Crazy

I found this on MSN this morning. I have to say she is insightful about a lot of things...a lot of things I definitely thought/felt before I met Joe.

Now I'm a skeptic who says she's jilted. But then again, I'm not 46 and married for 20 years yet. So I'm just praying she's wrong.

Anti-Marriage

Thoughts

I think deep down I thought I might never get married. I thought I would always be stuck in great relationships soaked in doubt, and never really be ready to commit myself to one person. So I think all my emotion is because I'm so happy and it's all so unbelievable to me.

Maybe I shouldn't be so emotional...I should just be happy. And I am happy...I'm just a weepy basket case.

Hehehehehe....

This is going to be amazing. I'm so lucky.

Dresses Part I

I guess I didn't post a pic of the dress that Kristi chose, so here it is:

Dresses part II

So, Lea and I took Alysa to pick out dresses for the two of them. Alysa hurriedly tried on 5 dresses, running out to look in the mirror, then running back inside the dressing room. After declaring each one her absolute favorite, I finally convinced her to pick one. And this is it:



Lea also tried on like 5 dresses, most of which looked great. We just had to decide which one she liked best, and which one didn't require her to buy some crazy bra contraption. We ended up both loving this one:



So, now we have Kristi's and Lea's dresses chosen...just waiting to see what the other girls pick. I sent them the details of the dresses they chose, so that they can pick a different dress or the same dress, if they want. I'm so excited!

We just found out that Kristi is pregnant too, so that's great! She will likely give birth about 3 weeks before the wedding, so she is stressing a little about the dress, but I think it will be fine. She should just buy a larger size and have it altered when she gets close. I bet she ends up being one of those girls who goes back to being skinny right away! I'm so stoked for her though!

Maybe our babies can hang out...although mine will undoubtedly be a year younger, but what can you do. ;-)

Update

The ring pillow is just about finished. I completed my first attempt at embroidering by adding a "D" to the back of it. I just have to borrow my sister's sewing machine and seal everything up. Will add pics when it's finished.

We've find a ceremony musician...it's a guy named Igor who has a string quartet. So we'll work out the finer details later, but at least we have one! And my uncle is going to play the cocktail hour...he's in a band that tours around the northeast so he'll play guitar and bring his singer Suzi. And we've got DJ Shane for the reception, so we're set for music!

We've got two of the three hotels blocked off and info up on the website. I think my dad and family are going to book really soon, so I did it right in time! I am coming up with ideas for guestbags...have a few ideas.

I am been scouring sites looking for an inexpensive ring. I really want a thin diamond eternity band, kind of like these (both pics from Blue Nile):

And this one:

But I don't want to spend an arm and a leg for it. ::sigh:: What's a girl to do?

Joe is going to get a cool ring too, but I think his will be much cheaper than mine.

Have some more web searching to do!

Kristi's Dress

One of my girls has gone and tried on dresses already. Kristi looks great in them all, but I think she likes the brown one the best.

Slideshow

Lea and I will go in two weeks...not sure when Mindy is coming up or when Kimberly is going. Haven't heard for sure about Carolyn either. Can't wait to see the pics!

Photobooth backdrop

So, I mentioned that we are going to do a polaroid-esque photobooth, right? I did a bunch of research on how we are going to pull it off and I think we can just tack it right to the wall in the back hallway on the way to the bathrooms. It's out of the way, yet in the way enough to encourage people to want to stop and pose.

Here is the backdrop I found at Joann's:



It's wild and fun, and I think it will make interesting pics. I have the guestbook all ready to go, with extra pages and everything. I just need to figure out if I can put the cam on a tripod or not, or how I am going to do that. Going to leave some props for people to use, as well as some cool stickers, words, etc... for them to embellish their pics once they add them to the book.