44 days

44 days
44 days
44 days

holy cow! what a week.
It started last week on Monday when everything I touched fell apart. Steve's computer died - at my hand, well not really but i turned it on to discover it was on it's last leg. My load of laundry was off balanced, the first time I've done that in Steve's washer. It didn't help that once i got the load finished I put it in the dryer and forgot to turn on the dryer. It kind of went downhill from there. Tuesday was slightly better. Wednesday (the day we were leaving for Stormy Lake) I tried to print some nice labels for the invitations. First I battled my parent's computer to finally win and get the addresses all ready on to print them. The printing begins and we discovered i bought the wrong labels. Then I couldn't find the right labels. After coming back from a long weekend at Stormy Lake, Steve and I sat down to stuff the invitation to discover we were 20 invitations short. We have the right number of envelopes and response cards but not invitations. Groan! First thing Tuesday morning I was trying to contact the company. They are not on early starting company. By 11:00 everything was resolved and apologized for with a promise that the 20 short invitations will be in the mail Wednesday. whew! This morning I was watching the news and saw a short clip about an increase in stamp prices. They said the announcement will be tomorrow but nothing about when the increase would take effect. Groan! Fortunately Ann-Marie did some quick Internet searching and we believe the new price goes into effect Jan. 2, 2011. whew! This is more stress than I want.
On another note we met with Paula, North Park's wedding coordinator, on Tuesday. She was full of helpful knowledge. I think Steve walked out rather overwhelmed. There were several small details he didn't even think about and they were swimming through his head. I did make a decision on the flowers and decorations for the church. Simple flowers and candles. I think the church will glow. Tuesday I also managed to fine the right labels for the right computer and got the labels printed.

Did I mention in the middle of the week last week I started thinking I should pick up yoga?

weather

According to Weather.com here's what the day could look like...

My Wedding

Location:	Chicago, IL (60625)
Date:	November 13, 2010 (61 days to go!)
Time:	4:30 PM
Sunset:	4:31 PM
Moon Phase:	First Quarter Typical Weather for November 13 Here are average weather conditions for the day of your wedding: Average High Temp:50°F Record High Temp:66°F (2007) Average Low Temp: 33°F Record Low Temp: 6°F (1986)

64 days...

wow! time is really flying by. Next week is a really busy week.

Monday meeting with Pastor Judy.
Tuesday meeting with Paula the wedding coordinator.
Wednesday taste testing at the reception hall.
Thursday meeting with Sharon the wonderful organist.
Friday - SLEEP!
Saturday cake testing in the morning and 4 year old birthday party in the afternoon. OK that's not wedding related but it's adding to the busyness of the week.

I'm still working on flowers. I have a couple of fun ideas for the decorations in the church. Simple but hopefully striking. Boutonnieres and corsages should be decided today or next week. Jewelry is in the works by two talented people. whee!

88 Miles An Hour...

88 days until the wedding.

So much is going on and yet so we are waiting for so much. Waiting for invitations. Collecting addresses. Next Monday we have an appointment with our Photographer. so excited. hopefully he will be just what we want. Mid-September bring our food tasting at the North Shore Holiday Inn on Touhy. Yeah! time to eat. Next week, we'll schedule our cake tasting too. YUM! this is definitely the best part. I guess that also means putting in extra time at the gym.

Other than thinking about food, I have flowers on my mind. Not only for the bouquets but also the boutonnieres, church, and the tables for the reception. The nice things about the reception is the flowers are included. I just have to tell them what I want. I talked last week with the lady at the Holiday Inn. She gave me an idea about centerpieces, colors, candles, vases. So many decisions. Here are a few of my inspirations:

144 days and counting

Ok. here's the bridesmaid dress. i didn't post it a couple weeks ago when they came in.
:)

145 days and counting....

Ok yesterday was 145 but yesterday we bought my wedding band. woowho!
:)

how exciting! we were at the AT&T store since my phone wasn't working, again. Steve said oh look there's a Jared's, want to stop? so we did. I tired on several but kept coming back to one about the same width as my engagement ring with 5 diamond chips in it. SO beautiful! Steve says if you like it let's buy it. yeah! It had to be re-sized to 7 3/4 . how weird. i have always been sized at 9 but she checked this size of my engagement ring and it's also a 7 3/4 and once it's over my knuckle it's the perfect fit... go figure. Steve tired on more rings than I did but didn't find "the one" for him. We'll keep looking.

150

150 days from today is our wedding.
:)

We signed a contract with the DJ. We're still waiting for the list from my mom. She was supposed to send it before they left for the lake... too late. We need to order the invitations soon. In the mean time we'll work on the wording for the invitation and start to plan an order for the ceremony, well the whole day.

169 days and counting...

The dresses are in. Got a message from David's Bridal saying the bridesmaids gown are in. Back out to Schaumburg.
:)