Checking things off the list :)

Hey Readers,

Matt and I had another effective weekend. Invitations should be complete within the next few weeks. They look great! However, I do not recommend making your own invitations from scratch... it is far too much work but actual invitations cost way too much. Eh, its what you need to do when your on a budget.

Speaking of budget.... everyone reading is aware of the wedding drama that has been going down with select parties. Well Id just like to put it out there that someone who could remain nameless, but wont because it is just WAY too much fun to point this out... Blair is going to pay half of Rachel's college tuition (which is awesome and I wish he would have done so for matt) That is apparently the newest reason he could not donate to the wedding fund. Now, Im not pissed at anyone for not being able to chip in because we all understand that money is tight but when you
A- Dont have a mortgage because you live with your mother
B- Dont pay for your car/gas because your work does
C- Get a yearly bonus of XX,XXX amount each year
D- Kicked your youngest son out the house and have one less mouth to feed
E- Can hold his 'EX' wife and 'ex' step son on his health policy
F- Collected hundreds of thousands of dollars from your divorce with LISA
G- Buy 2 of ur kids LAP TOPS for christmas
H- And house hunt in Baltimore
I- Take weekend getaways and vacations with other peoples kids
There is no reason he should not have additional money SAVED for when HIS kids get married. Writing a check for Rachel's college is awesome but it proves that there is extra money saved for his kids. Seeing how he didnt pay shit towards Matts education, its a jack ass move on his part. Now that everyone has read this... lol if Rachel doesn't get money for college, u can all think hes a bigger liar than before. He will tell people that he helped matt with college, but if that was true, Matt wouldnt owe what he owes. What he might be referring to is when Matt and I went to Italy.. JACKIE used frequent flier points to discount his ticket and JACKIE tried to pay off some of his loans (which did not dent what he owed). That marriage didnt last long and again, Blair will blame Lisa and his kids but the truth is he is a liar LOL and hide the fact that he went to anger management classes because he is a wife beater...along with other things.

Its my blog and I can discuss whatever I want... its not like any of this shit is new. Now I'm going to stop wasting my time talking about a dead beat dad when I am obviously making this wedding work. Bottom line is that this is happening and I am going to marry the best man I have ever and will ever meet. We love each other and if having an elaborate wedding was important to us, we would have went another way in doing this but God has provided us with this plan and its working JUST fine. If that pisses people off then stop reading and ignore everything. Matt and I have been counting down the days on FB and listing one reason a day why we love eachother... some people think its GAY and that we will not have enough reasons for the 97 days we have left but we will lol. In fact, I think Matt and I's relationship is so unlike everyone else' generic relationship that this is why our relationship will work. When you experience what we have... you just understand what makes your relationship standout from everyone else. Matt and I both come from broken families and I could spend forever bitching about both of them, but what we learned from our effed up family drama, is how NOT to treat each other. Some people will say love is complicated but if your love is complicated then what you think is love... can't be. Loving someone should be easy..not complicated. Im not saying that love does not require work but working for love should be a simple emotion... something that does not piss you off when you need to do it. I love every piece of relationship that is thrown at me and matt. Enough with the mushy love talk.

I look forward to our new life together and love the people who will become my new family... even if some of them don't care for me. I accept what I have and could not ask for anything better. I am truly blessed. Thanks for reading.

Taking care of buisness

Tux rentals are now checked off the list!
Bridesmaids shoes are also checked off the list!
Wedding invitation paper is also in!

What happens next? Well... most likely wedding invitation assembly party, part II. I am thinking this Friday might be good...sooner rather than later is best. We are starting to seriously research transportation and hotel accommodations for our out of town guests also. That would require us to know how many of our out of towners will be joining us so it might be awhile. I also need to call the music coordinator for the church to discuss who is singing and what they will be singing. So we are slowly but surely making progress towards our special day. Eloping would have been easier and less dramatic but this is what we deserve. What I don't need is people second guessing my choices and stuff like that. Input is always appreciated but try not to criticize my decisions.

We get more excited with everyday that passes by. The count down from today is 105 days! I can't wait to marry my best friend...what Matt and I have is special and though I know it will be tough at times, I know what we have will last for a life time.

In other news, Wednesday was my birthday. Thank you to everyone who texted/called/emailed me a happy birthday. My birthday was drama-free for the most part.

Ok well the ball is rolling and isn't going to stop everrrrr. I'll keep you posted on what happens next! Thanks for reading.

Crossing things off the list

Hello All,

So we took care of the flowers yesterday. They're really nice and we found a nice corporation who can do it for dirt cheap (I heart capitalism). Our favors came in the mail yesterday as well. We're pleased with them, but they did not come assembled, which means we just have more work to do. Melissa also got her alterations to the wedding dress finished yesterday. The dress will be ready sometime in July. Next week is tuxedo weekend. Remember everyone, Oxford Valley mall @ 1:00 PM. The new batch of paper for the invitations should be arriving on Wednesday. Hopefully this time it will go a tad bit better. Melissa's stressing about transportation, but I think everything will be fine. I mean, really, at the end of the night will someone really not give us a ride? But Meliss is worried everyone will be wasted. Anyone have transportation suggestions? Thanks for listening. Things are going smoothly and this was a very productive weekend. Continue to tune in ;-)as we grow closer to our special date.

-Matt

Moving along

Hey people,
Things are moving along, slowly but surely. I got a lot accomplished this week. I have an official appointment with the florist, a dress fitting on saturday, and a honeymoon booked! Matt has a tux fitting coming up and then I think we may call the cake people again to make a second appointment. I am more prepared for this cake appointment because I am getting the cake I dreamed about but these people arent making it. The cake that comes with the hall will be decorated differently so I dont need them to do anything crazy like I originally asked. The most difficult decision so far is about the actual invitations. I may go with a package of do-it-yourself cards because making them from scratch isnt as easy as I thought. When me and the girls attempted putting the cards together, they folded weird and we will use what wasnt folded as programs...really cute programs. Now that our honeymoon is booked, Im even more excited! Things are really coming along. Hopefully I will be able to knock out this list asap. The wedding is less than four months away at this point. At Easter when I saw Matts family, everyone was talking about it. Everyone seems excited for us and are looking forward to it. Its weird... I probably wont see most of them again until our big day. Oh mannnn!!! : )

Some questions for people to think about:
How does one work out transportation to a wedding?? How do I get from my house, to the church, to the photo site, back to the church maybe to pick up cars, and then to the reception site...and then home? Do I get a limo for the entire day? Can they do that? I dont want to ride alone so the girls need to come with me but at the end of the night, its just me and matt...and the girls need to have cars at the reception site. Idk... it needs to be inexpensive-ish and safe...and air conditioned. LOL

Well thats all for now.. nighty night :)