Es Muy Caliente en Riviera Maya

Drew and I got a late start today. He actually spent practically all morning sleeping. I think he woke up at 10:45 or 11:00. We decided to get up, get ready, and find someplace to eat lunch.
All of the girls who got ready with me Saturday morning know that I was doing laundry and dishes on my wedding day. It only seemed fair that Drew iron on his honeymoon. Haha!!

We decided to go back to Mundaca where they were having a lunch buffet. Nothing too spectacular for me. Drew enjoyed the chicken fajita things they made. We sat outside and had a gorgeous view of the ocean. I noticed a boat in the distance that had a pole coming off the side of it. Drew (attempted) to explain to me what a downrigger is. Something about your line 15o feet down and your bait going 30 feet out and trolling and some other stuff. Ya, I'll stick to my little red bobber if you don't mind.

Today was absolutely gorgeous here! Drew and I were trying to figure out what to do over lunch and I told him that I really wanted to lay out. We've been here three days and I've yet to get any sun. I told him that I couldn't go back home whiter than what I came here. People will think that we spent the entire time in the room. ;-)! We wandered around a little after lunch and then came back to the room to change into our suits. Then, we headed down to the pool. We decided to lay out by the ocean and I promptly started working on a tan.
I also discovered a delicious new drink!

It's called a Blue Lagoon and is made with lemonade, vodka, and blue curacao. Mmmmm!!! Delicioso!!!

After laying out for a couple hours, we got in some kayaks that they had by the water and paddled around in the water for a little bit. Drew said that it hurt his back (whiner), so that didn't last very long. We got back on dry land and decided to go shoot a game or two of pool. That's where I found this very cool toy:

The pawns come up to about my knees and the king piece comes close to my waist. It was a pretty nifty little set. I have no idea how to play chess, so we stuck with pool.

We both wanted to go to the Italian restaurant tonight for dinner. La Trattoria is located in the North Lobby and has a dress code. (Basically, men have to be in pants and a collared shirt.) We got all decked out in our fancies and trotted off to dinner.

By far, the best dinner of the trip. Actually, the best food of the trip. When we arrived at the restaurant, the hostess started to seat us and we walked by two rows of 4 or 5 servers and they all started clapping. Awww!!! How cute right?!?! Our server brought us a piece of pizza as an appetizer. I know, I know. Pizza, right! It was actually amazing. I loved it. There was bread and Drew ate most of that. I did try some round piece of bread that was pretty good, but would have been lots better with some butter. Drew got some kind of cream of leek and celery soup. Apparently leek is some kind of plant (Drew described it to me). So, he had plant and cardboard soup. Mmmm, delisioso, right?!?! Anyways, he liked it. I ordered something with a long name. It was basically a beef fillet with red wine and oyster mushrooms (yes, I ordered it without mushrooms in case you were wondering) and roasted potatoes.

Oh. My. Gosh. Soooo good!!!!! The meat was so delicious and tender and cooked perfectly. It's making my mouth water just thinking about it. Drew ordered lasagna.

Kinda weird looking if you ask me, but he said it was good. And judging by how quickly he ate it, it must have been.

Drew and I flagged someone down after dinner to take our picture. Enjoy!!

After dinner, we headed back to the room so that I could bundle up for the fire show tonight.

The fire show was pretty cool. Drew some pictures and videos, but the pictures are pretty blurry and I'm not sure how to put the videos on here. Not to mention that I'm on my honeymoon and am too lazy to try and figure it out.

Day 2

I didn't take a picture yesterday, but these bracelets were placed on our wrists upon arrival. These bracelets must be worn at all times and allow for the all inclusive features of the resorts. Ours are pink because we're honeymooners. I have seen yellow, red, and green bracelets also. I don't know what those different colors mean though. I was also looking through some information and noticed a spot where it said that there would be a $75 fee to replace the bracelet if it gets lost or damaged. Are you kidding me?!?!



This morning, we awoke to the alarm going off. The alarm that we did NOT set. What time do you ask? 6:30 AM!!!! Ya, I wasn't a happy camper. And, of course, I couldn't figure out how to turn the darn thing off. Eventually, I did, and we went back to sleep. We woke up again about 8:40 AM. After laying there for a few moments, Drew said that he wished that breakfast would hurry up. (I had marked our card for breakfast to come between 9 and 9:30 AM.) Lo and behold, about 30 seconds later we hear a knock at our door. Our breakfast had arrived. It wasn't anything fantastic. The fruit was good, but other than that, it was kinda bad.



In all truthfullness, the food here has sucked. I have only had two things that I have actually liked; a roasted potato strip and ravioli. Those two items were for lunch this afternoon in El Greco. Otherwise, we've had room service and by the time we've gotten our food, it's been pretty cold. I sure am glad that I'm not paying for this food everytime I get it.



Drew and I got suckered into going to a membership presentation this morning at 11:30. It was only for an hour and a half and we got a $100 spa credit and 2 tickets to go swim with the dolphins for free. So, we sit and listen to Juan Pablo tell us about the resort and a whole bunch of junk. After talking to us for a little bit, he takes us to one of the Presidential Suites. I wish that Drew had grabbed some pictures of that because it was pretty nice. The Suite had two separate rooms with a really nice foyer, living room, kitchen, and dining room. The balcony.... Oh the balcony!!! It was huge!!! Here is a picture of the view from the Presidential Suite balcony.Pretty nice huh? Juan Pablo said that all the Suites have oceanviews. The view from this Suites was absolutely amazing!!



Then, Juan Pablo showed us the indoor gym. This is the indoor pool and jacuzzis.

Then, Juan Pablo took us to finish our presentation and try to sell us the membership. What a bunch of garbage. I mean, after basically laughing in their faces for the "first offer" that they gave us, the final offer would actually have been a decent deal. However, they didn't want to give you any time to talk about it. They wanted us to plunck down a bunch of money without really discussing it. Ya... right... that's not gonna happen. If Drew and I are going to make any big financial purchases, we discuss them for a little bit. In privacy, or over a meal, or think for a day or two. Not in a split second.

After our little presentation, we went to get some lunch. El Greco had a lunch buffet so we decided to try that. This is where I actually found something that I enjoy. This picture is a cute little hut thing. Not sure what it's used for, but, there were a bunch of them.

And we had a friend come visit us for lunch.

We went walking after lunch and explored the grounds a little bit.

I think that this is the Adventure Course that they have, but don't quote me on it. We just stumbled across a path and started to walk down it. There were a bunch of different obstacles that we kinda fun to play with.

You can't really read the sign too well, but it's a Spa Labyrinth. Apparently it's 2 km (whatever that is in miles) and it's supposed to be relaxing or something.

Drew and I got a couples massage with our $100 spa credit.

Oh, that was wonderful!! It has been a looooong time since I've had a massage. I, for whatever reason, have always been the one treating my significant other to massages and have never received any for myself. Since we booked a spa service, we were able to use the hydrotherapy room before or after our service. Drew and I went before. They have separate rooms for males and females. In there are lockers, showers, rooms to change, and so on. Then, you walk past a wall fountain and there is a large room with showers, steam showers, saunas, foot baths, jacuzzis, and chaise lounges for massages. It is very relaxing.

After our hydrotherapy, we went for our massage. We had two women come get us from our little sitting area. They took us downstairs and showed us to the room where we would be getting our rub down. Drew and I got undressed and he had to put on the most horrendous pair of disposable bikinis I have ever seen. They didn't have a prayer of fitting over his butt. Can I just state again how relaxing the massage was?

After our massage, Drew and I went back to the room and got ready for dinner. We decided to go to the steak house since they don't have a dress code. We had a few minutes to kill before the restaurant opened for dinner and I just so happened to make another friend.

Oh, he made me miss Simon!!! I wonder how he's doing.

Drew had a New York Strip for part of his dinner. It was quite tasty! Ok, so three things that I like now.

Drew and I went to the magic show that the resort had tonight. It was very entertaining. Now, we're just laying around the room, waiting for some room service. My goal is to sleep past 8:30 tomorrow. ::Reminds self to check alarm clock and make sure it's off::

Paradise....

Drew and I arrived on Monday to Adventura Spa Palace in beautiful Riviera Maya. Here is the entrance to the resort:
Hopefully, in the next couple days, we'll make if up front again to take a picture of the sign.

The following are more pictures of the grounds at the North Lobby.

This is the view outside of our balcony.

We also have a hammock on our balcony. Drew promptly climbed in that upon arrival.

This is the patio inside of the North Lobby (I think).

There is a North Lobby and a South Lobby and I can't keep them straight in case that wasn't obvious. More on that to come.

Here is a nice picture of the lagoon area where you can snorkle and kayak

I, of course, had to be sure to do some blogging for all you folks anxiously awaiting pictures. Don't worry though, I'm not missing out on any fun while I blog. Drew was watching the World Series game. I thought it was a nice compromise.

See!!! I told you I didn't miss out on any fun. Drew filled up the jacuzzi while I blogged and as soon as I finished up, we hopped right in. Boy, was that nice!

Drew Gets His Gift

As I previously mentioned, I gave Drew his wedding present on Friday night at the rehearsal dinner. I had forewarned Brad so that he could be sure to be there to get some photos. Boy, am I glad that I did. Here's Drew's face:

And another take:
Needless to say, he absolutely loved them. For anybody left out in the dark, and I know that there weren't many people, I had some boudoir pictures taken. Boudoir pictures are simply classy lingerie pictures. I used Leah Stafford and she was fantastic!

I pretty much begged Brad to send me some teasers of Drew's reaction so that I could show Leah when I go with Nicole for her pictures. He surpassed my expectations by emailing them to me on Sunday morning! I forwarded them to Leah last night and she loved them. She said that she had never had anybody share with her the pictures of the husband's reaction. I couldn't believe it. I'm really glad she got to see it then.

After I gave Drew the album on Friday night, we were talking about the pictures on Sunday morning and I was telling him all about what had gone on. I told him that Leah had taken a couple hundred photos and he asked me about those. I told him that I them on a cd and told him that I would show them to him later. Fast forward to Sunday night and we were sitting the beautiful Hotel Sofitel and I had just emailed Leah her pictures when I remembered that I had put something in my bag. Little did Drew know, but all those pictures that he had wanted to see...?? Ya, I had already printed them out and put them in an album for him. I tossed it to him on the bed and his eyes got all big. He was so happy!

Anybody that is debating doing this pictures..... DO THEM!!! Not only will your future husband (or even current husband) love them, but you will feel great about them too. Drew recently told me that he wants to blow one of them up and hang it on the wall. Ya, right, like that will ever happen!

Practice Makes Perfect

Now that I've been properly introduced, I guess that I should go back and recap the past couple of days. We'll start with Friday night, at the rehearsal.

Everybody was on time, which was fantastic! However, the lady, whatever her name was, didn't have the ability to start on time. So, of course, we ran late. In any event, here's where we begin:
If you look on the very right of the picture, you can see Brad. He's Drew's cousin and was our photographer for the wedding. He was kind enough to come into town on Friday and be at our rehearsal. When we talked a few weeks ago, I asked him if that would be possible so that he could scope out our venue and he said he would. What a guy!!

And we did have some fun at the rehearsal too....

Or, at least Daughtry tried to. Haha!

Here's Drew walking his mom down the aisle. He liked that idea and Debbie seemed to like that idea, and it didn't matter to me either way. But I thought it was special that Drew walked his mom down.

(Note: During the wedding, Drew apparently started to cry walking his mom down. How cute!!)

Adam walked my mom down the aisle. She said that he was so cute because when they were standing and waiting for their turn, Adam was patting her hand with his. Here are all of the guys (minus my brother) waiting for the girls to walk down so they could meet them and bow at the alter.

My brother, Greg, walked me down the aisle. I could not have been happier with that choice and I know that it meant a lot to him.

Josh Wiseley took quite the liking to my brother, from what I hear. Once Greg walked me down the aisle, he took his place besides all the other groomsmen. Only he stood in front of Daughtry instead of going to the back of the guys. So Josh looks down at him and goes, "Hey, Scooter, you go down here!" Hence began Greg's new nickname for the weekend.

Drew and I up at the alter.

Drew and I had to kneel for the readings, which I was not particularly looking forward to in my dress. Drew complained the entire time during practice. Like it actually killed him to kneel for ten minutes. Whiner!!

And then it came time to practice our vows.

Most of the rest of the pictures turned out a little blurry, so I didn't bother posting them up here. Some of these aren't the greatest but they get the job done. And credit to Jen Landgren for taking these for us. It's pretty difficult to get good pictures when everyone keeps moving around and she did a fantastic job with these ones.

Then, we moved on to dinner at Cliffbreakers. The dinner was great and it was really nice to hang out with everybody before the big show.

I told Drew that he was kicked out of the apartment on Friday night, so he decided that he'd stay at Cliffbreakers. I knew that some of the guys would stay with him too. I just didn't know that most of the guys would actually end up staying. Everybody decided to play poker, and when they got kicked out of the lounge downstairs, they simply moved the game to Drew's room.

Drew told me that he slept on the bed, which was located upstairs. Josh slept with him on the bed. Wiseley slept on the floor between the bed and the tv. Daughtry slept on the floor by the stair railing. Greg slept on the couch downstairs, Joe slept on the chair across from the couch, Adam slept in front of the fireplace, and Cody slept on the floor in front of the door, wrapped up in towels. What a picture that would have been!!!

Introducing.....

THE NEW MRS!!!!

From Miss to Mrs.

Well, it's finally here!!!!

I'M GETTING MARRIED TODAY!!!!!!!!

The rehearsal went well last night. It took longer than it was supposed to, but oh well. The dinner was fantastic!!!

I gave Drew his present last night. I did boudoir pictures and had the photographer make an album for him. He loved it!! Our photographer, Brad, was with us for the rehearsal and dinner and he snapped so many pictures. Drew's face was great. I'm so glad that he loved his present. I mean, I knew he would, but I think that he really, really loved it.

I've got about an hour and a half before the girls are supposed to be arriving here. I'm off to get ready! See you all on the other side!!!

I Have a New Love...

I got my flowers today!!! I am such a happy girl and they are so beautiful!!!

My bouquet is exactly what I pictured it to be.
I was very surprised at how thick the bouquet is. But that's ok, I still love it so-o much!!! I can't wait for Saturday so that I can hold it and take pictures with it. Yaaaaayyyy!!!!

Here's Rachel's bouquet.

We added the two toned roses to her bouquet so that she's set apart from all the other girls and her role is somewhat noticable. I am very pleased with how her bouquet came out also.

The other girls will be carrying these:
Not exactly what I pictured, but still fantastic!

Another one of Drew's groomsmen and his wife and daughter are coming into town soon, so we're heading out for dinner to Buffalo Wild Wings and probably out for drinks after that.

3 days!!!

4!!

Today is my last day of work before the wedding and I don't think that a work day has ever gone so slow. It doesn't help that it has been very slow here at the ol' bank. I have been itching to leave since I got here and secretly hoped that they would send me home early. No such luck though. I've only got two more hours, so I think I can hold out that much longer.

My branch manager and teller supervisor bought me a gift certificate to Victoria's Secret. I am so surprised and touched by their nice gesture. Should I go shopping now?? Or wait until after we get back?? Decisions, decisions!!

Drew called Jeff at the American Center (where the reception is at) today and found out that we will be able to get in there on Friday and decorate. Yay!!! I have a nail appointment set for Friday at 11 and I'm debating on if I should move that appointment to earlier, or even later, depending on when we should go decorate. Decisions, decisions

Programs - Check!!

Yep, Drew and I finished the programs yesterday. I was so proud of him. He sat next to me and stuffed and tied them with ribbon. All 125 of them! They look so pretty in the basket with the ribbon sticking out. I'm a happy camper!!

Do you want to know what's left?? Not a lot!!
* Coloring books
* Pack all wedding stuff in tubs
* Finish wrapping GM, reader, and my mom's gifts
* Clean the apartment
* Begin packing for wedding night and honeymoon

Um, ya, I think that's it. Drew and I only have to work today and tomorrow. (BIG YAY!!!!!) Then family starts arriving on Wednesday. It's so close!!!

5 days!!!!

One Last Week As a Miss

It's true. I will be getting married in ONE WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!

It is truly amazing how fast the time has flown. And I know that this last week will go by super quick too.

Drew's best man, Drew, came into town today. My sister is over again and staying the night with me. Tomorrow, we'll be working on programs. I really hope to get those finish. Drew and I both work Monday and Tuesday and then other out of town guests start arriving again on Wednesday. I am so excited to see all of our friends again!

Even though it's Saturday night, I'm being uber lame and going to bed early. I'm going to put a movie in and lay down on the couch and watch a movie with my sis. G'night!!

Single Digits!!!

Yes, you read that title right. Today we hit the single digit mark. It really does seem like just yesterday that we had hit double digits. I swear that my excitement is growing day by day, which is probably to be expected. I'm also pretty excited that I am working my last few days at work. Today is the last Thursday that I'll be working as a single lady.

(Ok, so maybe I'm being silly, but I don't care. I'm giddy!)

I do only have four more days of work, which is super exciting. I could use a vacation from this place more than anything else at this point.

I had an appointment yesterday with the florist to pick up my flowers. And, they weren't done. I'm really kind of upset about this. We had already pushed the appointment back by a week. (I was supposed to go last Wednesday but she said she needed another week.) I get there and she starts to tell me that one of her bride's called and her dad passed away so she had to stop what she was doing and make some flowers for her, plus she had ten weddings she was doing this weekend. I was sort of like, "Whatever, chick!" So, I'm going back next Wednesday and they better be done.

I was pleased with what I had seen so far. She did have a bunch of greenery in the bridesmaids bouquet that she had started on that I was not crazy about. I pretty much told her to take all that crap out. I don't think that I've talked too much about the flowers on here, but you can find some of my ideas here. I'm really looking forward to next Wednesday when I can (hopefully) see the finished product. There will probably be some words said if she doesn't have all of the flowers finished then.

Today, Accuweather says Some Sun and high of 54 degrees. The Weather Channel says Partly Cloudy and 54 degrees. Well, at least they agree.

Time is Flying

I'm a couple of days late, but that's ok. I did have a very productive wedding planning weekend. My sister stayed the night Saturday night since we did a girls night. Sunday morning, I roused Drew and Rachel out of bed at 11:15 (!!!!). Yes, unbelievably, I let them sleep that long. Granted we didn't go to bed until 3 or so, so I figured I'd be nice. I, on the other hand, was up at 9. Ehhhh, whatever!!!

Anyways, they woke up and we made breakfast. Drew sat down and watched the Bears game. (Arrrgghh stupid Bears! Why do you have to go and play so stupid! Dontcha know that you piss Drew off and then I have to deal with him being all pissy?!?!) I worked on scoring the program paper and Rachel started working on painting the I DO letters. They have already been painted red but I wanted to do something more to them. I thought that painting some silver swirls on them would look really cool. But, for some reason, it just wasn't turning out the way that I pictured it. So Rachel and I sat there trying to figure out what to do with them next. I suggested rhinestones but I wasn't completely sold on that idea. Then, Rachel suggested that we have the guests sign them. Oh, AMAZING!!! It's been decided, the guests will sign either the guestbook, or the letters, or both, and then afterwards we can hang the letters on the wall somewhere. I just have to find some silver extra fine sharpies. That should be fun.

Then, my sister went to work on the bubbles. I was originally going to just put the labels on them, but we thought they looked too bare. Rachel said she would tie the ribbon so I jumped on that offer. Isn't she cute?
The finished product:
It's kind of a crappy picture. I am slowly learning that I will never take good pictures. Where's Drew when I need to post stuff?

I finished scoring all of the program paper and have begun cutting and assembling the programs.

(As a little side note: I'm watching A Wedding Story on TLC and I keep getting so choked up! I'm going to be a mess on my wedding day!)

And for a final picture, just because they are so freaking cute:
11 days!!! I am just so damn giddy!!!

Bachelorette Party, Part 2

I had the girls over to my place on Saturday night for a bachelorette party, part 2, that my sister could attend. Just to recap, my 16 year old sister is my maid of honor, so she wasn't able to attend the bachelorette party I had a couple weeks ago. Basically, we all just hung out, ate, drank, chatted. Nothing extremely exciting, but fun nonetheless.

I am so, so grateful for my girlfriends. When I was with my ex, I didn't have any girlfriends. And his friends pretty much sucked. They didn't like me and treated me pretty crappy. So then when Mike and I broke up and Drew and I started dating, I was super excited to meet all of his friends. And they all like me!!! Most of them (ok, really all of them) are married, so meeting his friends meant meeting their wives. These women are now some of my very close friends. I'm happy to be joining the ranks as a "card wife".

*****12 days people, 12 days!!!!*****

Favors - Check!!

I spent my Friday night assembling the rest of the favors. Ya, I'm pretty lame! But I can't tell you how happy I am that they are done. So, for your viewing pleasure, our favors....
Awww, aren't they cute?? Now that I'm looking at them in the picture, I kinda wish that I'd used a little thicker ribbon. Oh well, I'm still happy with them.

My next project is assembling the programs. I might start them tomorrow or Sunday and hopefully have them completed by next weekend. I'd like to have everything done by next weekend so that I don't really have any projects to tackle the week of the wedding. I'd like to simply have the extremely small details left at that point. So far, so good!

Ch-ch-ch changes

I made some changes to the ol' blog. I added the cool new header, and changed the colors and template. How do you like it??

My New Favorite Website!

Can I just take a moment to note that we are one day away from being able to track the weather in the 15 day forecast?!?

Ya, I'm that bride!!!

I'm not even having an outdoor wedding, but I still want it to be nice out. Sunny and relatively warm for this time of year. I just want the opportunity to take some beautiful pictures outside. And I know that I'm going to be wearing a huge dress and all, but I still don't want my top half to freeze. I don't want my poor girls to freeze either.

If you want to track along with me, you can through Accuweather.

It Sure Sucks Well

Drew and I were informed by his parents that we had a couple of shower gifts waiting for us at their house. His mom said that we had a HUGE box waiting for us. Drew was convinced that it was our china. I was skeptical. Upon arrival to their house, we had our new present waiting for us.It's a Hoover Wind Tunnel+ Cyclonic. I have never seen Drew so excited! He bounced around like a little kid. No sooner had we brought the box into the house was he tearing into it and assembling the vacuum. He then started to vacuum our apartment. Keep in mind that he had just vacuumed on Friday since my mom and Darrell came over. So, off he goes, vacuuming our entire apartment. He was so amazed at the amount of crap that he got off the floor. Obviously the vacuum that we previously had just didn't have the sucking power that this new one has.

I had a productive wedding day. I put the finishing touches on two of the girls' gift bags, which I had been putting off for awhile. I made the coloring book for the little kiddies at the reception. Brad, our photographer, called and we had a consultation with him. (He lives in Ohio. He's Drew's cousin. We haven't met and that makes me a little nervous. However, I have full faith that he'll do a great job; I've already emphasized how important photography is to me.) We set up times for everybody and worked out a great timeline!

Then, Drew decided that he wanted to vacuum AGAIN!!! He vacuumed all the floors again, the couches again, the walls, the ceiling, the fans. Everything that he could get to with the vacuum, he vacuumed. Then, I think he was a little sad that he didn't have anything left to vacuum, so he took the vacuum upstairs and vacuumed our neighbors entire apartment!! Seriously!!! Our neighbors... ya, they laughed!

Our DJ, Kevin, also called tonight, so we got everything set for the music for the reception. I'm a pretty happy camper right now with the amount of wedding stuff that we/I accomplished today!

3 Weeks

Drew and I went to a wedding reception for a guy that he works with. The whole time all I could think of is that in three weeks it would be us.

In three weeks, we'll be walking down the aisle. In three weeks, Drew will have a ring. In three weeks, I'll be a wife and Drew will be a husband. In three weeks, we will promise our lives to each other.

I'm so excited!!!

A Long Overdue Meeting

Tonight, my mom came over for dinner with Drew and me. Her boyfriend also came too. Her boyfriend that she's been dating for at least a year and a half and this is the first time I'm meeting him.

Why, do you ask, is this the first time that I am meeting him? Well, basically because it's three weeks before my wedding and meeting him on my wedding day (or the day before) would probably be inappropriate. Seriously folks, if it wasn't for the wedding, I probably would still not have met him.

Rachel and Greg have already met him. Don't even get me started on that!

So how did the meeting go? Fine, I guess. I really didn't say a whole lot. Darrell (the boyfriend) and Drew spent most of the time talking. Which seemed a little odd to me. Why did Darrell want to talk to Drew so much? It's not Drew he's got to impress, it's me!! Maybe he felt that if him and Drew hit it off, he'd have an easier time with me.

Ok, don't get me wrong, I'm not setting out to dislike the guy. It will just be a harder trip with me than it probably will be with anybody else. I wonder what my mom has said about me to him, and if he already has some judgements of me.

I guess I feel like I have all these thoughts bouncing around my head. And it would be super nice to talk to Drew, but what do you think he's doing? Nope, he's not working. But he is snoring away on the couch next to me. Doesn't he know that I want to talk about things?? Oh well, he wouldn't really understand it anyways. There is really only ONE person who would.....

Unproductive

I didn't get didley squat done yesterday!

Maybe that's an exaggeration, but I do feel like I hardly made a dent in the list that I had. I did purchase all of the materials to make the favors. Now it's just a matter of assembling them. I got all of the cover paper scored, and hole punched 25 out of 125. Only 100 left... woo hoo!!! I also finished the programs. I'm pretty sure that I'm finished with those, so now I just have to get them printed. I am not looking forward to the task of assembling programs.

In order to assemble the programs, here's what I have to do. Since I'm making booklets, I wanted the inside paper to be smaller than the cover paper. So, I'll have to cut 1/2 inch off of each of those pages. There are three pages. Then, I'll have to score each of those pages to get a nice clean fold. Then, I have to measure and hole punch the inside pages. I'll then insert those pages inside the cover paper and finally, tie a ribbon to attach the two. 125 times!! Ack!!!

I still have to make coloring books for the kids. I've found a template that I may just modify for our wedding. But that still involves a good deal of work. I'll probably make 15 or 20 of those.

I've got so much to do, if only work didn't get in the way of it!!

It's October!!

Apple Orchard

Pumpkin Patch

Hot Chocolate

Soup

Sweaters

Yes, fall has arrived. It's October. Oh, and did I mention that it's my wedding wedding month?!?!

We have a lot to do, but yet, we are running right on schedule. I don't have too many things to finish up. The next 3 1/2 weeks will consist of making our favors, assembling our programs, and organizing all of the little details. We also have a lot of calling and confirming to do.

We had our final meeting with Father Butler last night. The next time we see him will be at the rehearsal. It is amazing to me how far we've come in this process. He was the first person that we met with in this planning process.

Of course, since it's Wednesday, I'm spending the day doing wedding related things. My schedule today consists of:

~ finish painting letters
~ finish painting BM bags
~ drop off RD dress to dry cleaners
~ purchase ribbon for programs and favors
~ Wal-Mart - enough said
~ score and hole punch program cover
~ finish and send BP letter
~ finish programs
~ work on coloring book

Ok, I have a lot to do. I'm off!!!