Wedding Sneak Peek

So I thought that I might give you readers (all 4 of you...and sadly I think that's probably right) a sneak peek in to some wedding details.

First of all, the dress. Ohhh I had to scour the city for the perfect one. And I think I've found it. I've been telling Jason all about it since I've ordered it and what the heck let's just post a picture of it!

Isn't it just gorgeous??? And totally me! I'm not sure if it's pink enough or poofy enough but we'll look in to adding in more poof!

And next with the perfect dress...you need the perfect veil. Ohhh and did I nail that one on the head! Look at it!

I think the beading will just set off the white of my eyes just lovely...since it's so close to them! But I just thought the combo would be perfect!

And finally, my bouquet.

Who knew silk flowers could be so snazzy?? I will of course make sure to match the ribbon to my dress and I'm not sure that it's large enough or cascading enough...might want to add to that too. Bigger the better right?

So what do you all think :)?

Happy Signing Day!

Well the ball has started to roll. Today we sign on the new house. Tomorrow is funding day. And Saturday is moving day. Oh my! Last night we grabbed Thai food for one last time from the neighborhood place (right after we pawned Jason's old wedding ring which a whole other amusing story). Anyways, we opened our fortune cookies and mine said something to the effect of remember this date 3 months from now...it'll be good. I should hope so since that will be 2 days before the wedding! Then Jason opened his and started laughing...I wish I didn't read it. It said something to the effect of now is not the time to be spending money...frugality is the key. Stupid fortune! I wish I never read it! Oh well it's just a piece of paper. I'm not gonna let it rain on my parade...bring on the debt! Onwards and upwards!

Rented!

Greetings from mass chaos central. This week has just been a bear. It's been a tough week at work. We've had meetings with wedding vendors which just means trying to focus on making decisions on things I have no idea on and dropping mass cash. We've had meetings with new house people, walk through with the builder, communication back and forth with our agent, their agent, the builder, our lender, our insurance agent....enough to make a full time job out of that or at least to make your head spin.
I've been trying to eat healthy and get enough sleep. I try to sneak a few workouts in here and there but it just doesn't seem like enough. Today I ran the Race for the Cure. 3.1 miles...yeah I probably should have walked since I ate pizza last night, lifted way too much at the gym last night, didn't hydrate enough last night, haven't been on a run in ages oh and forgot to eat anything this morning before the race. I almost ran all the ways but towards the end I started getting dizzy and I thought the best thing would be to just walk the last quarter. My time was 35 minutes. Not great but given the conditions, I'll take it. Now my body just hurts.
Now time for some good news! We have the Boise house rented! The new choir director from St. Johns recently relocated and needs a place for him and his wife. He stopped by today to look at the place drenched in cardboard and he wants it! I hope they enjoy our house as much as we have. He's moving in May 31st so we have a lot to do to get the place all ready for them. I'm just totally relieved...
Our movers are scheduled for Sat 9am. We are working diligently to have everything in boxes and ready to move. Jason right now is busting his balls upstairs packing....I better go help him :).
Wish us luck this next week, we will definitely need it. But the payoff will definitely be worth it.

Ohhh Goldy!

Amidst all this house craziness our four legged friend has been having some problems of her own. Two Sunday's ago Jason noticed a bump on Goldy's hip that looked irritated. It was gross! It was all infected and just yuck! I took her into the vet on Monday and apparently she has a small cyst that has home to the surface and she licks it and irritates it. Well the choices were we pay a bunch of bucks to have Goldy put under anesthesia possibly putting stress on her liver, have the mass removed, them see if it's cancerous, and then she has to recover. Or we keep her from licking it anymore and put her on antibiotics.

Well yes of course there's a price difference but mainly Goldy loves her schedule. She likes her daily walks, she likes to move on her own, she likes to be normal. So we went with just treating it. I was afraid that they would put her in a cone. She would not tolerate that and honestly neither would we. Well now they have this neck brace type if thing to immobilize their neck so they can't lick. It's a pretty neat gadget called Bite Not Collar.

I think she's not too bothered by it most of the time. She's pretty much had it on for 10 days now. It breaks my heart to look at her in it but mostly I think it's cause her old lady neck waddle gets pushed up to her face...oooh Goldy

Tonight is the first night we are going to try to have it off of her all night. She usually wakes up at some point during the night and whines at us and runs into the bed and the walls trying to push the collar off of her. Cross your fingers that it heals completely and she stops bothering it...I think we could all use a goodnight's sleep!

More Cha Cha Cha Changes!

Of course it is more like me to get everything done at once. We've been entertaining the idea of taking advantage of the "buyers" housing market. If we found something that worked...why not. It might be a bit much with the wedding and all but you know in the long run I don't think we could afford to wait on what we found....

My lovely soon to be hubby can explain it all....

http://jasonhaberman.com/index.php/2008/04/28/news-flash-room-to-move/

Scary but exciting times...

Wedding Mayhem

We are less than 4 months away people. And let me tell you I am working hard on getting things checked off my list. It's crazy how motivated I was when we just had got engaged back in December. People were commenting that I was starting so early and that I wouldn't have anything to do for the remaining time. Well the holidays came and we got busy...with I'm not exactly sure what, then we changed plans a bit and now I have this sudden feeling that we are behind!

So I started making calls and getting us scheduled. First, engagement pictures. Yes, engagement pictures 4 months before your wedding I know crazy! We had them yesterday. It was actually good weather and nice to be outside for a bit. If I said it was "fun" that might be a stretch. Better than expected?...definitely! Worth it? We'll see. I know that I'm not the most photogenic person in the world...so we've got that going for us.

Next up is actually sampling what we would be serving for food. The caterer has been bugging us for months to get in and do this. That's tomorrow...I'll let you know how that goes. But I fail to see the downside of yummy free Hawaiian BBQ.

The venue people have gone through a reorganization of sorts that kinda freaked me out so we need to go back there and explain everything again...I'm not really looking forward to that.

Oh and the other "minor" details that I keep forgetting are finding someone to marry us, flowers and invitations....minor, right???

I guess where I'm at is that before it was just researching options not really making any final decisions...and I guess that was fun. Now it's nailing everything down and making the final say. Yikes!

But I did find some uber-cute wedding shoes I am sooo excited for! They should come in the mail here soon...I'll let you know how that works out, that is if you care :)

You're Gonna Miss This

Last night Jason and I finished up watching Celebrity Apprentice...yeah I know stupid but with the writers strike we got hooked. One of my favorite contestants was Trace Adkins, who actually made it to the final 2. He's an adorable country singer and when he spoke he just made you feel good. On the finale they had him perform one of his songs, "You're Gonna Miss This". See it here . I guess it really hit home with me. Especially right now, all this wedding planning, Jason and I right now in this tiny house, no kids, where we are at in our careers. Right now it all looks like a bunch of burdens but eventually things will change and you won't have these anymore...so enjoy it, enjoy the now. Kinda put things in perspective for me....much needed!

ps...Jason took the picture when we were in Santa Cruz, it's one of my favorites.

Here's the lyrics...

She was staring out the window of their SUV
Complaining, saying "I can't wait to turn 18"
She said "I'll make my own money, and I'll make my own rules"
Mamma put the car in park out there in front of the school
Then she kissed her head and said "I was just like you"

You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this

Before she knows it she's a brand new bride
In a one-bedroom apartment, and her daddy stops by
He tells her "It's a nice place"
She says "It'll do for now"
Starts talking about babies and buying a house
Daddy shakes his head and says "Baby, just slow down"

Cause you're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this

Five years later there's a plumber workin' on the water heater
Dog's barkin', phone's ringin'
One kid's cryin', one kid's screamin'
And she keeps apologizin'
He says "They don't bother me.
I've got 2 babies of my own.
One's 36, one's 23.
Huh, it's hard to believe, but...

You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this