Priest Encounter

Matt and I had an appointment with the priest today. It was yet another experience. We got there and we start talking....you know, he asks how wedding plans are going and whatnot. Then he shows us this book with all the readings and songs we need to pick for the mass. Then he asks about our precana class and we gave him the certificate. THEN he tells us he needs to interview us individually and matt needs to leave the room. OMG...isnt that what precana was for? Ok so matt leaves and hes asking me questions about my parents, my catholic background, CCD, my views on kids, and then how often I go to church. I was doing great until he asked me what church I belonged to. Honestly, I havent registered with my neighborhood church so IDK. For the love of God I could NOT remember the name of my neighborhood church.... all I could say was that the cemetery was around the corner from my house but could not remember the name. So he pulls out this directory and names the churches in Bensalem...but none of them are clicking in my head so instead of saying "Hey Father, I dont live in Bensalem" I picked a random church that he just said and rationalized it with "The cemetery must not belong to that church". LOL He tells me that I need to register of course and I tell him that I still send money to St Barts and I still come to church there. But I still need to register with my church. Ok.. by then I am nervous as humanly possible lol because he said this interview was to see if we were prepared for what we were getting into. In addition to this dumb fuck up, I dont think he wrote down La Salle as 4 years of catholic education... lol Should I email him, call him, or just forget about it? I belong to Our Lady of Grace...in Langhorne. Priests freak me out... IDK. He actually looks Jewish. Matt doesnt think the priest likes him very much but when Matt told him that a Franciscan Monk might be marrying us, the priest changed his tone. Do you think he is going to look into this?? He is going to follow me up and see if I registered lol? IDK he wrote it all down... I just dont do well under pressure. Matt was listening in and told me he could hear the bubbliness fall out of my voice lol. Matt's interview was the same except he did awesome. Well, I guess if we failed the interview he might have told us right then and there lol.

Changing topics....
This weekend I had a wedding invitation assembly party at my house lol. It went awesome until we tried folding the cards. We did like 3 samples and they ALL worked. However, after spending hours gluing and cutting card stock together, the invitations bubbled when we folded them and they did not fold well. It turns out that when creating your own invitations from scratch, fold first, then glue. I am rather depressed about this because I really NEEDED to get them done. What we didnt fold will be used for programs but I need to order new paper and do this again. I dont need to think about programs yet but at least I have some of them taken care of. Oh mannnnn!

Im looking into having Acme do our flowers. I am going to call Genardis and Giant later this week so I can get a few different prices. I heard they do a nice job and are inexpensive.

Well, things are really picking up speed and I'm starting to freak out about the things we still have left to do. It will all come together in the end.

This is our list of unfinished tasks we need to do before the wedding:

Flowers
Finish paying off the hall
Get wedding invitations
Mail invitations
Chose readings/songs- after Easter I was told
Dress alterations- April 10 (still need a bra and shoes)
Seating chart
Figure out who is coming and fill in extra spaces for those who will not be there
Book our honeymoon- possibly this week
2nd meeting with the cake people
Meet with the venue guy and tell him what color table cloths we need
Limo arrangements
Figure out hair stuff (who, how much, make up?, girls?)
Assemble/Print remainder of the programs
Rehearsal- Thursday before the wedding
Get flower girl dress
Get the boys Tuxs
Get my wedding bang made (2 months before the wedding)
Engagement pictures (End of May/June)
Pay for photographer (Nathan from Rome)
Get Father Greg in PA to marry us

Making a list did not help ease my anxiety lol. Idk if I forgot anything but its alot and the wedding is in 4 months. It would be awesome to have some cooperation. If you have any suggestions or tips, please share. Well thats all for now, so Ill chime in later on this week with more details about the wedding. xoxo