BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Happy Halloween, Friends!!!

Update...

1. Vegas was awesome-sauce! It was so amazing and fun! We ate a ton of good food, saw some beautiful things, and just enjoyed each other with no phones, email, or texts to bother us. We took a nap every day, we sat by the pool, and we enjoyed drinks whenever we felt like one. It was heaven for 4 nights.

2. I can't wait to get full-on into wedding planning.

3. Our save-the-dates are all assembled and addressed... just waiting for 2012 to hit so I can mail them out.

4. My big work project is over now, so I'm breathing a little easier. But now I am in a funk again. :(

5. I find myself missing my friendships lately. I miss going out dancing, even though I hate clubs. I miss dinners with the girls. I miss watching movies with them. I miss their constant laughter. I feel like I'm being left behind. Maybe it's just me.

And... We're Off!

Caesar's Palace - where we'll be staying for 4 glorious nights!!!

We're off to Vegas on Monday, and we really can't wait to take in the sights and sounds of Sin City! Aaron's never been anywhere before, and this will be a trip I'm sure will be one for the books! I'm sure he'll try to convince me to let Elvis marry us and get this whole shebang over with, but I'll just lure him away from that thought with jugs of Fat Tuesdays drinks, New York New York pizza, and maybe the Star Trek museum!

See you all on the flip side, friends!

Introducing Mr. & Mrs. Martin!

They did it!!! It was an amazing day filled with love and laughter and I couldn't be more happy for Lisa and Darren as they start their lives together as husband and wife!!!

Blah blah blah

I'm in a funk, folks! I'm in a rut, stuck between a rock and a hard place, struggling, off-kilter, etc. etc. etc.

First of all, I hate that all of my favorite blogs are full of fun, outdoor weddings in the spring and summer. I am finding ZERO inspiration for my lovely indoor November wedding. And although I'm seeing owls everywhere now that they are part of my decor, none of them are quite right.

Second, I'm frazzle dazzled indeed. I'm warn out. As joyful as I feel about my friend's wedding in 4 days, I find that I'm so tired and stressed out that I'm not concentrating on anything including my workload.

Third, we're looking at buying a new truck and trading in the boy's Civic for a more family-friendly vehicle with a towing package so we can go skipping off next summer in a trailer, but the money issue is rearing it's very ugly head at me!!!

I can't wait to start planning our wedding in full force, but I hope that between now and then I get a little sleep! :)

Countdown...

16 Days to Lisa and Darren's Wedding....

32 days until we fly off to Vegas...

And 429 days until we tie the knot...

SO MUCH TO LOOK FORWARD TO!

My fears....

According to The Knot, I'm 430 days away from our wedding date. I'm excited to really get into planning it, but at the same time, I've started having horrible dreams about what could go wrong.

I'm worried that my guests are not going to dance, or that they will leave early, or that they will think my DIY looks like a kingertarten student did them.

I'm worried that my officiant won't show up, that my bridesmaids will get pregnant and miss the wedding, that Aaron will hurt himself beforehand.

I'm worried that we'll have a snowstorm and the wedding will be called off entirely.

I'm worried that we'll run out of money and have to cut things that I really want.

I'm worried that I'll be too fat still and will look like a heffer in photos. I'm worried that my hair will look bad, my make-up will smear off, my face will break out.

I'm worried that my wedding will be generic. I'm worried that I won't be original. I'm worried that it won't live up to my own expections.

I'm worried that I'll be a bridezilla and no one will want to be around me. I'm worried that I'll upset my family and friends. I'm worried that I won't even like myself by the end of planning.

But none of my worries are about whether or not I'm marrying the right person, or that I'm making a mistake, or that one of us will walk away from this. Because when it comes down to it, I'm marrying my best friend, the love of my life, and the person I know that I can't live without. And that makes me happy. All the rest of it is just the icings on the cake... I can live without the fluff, but I can't live without this man who makes my life complete.