12 DAYS!

OMG! :)

CAN NOT believe it! 12 days?? REallY? Insane! Amazing, though!

Can you tell I'm a little all over the board on this one?

I've gotten quite a bit done. I paid the cake lady and made all those final decisions, so thats ready to go. We met with and paid the photographer (most of the payment anyways). I finalized most of the flower order. I need to add a corsage and add the alter flowers in memory of the grandparents. Brad finalized the alcohol order with Charlie.

So, tomorrow I'm ordering the programs and possibly tags for the bells from Stones and then calling Denise and making those additions for the flowers. I also have to remember to get Brad's wedding band and call and make nail appointments. Geesh. Just when I think I'm making headway and can see the surface, more things come up and start to suffocate me! Lol Oh well.

Its only 12 days away and then all the planning will be DONE!

I'll also be married then. Which is so exciting though, don't get me wrong. It's also a little sad though. Its the end (and beginning) of an era and I have mixed emotions about that.

I hope I'm not forgetting anything. I have nightmares about that!

Words to Live By

I know you're probably so sick of Wedding. I can't help it. It's all thats going on in my life right now, other than work, and we're not allowed to blog, facebook, tweet, or write about work in any other form whatsoever, so wedding it is!

I just can't believe that it's already almost here. I JUST had my first nervous feeling. People have been asking me if I'm nervous, and thus far the answer has always genuinely been no, but it literally JUST hit me. I'm not even nervous about saying I do, or marrying brad, or the committment, or any of that. Its the WHOLE day. Its the fact that ALL day long, I'm the center of attention and while I'm a Leo and I'm supposed to be thrilled about the limelight, I'm not sure if I am. I know everything will work out and so I don't think its that, that worries me. I think a small part of it is that Brad gets nervous easily about those sort of things, and I'm nervous that he'll be nervous. I'm worried that he'll be upset about something or stressed or whatever. I know he hates public displays of affection, and I'm sure a part of the worry is that he won't be able to kiss me or hold my hand in public. I mean this is kind of the day where we are SUPPOSED to be doing those things. I don't know. I should at this point be content with who he is :) and for the most part I am. I'm not trying to change him. Just trying to analyze I guess.

Another small part of the nervousness is that I have no idea how many guests we will have. We sent out close to 500 invitations and we've gotten probably nearly 300 back. Soo what about the other 200 then? Does that mean they're not coming? That they are? I don't know! I'm not even worried about it for the caterer or the alcohol or the seating or any of that. I'm just curious as to how many people will be there. What if no one comes to my wedding. I mean how mortifying if my wedding and reception are completely dead. Thats a little bit of a worry. Probably not a justified one, but present, all the same.

I'm ready for the day to be here. I'm ready to celebrate and be married and begin our lives together! :)

24 Days

It's 24 days until the wedding..



So now here's my To-Do List:

I need to meet with my cake lady, which I'm doing this monday. Check. :) I need to meet with the photographer. Still haven't scheduled that one, and I think I'm putting it off because its going to be quite a chunk of change. Yikes! I need to meet with the caterer and finalize the menu. I need to meet with Charlie the liquor supplier and finalize which type of alcohol we will be serving. I also need to head over to Stone's to create programs. I need to call Bridget to finalize plans for hair, etc. I need to order my guestbook, champagne flutes, etc, etc.

On the plus side, my dress is done, I have my shoes and my veil, I've applied for our marriage license, which should be in on Friday. We've met with and finalized things with the priest, I've finished 99% of my shower thank you's, the hotel reservations are made, I'm finished with bachelorette party (because i've already had it--more on that later :) ), my bridesmaid gifts have been purchased and made, the tuxes are ordered, bridesmaid dresses have all been altered, or the beginning process of alterations has been started, RSVPs are coming in, although we don't really need them.

So i'm getting there :)

One Month

Whoah did that go by fast!? I feel like I JUST got engaged, and now its nearly been a year! Time flies when you're having fun, right?? :)

I feel like I'm making a little ground with planning, but I still have a lot to do. I have to still meet with the photographer and cake lady. Food and alcohol selections needs to be finalized. Wedding favors need to be put together. There are still a few invites I need to send out. I need jewelry still. I had some picked out, but I don't like it as much as I thought I would. There's just something not right about how it looks with my dress. I need to get brad to pick out gifts for his groomsmen and ushers and brock. I need to make appts to get all the nails, hair, etc. done. My bachelorette party is this weekend and I'm FINALLY done with the planning for that. Yay! :)
I have to finalize reservations for the block of hotel rooms. I need to make an invite list for the rehearsal dinner for tammy. I have to pick a host/hostess and ask my cake serving ladies. I need to talk to the DJ and finalize song choices. I need to take in the application for marriage license. I need to meet with father and our marriage counseling couple. I need to make programs. I'm sure there are several other things I'm forgetting at the moment, but right now thats all I can think of.

As I said, I'm just ready for it to be here! :)

Five Weeks

I'm starting to think I should have been blogging about this engagement and planning for this wedding all along. How else will I remember all the feelings I had??

Well better late than never I guess, which totally is not my motto. I'm generally 20 minutes early for anything and everything I have to be at, but for this, that motto will suffice.

Less than 5 weeks until I say I do. I'm -- well...I don't know what I am. I'm still kind of in "its not really real" mode right now. I thought that once I had all my wedding showers that it would hit me, and it really hasn't. My bachelorette party is this weekend in Des Moines, so I'm hoping that that will kick me into high wedding gear. :) Don't get me wrong, I'm SOO excited, but it all sort of still feels like a dream.

I've sent out my invites and that was a big check off the to-do list, but I don't feel as relieved as I thought I would. I guess I still have so many other small things to do, that its not like I'm done planning or organizing. I think once all the major bills like the photographer and cake lady are paid, then I'll feel settled about it all. Thats going to be interesting. The photographer is going to be about 4-5,000 dollars and my parents, not to mention, Brad are going to have a stroke about it! I probably should have went a less expensive route but the photography is sooo important to me, and no one really gets that. I don't know. I'm going to help pay for it, but as my money is already direct deposited into Brad's account its not like I can give him any more of my money than he's already getting. We'll see I guess. If worse comes to worse I guess we won't have a photographer.

I guess also as I'm in vent mode, I feel sort of jilted by some of my bridesmaids. I mean I realize most of them live forever away and they can't make it to the showers or bachelorette party, but I feel like no one is excited about it except me. I guess I get that for them its really not exciting, but it wouldn't hurt for someone to fake excitement. Oh well. My fault for choosing bridesmaids that live several states away.

Anyways, for the most part, I'm having fun and I'm not too stressed. I'm just ready for it to be here. :)