'm forgetting for Yoder & Frey Auctioneers, Inc. http://www.yoderandfrey.com Currently he is working very hard in preparation for their 34th annual florida auction. I am missing him so much but will see him soon in the sunny state & i cannot wait!! If i had to choose one word that describes my husband, in my eyes at least (and in many others i would imagine) it would be this one simple word: WONDERFUL. You can look for some very exciting news about justin's current project in our next blog update!

Meet My 2nd "true love"

LAST WARNING for vomit bag, after this one you can put it away. This is Hank....he's my 2nd true love. He is the most precious dog you could ever know (even if you have your own. - hehe). Hank is a very busy dog - he currently holds a position at Lesniewicz Associates as the company mascot http://www.designtoinfluence.com where he has enjoyed this job going on 2 yrs. now. His duties are to sit down, sleep, beg for food from all the employees come lunch time, greet our clients and visitors when they come through the door.... but his most important job responsibility is to look cute while doing all of this - let's just say he has "job security" because he never fails at his job tasks!

People might think i'm nuts about this dog but you must know a little history. I rescued him back in 1998 from some farmers when he was 4 years old; they were giving him away because he "....is lazy and doesn't do anything around here." ok - i'm thinking isn't always looking cute alot of work, geez, "doesn't do anything"! Hank was terrified, never had been in a car, wanted to go back home....but eventually he turned around and now he makes such a great friend. He's been by my side through great and tough times and he's great company while my husband travels. And any dog lover would understand that i am NOT nuts. I just love my dog. How couldn't you love Hank....just look at this photo of him!

2007 Recap #1: Our Rehearsal Dinner Night

Yes, i plead guilty to public intoxication. This was 19 hours before i said "I Do" and approximately 4 hours before i unexpectedly passed out in my hotel bed and locked my VERY SOON to be husband out of our room for the rest of the night – or what was left of it at least! Now remember this was all by accident - i'm not sure what i was thinking when i did that shot with Justin (he really should lay off of the booze). Yep, you read it, Justin did a shot– the first and ONLY time i have ever seen my husband drink. As you can see by this photo it is probably best only one of us dabbles in the cocktails once in awhile. In my defense, this is a rarity. Luckily Justin, after trying unsuccessfully for 45 min. to find somebody at the hotel to let him in our room, bumped into the janitor who had the keys to any and all rooms. Good thing that janitor trusted the RIGHT guy, my fiance, and NOT some lunatic! I love you Justin and i apologize again for the mishap there. Phew – i'm glad you showed up to meet me at the ceremony, i think i almost blew it huh!

2007 Recap #2: Shorty Turns 90!

My grandpa, Sylvester Lesniewicz A.K.A. "Shorty", turned 90 this past November. He hammed it up at his big party - playing air guitar with his cane! Uh yeah, makes you wonder if he REALLY needs that cane if he can play it as a friggin' guitar for 3 minutes straight to a polka song. It should be know that his cane actually functions as an air guitar as well as the stick that he uses to beat away all the chickies that are after him (he is a very popular bachelor on his street in west Toledo!). Grandpa you are the best & we love you so much. And soooooo do the ladies (as evidenced by the dame in this video trying to dance with him but watch as he completely ignores her - he has no time for that, he has an air guitar to play! Click on video above.

2007 Recap #3: The Honeymoon....Are You Still Smelling Horse Poop?

We drove from VT to Montreal then made our way across Canada to the Upper Penninula of Michigan then back home. Montreal was wonderful. The drive across Canada was beautiful. The U.P./Mackinac Island - well, we bolted after just 12 hours from Mackinac Island because one can only smell so much horsesh*t and fudge - or should i say two can only......thanks but no thanks! So we headed down to my parents place on Lake Leelanau.....aaaaahhhh no horse poopy (Hank of course missed it).

2007 Recap #4: If You Got It Flaunt It.

If you got it flaunt it. Or if you don't got it, pick some oranges in florida, stuff them in your shirt AND THEN flaunt it. Britny came down to play in florida last year when i was there with Justin. This is the backyard of Justin & Hadley's house in Zepherhills (their grandmother left them her house) - we picked key limes, grapefruits and oranges. Oh yeah, and i got to know what it felt like to have big boobs for a change. Brit, i can't wait for Florida round #2 see you soon!

2007 Recap #5: Jen Gets Prodded By Hadley

Hadley, Justin's sister and my favorite and only sister-in-law (Hads, if i had more then one you'd still be my favorite!) decided to go back for another 3 years of school in Aug. 2007. She is attending The New England School of Acupuncture in Watertown, MA. where she is working on her Masters Degree in Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine http://www.nesa.edu/ How cool is that :) I had the honor of being prodded by one of her needles on xmas day where i have to admit if i hadn't had the one strong margarita in me i would have been way more wimpy about doing that!

2007 Recap #6: Amy Launches Her Letter Press Business

My sister, Amy, launched her Letter Press business in 2007 calling it Alice Louise Press. She named it after our grandmother, Alice Louise Strick, who worked a press for years back in the day. This photo was taken in Sept. 2007 where Amy attended her first wedding show & Alice stopped by for a visit. For more details visit “Who is Alice” on the company's website http://www.alice-louise.com/about/alice.html. Now if you want some kick a** letter pressed stationery, invitations, business cards, etc. this is the place! Even if she wasn't my sister i'd be pimping this! Amy custom designed & letter pressed ALL printed materials for our wedding from the invitations & ceremony program, to the welcome bag notes, to the menus on the reception tables. THANK YOU Amy everything was so beautiful! And for xmas she custom designed two sets of "hank" note cards for me – you know i am loving that. Now as for the rest of you....place a order with her! You won't find a cooler set of note cards then what she has designed & printed herself! To see her line visit http://www.alice-louise.com

2007 Recap #7: Our Wedding...of course!

You didn't think i'd let this blog go out without yet ANOTHER pic or mention of our wedding did ya? Our wedding is now being featured on The Knot.com for destination weddings! Check out the link below! www.weddings.theknot.com/ODB/THEMES/REALWEDDINGS/View.aspx?ID=22856 The date, as most of you know, was 07.07.07 and it was the best day of the year! Actually let me rephrase that – the best day of the century! Vermont was the place (Clark's residence to be specific) and it was AWESOME. Thank you again to everyone that made the trek to VT. And thank you moms & dads for everything! We love all of you so much! xoxo, mr. & mrs. justin peter clark :) you can view more 2007 Recaps in the monthly archives to the right & you may just find "Lola" in April archive interesting (it will answer the never ending question "are The Newlyweds going to have kids?"!)