Day Six

I am attempting to conquer my laziness and the weight I've gained in the past month. So I ordered Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred. I'm on Day 2. And I've never been in so much pain in my entire life. This better work.

That is all. :)

Day Five

:) :) :)

I met with the Country Club this morning to go over some last minute details, and to figure out how the centerpieces look on their tables...and...THEY ARE SO PERFECT!! I was hesitant about them for a bit, but after seeing them on the tables I'm so excited! Can you tell haha?? Everytime I go there I remember just how beautiful it is and how perfect it will be for our wedding.

So, checking that off my list of wedding things to do. The next things I need to look to are getting my ma's dress, finding a second hairstylist for the bridemaids, deciding what engagement photos we want prints of, planning the save the dates, and well...relaxing! I am enjoying this wedding planning too much.

Otherwise, today I also went to lunch with two of my girlfriends; it was so great to catch up with them! And I am FINALLY going out tonight; frontier fiesta and some bar that has dueling pianos. I'm kind of excited, but so tired just thinking about it. I need to get out more...

Day Four

Tomorrow I'm meeting with the country club to discuss whether or not the centerpieces my mom and I have created are acceptable for our reception. And, of course, I was browsing online and saw another AMAZING idea for non-floral centerpieces. Now, I want to add them to it! I'll post a picture of the idea (found on one of the blogs I love), and then tomorrow morning I'll add my centerpiece pictures to it, and decide. Hopefully I'll have some suggestions, but I might have to go to the Wedding911 app from the Knot for that one.

Non Floral Centerpieces

Day Three

While I slept, I did the oddest thing. I'm not normally an active sleeper, I do talk occasionally, but movement isn't generally my thing.  Last night, I conquered a mugger in my dream; in real life, I kicked a wall, and then proceeded to wake up in extreme pain. For a second I couldn't figure out what happened until I noticed my roommate had woken up, too. So I put two and two together, and discovered I actually did kick the wall. I now have a broken toe.

Who does that??? Really?

Otherwise, my conquest today is to be super-proactive with my schooling. I'm going to find online summer school for the 2 hours of  math I still need (which makes no sense because a class is 3 hours....how did I miss 2?), and get ahead on my other project for studio.

In wedding news, the deposit was put down for flowers today, and my ma and I are setting up a second meeting with the reception hall to discuss the centerpieces we've purchased (12 tables worth for 200$ at hobby lobby!) and whether they will work. Exciting!

Side note: if the Knot application on my iTouch doesn't start working normally again, and the ridiculous fake posts don't stop anytime soon, I'm just going to delete it. I can't risk someone stealing my identity just because of a strike on the moderators' part!

Day Two

Day Two. Well, technically it isn't the second day of the blog, but it is the second post. So there.

My challenges the past few days have been pretty ordinary. I managed to conquer my feelings that my friends were leaving me out of things that are very important.  To conquer this problem was simply a matter of making myself important, in simple terms.  I found a reason for the people to need me involved in the planning...and voila, i'm important again AND very involved. I hate that I even went through those self-deprecating feelings in the first place, but I am proud that I got through.

The other ordinary task was to make a decision. This has the potential to be the most difficult thing in my life, as I can NEVER decide what I want. The decision was for my invites. I have decided that I'm going to make them myself (it seemed fun and my mom and I can be pretty crafty so I figured woo let's do this), but I can't decide on a style. I love damask, but modern simplicity is so appealing, as is the frilly girly victorian styles.  Ugh! This task is yet to be accomplished....

I have posted a few links to really cool invitation sites, some that I can't get enough of, on the bottom of the post. Enjoy!

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Day One

     I'll admit, I struggled a bit with how I wanted to start blogging. I know the path I intend for this blog to take, and I can easily envision it, but the beginning is always difficult for me. So, I'm starting with day one. There really is no place else to start.  

     Everyday is a new conquest for me, and everything is some level of ordinary. Everything in my life is something someone else has experienced before, but for me it's all new; so in essence, everything is ordinary, but because I haven't done it yet, everything is a conquest. 

Oddly enough, my conquest today is not so ordinary.

     I'm attending a funeral. I understand funerals happen everyday, and are definitely ordinary. For me, this is the first funeral I've attended in a long, long time. The last one I went to was of a good friend's father in second grade. Then, I was almost too young to understand what the event symbolized. I know all too well now, though.
     This time, he was a friend of my brother, a Marine, and a good young man lost too soon. He was a great guy, and there are so many people that will miss him. It's a military funeral, which will be the first (and God bless, the last) of this kind that I have ever witnessed. Miss you, man. [Garrett 3.11.10]
     It's hard to imagine that you begin to lose people just as your life starts getting interesting. 

On the other end of the spectrum: 

     I got the quote back from the florist for the wedding flowers, and it's exactly what my mother guessed it would be. Which isn't all that bad, in comparison to other weddings I've researched and the quality we are looking for. 

     Getting this kind of information brings my conflicting frugal and girly sides head-to-head. I do love the flowers, but they are just so darn expensive! This time, girly won. They're just so pretty!

Here's a peek at the style they'll resemble:

 
The boutonniere will be anemones with baby's breath as accent.




      
The bouquets will be anemones, ranunculus, and tulips (my favorite).


Both pics are from TheKnot.com