Wedding planning is going slowly. Right now the only things that are confirmed are the date, the church and the bride & groom. It turns out finding an appropriate reception venue is harder than anyone thought. Fingers crossed that by next week, we’ll have a venue secured.
The other stuff will fall together as we get closer and make a more serious effort towards planning. I will say planning a wedding in six months, one thousand miles away is a bit tricky. Lucky for us, my parents still live there so they have done a wonderful job of researching all our options. We are all meeting in Maine in June to have a marathon wedding planning weekend. When I say we, I mean my parents, his parents and both of us. It should be fun as the parents have never met.
Honeymoon discussions are back on. Ted started a new job earlier this year so he barely has the time off to cover the wedding time. However, we both work in the auto industry and get Christmas to New Years off. It would be a perfect time for a luxe vacation… Now we just need to find a place. Belize and Peru are the top contenders because we could spend a lot of our time exploring and being active. We just aren’t the lay on the beach-do nothing type of people.
I have an actual and official wedding date. Deep breathes…
Thank goodness I started working out with a personal trainer last week.
Today, we were visiting our friend’s awesome furniture/accessory store (Mezzanine) in Detroit and saw this ring. We both thought it was perfect as an engagement ring. It reflects our personalities better than any diamond.
How so? The black in the ring is a rubber “O ring”! It makes me giggle.. I am so happy… and so is Ted.
I will probably start using this website to share the details and information on the wedding.
Maybe it is the work grind.
Maybe it just is that time of year.
Maybe it is just something deep inside me - a connection that just won’t break..
But I dream of San Francisco and of Yosemite. I was originally considering a trip to Alaska this summer, but now the discussion has shifted to San Fran. Ted has never been and I truly believe it is his kind of city…(I swear I am not saying this because I want to go)
Another benefit to the weather is I am slowly finding my photo-mojo again. And with that, I am sure the blog-mojo will return to.
Until it completely returns, I am going to just gaze and remember my day in Yosemite and the promise I made to return.
It is 2008 and I can guarantee it is what I ever imagined it would be. Oh well, life has a way of ignoring any fantasies we have. I did welcome the year in by attending an “Electric Six” concert. I’ve always wanted to see the band live and jumped at the opportunity. It was worth it.
Now a few days later, I am spending a quiet evening with my better half watching the kids of UrbanTiki. Two of the most beautiful and well-behaved children ever.
The better half was a surprise in 2007. The result of a strong friendship crossing into dating. He had been there for me before, during and after my relationship with Frenchy. I am still friends with Frenchy but dating didn’t work. Once again, such is life.
