More Updates!

Dearest Kimmy (and the one other person who might come across my blog),

The wedding is quickly approaching and thank goodness we have gotten some stuff done because I had my doubts for a while there! This past weekend, we finished up the invitations and sent them out on Monday. My mom and I also went to David’s Bridal on Monday and I now have my slip and my veil. I am planning on finding some shoes next Saturday because my first fitting is on June 11!

Last week, my mom, Jimmy and I went to the Holiday Inn for our tasting. I swear, every time I go in there and look around and meet with our coordinator, Sabrina, I feel more confident we booked the best place to have our wedding. They have been so accommodating since the very beginning. Absolutely everything we have wanted to do, they have given us the okay. Anyway, back to the tasting…it was amazing. First we got to order drinks, which we were pretty excited for because it had been a long day. Next, they brought out the appetizers. We sampled three of them, but only really loved two, so we added those two to our order. Next, they brought out all four meals we are offering. I, of course, only was able to try the vegetarian, BORING! But, Jimmy and my mom loved the other meals! I think they said their favorite was the filet, which was wrapped with bacon and topped with hollandaise sauce. Even the potatoes/rice and vegetables were so good! We were just so pleased when we left there. I remember when we were first booking the HI and Sabrina told us our tasting would probably take place 2-3 months before the wedding…it seemed so far away, but it bit us in the butt like everyone said it would.

Yesterday, my mom and I met with our florist and came up with some really good ideas for the centerpieces and bouquets. She is going to order some flowers in and make some mock ones up on Tuesday. I was on the fence about having flowers or just candles as centerpieces. Monday night, I printed out a bunch of pictures of flowers that I have been saving since we got engaged and both my mom and our florist, Ingrid loved the one that Jimmy and I had chosen as our favorite centerpiece. So, looks like we’re going with flowers! I can’t wait to see the example she does it. Ingrid is amazing. She has such wonderful ideas and I completely trust everything that she says about what colors/flowers will look good with what.

Tomorrow night we are going to taste our cupcakes. We are so excited! Back on Valentine’s Day, Jen and Matt stopped over after dinner and brought us these phenomenal cupcakes that Jenny had made from scratch. I called this woman, Amy from Angel’s Cakes to see if she would be willing to make our cupcakes with our recipe. I wasn’t sure if anyone would be into this since I’m sure some like to stick to their own recipes. Well, she was willing to do it and we get to try them tomorrow night!

It’s really amazing how overwhelming it can feel when planning a wedding or any big party. But, what I’ve discovered is that once you start doing stuff…stuff gets done. It works like a charm- every time!

Updates

Since the last time I posted, we have gotten a few wedding related things accomplished. We ordered the flower girl's dresses, decided on a rehearsal dinner spot, booked the hair and make-up person, decided on the time of the ceremony, had our first meeting with the florist, ordered Jimmy's wedding band, booked the videographer and tomorrow we are going to order my wedding band. We still have decisions to make and stuff to do, but we think we're pretty well on track and it's really excited we're down to less than five months!!

The Girl's Dresses

We all decided on a dress, woo hoo! Everyone loves the same one, so we are going with it. It's so exciting when you can put a little check mark on your list of things to do. All of the girls are going to look so beautiful in their dresses and I'm so excited that they can really and truly wear them again! I have the best bridesmaids in the world and I am so lucky that they all agreed to be in my wedding!

Aruba

We booked our honeymoon this past week! We are so excited to have that taken care of. We are going to the Divi Aruba (the same place Jen and Matt went for their honeymoon!) for 7 nights. Our package includes all of our food and drinks at 9 restaurants and 7 bars. It also includes a bottle of champagne and dinner at a restaurant literally on the beach one night. We cannot wait to pick out our excursions! Personally, I could sit on the beach for the full eight days and do nothing, but I think Jimmy might go stir crazy...

Ring Bearer

I'm sure most of you have heard by now that we had to put Spike down on Friday. He was diagnosed with cancer a little over two weeks ago and it progressed much faster than we had expected. It was one of the hardest things we have ever been through and it will take time to heal, but we both know it was the right decision. We are incredibly sad that Spike will not be part of our wedding day, but we are happy that we had so many wonderful years with him. Many say that dogs who are rescued are lucky to have people who want them and love them, but Jimmy and I believe that we are the lucky ones. We feel blessed that Spike was a part of our lives, that he allowed us to love him and that he loved us back so unconditionally. In all of our years with him, he never got upset with us, never passed judgement, never thought a bad thought about us. He was a part of our family and everyone who had the pleasure of knowing him, loved him. There truly aren't enough words that I could use to describe how much he meant to us, he was our best friend and we will miss him so much.

2008- A Little Tardy

1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before? Got engaged


2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I can't remember if I made a New Year's resolution last year, but I have every intention of sticking to this year's!


3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Yes


4. Did anyone close to you die? No


5. What countries did you visit? None


6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008? A husband


7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? July 29th, the day Jimmy and I got engaged


8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Getting a new job


9. What was your biggest failure? I don't think I had any huge failures.


10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Just the dress/shoe fiasco.


11. What was the best thing you bought? Probably our trip to Boston with Jenny and Matti.


12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Every day, Acadia.


13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? I don't think anyone's really


14. Where did most of your money go? Bills, wedding fund.


15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Emma Joy and getting engaged!


16. What song will always remind you of 2008? I'm Yours-Sam and Julie's wedding song


17. Compared to this time last year, are you:


a) happier or sadder? Happier


b) thinner or fatter? thinner


c) richer or poorer? Richer


18. What do you wish you’d done more of? Spent time with friends and family, I can never get enough of that!


19. What do you wish you’d done less of? Gone to school


20. How did you spend Christmas? With family


21. Did you fall in love in 2008? Yes


22. What was your favorite TV program? The Office


23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? No


24. What was the best book you read? I didn't get to read too many books, but I really liked 19 Minutes


25. What was your greatest musical discovery? I didn't have one.


26. What did you want and get? A fiance


27. What did you want and not get? Uggs


28. What was your favorite film of this year? I guess 4 Christmases because I can't really remember any others.


29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? Had a surprise party and I turned 27


30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? More money


31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008? Jeans, hoodie, Danskos, not much of a fashion concept.


32. What kept you sane? Jimmy, he always knows exactly what to do and say.


33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Justin Timberlake


34. What political issue stirred you the most? None


35. Who did you miss? My grandpa and the Haggerty family (I agree, Jenny!)



36. Who was the best new person you met? Katherine



37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008. I didn't learn this in 2008, but I am constantly reminded of how much my family and friends mean to me and how lucky I am to have them.



38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year. "Cause I love you more than I could ever promise and you take me the way I am” ~The Way I Am by Ingrid Michaelson

Honeymoon

Jimmy and I are pretty sure we picked our honeymoon spot today. We are going to Aruba and we are trying to decide between two resorts, but it looks like its going to be the Divi Aruba. Here's the link if you want to check it out! http://www.diviaruba.com/index.php It's so exciting to have this part of the wedding picked out. Neither one of us has ever been somewhere tropical. The only place we have ever flown together was to New York City, so we knew no matter where we went, we would have a blast! Plus, this is coincidentally the same spot Jen and Matt went on their honeymoon, so we know it will be amazing!