Gonna Get Married

Wedding planning has consumed my life.

Over the weekend my parents, groom and maid of honor helped stuff and address the engagement photos/announcements. It was a good time. We got to chat and get the ball rolling on wedding talk. I will be mailing the announcements out in the morning! We still have some missing addresses but the bulk of that portion is done. Mission (mostly) accomplished!

Next up--getting coordinated to try on some bridesmaid gowns. I want to get started on that now so that we toss around the first set of dress ideas together. I'd like to get a feel for the styles the girls favor and feel comfortable in, as well as to what their price ranges are. They may or may not be wearing matching style of dresses, which is something we have to discuss.

It's a crazy trying to get everyone coordinated. Of course, this wedding planning is a huge priority to me; unsurprisingly, everyone is busy with their own priorities. I'm slightly concerened about how everything is going to work because everyone is so busy. I have four attendants. My maid of honor is graduating this May (and very busy with all that + working on her thesis), going to Europe for a big chunk of the summer, and then moving to Ohio for grad-school early fall/late summer.

One of my bridesmaids lives hours away in the twin cities area, and another lives in California! My last bridesmaid is super shy and I'm worried that she won't speak up if she's dissatisfied. Oh, and she's on the hunt for colleges right now so she is rather busy. It's going to be a challenge to coordinate bridal showers and other gatherings where all the ladies will be able to attend.

Plus, as-of-yet, I have not nailed down a site. It's between the skating rink in a nearby lake town or my uncle's barn, also in in that town. I personally prefer the barn idea, but it will take some cleaning and we need to find out about city ordinaces regarding noise, parking, alcohol and firecodes. *sigh* We'll see--wish me luck!

Wedding Planning

Wedding Planning has begun. We've been tossing around ideas, and ALREADY there is drama. I don't know how we're going to reconcile everything. Jed and I are in agreement about wanting a Justice of the Peace to perform our wedding. We have pretty much decided on the Spiritual Center on campus.

We're both hoping his family will be ok with that, as they are devoutly Catholic, especially his mother and his grandmother. Of course in the end it's up to us, but we want our families' support. My family is...acting a little weird. They're happy and supportive, they say...but they also have issues with the fact that I'm getting remarried after being divorced--which really hurts me.

In any case, over all, I'm beyond excited. I just want the people I care about to join in the excitement with me. So far, Jed's mom has been amazing; I really hope that she will continue to be and that she will be supportive.

More planning...

School

Things are rolling right along. I just got an A in a four credit class, and I'm pulling my weight in my online classes. I feel great about a paper I just turned in, and I'm over all feeling pretty amazing as a student this semester. The sad part is--I really could be putting in more of an effort...I could have all A's right now...and I don't. So new goal...get all my classes up to an A. Now that I have a laptop, this possibility is quite high, because I will be able to do homework at work! Yey.

I'm so cool today.

Hullo, beewteefool

I'm going to marry the man of my dreams. The hottest, most amazing, sweetest guy EVAR.

*giggles*

Yay for me.

AND I got new laptop. Yup yup. Life is good....

It's snowing like mad out there; one of those days right from the clay-mation Christmas specials of my childhood. I just got off work, and I'm thinking about the eminent holiday season.

I've been crocheting hats hour after hour (just call me the mad hatter). The hats are my Christmas presents for various friends and family members. We leave tomorrow morning and I've still got laundry to do, along with some shopping and packing. Oh boy. I'll be crocheting on the drive there for sure-- not to mention tonight when I go to work!!

I'm looking forward to the holidays with Tennessee's family, but not looking forward to making that drive with a three-year-old! We'll see how that goes; last time she threw up twice. EEK.

This is the first time in a while that my focus for the holidays has been spending time with family. I'm making most of my gifts and I'm truly looking forward to a relaxed time with everyone.

We spent an early Christmas with my family on Sunday. My mother gave me a necklace that says "Mother Daughter Friend". It's very nice, and shows how far we've come this year with our relationship. They got Tennessee a book on the history of math theories. He was happy.

Anyway, I'm sure I won't be able to post over the holidays, so here's my Merry Christmas to all of you!!

When I was younger I used to write for hours. I could write about anything, much the way I can always find something to talk out loud about. But these last few years of remaking myself have left me with a gigantic opened-mouth silence on so many things.

When Obama was elected, I cried; honestly, I did. Not that I was bawling or anything--just a little watery-eyed. I meant to blog about it, but was completely overwhelmed once I was sitting down at that keyboard staring at the screen. How were there words to encompass what it meant to me? Besides the fact that he's a democrat and therefore stands for many things I agree with, the man himself is such a beautiful confluence of the things I'd always hoped for in a leader; he's reserved, thoughtful, intuitive, intelligent, well-spoken, well-mannered, level-headed, etc. Wow.

We had a blizzard. I meant to blog about that too; But I could say nothing. Yet today, of all the random days, I'm finally able to write. Here I am and my fingers are actually moving non-stop. This little blurb will be finished in minutes, because I really didn't have much to say....but at least this time I could actually "say" it.

I caught a glimpse of this girl while skimming channels this past week at work. (It's OK, I work nights, after all.)She's just the opposite for me. I'm seeking the online world because I want anonymity from what I look like, how I act in real life, what I do for a living, what people who know me think they know about me. For all those reasons it's been disturbing to not be able to freely 'speak' on this blog.

I don't miss my old blog. It was just the rantings of my rather whacked out brain at the time. It served its purpose. This blog is something else entirely. Bare with me as I figure it out.

Today I'm going to crochet. Yippee!!