Almost another fail!!

I almost made it through another week with no post! But working today has given me time to write a post!! HAHA!!

So next Saturday is craft day. Before work tonight I thought i would get a good chunk of the printing for our invitations done!  So about half way through the one page I look over, and for some reason it printed just half the page and then spit it out...ok weird!!  Then I look back and it all of a sudden started printing in red ink. It is supposed to be black! I have set it to print ONLY black ink....what is happening! After many attempts to restart and try again I have gave up for today!! Monday I will be back at it!!

That and changing my address!! I tried online but it doesn't let me use the number from my birth certificate for some reason. So I am going to have to go in. Darn government!!! BOO! Then I'll have to change it all again in 6 months anyways!! BOOOOOOO what fun!!!

Registering!!

This Monday, Tom and I spent a good 3-4 hours registering.  Over the past few months I have been creating a list of things we should register for. I have looked at what I have and will still keep (ie/ I bought and it is in good shape and not a hand-me-down) and decided what needed to be replaced.  My plan was that the more organized I was before hand the less painful it would be for both of us during the whole registering process.  It did cause some struggles beforehand but I know that Tom appreciated it when we hit the store.

I had my list organized according to room in a hypothetical house that we may or may not buy one day (we will).  While the store didn't necessarily line up with my order (how RUDE) I know that it helped us in not getting to excited and zapping everything with the gun!  We started at the Bay and did well I think.  We found a lot of what we were looking for and that was exciting.  After the Bay we hit up Sears hoping to be able to finish off the list....but we were in for a surprise! Sears was anything but useful as far as registering went.  We were so desperate to find stuff and it just didnt work. So we left with only a few things zapped.  Last night I went to Home Outfitters and happily found everything we had on our list at Sears plus things we were missing from either store. So we will be hitting the registering road once again this Friday at Home Outfitters. What fun!! I know we will likely be going in to add stuff to the lists over the next 6  months but its nice to have the big registering time out of the way -  or to know we will come Friday night.

Other than that life is good! My apartment is being shown a lot lately which makes me excited! Moving in a month!!!

Never Alone

One day while walking home from university, I remember thinking about Mary and what life must have been like for her.  A young, unmarried pregnant woman in a time when that would mean a stoning.  This led me to thoughts about what it must like to be pregnant. What it would feel like to have another human being, formed in you and growing in you.  Something that struck me for some reason was that you would never feel alone.  At least that is what I think. It would be a constant reminder of God's love, His presence.

I was reminded of this thought today while driving home from a meeting with colleagues.  Watching the fall colours pass by made me think of life.  I thought about what life will be like when I get married. For some reason what hit me was eating breakfast and lunch (assuming there is time) the day of the wedding and how they would be my last meals `alone.`   I thought about how from that day on, I would always have Tom.  It`s weird to think about. Not that I am alone now because I have my family and friends but it will be in a different way.    I have started reading The Good News about Sex and Marriage, by Christopher West. Last year some friends and I started a book club to read, Theology of the Body by Pope John Paul II. It was the toughest thing ever! So now my plan is to read books about his book in hopes of one day reading Theology of the Body and being able to understand it 100% (here's hoping)!   One of the things that JPII talks about is how married couples through their sexuality are invited to participate in creation with God.  I only just started The Good News about sex and Marriage but it reminded me of that from JPII.  How exciting is that?  God not only created us out of love, but in His great love has chosen us to be creators with Him out of our love??  It is something that I am sure cannot be explained with words.  Through this creation comes new life. All leading to never being alone!!  A feeling of complete belong. I am my beloveds and my beloved is mine.

Maybe I over think things but there are so many little things I look forward to about being married!  So many!! It will be a fun adventure - one that is just 215 days away!

Thirty Day Shred: Round 2 - Failure is not an option!!

So after failing miserably at my first attempt, I am starting today again with the 30 Day Shred. I started back at the beginning.  So Level 1 again today! It killed me just like last time. I thought it would be much easier because I had done it before but not doing any form of workout for 2+ weeks killed me!  But here we are once again doing it.  It will happen! Tom is doing the P90x workout so my motivation is to do the 30 day challenge in the next 30 days so that when I move into his parents place I can maybe start P90X (or at least parts of it).  So that is the plan!! I just want to tone up - as I said before. I really don't want or need (I think) to lose weight. Just overall toning will be good!

I put the Save the Dates in the mail yesterday! Time to begin the confusion of everyone!! Yeah! "It didn't say where the wedding was!" "How do we RSVP?" oh what fun!

One a week=fail!

So I failed at writing last week! Oops! But I have had a few weeks lately with more than one post so it's just fine!!

It was just Thanksgiving weekend and it was great to be able to spend time with the people I am most thankful for in my life.  It seems like we very rarely get to be all together because of where we all live and our crazy schedules. So the fact that all my sisters were able to get together was great! A big blessing!!

So life is good! Busy but good! I am excited about what the future holds. so much will be changing in the next year with getting married, and hopefully starting school again!! But we'll see!! I want it all to happen now!!!

Nothing new has really gone down with the planning.  I have recently decided to include light pink (I think) as a accent with our SANGRIA! Hopefully it works out. We just need SOMETHING!!   Also been thinking about flowers. I know NOTHING about flowers but I know I like peonies!!! If they are cheap I am in! I have a very hard time spending money on things that in the end I wonder if anyone will even notice. My goal is to be not cheap but smart. Spend money on things we will remember and that are important to us. Not on details that we will never look back on and notice. So that is my philosophy that is also applying to flowers. Something nice and simple and smart (read=cheap).

Wedding planning is hard work!

Since getting engaged, 500 million ideas have flashed before my eyes and into my head! There are so many great things that people have done and I want to do them all (well...maybe not all because some are hideous!).   The challenge in idea overload is to sift through and decide what goes together and what represents who we are as a couple and who we are individually.   I have done a pretty good job (I think) of trying to keep everything flowing throughout. One thing I love and regret at the same time is the colour we chose for bridesmaids dresses. Sangria is BEAUTIFUL and I like how it looks on everyone.  But it is IMPOSSIBLE to find anything in sangria. I found ribbon that is close and will do.

So the purpose of this post is that I am currently working on trying to decide whether or not to go with one idea I like or not. It's an out there idea I would say. One that would require time, crafting and maybe some money.  So it is time to see, is this idea something that will be worth it? Will it make me happier than the alternative? Will it end up costing more money?

So off to thinking and researching we go! I'm not going to share my idea because I love it too much! So maybe you will see it before the wedding or maybe at the wedding or maybe not at all!

Labels and Ring!

My return address labels have arrived!!! Yeah!!! The save the dates were waiting for them so they could be sent out. Still waiting on a few addresses from Tom but once that happens we are good to go!! yeah! So excited! We are getting married!! In less than 8 months!!

Yesterday I also got a voice mail message from the jewelery store that one

of my rings was ready to pick up. So in I went hoping it was the engagement ring - and it was! I missed it. But honestly if one more person asked me if I was getting married soon and that was why I

had it rhodium plated I was gonna freak out! It's free people! Who wouldn't want a sparkly ring!! So now we wait on my wedding band. It's getting sized and likely I will get my engagement ring

sized too eventually. The wedding band will be a 6.5 and the engagement ring is a 7. It fits fine and hasn't fallen off so we'll see.

Tom really did a great job picking out the ring. It's simple and elegant - like me!!! hahaa! My camera is not the best but I felt like taking some 'artsy' pics today. In the pic above the green reflection in the diamond is my camera.

This next picture is another attempt at being 'artsy' which I am not but I still like it. The pic in the pic is of Tom and I on what we say was our first date. On June 23rd, 2007 we helped out at the wedding of the daughter of the camp director of the camp we met at. That night was really the night that changed my mind. Up until that night I had been very hesitant about starting a relationship because I was leaving for NET ministries for 10 months. What was the point of starting something. A good friend of ours talked to both of us individually that night and while I don't know what he said to Tom, I know that what he told me greatly influenced the start of our relationship. He helped me to realize that if I didn't open myself up to what could happen, if I didn't tale a chance and see what could be, that I would always wonder what could have been. So here we are now three years later planning our own wedding. I thought the idea behind the picture was good.

A favourite activity of mine is going for walks and stepping on CRUNCHY pine cones!! I love it!! When we worked at the camp, it was prime pine cone crunching location!! So many pine cones! So little time!!! One day after we were engaged (I think) Tom came over after he was working and brought me this pine cone. He had been out on a walk with a young person at work and stepped on pine cones and he brought me one home to step on. Of course I didn't and instead it sits on my tv unit. It's hard to see the ring on the top of the pine cone but it's there. The shine made it too flashy!

All in all, I'm happy.