CRAZY!!! We are at the 9 day count day for our wedding and i'm ready to take from now until after the wedding off from my job because I feel like I have a million other things to do.
Today started out ok..... I was feeling a little stressed but somewhat in control until I went to call the ceremony musician and I couldn't find his number and then I started writing thank you cards to my parents but realized I was writing in the card that we got for Josh's parents.....ughhhh.
My caterer has not gotten back to me about drinks or cutting our cake, and my FI's mom is MIA and hasn't said anything about anything lately which is a little strange... and my own mother is stressed at her job and not available for venting.
When asked if i'm excited I find myself lying through my teeth that i'm thrilled when in reality I think i'll be most happy when i'm on a plane headed to Vegas.
End of Vent
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Bad times come in three's right?
I'm not superstitious but I am beginning to wonder.
While I was in Florida for work last week, Josh called me to tell me that he had lost his job. The shop that he was working at went under and filed for bankruptcy. Oh joy, 3 weeks before we are getting married. We knew the shop was having issues, but Josh had been told that they were trying to sell it before it closed. Obviously that didn't happen and Josh was left without a job. I was scared and happy at the same time which is a weird feeling. Josh had been so stressed from his past job and worked for such little pay that I sometimes wondered if it was even worth it. So I was happy because he needed some time off. And this past weekend was fun, and he was light hearted and just all around fun. A side of Josh I haven't seen very often lately. But I was scared to be the only income for awhile. I wasn't worried about our house or our utilities since I made sure I could afford them all myself when we moved. But Josh has bills too, which I knew I could not afford myself - car loan, student loan, tool bills, ect. Josh had some money saved, but who knew how long it would take to get another job and how long would that money last....
Second bad thing (not so big compared to the first) Josh broke his cell phone the same day he lost his job. We don't have a phone line at home so cell phones are it. Luckily I had an old cell phone in a drawer that has been working great temporarily - crisis averted!
Third bad thing was just issues with my work, not any loosing of jobs, just jobs changing and not being entirely thrilled about it.
Here is the upside to all of it:
1. Josh got a new job today (5 days after loosing last job - woohoo!)
2. My Job is looking up and I have a new outlook
3. Josh is getting a new phone now that we will have 2 incomes again!
So if bad things come in threes, must be good things do too!
While I was in Florida for work last week, Josh called me to tell me that he had lost his job. The shop that he was working at went under and filed for bankruptcy. Oh joy, 3 weeks before we are getting married. We knew the shop was having issues, but Josh had been told that they were trying to sell it before it closed. Obviously that didn't happen and Josh was left without a job. I was scared and happy at the same time which is a weird feeling. Josh had been so stressed from his past job and worked for such little pay that I sometimes wondered if it was even worth it. So I was happy because he needed some time off. And this past weekend was fun, and he was light hearted and just all around fun. A side of Josh I haven't seen very often lately. But I was scared to be the only income for awhile. I wasn't worried about our house or our utilities since I made sure I could afford them all myself when we moved. But Josh has bills too, which I knew I could not afford myself - car loan, student loan, tool bills, ect. Josh had some money saved, but who knew how long it would take to get another job and how long would that money last....
Second bad thing (not so big compared to the first) Josh broke his cell phone the same day he lost his job. We don't have a phone line at home so cell phones are it. Luckily I had an old cell phone in a drawer that has been working great temporarily - crisis averted!
Third bad thing was just issues with my work, not any loosing of jobs, just jobs changing and not being entirely thrilled about it.
Here is the upside to all of it:
1. Josh got a new job today (5 days after loosing last job - woohoo!)
2. My Job is looking up and I have a new outlook
3. Josh is getting a new phone now that we will have 2 incomes again!
So if bad things come in threes, must be good things do too!
Planning a Wedding - things you wish you knew when you started
I'm tying all of the loose ends up for our wedding today - mailing last minute checks, sending last minute e-mails, finishing the ceremony program......the list goes on.....
Here is what I wish they told you BEFORE you got engaged, there should be a class in college or something serioulsy....
1. How much to "stipend" your minister, I still have no clue and apparently it varies religion to religion and even presbyterian to luthern to nazarene ect. It also varies by who pays (brides family vs. grooms family) As of right now it's me and Josh. Go figure I can't find info on that one.....
2. You won't have time to do anything yourself on your wedding day and you have to delegate which scares the crap out of me, and probably is a fault of mine - I know how I want things done so it's easier for me to just do it myself rather than explain.... I am a control freak apparently
3. People RSVP for your wedding who were not invited, and how to handle it?
4. You should spend money on a DOC (Day of Events Coordinator) to handle things since you cannot (see # 2)
5. Invitations and ceremony programs and bridal shower ettiquette......seriously what did people do without the internet..... I look things up and have managed to do somethings wrong.....
I keep saying "next time I'll do it this way...." and then I realize that there will not be a next time, unless we renew our vows in which case we are doing it alone and not planning any party :)
12 days and counting until the big day. I am learning to let go, and this is mostly because I have too, there are just certaint things I cannot change any further and the best qoute my old boss used to say "It is what it is.....".
Here is what I wish they told you BEFORE you got engaged, there should be a class in college or something serioulsy....
1. How much to "stipend" your minister, I still have no clue and apparently it varies religion to religion and even presbyterian to luthern to nazarene ect. It also varies by who pays (brides family vs. grooms family) As of right now it's me and Josh. Go figure I can't find info on that one.....
2. You won't have time to do anything yourself on your wedding day and you have to delegate which scares the crap out of me, and probably is a fault of mine - I know how I want things done so it's easier for me to just do it myself rather than explain.... I am a control freak apparently
3. People RSVP for your wedding who were not invited, and how to handle it?
4. You should spend money on a DOC (Day of Events Coordinator) to handle things since you cannot (see # 2)
5. Invitations and ceremony programs and bridal shower ettiquette......seriously what did people do without the internet..... I look things up and have managed to do somethings wrong.....
I keep saying "next time I'll do it this way...." and then I realize that there will not be a next time, unless we renew our vows in which case we are doing it alone and not planning any party :)
12 days and counting until the big day. I am learning to let go, and this is mostly because I have too, there are just certaint things I cannot change any further and the best qoute my old boss used to say "It is what it is.....".
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