119. Most is Good

today is tuesday

i'm so smart, right?

last night i got home and decided it was time to do a weigh-in along with measurements. the last time i did this was on february 19th. i lost a total of 4.8 pounds (although i prefer the total of 6 that the Wii fit gave me...). i also lost a total of 7.5 inches. one of those inches was from my lower arm and another half inch from my upper arm! i was shocked! granted i've been working my arms like crazy but even when i lost all that weight a few years ago i didn't lose a thing from the arms. so - i was very happy. i just wish i could actually see the difference......

after writing that post yesterday and getting carrie's response i did up a master list last night. and it turns out it wasn't as bad as i thought it was. i'm only in need of 4 addresses! i had all of the other ones - on bits of paper - luckily they were all in one place. so i unnecessarily freaked out. it happens, right?

found out i have to tweak the seating chart. had a few add-ons. shoudln't be a problem. and like i said - no one is going to be chained to their chairs. i don't think i sat any mortal enemies next to one another so there should be no battles.

still working on the groomsmans gifts. but they should be done and in the mail tomorrow. again - hopefully.

everything is set for the ceremony. vows are done. wine ceremony supplies are ready to go. my sister is doing a reading. my brother-in-law is going to be singing. the only problem is we haven't been able to touch base with the officiate. but she's a good family friend and i know she's been busy lately - so i'm not worried. regardless - chris and i will be married when all is said and done.

and not that this has anything to do with anything but the wedding liscense for the county we live in is butt ugly. and now you have to have four witnesses! crazy. plus - i was always under the impression that we would sign our liscense but no - our names our just typed on there. we don't sign anything. that just seems stupid to me.....

i'm eating a banana right now.

oh - been getting some good music selections so thanks :) one i forgot about but am so glad it was brought to my attention is 'celebrate' by kool and the gang. i love that song :)

is it normal for brides who have otherwise been find and calm enter a brief freak-out phase. one that might involve tears and contemplation of why they just didn't elope like a sane person? i'm sure it is. that happened to me the other night. and the thing that set it off was so small - so meaningless. hmph. all is good now. :)

i'm rambling. so i'm going to just go ahead and stop. 11 DAYS!

115. No Hokey Pokey Please!

THE WEDDING IS 17 DAYS AWAY!


i need help with the music selection.....


we've picked out the songs we're walking down the aisle to and such. we've also picked out the music to play for the cocktail hour. and i've also picked out most of the music for the reception but i just want some ideas.....

i've picked a lot of 50's and 60's. i love love love that music and felt it was something that everyone would enjoy - not something obscure like all bjork music or something. i also included some songs from ABBA. a B52's song. some 'girls just wanna have fun'. some madonna. i even threw in a NKOTB song for me and kelly :) and possibly an N'SYNC song (it's 'bye bye bye' and yes - there is a reason for it)

i like all kinds of music but the 50's and 60's era is my favorite so i've just been kinda stuck there. so if anyone has any suggestions on fun dance songs - let me know! if you also have any suggestions from the 50's and 60's era - let me know them too! :)

we do have a dj and i do trust him but music is huge for me and i just want to make sure a bunch of crap isn't played. i requested no chicken dance or hokey pokey. i also requested no prince. not that i don't like the man but i couldn't take the chance 'pussy control' might get played...(shudder)...i can't stand that song.....

so...HELP!


what else?

we got our marriage liscense! yay! although i have to admit i'm more than irked. it cost $110. that didn't bother me so much as the fact that if we had taken some religious pre-marriage class we would have got $70 knocked off that $110! that's bull. you can get married in a court house with no mention of god and it's a marriage. a legal contract. so why does having a blessing from god constitute some massive discount. what a load of crap.

i still feel like i have a lot to get done. i have to finish making the favors. i have to create the seating chart. i have to get the place cards written out. and chris and i set a goal to lose 6 pounds each by the wedding. so we've got 17 days!

i'm hungry - is it lunchtime yet?

34. and so it begins.....

i had my first wedding dream the other night (ala the showing up for a final only to realize you haven't gone to a single class the entire semester).


chris and i were all dressed up and in the mall....barefoot! we were a half hour late to our own wedding and realized we had forgotten to buy shoes! then it was just me and i was still running late with no one to help me with my make-up. no one had any brown eyeshadow. finally my mother said she found some and put it on me but when i looked in the mirror i had massive teal circles around my eyes!


oy.


i'm not really stressed persay but i do realize i need to get the ball moving here. i have a ton of great ideas but haven't organized them any logical way.....

30. to Cut or not to Cut.....

...that is the question.....


so my original plan was to grow my hair out long enough to donate it and then chop it off for the wedding. my thinking behind this was a) donating your hair is a good thing to do, b) that angled bob haircut was one of the cutest i've ever had and c) my hair does not hold an up-do. at all. and having it down would more than likely annoy the shit out of me half way through the night....


but then i realized that chopping off my hair right before the wedding might not be the best idea. what if i hate how it looks with the dress!? it's not like i can grow it back overnight! so then i decided that i should chop it off now and try on the dress to see it that style looks good with the dress. if it doesn't - no problem - i've got over eight months to grow it back out. so i made an appointment for this past thursday to cut my hair and an appointment for this morning to try on my dress.

i chickened out. i cancelled my appointment for thursday. i still went to my dress appointment this morning. i decided perhaps it was best to take some pictures of me in the dress with my long locks and see what i think. then i held up my hair to make it look short. i really like the short look - but it's hard to tell when you're just holding it up - you don't really get a good idea, ya know?

so after leaving it i decided to go ahead and cut it at the end of august (i made an appointment to try on the dress again the 2nd weekend in september). but i don't know. i started growing out my hair becuase chris wanted to see me with long hair and so did i. and i like it...when i actually wear it down. problem is - that's rare. it takes so freakin' long to dry i rarely ever wear it down during the week - it's usually in a bun. so why have it? but it's grown (no pun intended) on me. even though i know i really like the short bob i'm still nervous to go and get it hacked......

which leaves me with the problem of to cut or not to cut. so...give your opinions. i'm torn. and it doesn't help that chris makes that sad face every time i bring it up (even though he does say he fell in love with me with short hair....)

sigh......

11. I Can't Sleep....

i have a week day off. i long for these days - when i can sleep in. instead i find myself up at 6am...and having nightmares about my wedding dress!


i have that pit of regret feeling in my stomach. not about buying the dress (so calm down mom - cause i can see the look of panic on your face from here!). i love my dress. the only thing i regret is not trying on more. i would have still bought the same dress but it's just that i was really getting into the whole fun of it all and i just wish i had tried on more - especially while my mom was down. i mean - you only get to do this once in your life....


it'll pass. it comes and goes. i just wish it would pass now so i could fall back asleep!