Thoughts etc..

Man the wedding date seems so far away..I mean I know everyone says it will just "fly by" but it seems to be taking forever and that little ticker doesn't help..LOL..Oh well

We've decided on a reception venue..Im okay w/it cause it's a good price. Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria Ballroom. We went to a friend of the family's wedding in September & her reception was there and it was really nice. The only downside? NO alcohol!!! The guy in charge told us that they do have their liquor license and may begin offering alcohol or bar service before the wedding next year but I don't count on it, so that kind of sucks. We'll just have to get blitzed in the limo on the way to the reception. I've already told Evan to be gentle w/the garter removal so as not to knock off my hip flask I'll be sporting. Anyway, it's a really nice place, includes a dance floor, the wedding cake, a buffet meal (2 entree's 5 sides and drinks) and it's only like $8000? Maybe less. The other places we looked (The Children's Museum & The Rathskellar) we're prob. $10,000 at the CHEAPEST!! So JB's it is.

On a non-wedding note. Today was the preschool Halloween party. We only had 2 families not read the notice & send their kids w/o costumes but we got that remedied. Everyone (well most the kids) were adorable. My babies were 2 bumblebees, 1 ladybug, 1 jammy girl. My Moo-Moo was the most adorable..Of course Im not biased. My GiGi was Batman (she's obesessed w/superheros, Batman, Spiderman, you name it she wants to be it, no princesses or any of that crap there. It's gonna be fun getting her to wear the flower girl dress for the wedding). I was the only teacher that dressed up, as always, and I wore my scrubs and my brand spankin new stethescope (commonly known on the "inside" as thermostat). I was so proud and it was a good thing I had it because.....TiTi showed up sick to school today. Her mom said she got sick (vomited) in the car but it was because she was so upset she puked (she didn't want to get into the car seat cause she had to take her wings off). Well, during the time when the kids got to hit the pinata (oh yes, we gave preschoolers free reign w/a nerf bat) she was very laid back and acted tired and felt warm. Well I thought I felt some gassiness cause she was sitting on my lap & after the party when we went to chang the kids (out of costumes for lunch, nap, & afternoon activities) *nastiness alert* dirrhea everywhere. Poor baby! You could tell she didn't feel good. So since her mom works at PS I told her what was going on and we changed her and she took her to have some lunch. When the rest of my class got in there, I noticed TiTi was kind of looking sick and no sooner did I start to walk over did she vomit all over herself. So her mom said she was gonna take her home and go to the doctor. Well mom called the PS and told them that the poor thing has a viral infection and will *hopefully* be back on Thursday. I don't want that sickness. But I needed my stethescope to listen to her bowels (active, obviously) and her chest to make sure there wasn't any congestion. But all in all the party was really good, the kids were really cute & really seemed to enjoy themselves.

On another illness note, my mom has THE FLU (which I told her she had, based on her symptoms, TEN DAYS AGO!!) and possibly MONO!! She'll get the test results back tomorrow morning. She's been sick as a dog for the last 2-3 weeks and hasn't done anything about it. So when I got home from class Thursday night she was laying on the couch and pretty much parked it there or in bed for the majority of the weekend and hasn't really been out since then. Hopefully she stays home til she's recovered.

Im at school and IT IS FREEEEEEZING!! Why do they keep the school at -50? Seriously, I have on like 3 layers and there's still a breeze!!

Ugh, this is long enough. The lady next to me is blabbing about how terrible the police are and Im gonna loose it if I don't get out of here.

A little green..

I just found out that an old (now ex) friend of mine from high school is expecting her second child & Im kind of jealous cause I want a baby so bad! And because my baby would have been 4 this year and I miss her all the time. She was such a shithead in high school and doesn't deserve to be happy. I know, how hateful is that?! I can't help it, she was a hot mess and burned all her bridges. Her baby daddy is u-g-l-y. But what do I know? I'd really rather be married and happy w/babies then w/randoms. I don't know..I just had an envious moment.

A good day!!

COLTS ARE 7-0!!! They were SOOOO bad during the first half..I had almost lost hope..But they are really good at regrouping during half time and pulled it out. It was so good. Im nervous about the Colts/Patriots game next Sunday. I think the Colts can do it, but it's gonna be tough. Anyway, Im so proud!!

So today on the way home from church Evan calls and tells me he got me something and to keep my shoes on if I get home before he gets there. So I get there and he's already there & Im thinking, OMG, he got himself a dog and we are taking it for a walk. (We have been talking about getting a dog because he is moving to his own place). Nope, he wanted me to keep my shoes on so I could walk over to his car. In the front seat is a little bear holding a box. He definitely got me DIAMOND earrings!!! OMG!! They are so beautiful and he is so wonderful. It's not even a special occasion. I've never had a guy spoil me like this. It was so awesome!! He makes me feel so special!!

Anyway, thats all for now..I need to head to bed. More later. :)

Oh so many things...

Goodness..Here we go..
1. Last weekend my mom took engagement pictures of Evan & I for our save the date cards and to announce our engagement. They all were really good, she should go professional. We took over 100 pictures and they were all free! Yay! So anyway, we went to Sam's Club to get them developed and make the announcements (well my mom & I did) and while we were waiting for them to fix the machines (which never happened and we didn't end up getting any, DAMMIT) and they have really nice wedding bands there so I was trying some on (diamond ones) and my engagement ring looked really dirty next to the bands, so I asked her if I could use the jewelry cleaner and then try them on. It still looked dirty. So I called Evan and asked him to be totally truthful to me and where did he get the ring (Ebay) and how much did he pay for it ($$$$) and he was. So I went back over to the lady and asked her to test the ring..It was defn. glass on sterling silver not any kind of diamonds or platinum. I was SO upset! Not about the fact that it was fake, but the fact that Evan got scammed so bad! So I called him & told him what happened and he told me to meet him @ Castleton and we were going to get a new ring. So we did & I did. It is GORGEOUS!! It's (almost) 1 carat round brilliant cut, E color VVS clarity, beautiful! He was so wonderful about the whole thing. He was not leaving til I had a new ring. And we got my wedding band, also gorgeous. Sapphire & Diamond on white gold. Can't wait to wear it. He's had her marked on Ebay and she told him (the seller) that she will refund all of his money.
2. Did I mention I got my dress? If not, Im not gonna go into big details in case someone I know or that knows Evan reads this & tells him. But it is very pretty, more princessey then I thought and I got my veil & headpiece. It's lovely. Im not 100% sold on it though,. I felt like i was rushed into it, I just need to see it when it fits. You know they make dresses in sample sizes, 4,6,8,10 and SOMETIMES 12. Not to mention that wedding gowns are made 2-4 sizes too small or smaller then what you wear in real life. So those 47lbs I lost meant shit at the bridal salon. I felt so HUGE!! And they were so rude to us, like we weren't goo enough to be in the store. The only saving grace was the man that designed my gown happened to be in the store that day and went through the whole fitting with me. The dress was so small, and we had to order it in a huge size. Everyone tells me not to think about the size, but guess how much that helps? I still know what the size inside the dress is gonna say. And Im really worried that when I get it (in FEBRUARY) that it will be so huge I won't be able to picture it fitting. Ugh I just don't want to plan the wedding anymore..LOL!!
3. We visit a florist today, Kathy from Kathy's Kloset. She & my mom used to be good friends and she just did a wedding of a close friend of the family and the flowers were gorgeous! She had some really good ideas and we set an appointment for 3 weeks from now. I can't wait! We also visited Jonathan Byrds today and talked to the reception guy. It all sounds really good except that as of now there can't be any alcohol but that may change in a year. It's all inclusive, well basically. We provided decorations (if we want to) and a dj. They provide food, dance floor, cake, etc. It's really nice. But we are also looking into The Children's Museum, The Rathskellar, The Omni Severin, & IMCPL Downtown. But JB's is very nice.

Ugghhh..there's more but Im too tired right now..Colts game tomorrow!! GO HORSE!!

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This isn't even wedding related but I feel the need to blog....
Last night there was a teacher's meeting at my preschool which I thought I had to miss because of school. Well I talked to my teacher and she said it was fine to leave so I called my mom (who is also my boss) and asked her if I needed to be at the meeting (we were reviewing in class & even though I COULD miss class I didn't WANT to) she discussed w/me what she was going to talk about and I asked her if anything was going to change invovling MY students or MY class (cause umm those are things I need to have a say in). She said no, nothing except what she talked about. Okay so Im feeling fine about missing the meeting..Until 5:20AM this morning. I am getting ready to leave & she is upstairs eating breakfast as Im getting ready to walk out. I ask about the meeting, she says it was good, lasted 2 hours (yikes!), and that the discussion went pretty well. As Im about to leave she says "we're moving Jasmine out of your class and you will start having naptime in Mrs. Tammy's room." ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS!??!!?!?!? Jasmine is not ready to move out of my class and having them nap in a different place will mess up their nap schedules. Jasmine needs to be with me until she gets potty trained, but of course my mom thinks she knows better. So Im so upset Im shaking & almost in tears because she LIED to me & just drops this bomb. She was about to say something else but I told her I had to go. She had the audacity to act suprised when I was upset and told me "Im sorry your so upset." And I said "It's fine I'll get over it just like every otehr decision thats been made." How much of a coincedence is it that at the exact meeting I can't go to she make changes to my class!? That was really neat. Then when I get to work my room is trashed because one of the other teachers couldn't do a couple of SIMPLE things I asked her to do. I was in a pissy mood pretty much all day & I just talked to her & of course SHE didn't do anything wrong and blah blah blah. Sometimes I get so sick of her stuff. Anyway, that was basically my day & I feel better having blogged about it.


Wedding Stuff Ahead
We've picked colors, I may have mentioned this before, but since my brain is , here we go. They will be Persimmon as the main color (a burnt orange kind of look) like here http://davidsbridal.com/bridesmaids_detail.jsp?stid=2967&prodgroup=110 and apple as one of the accent colors (but not bright more of a dark red) like herehttp://davidsbridal.com/bridesmaids_bycolor_detail.jsp?stid=2984&sid=15406&cfid=52 and a little bit of a green accent. It all looked really pretty when we looked at Davids last Saturday. I really don't like any of the dresses I see on the Davids website and I know they have more in the stores, but when we went to Posie Patch and I saw the Allure & Maggie Sottero etc dresses I LOVED every one of them. I just wanna skip Davids all together and head to Posie Patch but my mom says no. GRRR..I thought we weren't gonna be able to find a place to have the reception but so far I've received yes's from Jonathat Byrds, Primo West, Rathskellar, & IMCPL Downtown. Im excited to finally get a place reserved. Hopefully we'll go tour those facilities next weekend, since this weekend the goal is to find a dress. Im also planning on making sure I still like those colors together and in about 1-2 weeks sending out Bridesmaid Luncheon invitations. My idea is to have all the girls get together for lunch and then we'll head to (most likely) Davids and I'll tell them the main color and have them pick whatever dress they want as long as it is floor length. Maybe we'll do this over my birthday weekend because the holidays are coming up & they won't have time til January to get it done.

That is all for now..

Oh M y

Oh goodness I am in love w/ tickers..LOL.. I wanna post another wedding one, Halloween, Christmas, Thanksgiving..LOL..Im sure there'll be one when we decide when the Bridal Shower is...Anyway, so far I've only added my birthday countdown...

We are going dress shopping again today. Hopefully things aren't too crazy at the stores since we didn't make appointments. I think we are going to Davids & Bridal Superstore by Posie Patch. We are also gonna try and decide on colors today and look at some bridesmaids gowns to get an idea of if I want to do seperates or a dress that will look good on everyone. I found one the other day that I showed Angel and she said it would look really good on everybody, so we'll see. Im really leaning towards the main color either being chocolate brown or burn orange. I think both those would look good w/everyone's skin tone. Im sure we'll also go back to the Bridal Outlet and look at the original dress.

Thats all for now. Must go shower and meet my mom. I'll let you know how it goes. Oh, and it's finally fall here!! The temp. when I woke up was 38 and the high is only 60!! YAY!!

Oh wait, thats not all for now. I found out that when we want to have the wedding next year falls on Circle City Classic weekend which is a big deal here in Indy and everything will be at a premium price!!! I've already had 4 no's from reception venues because they are booked for receptions or CCC events. SUCK!! And, I don't know what the deal is w/the time here, but it usually says something way off so just FYI it's 9:13AM where I am:)

Truly Overwhelmed

So my mom & I went dress shopping on Monday after work. I didn't have school because of the holiday so it was nice and not crowded. I found one I LOVE but I don't want to have just one day of looking at dresses. I want to have the teary, weepy, mother-daughter moment. Ya know..Anyway, I stil can't get it together on colors. I am seeming to love a burnt orange as the main color more and more. I'll just have to see what the girls think. Also, I have had a change in the maid of honor..Well possibly. I saw Rachel last Friday and she was, lets say, less then excited about me getting married. I know everyone's life doesn't revovle around me getting married but I expected my "best friend" to want to know more then just "how much did the ring cost?" All we talked about was her divorce, her sex life, how terrible everything is, it kind of sucked. I mean, I know A LOT can change in a year, but right now, I just don't know if she's up for the task..Planning a shower, the bachelorette party, helping out with things..Who knows? So I asked my other best friend Angel to do the honor. Let me just give you an example, yesterday at school before I even said hi to her, Angel was asking about the wedding "have you gone dress shopping, have you picked colors, do you need any help?" etc. You get the picture. She just seems to want to be more involved and I would've asked her if I hadn't known Rachel longer and figured her response would be different. I was just hurt by her actions, or non-actions I guess. Anyway, thats that. We'll see what happens. Hopefully this Saturday my mom & I are going to shop til we drop and see if we can find me a dress and settle on the colors. I want to go to David's Bridal, Posie Patch, Bridal Superstore, and back to Bridal Outlet to see the original dress. These bridal dress seller ladies are INTENSE! They want you to buy the MOST expensive dress in the store and they didn't really listen when I said I didn't like something. I had to be ADAMANT about it. And some of the dresses are HORRIFIC!! It also makes one feel like a fat cow when ALL the dresses are made 2 sizes smaller then what a normal person wears. Thats pretty great.

So far I've
1. Reserved the church for October 4, 2008 at 5:00 PM (hopefully it won't be 900 degrees like it was last weekend and yesterday, I want FALL weather.)
2. Asked the minister that christened me in the same church to do the wedding
3. Figured out the bridal party one way or another
4. Asked Gigi & Boo Bears mom if she will make the flower girls and junior bridesmaid dresses. These dresses Im seeing online & in the stores are just way to RISQUE for girls that will be 6, 4, & 3. She is an AMAZING seamstress and will do a great job.
5. Decided I want my dress to be ivory/candlelight/champange since we are having a fall wedding, bright white will be too much not to mention the above colors look better w/my skin color and red hair

Thats basically all I've decided on. I need to quit my job and school to do this wedding full time!! LOL!! I wish I had more time to spend on it, but it will be okay. I have 3 weeks off from school at Christmas time and I can get a lot done then. I hope to have my wedding gown by then also. School is just kicking my butt, I had to cut down my hours at work to get all of the homework done. Thats all for now..

And it begins...

So I gave Evan a "homework" assignment. Right now we need to figure out our budget and an estimate of how many people we want to invite. So far, by myself, I have 98 people and thats not everyone. I've thought of like 10 more just sitting here and most of them are definitely gonna come to the wedding. So I told him to do 2 things. His dad offered to give us money as a wedding gift so I told him to find out how much (he said like $5000!!!) that would be amazing but we need to know a rough estimate there so we can add it to whatever my parents want to spend. So I asked him to try and figure out how much money his dad was gonna give us and give me a list of family/friends/co-workers that he wanted to invite to the wedding. I told him that at 5:00 PM today. When he called at 9:30PM he had already forgotten. Now I know, he's a guy and this wedding stuff prob. isn't that big of a deal to him, especially since we've been engaged liker 4 days. But I want to be ready to start looking at reception halls/banquet places etc as soon as my parents get back. Everyone has told me booking the reception and the flowers are the most important. Hopefully he remembers to do these things, but we'll see. Then I emailed my mom 2 days ago (they have internet on the cruise ship, NICE) and she emailed me back today. As previously mentioned, Evan's sister wants to be our wedding coordinator. Now I think it would be nice to have a "go-to" person, but her fee is 10% and I didn't think my parents would go for it. In my email my mom was really sweet but she defn. said "you KNOW me, I don't need someone else telling me how to spend my money." Yikes. Sounds like a defn. no the wedding planner, but we'll see. If Lindsey sits down & talks to them, they might change their mind, but prob. not. Anyway, thats all for now. I think I've narrowed down the color palette. Well I've settled on using fall colors. Oranges & wine/berries. It's gonna be great!! More later...

BIG NEWS!!!

On Sunday September 30th...Evan PROPOSED!!! YAAAY!! Im so happy..It was so wonderful and meaningful and just great! We've set a date of October 4, 2008. It means a lot to me because it would've have been my maternal grandparents 67th anniversary..He wanted a Christmas wedding, but we decided that at Christmas people already have so many things they have to do, not to mention the cost would be so much more. The ring is GORGEOUS!! I'll have to post a picture soon..I've pretty much got my part of the bridal party picked out...Rachel (my best friend) will be my maid of honor, Jamie, Angel, & Brittany will be be bridesmaids, Maci, & Grace will be flower girls with Mark in between them as the ring bearer and Gabby as the junior bridesmaid. All Evan knows is his best man will either be Bryan or Zach or both. We'll see how that goes. His sister wants to be our coordinator..She works for Circle City Planners (who are phenomenal) but the fee is 10% of the budget. Which doesn't seem like much, but if our budget is $15,000 then $1500 goes to her alone. Thats a big chunk of change, but she might be able to get us a deal, but if not, and we don't use her, then she'll be in the wedding party also. I haven't really thought of much else..I know I want the theme to be fall/harvest/a little bit of Halloween thrown in. I have no idea on colors. I saw 2 the other day that i really liked..tangerine & garnet. They looked really good together. But what Im gonna do is go to Home Depot or Lowes and look at the paint samples to get an idea of what goes well together and get a base color w/1 or 2 accent colors. Another problem is that my favorite color is purple and there really aren't any purple flowers in season in October. But I do love purple a lot..LOL!! I actually have to make decisions instead of just daydreaming about them. It's a lot to do. Not to mention that my parents are on vacation until the 10th or 11th of October and I need them to help set a budget and my mom to help me make decisions on colors/favors/flowers & go dress shopping.
The things I know for sure:
1. I don't want the flower girls to toss petals, I want them to toss silk leaves that are different colors to go w/the fall theme. I bought them last weekend before I got engaged. I saw them, they were gorgeous & on sale!!
2. I don't want to carry white flowers. If I can avoid white flowers totally I will. I'll already have on a white dress. I want my flowers to stand out.
3. We are getting married at the church I grew up in and have attended the majority of my life.
4. I want an evening wedding
5. I want it to be very family & kid oriented
6. Im going to carry (along w/my bouquet) the Bible my paternal grandma carried at her wedding
Things Im kind of sure of
1. I want to give the bridesmaids a color to wear and have them pick out whatever style they want as long as the dress is floor length (that part I know for sure)
2. I think I want a place that serves alcohol for the reception but that's not a necessity
3. I want to go on a honeymoon in the islands..Fiji, Costa Rica, St. Thomas etc.

So thats basically it. I have opened an account on theknot website and its really helpful, but it does throw into light how much has to be done in about 367 days!! More later:)