As you can gather since you are an educated reader, the wedding is two weeks from today! We are so excited. We are spending part of today making those last phone calls to people who never sent in an RSVP. Have to give the caterers a number on Monday. We averted a couple of potential problems this week. First, we had the parents of our junior groomsman pull him out of the wedding. We don't really know the whole story, but based on what we do know, we are pretty disappointed in the family and their decision. But they are not us and we cannot control their actions, so we are working around it and moving on. Secondly, we were having a problem with one song for the wedding. We couldn't find a track for the soloist to sing along with and my pianist didn't think he had enough time to learn a new song, so we weren't sure what we were going to do. But my choir director/an amazing pianist (he went to school for piano and is absolutely AMAZING) is going to record it for us so my soloist has something to sing along with. I love hearing him play, so this is going to be great. (FYI, he will be out of town for the wedding. that should answer your question)
So yes, things are coming along nicely. I'm taking Tuesday off work (I know there are only 4.5 days this week) so we can go get our marriage license. That is an important part of the process. We also have a few other little things to take care of, but over all things are going very well. I'm almost to the point where I can let go and let things run themselves.
Oh, I got my bridal portraits back and they are beautiful! Our photographers are SO worth what we're paying them. I'm so excited about it!
Also today we finished putting up our Christmas decorations, including the Christmas tree we got yesterday afternoon. It's very cool looking. I'll have pictures to put up soon. Look for those!
Alright, well I'm off to do some cleaning/unpacking. See you all soon!!!
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Random Ramblings
Well first, the countdown is 24 days. Crazy, huh? In no time at all I feel like we've gone from the proposal to the wedding. But that day is going to be so great. I love that I'm three and a half weeks away and do not feel stressed at all! It's great to have other people stress out for you :-)
But yes, wedding things are coming together greatly. We had our last shower on Sunday. It was small, but very nice. We got two things we desperately needed- sheets & glasses! So we are getting closer and closer to having everything we need. We are practically finished with our Christmas shopping and Joey is making ground on groomsmen gifts. I purchased the last couple of things for bridesmaids today!
Some sad news- Joey's grandmother died last week. It was unexpected. The nurses at the nursing home were putting her into bed and she just slumped over. It was like she just decided to go, so she did. Joey says she was ready to see her husband again and to spend Thanksgiving with him. So we wound up going to Statesville for Thanksgiving instead of spending the holidays here in Benson. His family was planning to come here. But we got up early Thanksgiving morning and drove to his parents' house where his sister-in-law and I cooked Thanksgiving dinner. It was great and we all had a good time, despite the circumstances. I love his family more every time I'm with them, and this was no exception. We spent like 5 hours with his brother & sister-in-law on Friday night, which was a lot of fun.
Let's see, we have about half of our response cards back. Still waiting on the other half. Amazingly, most of the bridal party has not responded...how weird is that? And we only have one session of pre-marital counseling left!!! YAY!!!
We now have cable & internet at our house. It is very nice. We cannot, however, get the wireless router to work yet. So we may have to invest in a new one.
Well, I guess that's about it. I'm off to bake some cookies before Joey's work Christmas party. I'm so looking forward to break, even though it won't be much of a break.
But yes, wedding things are coming together greatly. We had our last shower on Sunday. It was small, but very nice. We got two things we desperately needed- sheets & glasses! So we are getting closer and closer to having everything we need. We are practically finished with our Christmas shopping and Joey is making ground on groomsmen gifts. I purchased the last couple of things for bridesmaids today!
Some sad news- Joey's grandmother died last week. It was unexpected. The nurses at the nursing home were putting her into bed and she just slumped over. It was like she just decided to go, so she did. Joey says she was ready to see her husband again and to spend Thanksgiving with him. So we wound up going to Statesville for Thanksgiving instead of spending the holidays here in Benson. His family was planning to come here. But we got up early Thanksgiving morning and drove to his parents' house where his sister-in-law and I cooked Thanksgiving dinner. It was great and we all had a good time, despite the circumstances. I love his family more every time I'm with them, and this was no exception. We spent like 5 hours with his brother & sister-in-law on Friday night, which was a lot of fun.
Let's see, we have about half of our response cards back. Still waiting on the other half. Amazingly, most of the bridal party has not responded...how weird is that? And we only have one session of pre-marital counseling left!!! YAY!!!
We now have cable & internet at our house. It is very nice. We cannot, however, get the wireless router to work yet. So we may have to invest in a new one.
Well, I guess that's about it. I'm off to bake some cookies before Joey's work Christmas party. I'm so looking forward to break, even though it won't be much of a break.
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