Happily Ever After: Wedding time on my mind

I feel rather accomplished today. I’ve already done the dishes, had breakfast, went to the gym, tanned, and started laundry (yes I know, GTL for all the Jersey Shore fans…not that I am one) and it’s not even 10am! And despite feeling super overwhelmed yesterday, I got a lot done.

I ended the day yesterday by looking through the cookbooks I got on Sunday. I’m SO excited!! My mom made one with a few of her recipe’s which I love and will cherish forever. My cousin Tracy also got me a huge cookbook that seriously has EVERYTHING in it (she wasn’t kidding). Dan’s Step-Grandma (his Stepdad’s mother) got us a crock pot cookbook: 365 Days of Slow-Cooking. SUPER interesting with a lot of yummy recipes in it! She has anything from Appetizers to Dessert with pretty much EVERYTHING in between - including drinks and breads. I would have never thought you could do that in a crock pot! The open of the book starts with “The Story Behind the 365 Days of Madness” – an introduction from author, Karen Bellessa Peterson. In this introduction she explains that she got started doing this from pulling out her crockpot after a long period of not using it. She used it 2 nights in a row and challenged herself to use it a week straight. She then got the idea to try it for 365 days. Karen brought up the idea to her sister who suggested she follow her progress via a blog. She writes, “…a brilliant idea, because it gave me a reason to keep working toward my goal instead of just quitting at day forty-seven.” I was amazed by this. She started this with a blog? And she is still going! Check out the 365 Days of Crockpot blog!

As I read this introduction I thought of my own blog. My simple little blog just for me to document my own thoughts and the going on of the last month of wedding planning, surely no one is interested in that other than MAYBE my close friends and family. I looked at my stats on this blog expecting to see maybe 50 views…I was certainly surprised when I saw over 100 views on just 3 blog posts. I was even more surprised when I saw I had one view each from South Korea, UK, and Germany! I’m sure those people might have just accidentally stumbled onto my blog, but I can see how this whole blog thing can get huge. By no means do I think this little blog could become a book or even a movie (like Julia and Julie), but it’s nice knowing that at least someone out there is reading this.

So back to wedding stuff! I’m having dreams about the wedding day again. Last night was great – it was the day, I was in my dress, I felt beautiful and everyone was having a blast, the perfect dream for sure. Apparently that meant that the wedding was on my mind and I need to be awake and thinking at 5:45am. Fifteen minutes later I was up and going, because I was making a list of things that needed to be done and just laying in bed wasn’t getting those things done nor were they getting out of my head. So my check list is:

· Buy cardstock for programs and thank you picture

· Make program and thank you display

· Confirm building entry time with outside vendors

· Meet with DJ

· Send checks out for DJ, Flowers, Cake, and Photographer

· Finish ribbon details on bubbles and flower girl baskets

· Check, check, and double check everything

· Send final count to venue by June 14

· Figure out dance with Dad

· Finalize our first dance song

· Pack for wedding week and honeymoon

Not much to do, but enough to make my head start moving this morning. Plus I was also thinking about the everyday tasks I wanted to get done today. I got this from my mom – she starts thinking about lists and things to do early in the morning as well. At least I’m not totally stressing about the list though. We have plenty of time to get everything done and having the days off with summer break will make that really easy.

Dan and I are both looking forward to the wedding. We were talking about everything last night. We both have come to the point where we both are so ready to get this wedding going. We’ve been planning for almost a year! I think a lot of people get to that point though. You plan so much for one day that you reach a point of “I’m SO ready – let’s go!” Dan says he’s ready to go on Vacation too. Really, I am too. For our honeymoon we will be going to Las Vegas! “Viva Las Vegas!” We got such a good deal on it that we couldn’t pass it up! We’re going to have to get up early though. Our flight leaves at 10am in Ft. Collins. So about an hour and a half drive and also need to plan for security time. It’ll be an EARLY day, but well worth it. I’ve never been so I’m anxious to get out there and see all I can.