110 Days

Almost in the double digits!! So exciting....as it is the end of January let's review the to-do list:
-Tuxedos
-Tom will finalize
-Invitation envelopes and RSVP cards
- Contact caterer and Finalize menu and desserts (emailed him just waiting to hear back.....)
- finalize wedding cake and desserts  (in the process)
-Reception Decor
-Ceremony Décor
-Decide timeline for reception 
-Wedding Programs (designed just need to ask readers and finalize songs)
-Hotel for May 21st and May 22nd
-Gifts for Bridal Party
- Finalize favours (more or less decided)
-Ask Readers
-Baptismal Certificate


So not the most productive month but better than nothing. A lot of the items have been started and were going to carry over anyways. But we can add to the list something that was on the list for March - we bought Tom's wedding band!!

So up for this month is:
-Schedule Dress fitting early February -Design Menus (mostly designed - waiting to hear back from caterer))
-finalize wedding cake and desserts (see above) 
-Reception Décor (by March 1st)
- Ceremony Décor
- Decide songs for dances (parents, BP) and what not to play list      
-Wedding Programs (same as above)
-Wedding party gifts
-Order/buy favour supplies
-Jr Groomsman attire and shirts for the guys
-sort out bar with the hall
-finish card box (ribbon around it)

So lots up to do this month.
PLUS we are also starting to seriously look for a house. That is taking time and energy. The past week I have done nothing wedding related because my free time was looking at houses. I need to get back into the groove of wedding planning and cross things on this list!!!

Blogging FAILURE

So my goal of once a week clearly did not work out! But here's hoping I get back into it. Many times I thought to myself, "I should go write a blog and get this out of my system."   Oops!!

So life is zooming along.  last I posted I was moving into Tom's parents and I have. Its been an adjustment to going from living alone to living with 3 other people. Then Tom's friend John moved in shortly after while his parents are finishing the house they are flipping. So its been fun!

Wedding planning has been busy. Only 123 day to go! Over Christmas Tom and I picked out flowers and booked a limo. I am very excited for our flowers. I really don't have a favourite flower so what was more important to me was the colour.  Since researching for flowers, I had discovered dahlias which I loved. So we are having roses, dahlias and wax flowers (which are real flowers).  The roses will be the colour of this rose and all the rest will be similar.  The girls will have more white and some colour.  I am excited!!

On our way home from my parents for Christmas we made a very organized list with what was left to be done and what month we should do it in.  Most things according to the list should be done in April with the exception of a few things that need to wait for rsvps.

So this is our to do list for January 2011
Tuxedos - Tom will finalize
Invitation envelopes and RSVP cards
Contact Brian and Finalize menu
finalize wedding cake and desserts 
Reception Decor
Ceremony Décor
Decide timeline for reception 
Wedding Programs
 Hotel for May 21st and May 22nd
Gifts for Bridal Party
Finalize favours
Ask Readers
Baptismal Certificate 

Some of them will carry over but that is ok. It fits into the plan! At least we have some things crossed off!!

Hopefully Ill write again soon!!

Piles of Boxes Mean Only One Thing

MOVING DAY IS COMING SOON!!

That's right my friends!! One week today and I will be moved into Tom's parents house!! What excitement!! So much to do between now and then! I really haven't done enough packing or anything so I must get my but moving sometime this week....hopefully! So much to do not related to moving too!! Work, life, wedding!!
That's life! When will it be May 21, 2011??

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!