Bought the Dress!

Mom bought my dress yesterday. It is so beautiful!! I can't wait to wear it! 7 1/2 months to get on the ball... Not just a should at this point - but a MUST. I'm going to wear Julie's veil. So now I just have to get shoes. Ugh. All the cute ones are so uncomfortable. Must work now....too many things to think about....Head spinning..Sigh...

A little blurry

It's so hard for me to focus right now. Life moves by pretty fast and I'm trying to keep up. So much to do. I need to get back into using my planner and get organized. It's just one of those times I feel out of control because everything is in disarray. Carpet gets installed Saturday. Hopefully I can get the house functional this weekend so it can be listed next week. I need to fill out that seller disclosure. Sigh...I need someone to manage my life...

Next projects: Pack up my house, do my aunt's invitations, do my save the date cards.

Go Team!!

Off we are to a softball game!! Go John go!!! :)

Sleepytime

I think we should have mandatory naptime. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

This weeks plans...

DIY projects for the week:

STD cards out and mailed

Begin working on photo montage

I added a new thing to my DIY things to try: jewelry!!! I hope that I enjoy it!! So many possibilities!! :)

My mom just laughs at me. :) It's fun though!! And I'm saving $$$ :)

My mom and I are meeting with a potential florist tomorrow. She is one of my dad's friends, so hopefully we get a discount. I already like her from talking with her on the phone. May have a rather large check tomorrow!! Yay!!

We had to postpone cake testing a few weeks. John ended up being on call this weekend so we will have to wait until the end of July or August after our trip.

Goodness - can you believe that our vacation is almost here? We are going to Kansas to celebrate many family events!! How fun!! I'm ready for the time off - as is John I'm sure....

Leaving early!!

What a deal!! Today is my one year anniversary with the company so my boss said I can go home after our meeting today - a couple hrs early! Tomorrow I have the afternoon off to go meet with the florist! Yay for going home early!

It's time to tackle those 'save the date' cards!!

I got my magnets in from Vista Print. They look great - have a little bit more of a white border than I like and the picture is a little darker - but for the deal they were - they are perfect. I have most of my addresses and am going to begin addressing them this week. I wonder if we will start hearing back from people in response to that or if they will wait for the invitations.... I guess we will see.

John called a little while ago. He is back to being on call this weekend again. Thought we were going to get a chance to test out a cake place this weekend...Oh well....I know there is still time...but I was getting excited to possibly get 2 big checks this week. Hopefully the flowers will work out this weekend. I think that the floral and the cake ladies have businesses out of their homes and they are both friends of my dad's so hopefully we will be able to get a good deal on those. I'm all about the good deal. The wedding has really brought that out in me!!

I love finding new fonts. There are such pretty ones out there - for free! Love it!! I think that even after the wedding I need to keep up this creativity. I think there are a lot of "knotties for hire" - I don't know if I will do that or not. I'd love to have a Gocco and create crafty stuff like that all the time. I don't know how profitable it will be though. As soon as I can get a place for my stuff I have lots of ebay stuff I'm going to list. I started packing this weekend and have already set aside some things that will be of value in that arena.

I just keep thinking that this time next year we will be in a much better position!! I can't wait!!

Stressed out bride

Stressed out!! I need an outlet for this stress. It keeps coming and it keeps escalating. Bills!! Plans!! Packing/selling my condo!! Wedding!! Besides the bills - it's good things - I'm excited to move on to the next phase of my life...but all the details of all of it together....AGH! My goal is to have my house sold by Labor Day. That's 2 months. I sure hope it sells quicker than that - I guess only time will tell. If you are reading this - say a prayer for me please.

On top of everything else - John tore his hamstring on Monday playing softball. So he is hurting, and is upset because certain people in his world were born without an ounce of sympathy and with their heads permanently up their.... Ugh...Anyway - Our honeymoon can't come soon enough!! I need the time off just to chill. Even though we have a few days off next month...those will be pretty hectic. I want to be on a beach or in a snowy cabin somewhere doing nothing but celebrating our marriage and letting the stress of the last few years melt away.

I hate that it is so stressful too because this is one of the best times of our lives that we are supposed to be enjoying the journey...and we are - but the stress is just overwhelming sometimes.

On a happy note - Rocky and Keli were supposed to deliver Landon tonight...I'm waiting to see if that happened...Amidst all the chaos comes a little innocent baby.... We got to see and hold Mark and Amy's 2 week old Sasha the other day....and John got to hold his cousin's baby Avery (18 months)....Babies find joy in the simplest of things... They show life full of promise and inspire us to keep trying...

VistaPrint, Wii, and Laundry

I can't wait to go check my mail. My Vista Print stuff should be in today. I heart Vista Print!! I even got some stuff for my dad's business so maybe he can get some marketing benefits too!! I hope it's there!! I really want to start working on my aisle runner, but need to wait until I can take it to Mom's to do. That's the only place really that I have enough space to try it - except that craft table is in storage....Hmmm - maybe we need a card table and chairs so I can do it at John's - but then there is the matter of the cats - Hmmmmm - Maybe my empty house would be the best - (well it will be empty after my roomie moves out this weekend)

Onto other news - John played his first softball game last night with my church. They did a great job and beat the other team by 3 or 4 runs!! It's so funny because I really dislike watching Rangers games (maybe because they play almost every night and it takes soooooo long for a game), but I love softball games. Maybe it's because I usually know someone playing - but it seems to go by a lot faster and is a lot more enjoyable!!

While we are bragging about John - he was so cute this weekend. We went over to a friends house and played with their Wii. They had Wii American Idol and Wii Sports - So fun!! John was excited about all his perfect scores on American Idol - lol - the rest of us had fun hamming it up and enjoying John's zeal for the game. I wish they weren't so darn expensive because they are so fun!!!

We have to finish up our marriage counseling homework tonight. Procrastination procrastination. It's not that we don't enjoy doing it - its the sitting down for hours at a time doing it that makes us wait to complete it. Tonight I think we have to work on our marriage mission statement while doing laundry and tidying up a bit.

Tomorrow is hump day already!! Time flies!!

Too many thoughts

I think I need someone to go in my brain and do some spring cleaning. I have so many things going on and so many things to do - everything is priority and I'm just at a standstill. I need a plan. Maybe I will plan to make one tomorrow. :) A new day - a new plan. Let's go world....I'm ready!!

To blog or not to blog

I feel inspired to begin a new blog. I never would have thought that doing something so fun could be so incredibly stressful. Wedding. Work. Selling house. STILL dealing with my former business expenses. Everyday life. Working out - and the motivation to continue. All these changes and decisions and money and mixing that with the everyday stresses we already have is enough to make anyone a little bonkers. I feel anxious and impatient and it's not really one thing in particular that triggers it. I wish John didn't have to work so much. He really is grossly underpaid for the job he does and the hours he puts in - but oh well. I hate sharing our evenings with his job. They already get one weekend a month when he is on call - the rest of the time is mine or ours or for fun time with friends or whatever - not thiers to claim at the drop of a hat. He works hard at his job but it still is a sore point. It is especially irritating when it is Friday night - almost 7pm and I'm just waiting on him....waiting....waiting....waiting. Not all of my frustration is with him. I'm frustrated at the things on my plate as well. We are under the 9 month mark with still so much left to do. Lots of weight to lose....Having to try to sell my condo on top of it all - a good thing - prolly so - but I just want to rip my hair out or break down in tears - maybe a little of both. I don't want to complain too much because most of the things happening are all good things or have the potential to be - it's just a lot for me to handle and I have my moments where I just obviously feel the need to tell no one in particular that I want to scream. Sigh....