update

*ONLY 327 DAYS...when i first look at this number it's like, that's a long way away, there's plenty of time, no need to worry or stress now, it's almost a whole year...plenty of time. then i stop-think-and realize that it's only 327 days, and a huge portion of these days i will be student teaching in jackson, then at some point i hope to begin moving to nashville area, then starting in august-all fingers crossed-will be teaching full time over 3 hours away from memphis...so when i think about that, and think about things that need to be done at certain times i realize that 327 days will go by very very very fast...

*drew and i got the first things off of our registry for christmas, we got the cake dome/tray thing from tres and brittany, and we got the first place setting for our "nice" silverware from bobo, we also got a cake pan with lid from ginger-it's got "from the goldsby family" on the top and the pan so that if you take it somewhere you don't loose it...i really like it and the lid is green for drewby

*pretty sure we have decided on a vidoegrapher for the wedding and reception-he's a really cool guy and gave us several discounts so mom could afford it-and i think he "made up" an extra "elementary ed" discount because i told him i was going to be a teacher so we got over a $1000 taken off, and he even put a "no creeper clause" in the contract--long story from when we met him...

*we also met with a dj company and are pretty ok with it-my main concern with the dj was drew but the guy assured us that he would be willing to work with drew's "special" musical taste ;) he also gave us a WONDERFUL idea about our "grand exit"--more of that to come later....

*drew and i also got a good look at the 'fine china' that drew's mom is giving us....i absolutely love it!! however, there is a drawback, there is only a place setting for 8 and we want/need a place setting for at least 12-drew's family would take up that 1 place setting in one sitting so we had to get online and do some digging to see if you could still get it-cause if not, we needed to go find some 'fine china' so i did, and i found some...and it's not that expensive for a 5 piece place setting so it's looking hopeful, if we could just get maybe 5 or 6 people to get us a place setting we would be golden!!

...i believe that is all for now...

...only 327 days away-holy crap!...

long story...

so yesterday morning we got a call and had to cancel the wedding planning plans for yesterday...the planner that we were supposed to be meeting with had a very sick son so needless to say, she needed to be with him-it's all good. so we went on with our day by not doing a thing...until just after 2:00 when my mom got a call from our other wedding planner asking where we were...apparently we were still going to have the afternoon appointments to meet with a florist and a cake company...so we missed our appointment with the florist, but it was ok, michelle-the wedding planner-still met with them and took care of the basic-generic information so we won't have to do that when we go meet with them...

so then we rushed to go meet with the cake people...and it was good, but i wasn't blown away, with either the actual store, the person we met with, or the cake tastes...but i did see some cakes that i liked and i believe i have began to really think about what i like and will want to have at the reception...here are some pictures of cakes that i found on the internet that i like...

-looking at wedding sparklers...attempting to find a good deal, hopefully "the girls" will have a connection to somewhere...
-going to have some meetings tomorrow and hopefully those will go well, ill update later.
-i have fallen in love with this website www.guestbookstore.com and i want to use them, possibly at the wedding, but if not there, then maybe for wedding showers or something like that...absolutely adorable!!

oh, have i mentioned that i am in love with life right now?? and i can't wait to go wedding dress shopping with amanda, dani, and some of my other bridesmaids...

AHHH, we're getting married in 341 days !

MOH x 2

Me with 2 of my favorite people, and now my official maids of honor. i am so excited to share my wedding planning experience and then the day of with these 2 wonderful people.

*so this is not a very good picture

more pictures...

*matchbook with sparkler favor idea...i really like this, and i want to do a sparkler exit...so this would be practical, and hopefully not that expensive.

*look at the isle runner edge things...i really like this, but only if it will be darker in the sanctuary at mullins...if it wasn't darker then it would be pretty pointless...

*when they saw each other for the 1st time before the ceremony...except i don't want all the people watching...awkward, thinking about maybe in the meditation garden at church, or the chapel...

*just think this is really cute, not sure it would work for ours but i think its cute nonetheless...

songs...

so i have been working on a list of possible songs to use for different things-not the reception playlist-that's drewby and the dj's domain, i am working on the sappy meaningful songs for before ceramony, during, and what-not...so here is just a quick list of some of the songs i like, many of them i have stolen off of different wedding blogs and forums and then some off of youtube...i know i am a dork.

-"Love of My Life" by Jim Brickman and Michael W. Smith (really love this as prelude music, or for when the moms and what-not are escorted down the isle)
-"Only Hope" by Switchfoot (just love this song...from A Walk to Remember, but not sure if church would let us have it since it's not traditional "Christian" music even though Switchfoot is on a Christian label...)
-"I Could not ask for More" by Edwin McCain (just love this song...)
-"When God Made You" by ... (kind of cliche, but i love the lyrics to the song...)
-"I Have and I Always Will" by Dave Barnes (absolutly love the lyrics to this song...)
-"When You Say Nothing at All" by Alison Krauss (just love her, and it's the concert we went to the weekend he proposed, and we both LOVE her and Nickel Creek and other music like this...)
-"Sweet Afton" by Nickel Creek (so i really love this song, and i was thinking about using it for a memorial thing...since we have several people that we would want at the wedding that will be watching from Heaven we want to do something special and this song means a whole bunch--RIP Papa, Nana, Aint, Mary, Mamaw, Grandaddy, and several more)
-"Lullaby" by Pedro the Lion (another song that we love that could possibly be used as a "memorial song" but not sure yet)
-"I Knew I Loved You" by Savage Garden (an oldy, but we both love this song...so possible)
...ok, these next songs i found on youtube where this guy is playing them all on piano, and they are freakin amazing, and i would hope that Church would possibly let Will Dougan-if he would-play these like as people are walking in...like before the pre-lude...
-"Everyday" by Rascal Flatts
-"Fall for You" by SecondHand Serenade
-"Apologize" by OneRepublic
-"I'm Yours" by Jason Maraz
-"Love Story" by Taylor Swift
-"Konstantine" by Something Corporate (for drewby)

i think that's about it for now...still trying to come up with a song for daddy and i to dance to, neither of us really like to dance nor like the sappy, generic father/daughter dance songs...so if you have any good ideas let me know.

ok, heading to memphis soon.
love.

ramblings

so this post is going to be just random bulleted points-i apologize...

*i want to do Johnny Appleseed Blessing before people start eating at the reception. if you don't know it's a "camp" type blessing and all those guests that know drew and i from camp will know it and it will just be fun to be loud and continue a tradition that Drew and I hold near and dear...

*i still wish there was some kind of room to give to the kids so they can play and have fun but there just isn't really an extra room...so if you have any ideas let me know, it's going to be an open room with a tent set up just outside...

*i am not sure how, but i want there to be plenty of seats for everyone, even though it's not going to be a sit down dinner, i want there to be seating because it was one problem at one of the previous weddings i went to...

*pictures....lots and lots of pictures...

...ok i think i am done for now...

save the date ideas...

*thought this one is cute...would never fly but i just thought it was fun...

*like this one, only if we could change the colors of it

*same design, different sizes...really like this, and it's basically the color scheme...

http://www.magnetstreet.com/store/home/market/517

getting close to picking colors...

so i think i am getting very close to choosing...here are some pictures of colors that i really like, so yea...

ok, so for the actual ceremony i think i like black bridesmaids dresses...just plain, no sash and my dress be more of a cream, or off white--i am almost 100% that i am not going to wear a WHITE dress, i like the vintage white, or whatever it's called. i also think i want my flowers to be a white or cream hydrangea and the girls to have bouquets of green hydrangeas with a small, little hint of pink...i like the simple colors for the ceremony and bring in the bright colors for the reception...