Okay, well, it's all over with. =( That's the sad part. But the good part is that Myles and I had an absolutely AWESOME wedding. And everyone else says so, too, so it's not just us. lol There were no gliches or hiccups or anything. No disasters, no problems. It was amazing. I don't have a whole bunch of the pictures in yet, but I do have some, so I'll post some of the good ones I have on here.

One Thursday, everyone started coming in, so admidst getting all of the final stuff done, I had a ton of people there. But it was all good, since I loved getting to spend time with them. Friday Mom and Misty and I all got manis and pedis, Mom's treat to her "two" daughters. =) Doug and his girlfriend came in on Friday morning and oh man was I sooooo happy to see him. Turns out, I used to hang out with his girlfriend way back in middle school. LOL That's some funny stuff right there. But she's awesome, so it's all good. The rehearsal went well on Friday as did the dinner.

And then Saturday came. The big day.

The day started at 5:30, getting up and getting showered. We made a Starbucks stop and then we were on our way to the salon so Jesse could do our hair...we had to be there at 6:30 so that he could get all of us and my makeup done by noon. We were there a long time, but it didn't feel like it. Just us girls gabbing and having fun and joking around. The girls' hair was great, all in French twists with some mini calla lillies and pearls, but each one done differently.

After Jesse finished my makeup it was time to head back to my house to get our dresses and accessories and head over to the church to get ready for the pictures we were doing before the wedding to cut down on the time spent on them after the ceremony. The dress zipped out without a hitch, which was great, and then I just sat there. And sat there some more until Ed, our photographer, was ready to do pictures with my and my maids and family.

Everyone kept asking if I was nervous, and the answer was no. I was just anxious. I was sick of sitting there and I wanted to get the show on the road, so to speak. Mom and Dad were getting a little emotional, but I remained calm. Until I was lined up to walk down the aisle with my dad. Then it hit me. I was fighting back tears when my dad lifted my veil and kissed me on the cheek, and when Myles took my arm to walk me to the minister, I was having a hard time, but he just kept looking at me and smiling and it really helped calm me down. Hell, I don't even remember what the minister said and what we said. Myles and I were whispering to each other the whole time, and at one point Misty and I caught the giggles. Her son was the ringbearer and he was sitting on a chair behind the guys, but right in view of Misty and I and he started doing this heavy breathing/hyperventilating thing, using his whole body and stuff. Oh God it was hilarious. Luckily, one of the guys saw what was happening and moved him so we couldn't see him anymore. =P

I know I messed up a line, but I don't even remember what it was. =P And then it was done. We were married. =) Then everyone blew the bubbles at us and then Myles and I took off in Doug's Mustang, and then we came back and took pictures. And then we went to the reception site and took some more pictures. LOL

And then we finally got announced and got to start the best part of all of it...the party. =) Eating and drinking and all that good stuff. The one thing that was really hard was getting around to talk to everyone. I still feel like I missed people. After the first dance, most of the people pretty much cut out, but those that were left were our close family and friends and we all had a blast. And I mean a freaking blast. Dancing and drinking and laughing and just having fun. I walked out onto the dance floor with my champagne and Misty promptly came out, took my glass and gave me the bottle of champagne. LOL So there was Tera, walking around with a bottle of champagne. =P Eh, oh well, it was my day. =)

After the reception was over, a bunch of us headed to a bar downtown, within walkign distance. I change but kept my veil on, since there was no way I was traipsing around in that huge ass dress and letting everyone walk all over it, since one of the bustle things broke and it didn't hold it up right. The bar was a great time. At one point, Myles came up to me and told me we had to talk to some people. I was like, um okay. I followed him, and he walked to the front of the bar to the front booths, stopping at each one and saying hi and asking if they got their shot and telling them we had just gotten married. Yeah, he bought a round for the ENTIRE BAR. *shaking my head and laughing*. That's my Myles. You should have seen my brother's face when he found out what Myles did...since at the beginning of the night he told the waitress that Myles and I were on his tab. Hahahah.

After a few more drinks and being bought a couple more shots, Myles and I decided to head out, at like 1:30. Once we got back to our hotel room, Myles decided he wanted one more beer. So he calls up the best man, who has the cooler full of beer in his room and who was also still at the bar. And voila, Kevin, Dawn and or friend Fulk show up at our room with the cooler and stay there until a little after 4. lol Yeah, it was a LONG day. But it was so much fun.

Sunday was all about sleeping and only waking up for short amounts of time when we absolutely had to. LOL For those of you on my MySpace, keep a watch out on there because I'll be posting pictures as I get them. It's way to difficult to do them on here...but I managed to get some on my main blog which you guys can go read now that I'll be done with this one. http://editortera.blogspot.com And don't let the editor part mislead you, it's not all about editing. Not hardly. =) And I'll be posting some final thoughts on this one when I finally get some time. =)

Day "It's Almost Here!"

So, the wedding has changed. =P Ann and Samantha are out. Ann pulled Samantha to be vindictive bitch, but it's all good, because we still have Kevin and Dawn's daughter, Ashley. I feel sorry for Brian, though. Man. To make a long story short, Ann screwed up my bachelorette party in a big way, expected ME to call HER about it, and then sent me an email pretty much blaming it all on me. I emailed her back and told her exactly how I feel and what she sent me back was pretty much craziness. It's pretty funny when the world's most self-centered person tells you that you are selfish and that you expect the world to revolve around you. Hahahaha. But really, it's all good. I haven't wanted her in the wedding for a while now, and she's the one who's out all the money for being a bitch...150 for her dress about about the same for Samantha's. And whatever else she may have bought. She can burn the dresses for all I care. Tonight I'll be going through and tossing any pictures I have of her and the kids. She wants me out of her daughter's life, fine. I love that kid to death and I feel sorry for her, having to grow up with a mom like Ann. It'll be a blessed day when Brian finally leaves her ass. So yeah, we'll have an uneven wedding party, but I'm completely cool with that. I'd rather have all the people I care about up there instead of her. We;ve been growing more distant for some time, and I guess I just never realized how volatile the situation really was. But, it's all good now. I feel absolutely no stress and I can move on and have no tension on my wedding day, considering my mom can't stand her, and for good reason. I need to just start paying some attention when my mom doesn't like people. LOL It's usually a darn good indicator. hahahah.

Day "It's Really Close Now!"

Wow. It's here practically. I'm so excited and I'm not worried about anything. I hada snafu with a bridesmaid this weekend, well, she was a maid of honor, but she has since been downgraded, but that's a story for another time. Let's just say she made her bed and she has to lie in it and I feel like a weight has been lifted off my chest when it comes to that situation. I'm not worried about her behavior on the wedding day...if she knows what's good for her, she'll keep quiet and be on her best behavior. Or I'll sic Doug or Dawn on her. And anyone who knows Doug knows how intimidating and scary he can be. LOLOL

I'm pretty much stress free and it's great. This week will just be wrapping up all the loose ends and making some phone calls, but it's all good. We'll be getting the favors all tied up and ready and stuff, and yeah. I'm so excited for the wedding. =) Tonight we go to the church to meet with Fulk, our DJ, and Joe, our minister, to work out the flow of things and such. It'll be all good. Then cleaning the house tonight and tomorrow night and Wednesday people start coming. lol

All the days I've missed

Wow, I've sucked at this. I've sucked at blogging in general lately, actually. I've been pretty busy with wedding stuff and everything. Today I'm going to sit down and go through my wedding list and figure out just exactly what I have left to do. Tomorrow is our last meeting with Joe, our minister, and then we'll be going with him one day this week or next week to check out the church so Joe can get a feel for everything and we can decide how the logistics of everything are going to go. If we go over this beforehand, Joe will be able to get the rehearsal done a lot faster and such. I'm getting really really excited, but I'm getting a little nervous, too. But not for the reasons people probably think. It has nothing to do with actually getting married or anything like that. I've never been more sure of anything in my life that I want to marry Myles, so no jitters where that is concerned. =P I'm actually nervous to walk down the aisle and stand up there in front of everyone with all those people staring at me. Eek. And I'm nervous at how much I'll cry...yeah, of course they'll be happy tears, but still. =P

I went and picked up my dress on Friday night, and of course, as anything goes, there was a snafu. For some reason, it won't zip. So yeah, Extreme dieting for me. But I have no worries that it'll be fine on my wedding day. I have two AWESOME maids of honor who actually had a pow wow together when they found out and have a whole plan worked out for me. =P I'm to be reporting to Ann for lunch and she'll have a lunch ready for me on my diet for the next two weeks, and then I'll only have to take care of my dinner and breakfast which is no big deal. And they're also going to set up a fruit flush for me, and Misty said that the three of us are meeting tonight to go over everything. So, yeah, I have no worries about it. It'll all be good. =)

There's not really a whole heck of a lot left to do, so it'll be all good. No really stress whatsoever, so that's always good. And yes, I promise I'll try to get better over the next two weeks. =)

Days 24 and 23

Day 24 wedding stuffs consisted pretty much of just the photographer. We met with Ed Lausch yesterday to go over packages, when and where we are going to do different pictures and so on and so forth. Just pretty much the basic. So now I don't have to worry about that at all. =) He'll be calling me a couple of days before the wedding to confirm, but that's it.

And today, Day 23, we just got back from the Holiday Inn Select and meeting with Brad to finalize all the reception stuff. So that's done now. All I have to do where that is concerned is drop of my box of stuff the day before. =) It feels like everything is coming together now, and it's really awesome. I'm excired!

Day 25

So yesterday I made all of our major appointments for this week, so that was a little bit of time on the phone setting that up. I also typed up the poem Misty wrote for the wedding favors to get it all laid out and decide just exactly how small I can make it and so on and so forth.

The biggest thing that happened yesterday was Myles spending a big part of the evening up at his computer, going through Joe Satriani songs for the wedding. There is one we're going to play at the end of the ceremony and then he's chosen a slew of them to be played pre-dinner and during dinner, before the dancing music starts and stuff. I thought it was really awesome that My went upstairs when he got home from work and just did it. =) It meant a lot to me that he put that much time and energy into it without me saying a word. =)

That was about it for yesterday, but like I said before, the closer we get, the more there will be. Today (day 24) we meet with the wedding photographer after work and will probably have to give him our first unborn child. Or maybe it's our second. I know that the Holiday Inn Select gets one and the photographer gets the other. Still haven't worked out all the details, but I'm sure someone will be there to cart them off as I pop them out. Or something like that.

Anywho, hopefully all goes well with the photographer and we get all that figured out, without Myles discussing too much side stuff with the guy. =) Everytime we're there, they get into these long conversations. Sigh. But, oh well.

Day????

Yeah, I know. I've sucked at keeping up on this. =P I was really super good in the beginning, but as any of you who know me know how I am...you probably figured that wouldn't last for long.

I can't believe it's already the middle of September!!! Wow. There is now less than a month until the wedding, and believe it or not, I'm not stressing. =) I've got the majority of everything done, so I'm not completely bombarded with things to do. And as I was going over the list of things that need to be done with Myles yesterday, he actually paid me a really nice compliment and said that I'd done a really good job with all of this. =) Yeah, that made me really happy.

This week will be busy for us where wedding stuffs is concerned. Tomorrow we meet with our photographer after work, Wednesday at noon we meet with our reception guru, and then on Thursday we'll be getting our before-the-wedding trims. =P And then friday is Samantha's birthday party at our house. So, yeah, we're pretty busy with stuff this week. It's getting down the wire, but I'm comfortable with where we are and not worried about it at all. =) I'm just excited for it to finally be here. I know guys aren't into the whole wedding thing, so I've tried not to bother Myles with too much of it, but I'm hoping he at least enjoys the day of the wedding. =P

Day 31

Well, we went out today and bought our rings. And after three hours of looking and comparing, we chose them. =) I don't have a picture of Myles's, since they are bringing in two more from another store so he can choose which one (er, diamonds), he likes the best. And mine, well, Myles basically chose it for me, and it's AMAZING.

The only part that sucks about it? I just got a fantastic new ring that looks wonderful with my killer engagement ring, and I can't freaking wear it for another month. LOL Yeah, that kinda blows. Myles's is similar to mine, only his is bigger, cuz, well, he's a guy. If he wore something the exact same as mine, he'd look pretty effeminate. That's just no good for me.

And in other wedding news, well, there is none. We've been busy lately and we haven't really done anything, but we know we have to get it done and it's all good. Nothing too major to do other than meet with some people, order a few things and so on and so forth.

Day Thirty-Something

Okay, I'm not re-doing it, so everyone go here for the post for today. =)

Day 38

As the wedding day and festivities get closer, I'm pretty much doing at least something wedding related every day. =) Yesterday it was getting some invites ready for Myles to take to work this morning and going over some RSVP stuffs. And we've also been in cleaning/project mood this week to get ready for Saturday. We don't really need to do any cleaning and such, since we're not filthy pigs, it just gives us an excuse to get things done that we normally wouldn't...like putting chair rail up and getting the carpets cleaned. =) Oh, and Myles cleaning his office. LOL It's his man cave, so I never say anything about it, but I LOVE it when he cleans it all up nice. hahah.

So much for which day it is

I've sucked lately at keeping this up, mostly because we've had so much going on. This weekend has been all about wedding stuff actually, in some form or another. We've been working on getting some home improvement projects done before Saturday so we don't have a bunch of unfinished stuff. =) I'm moved into my office and the chair rail will be going up one night this week, so that's all done. It's really nice to have everything in one place, all of my reference books and all that good stuff. I've been needing to seperate work from everything else anyway. Writing and editing is always done in front of the TV and that's no good. So, from now on, that's no longer an issue. I'll be holed up in my office most of the time, and I'm okay with that. It's MUCH less distracting this way.

Misty and I headed down to South Bend on Saturday for my final dress fitting. It went great! =) Much better than I had anticipated, and a lot cheaper than we had thought it would be, too. The dress zipped up fine, but I ended up having them take out a half an inch on both sides of my ribcage justs so I could breathe a little easier. I'm sure I'm going to want to be able to take deep breaths on the day of the wedding. LOL I'll have to actually go back on Wednesday October 1 to try it on and pick it up, which kind of sucks, but, oh well. =P I'll get to have $1 margaritas with Mom and Dad afterward. I'll just stay the night and drive to work in the morning.

The rest of the wedding stuff is pretty much done, just a few straggling RSVPs that I need to get, of people that I know for a fact will be in the wedding, because, well, they're in it. LOL I need to send an email out to my bridesmaids about some final things, but that's no big deal. We need to make the programs and order the cardstock for the place cards, since the color of the card will determine for the waiters/waitresses what entree that person is eating. It'll be much easier for them that way. And fear not, we're not seating anyone other than a few tables up front by the head table for the spouses and children of people in the wedding, and our parents and my grandparents. Everyone else can sit where they want. =)

We're getting down to the wire here, but there's really not that much to do. I can't believe my bridal shower is this Saturday. Unbelievable!

I still have to think about bridesmaid gifts, too, but I'm just not sure what to do about that. The only person I know what I'm absolutely going to do for is Misty. Finding a gift to get four other people is difficult, since it's hard to choose one that that everyone will like and won't shove in a drawer or throw away when they get home. I've seen a lot of things I like, but I'm not sure everyone else would like, but it's not like I have $100 per person to spend. So, we'll see what happens. Just not sure.

Day 51 - 47

Amazingly enough, I haven't been consumed with wedding stuffs. The only thing I did was cancel our DJ so that Jason, Misty's cousin, can DJ for us. I'd rather have someone I know do it. And it's a bonus that we're friends with him. I sat down last night to get him the information he needs about the big day, songs lists, people, etc. All of the pertinent stuff. I'm really needing to sit down and go over my To Do lists and see what all I can get done this week, since from here on out I'm sure things are going to be pretty hectic. This coming weekend is my final dress fitting, the weekend after that is my bridal shower, and the rest of september is shaping up to be darn busy, too. Then comes the first two weeks of October, which are jam packed for me.

I'm crossing my fingers about the dress this weekend. I've really been watching what I eat and trying to do some back exercises to work on the back flab. LOL That's what's making me unable to take a deep breath. It zips fine, I just have to be able to breathe in the damn thing. I've been wanting to go on walks with Myles, but we've just been so busy that it hasn't happened. So, cross your fingers for me!

Day 52

I got a few wedding things done today, but nothing major. Myles and I got Stephanie's dress sent out to her in Hawaii. She should get it on Thursday. And a piece of advice...only send VERY SMALL THINGS to Hawaii. Like, um, cards and letters. LOL Anywho...The cake topper also came in yesterday. It's very Myles and Tera. LOL I let Myles pick it out since he's kind of been in charge of the cake, since he's always had a very specific idea of what he wants. The cake of all things is what he's picky about. *shrug* Odd to me, but, hey, it's his wedding too. =)

I meant to get the DJ info out to Jason last night, but we ran a few errands and after I got home and get dinner made and out of the way, it was pushing 8:30, and I had to call my dad. =) Last night was his very last night of school. He has his MBA now!! That is so awesome and I'm so proud of him. When Mom and Dad are up for the 6th and we go out, we'll have more to celebrate!!! This is a huge accomplishment for him, and I just thinks it's really awesome. =)

Day 53

Today ended up being a crazy day. I won't go into details. At one point, I was starting to get an email done to send to Jason about the deets for DJing the wedding and reception, but then Misty decided to leave again, so that idea flew out the window. =) Other than that, nothing. Oh, wait, I got a couple of RSVPs in the mail and logged them into the spreadsheet. =) And that's it.

Day 54

I tried to work some more on my list, but ended up feeling like crap, so I mostly just sat on the couch all day and watched TV. Myles and I took turns in the evening laying with our head on the other's lap and watching Gene Simmons Family Jewels. LOl Yeah, highly eventful, but it was nice and relaxing and even though we were only watching TV, it was nice to just spend some time together. I did end up getting one thing on my list done, and that was going through the house with the Swiffer and getting any cobwebs I could find. I don't walk through my house looking at the ceiling, so they're something I tend to forget about. =P I won't be able to work on the list this coming Saturday because of heading to the air show, but I shoudl be able to get a couple of things done in the evenings and next Sunday. I'm not worried. I know I'll get it all done. =)

Day 56 ad Day 55

The only wedding stuff done was getting some RSVPs in and the Unity candle coming in. Other than that, I've been trying to work on the house this weekend to get it ready for the bridal shower, since my next two weekends beforehand we/I have stuff going on. An airshow in Indy next weekend and then on the 30th I'm heading to South Bend to have my final dress fitting and then I'm just gonna stay the night with Mom, Dad and Matt to spend some time with them. Then, the next weekend is the bridal shower. =) So yeah, I'm a busy gal. Plus editing, plus trying to get some writing done, plus work.

And then after that, even more wedding madness begins. This is awesome. And then we get the honeymoon. Man, I'm so looking forward to everything. It's the only time I ever get to do it, so I'mn gonna enjoy every single blessed second of it. I can't wait for our wedding day and to see Myles looking all gorgeous for me in his tux. =)

Day 57

Not too much wedding stuff other than I sent an email to Jason to make sure he was 110% gonna do the DJing for our wedding. We decided on Saturday that we were gonna call and cancel the DJ we already have and have Jason do it if he could. =) And he can. So we will have an awesome DJ who happens to be one of our friends, and Misty's cousin. lol

The only other thing I did was to tie some ribbons on some bubbles. Woo hoo! LOL I actually didn't finish, because I'm thinking I'm not going to need all of them tied, due to the reduced number of people. So I'm then just gonna give the extras to the kids to blow. =) They'll have fun with that.

And that really about it. Had some discussions with the moms, but really nothing else. It's winding down, with what exactly I have to do, so we're getting there! I can't believe how fast it's coming. It's less than two months away now, and my bridal shower is in like three weeks. And with as busy as Myles and I are, and the list of stuff I want to get done to the house, that's not much time. Considering the fact that next Saturday Myles and I are going to be gone all day in Indy at and air show, and the next weekend, though three days long, I'll be out of town Saturday and a lot of Sunday since I'll be going to South Bend and staying with Mom and Dad and Matt, spending time with them and having my final dress fitting.

Day 58

I had planned on getting the bubbles done tonight, but alas, I didn't. And I don't feel bad about it in the slightest, because instead of sitting around the house on my butt, Myles and I actually went on a walk. We're going to try and go every other day. And the walk we went on was no small walk, either. It was about two miles or so, from our house to the Blakely house (which is where we used to live). I was feeling it by the time I got home, but I'm not sore today, so that's a positive. And I about freaked out on Myles last night, because after the walk, when I walked upstairs, my knee didn't pop. LOL I was soo happy. It did this morning, though. So, more walks it is. I'm trying to work really hard to lose the last bit of weight in the next couple of weeks. This dress thing is stressing me out something fierce. No ice cream, no junk food, no nothing. It's been hard, but I'm managing. The only thing I haven't given up, which is a huge source of fat and calories, is my gas station cappucino on Monday-Friday mornings. I'm going to make today my last day of it, though. *sigh* Tonight is some weight training in front of the TV and another walk tomorrow. I can do this, I know I can. I only have a TEENY bit more to go before the dress is a perfect fit. It WILL be done. =)

Day 59

Yesterday, after my depressing doctor appointment, I managed to get quite a bit of wedding stuff done. I ordered the cake topper, unity candle, ring bearer gift and the flower girl gifts. It sucked that I had to get them online and that they're not sold in a store around here, because in total, I spent about $40 in shipping fees. Geez oh Pete! It's craziness. After I got done ordering that stuff online, I went to Hobby Lobby and got some ribbon to finish the bubbles and for the favors, a card/wishing well box, which I'm then going to use for wedding mementos. And I got a couple of tapered candles and a holder to go along with the unity candle. Today when I get home I'm going to organize the wedding stuff and then finish the bubbles and get them washed up. One of them leaked in shipping, so they're all gummy on the outside of the tube. =P Yeah, I'll be cleaning those up so they're nice and clean for people. =)

Not much else yesterday, other than the fact that I was frustrated about money. I talked to Myles and he told me to go ahead and order the stuff I needed to and to go to the store and get that stuff, and then when I got home, it was almost like he was mad at me for doing it. *sigh* It just feels sometimes like I can't win either way. I don't like spending the money, either, but we have to. It's not a choice anymore, and I couldn't/can't put it off anymore. It all has to be done. It's really frustrating. I understand that he's worried/upset about money, and I hate having to ask him to spend it, but I wish he'd look at this from my side every once in a while. We chose to have this wedding, and now it has to get done. D-Day is rapidly approaching and I'm running out of time to get it done. He's not helping right now. *sigh*

Day 60

Well, I had intended to get some wedding stuff done today, but alas, that did not happen. We're still have problems with our internet, so by the time we got done doing the flea cleaning, eating dinner, and Myles got off the phone with Comcast, I wasn't in the mood to do anything, and I didn't think Myles was in the mood for me to bug him about transferring wedding money. Hopefully I'll get some of it ordered on Day 59, since I REALLY need to get it done. I also plan on going through my wedding checklist on Day 59, too, and trying to finish anything I need to. What stinks is that there is a fair amount of things that can't be done until the last week or two...like meeting with people and so on and so forth. *sigh*

Day 61

I know I'm missing days in here, but it's okay, since nothing wedding related happened on them. =P

On day 61 (Sunday) I had planned to order a few things online and get them done and over with so I could cross a few things off my list. (I love to make list and cross things off of them) Instead, our internet decided to be a poo and not work. After we bought a new modem on Saturday, of course, because the "old" modem had been acting wonky. So, yeah, there went that idea.

And on top of that, we figured out that the cats have fleas. Woo hoo! We carried them home on us from the crappy rental. Gar. So last night at 8:00 PM, Myles and I left to get flea shampoo and foggers/bombs. Figures we had to find them on a Sunday. So after giving both cats a bath...NOT FUN...we stuck them in my Jeep, cracked the windows, and left it in the driveway. We then fogged the house and had to leave for two hours. Luckily, Brian and Ann don't go to bet early, so we were able to go over there and hang out with them for a couple of hours. Not too many people would be very happy with someone call up at almost ten at night on a Sunday, asking if they could come over, but Brian and Ann are awesome and didn't care. =)

I'm hoping that on Day 60 I'll be able to get my stuffs ordered and cross some stuff on my list. I also have to get my house cleaning and organizing list done before Sept 6, since people who've never been to my house will be over there for my bridal shower. So, yeah, I'll be a very busy bee for the the next two months.

Day Blah blah blah

I have no clue what day I'm on. LOL I've been really bad this week. I haven't done anything other than put some responses into my spreadsheet and pick up a couple of bridesmaid dresses, one of which I still have to send out. I haven't even sat down to finish working on Myles and my's wedding vows so that they're done before the 25th, which is our next meeting with Joe. Oh, and I got to see Samantha in her flower girl dress. When Brian and Ann and the kids came over for dinner on Tuesday, Ann brought it with her so I could see my Squirt in it. Oh she's soooooo cute! =)

Day 67 Amendment

I should also mention that Myles and I didn't get any burning sensations or spontaneously combust or anything like that when we entered the church, so I'm thinking that's a good sign.

Day 68 and Day 67

Day 68 Myles and I talked a teeny bit about the wedding, but nothing major at all.

And Day 67 we had our first meeting with Joe Park, the minister who is marrying us. Joe is just awesome. We spent pretty much the whole hour working out some logistics and going over our vows, which he loved. He said he gets sick of reading the traditional same old vows all the time. LOL I have a couple of things to tweak that I'm not so big on, and he agreed with me about those parts and gave me some ideas. Our next meeting with him is on August 25.

Man, I can't believe there is only two months until the wedding now. Wow.

Day 70 and Day 69

Not really anything wedding. Friday was all about the rental and Day 69 was all about painting...except it was MY house, so that what okay painting. And I won't even go into Misty and I's painting fiascos. =P

Day 71

Nothing. Nada. Zilch. And right now, I don't really care.

Day 72

No wedding stuff other than being irked when I got home last night that there were no responses in my mailbox. =P It's still been all rental all the time, but today is the last day. Thank God! I'll probably be ordering some stuff this weekend and really going through my lists. On Saturday I also have to pick up Steph's bridesmaid dress so Myles can send it out to her in Hawaii on Monday. Man, I just really need to go through my list and get it all taken care of. =P

Day 73

There was actually a teeny bit of wedding stuff today. On my lunch hour, I managed to find the car coin bank that I saw and wanted to get for Kevin's ringbearer present. Misty found a couple too and sent me the links. I'm okay with all of them, so I'll probably show them to Myles this weekend and just let him choose which one. Race car, train, tractor... =P I also talked briefly to Myles last night and asked him if I could buy a few things this weekend and get them out of the way. He said yes with no complaint. =) Was a nice change. I think he's realizing how close the wedding is getting and that I really do have to get this stuff done. I think I'll run into less resistance with him about wedding stuffs from here on out.

And another thing...I wish people would hurry up and send their freaking response cards back. LOL The sooner I get them all back (HA! Like I'll get ALL of them back) the sooner Myles and I will know how many people will be at the reception, which translates into how much moolah we have to spend. =P

That's all for now, folks!

Day 74

I thought a lot about the wedding in general today, but didn't actually do anything. I had a few meetings at work today and I had to leave for a while in the afternoon to go and let the carpet installers into the Salem rental. Yeah, they were pretty dang late. They didn't even finish today and will be coming back tomorrow. I need to get some stuff done and ordered...cake topper, paper for place cards, flower girl gifts, bridesmaid and maid of honor gifts, ring bearer gift, etc. I'm not going to go over it with Myles until this weekend, though, since he's going to be pretty consumed with Salem this week. And so am I from now until Thursday evening. But after it's done...it's wedding all the way!!! =)

Day 77, 76 and 75

No wedding stuff. Didn't even think about it. Friday, Saturday and Sunday (today) were all about the Salem Street rental. Went over there on Friday night and ended up with David and Myles putting the concrete cover on the old well, since the "old" tenants broke the cover that was on it. And me, being the smart that I am, well, I "decorated" it. Special thanks to Misty for the angel artwork. =) I'd love to be a fly on the wall in fifty to a hundred years from now when someone finds this (The guys put dirt on it today so it'll just look like "yard") and they think that someone buried their grandmother in the backyard. LOL I know, it's wrong, but it's my sense of humor. The only wedding stuff was yesterday at our neighbors' party and a few people asked un some general wedding questions. That's it. I might try and do something stuff this week, but the rental has to take priority since it needs to be done by Thursday night, so I'm not really counting on thinking about the wedding...other than my diet so I'll fit in my dress. =P

Day 78

Since Misty just reminded me that I had done this for day 79, I figured I'd better get on it. =)

The first wedding thing I did today was talk to Myles. Recently, he has been completely ignoring me or acting annoyed when I bring anything regarding the wedding up. With only two and a half months to go, I need him to take part. I know he's got the rental stuff going and he has a lot on my mind, but I need his input and his help. We agreed on work and rentals during the day and wedding in the evening. =) A small victory but one I am very pleased with.

I also called our minister up and made our first appointment with him. He wants us to do a couple of counseling sessions, and I'm actually curious to see how those turn out. We're going to be doing the first one on Monday Aug. 4. We'll be going over the wedding vows we chose, too.

Myles and I also discussed attendent gift. I'll be getting my girls gifts, but Myles has decided he's not going to do any for the guys. "Guys just don't give a shit about stuff like that." I guess he has a point there. Plus, they're his attendents and his choice, so whatever. =P I had chosen the gift for mine, but after all the "hidden" costs (engraving fees, shipping & handling and the like) it's just going to be WAY more money than I had budgeted. So, I spent yesterday evening looking for alternatives. I found some good ones, but I need to think about them and look some more. I really liked my first choice, and since Myles isn't doing gifts, I might be able to fudge the budget a little, but we'll see. I'm going to keep looking. =)

Dat 79

So, today I got an email with pictures of some jewelry designs for the 'maids from Stephanie. She was planning on working on more, but I already chose one that she already did 'cause I like it and so does Misty. =) And she's gonna make me one, too. Sweetness!

Got three more responses in the mail last night, all of people coming, but I was already expecting those peeps to come anyways, so they were already on my spreadsheet in the "yes" section, since we divided everyone into "yes", "no" and "maybe" sections.

Myles also got a phone call from his buddy Eric, who lives in Indy, and his wife won't be able to make it to the wedding. She was just put on permanent bed rest until the boys arrive, due to some complications. So, yeah, that sucks. Now there's a chance Eric might not be able to be in the wedding. Disappointing but COMPLETELY understandable.

Myles aslo got a phone call from his mother last night *cough* Misty *cough* Wondering why people out there and people who have only met me once MAYBE twice have been invited to my bridal shower. *raising an eyebrow* Care to explain that one, dear? And for the record, I gave Misty a specific list of people to invite, and she took it upon herself to invite more. =P So it's not my fault! For once.

Day 80

I managed to get a couple of minor things done today. I called and scheduled my final dress fitting. Yeah, I'm soooo scared for it. It's on August 30th, so that leaves me about five weeks to tone up my torso and lose the ten pounds or so that I still have to lose. But, hey, it's better than have to lose thirty pounds, which is what it was in the beginning. Eeek. I've been doing crazy amount of push-ups, since those are a good one to work your whole body, and I've been trying to do stretches and stuff while sitting at my desk. And I'm eating pretty healthy, too. Lots of water, yogurt, bananas, and Lean Cuisines. I eat "normal" for dinner, but I eat much smaller portions. And more water. I'm a woman on a mission. And if life would slow down just a teeny bit, and it would stop being 100 degrees outside, I might even be able to get some walks in in the evenings. At least I'm getting a bunch of exercise in with doing the rental, though. The dress zips up, I just can't take a deep breath in it, so I don't have too much to go at all.

I also called and left a message for my contact at the Holiday Inn Select to make some adjustments to the wedding. Just a couple of minor ones that won't really affect anything, but will save Myles and I some money, which is always good.

I also reorganized my "To Do/Buy" list, since I needed to add a couple of things to it, and it was getting messy. Those of you who know me know I don't like messy things. =) I'd rather re-write the whole list than to have to continue to look at the crossed-out items on it. That's just me, though.

And there has been nothing emotional or nothing "feeling"-wise lately. I don't think Myles and I have even discussed the wedding in a week or so. The last thing I want to do is bug him about wedding stuff when he's super-concentrated on getting Salem done and out of the way and paid for. So things are kind of on pause right now, and that's okay. We've got all the big stuff done, so we're pretty much good to go with everything. =)

Day 81

Not really any wedding stuffs today. I was pretty exhausted from this weekend, so I spent the day just trying to get through the day, not really thinking about anything other than what stuff still had to be done to Salem this coming weekend and maybe a couple of nights during this week. The tenants should be getting served today or tomorrow, so that'll amuse me, since they'll be pretty pissed off about it. =)

I got some response cards in the mail today and logged those into my spreadsheet, but I still have quite a few more that I need to get in. More than half of them. =) I love it when people are prompt, though. Myles and I really need them in, since we can budget better if we know how many people are attending.

I also talked a little bit to Ann about my bachelorette party today. Even though her plans for going out of town on October 4 aren't going to work out, she still wants to go out of town. I'm mixed on that. I'm going to have a TON of stuff to get done, plus, no one else will be able to go and I absolutely cannot afford ANY extra money on anything. But Ann said not to worry about that because she'll pay for me. Well, if no one else can go, that means she has to cover my whole cost, and that makes me feel bad. =(

Now I need to spend some time going through my To Do/To Buy list and figuring out what there is left to do.

Days 84 and 83 and 82

I'm just combining these two days because not really anything has gone on other than getting some wedding RSVPs in the mail and plugging them into my spreadsheet. We've just been messing with the Salem street rental constantly. God, I can't wait until that's done. I'm tired and the last thing I really feel like doing is anything having to do with the wedding. Or anything else for that matter.

Day 85

The only wedding thing I did today was open some response cards and plug the "results" into my spreadsheet. One of them was actually pretty surprising. It looks like my future sister in law's husband will be coming. I've never met him but I've heard A LOT about him. And none of it has been good. I've heard he's a complete ass, and Myles has given me permissionto treat him as shitty as I see fit. LOL I'm pretty good at the whole bitch thing, so it shouldn't be a problem if he says something that annoys me or pisses me off. Plus, he hates Myles, and I've been told he'll probably dislike me for the simple fact that I'm marrying Myles. Oh well. As anyone who knows me knows, I really don't care if someone doesn't like me. =P

I guess you could say I did some other wedding stuff today, because I cleaned/organized some more of the house this afternoon/evening. By the time September 6 rolls around, everything will be poifect for all the peeps coming to my crib. Or something like that. Not that I'm dirty mind you. LOL It's more organizing that anything. I was given weird looks today because I clean my kitchen everyday. =P Thanks, Jenny...since I know you read this. LOL I'm just kinda anal about it. I get it from my mom. Her thing has ALWAYS been the kitchen. Ever since I can remember, the kitchen had to be clean. Didn't matter what was going on, who was over, or if we were all waiting to open presents on Christmas (afternoon with family, not morning ones), she did the dishes and cleaned the kitchen up. Yeah, it's in my genes. But I ain't complaining. 'Specially after seeing the state of one of our rentals....I think if anything I'll just get worse. =P

And yes, Misty will amend this. =P For those of you who haven't noticed, my maid of honor and bestest friend has been commenting on every post about what SHE did that day wedding-wise. =) I swear, she's doing more than I am right now. LOL

Day 86

Not a single bit of wedding stuff. Nada. Zip. Zilch.

Day 87

Wedding was the last thought in my head today. Myles went to one of our rentals this morning and said it was "destroyed" so I ended up over there with him after work, making lists of things to buy and things we have to do. Yeah, it's bad. It looks like an abandoned house full of trash...except there are people living in it. Yes, it's nasty. And through the scads of black dog hair, dust, and gunk, you can actually see some carpet. And that's no exagerration. It's pretty disgusting in there. I'm thinking that much of the next two weeks is going to be consumed with getting the Salem house repaired and ready for the next tenants, who had better not do the same thing that these guys have. *sigh* I'll be helping Myles side the back of the house, doing LOTS of cleaning, filling holes, painting, taping off trim, helping replace broken windows, replacing broken light fixtures, and did I mention cleaning?

Pray for us. Lots.

Day 88

Um...Not really much for me today. I spent a lot of time talking to Misty about wedding stuffs, but I didn't actually DO anything. =) I think I updated my task checklist, but again, I really did think or do anything about it. The only thing I was really thinking about is the fact that there is stuff I still need to order, but Myles is being a pain about it and is telling me to wait until August. =P And I was thinking that I hope we don't have to drive the cake topper out to the cake lady, because she lives WAY out in BFE. Like, past Attica. And I thought about whether to wear thigh highs or "full" panty hose under my dress, but I know you were all dying to know that. Come on, you can't deny it. I know you were. All in all, not so much of a big wedding planning day other than talking about stuffs with Misty. And I know she's going to comment on this and give her two cents about doing all sorts of stuffs. LOL And she's not lying. She's been doing a hell of a lot and I couldn't ask for a better best friend or maid of honor. No way no how. =) I love my Misty!!!!

Day 89

Not a whole heck of a lot of wedding stuffs today. I updated the guest list with the two RSVPs I've already gotten back. I love it when people are prompt!! And...I bought a "How well do you know your Bride/Groom" quiz/game thingy and made Myles do that with me last night. I won. LOL He kept getting frustrated because he said that what was really me, the answer wasn't on there, so it made it more difficult for him. =) And he was right. So I gave those ones to him, since technically he was right. But, it was fun.

Right as we were done, Misty called and we talked about the Bridal shower and such for a little while.

And that's about it for me. I'm sure as the date gets closer, my blogs will get longer. =)

I'm so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Days 91 and 90

Day 91 = no wedding. We were too busy spending the evening getting a stove and carpeting for one of our rentals and then relaxing and watching movie.

Day 90

Today was, well, pretty much all about wedding. I picked Misty up this morning and we headed to South Bend to get my shoes and so I could try my dress on. I figured that since I was going to be there, I may as well bring my dress and see how it was fitting. Got to South Bend, picked up Mom and headed to David's Bridal. Thank God I brought my dress and tried it on there!! Misty went in the dressing room with me and got it on me just fine. Of course, it's a pretty heavy and poofy dress, so I was holding the back of it up as I walked out of the dressing room. As soon as I got out of the dressing room where there was more room around me to drop it, the zipper pulled apart. Yeah, no good. So that's why I say, thank God it happened there. The lady from alterations came out to look at it. They'll either fix the zipper or order a new zipper and replace it. Basically, the dress was too heavy and the zipper couldn't handle it. =P I still have a few more pounds to lose before it fits comfortably, but there is no problem zipping it. Woo hoo! I just can't take a deep breath when I have it on. LOL Yeah, little shallow breaths really suck. Not so good.

And, I'm glad it happened there, because that means I don't have to pay for it to be altered. That's nice. Now I just have to keep working on eating good, drinking lots of water, and start REALLY exercising. =)

I also went there with a specific pair of shoes I was going to buy. Yeah, I got them on, and I just didn't like them so much anymore. So I ended up getting a different pair I liked much better. =)

Yeah, it was a good day. Now I'm just sitting at home this evening, waiting for Myles to get home from schmoozing with a vendor from work at an airshow on Lake Michigan. So I'm sure he had a great day as well...except now he's going to have "plane" fever the way I get baby fever. For serious.

Day 92

Believe it or not, not a single wedding item today. I didn't even think about the wedding. I was too busy organizing the house. =)

Day 93

Nothing major today. I put the invitations in the mail today, so people should be getting them by Monday at the latest. Woo hoo! Then I'll get RSVP cards to see who's coming. =)

The only other wedding thing today was that my flower girl baskets came in. I love them! One is a gold/cream color and the other is a maroon color. They match the wedding, and they're simple enough and not all frilly that I'll be able to do something with them to decorate the house after the wedding. So, that's always good. If I have to spend money, I want to be able to use what I buy after the wedding...for the most part. There are things I won't be able to use, but I'm going to try and do something with as much of it as I can. Hell, I'm gonna try and do something with the red and ivory silk rose petals, too. =P Gotta make the most out of our money.

Not sure what other wedding stuff this week other than shoes and a dress fitting. And I HATE dress fittings. Last time it zipped but was tight, so I'm crossing my fingers that it's a bit looser this time than it was before. Eek. But hey, I've been trying to do some desk exercises at work throughout the day and I did weights for my arms this evening. I'll probably do another couple of sets before I go to bed, too. I know that desk exercises aren't as good as "real" cardio, but it's better than nothing, since I have to sit there all day. And my main concern for the wedding is my arms. *sigh* Boobs = back fat and easier-to-get flabby arms. There just ain't much that can be done about it. I'll always fight it.

I forgot to mention last night that I got kind of emotional, in a bad way, when talking to Myles about the wedding. But it wasn't so much emotional as it was frustration. He's been complaining about paying for wedding stuff, yet he put me in charge of the wedding finances. But he complains whenever I ask him to transfer money. I've asked him about five times, literally, to transfer money for my shoes on Saturday and for a couple of other things. Yesterday, I asked if he'd done it and, of course, the answer was no. Then he asked me how much he needed to transfer! A lot of the time with this wedding stuff, it's like he doesn't even listen or pay attention. And it's sooooo frustrating for me to have to go everything over and over and over again. I'm not saying I want him to be all gung-ho and involved...weddings are NOT a guy thing unless they are gay or serious romantics or metrosexuals. If you have a guy that's involved, you're lucky. I just want My to help with what little I ask him and work with me instead of ignoring me and making me repeat myself over and over. It's really really frustrating.

Day 94

Why is it that when in a room full of people, if anyone hears the slightest mention of the word "wedding" everyone wants to talk to you like they know you? Seriously. It drives me nuts. I was in the breakroom the other day and a coworker friend of mine asked how the wedding planning was going. Upon hearing that, two or three women that I don't know from Adam and couldn't give a shit less about starting talking to me about their weddings and asking me questions about mine. I was trying to be evasive and not really talk to them, but they must have had some serious dumb ass genes, because they just didn't get it. For those of you who know me, you know I'm not a people person. I am when I need to be and when I want to be, but for the most part, no, leave me the hell alone. For serious. And don't hug me, that just makes me despise you even more.



There's another thing I'm not looking forward to about the wedding. All the hugging. I don't want your hugs, dammit. Just shake my hand. I'm NOT a huggy, sappy, touchy-feely, overly emotion person. Stay out of my space! That part of the wedding is gonna be rough for me, but I'll keep my happy face plastered on, and I'll just be sure that my hand always has a drink in it to take the irritated edge off. =)



In actual, meaningful wedding news, I went to the flower shop after work to go over the flowers. I think they're going to turn out wonderfully. All white calla lilies, with some red roses in mine. The lady is super sweet and super accommodating and did everything she could to stay within my budget. She went $24 over, but I'm not going to fret over that. The only problem with her, was, well, she talked A LOT. Yes, I know what some of you are saying right now. "You have no room to talk about people talking a lot, Tera." Dude, she puts me to absolute shame. And while she was nice, she was too nice. To every freaking person that came into the store. For serious. Her husband called her while she was meeting with me. And she talked to him for TEN minutes while I just sat there. Twiddling my thumbs. Impatient to get out of there and get home because I was hungry as hell and had stuff I wanted to get done. Then she talked to every person that came into the shop. And not just "Hi, let me know if I can help you with anything." No, they were fullblown conversations, one of which was about fifteen minutes long with a woman from the flooding area in Ohio. While I was sitting there. Twiddling my thumbs. Waiting. It was pretty irritating.

I also got an email from my soon-to-be mother-in-law yesterday about reserving hotel rooms. It is now the second time that someone has had a problem reserving rooms for the wedding. It seems like people are getting transferred to Central Reservations, where they show no record of our block of rooms. I don't know what to tell people other than don't let yourself get transferred. I know the rooms are there. Whenever I call and talk to someone at the Lafayette location and they look it up, the rooms come up just fine, so I'm not quite sure what the deal is.

I also updated the wedding website. I'd give you the address for it, but well, I don't know what it is off the top of my head, so tough shit. If you're invited to the wedding, it's in the invitation. If not, well, tough shit.

And I finished putting the stamps on all the invitations. Tomorrow morning they go out, so people should be seeing them by Friday or Saturday. =) I'm excited to start getting RSVPs. I know it sounds weird, but yeah, I am.

Day 95

Today was fairly uneventful. I put what stamps I do have on invitations, called Mr. Penguin to see when the latest is that the guys can have their measurements in for tuxes, and updated my task checklist on Brides.com. For anyone in the market to get married, getting ready to start, or just starting to plan a wedding, Brides.com kicks ass. =)

I think Myles has finally gotten over the damn shoes and admitted defeat. LOL

The only other thing that's bugging me right now is how everyone is telling me how they would do it. I've had soooo many people pick at what I've done and how I've done it. Dude, it's my wedding, I'll do it my way. I really don't give a shit what you would have done. For serious. I'm not trying to offend anyone, but let me do shit my way. It's my wedding and I only get to do this once, so, well, I'm going to do it my own damn way. I don't give a shit if you don't like my colors, I don't care if you don't like red velvet cake, I don't care if you don't like what Myles and I chose for dinner, and I don't give a shit if you think the church is a little far out. If you don't like it, don't come...it'll save us money.

Day 96

Absolutely nothing wedding. I was too hungover from partying at Misty's to even begin to think of anything wedding related. I'll make up for it on Day 95. =) I promise.

Days 99, 98, and 97

These days were all the same. Different days, same discussion.

First up on the discussion board was shoes. Myles keeps going on about shoes and how I shouldn't need to buy any. It's getting ridiculous. I am getting new shoes to wear with my wedding dress and that's final. No ifs ands or buts about it. I just don't get why he doesn't understand that. He rolls his eyes and complains about it everytime it's mentioned. I'm thinking he'll just have to get over it.

Second up that's been bugging me is the bachelorette party. I left it up to Ann to handle, and it turns out, nothing has even been figured out for it. She says she has, but she hasn't even talked to my bridesmaids about it yet. But she expects everyone to fork over the money for me. Not fair to them. By the time she notifies them of anything, they'll only have two months to figure out where to come up with money for themselves and for me. That's not cool at all. And yeah, she hasn't even told anyone, including the other maid of honor, what's going on. Whereas Myles's guys started working on his right away. They've known for months where they're going and how much they all need to put in. I'm just really frustrated. Hell, I'm not even supposed to know anything about it, yet right now it's stressing me out more than anything. And I never say anything about stuff, because I always want to keep people happy. And I love Ann to death, but this is just really bothering me. *frustrated scream* It's kind of one of the reasons that I just wanted to go out Saturday night here in town. Then no one would have to really spend anything.

So, that's where I am right now with the wedding. So far, so good. I think I'm just going to leave the bachelorette thing up to everyone else. It's not my job and I ain't even supposed to know. I'll be happy with whatever happens. I'm just going to let everyone else figure it out and from here on out, I don't want to hear anything about it, good bad, or otherwise. I've got enough to worry about without being stressed about that. Like I said, I'll be happy even if we stay here in town. Though Myles and the guys in the wedding party are going away for the weekend. ;P And he has more friends than me, so he has Kevin, Alex, Brian, Eric, Jeff and Matt going. So a weekend is more feasible for him, since there are more people to kick in on it. =P

Next stop, getting stamps and sending invitations out and picking out flowers.

Day 100

I called the flower shop today to set up an appointment to go in a discuss the flowers I want. I'm going in next Tuesday after work. I called Myles and asked him if he'd like to come with me. I find that this is a better approach than telling him he has to be there. When he feels he has a choice he usually does what I want him to. =) I've already made some compromises on the flowers, and I'm not freaking out about it. It's not that big of a deal. It's all in the name of saving money and when I find ways to save money on stuff, Myles is happier. And when Myles is happy my life is easier. I think most people find this to be the case with their partners, though. I really wanted dark red calla lilies, but since they are hard to find and "rarer" than white ones, that makes time more expensive. So unless the florist (Jan) tells me something amazing about them, I'll be going with white. And simple, smaller bouquets. I'd rather have small bouquets of real flowers than huge bouquets of artificial flowers. One thing that Myles and I both agree on. I also got online today an printed off some pictures of calla lily boutonierres and bouquets that I like to take into the flower shop. I'm sure it'll make the process much easier. And I like it when the process is much easier. =)

When I got home from work, I told Myles that I really needed to get the flower girl baskets and petals before they weren't on sale anymore. So, he gave me the card and I bought them. After all, he put me completely in charge of the wedding budget. =) But, the baskets didn't come without a "conversation". When I told him I needed to get the baskets, he made the comment "with all the baskets you have around here that you got from your mom, can't you just use one of those?" *sigh* Guys just don't understand things like that. But I found the baskets for $7.99 apiece. That's not bad at all. The only thing that sucked was the $8.90 shipping and handling costs, but what can you do about it? But even with the total of $25 for two baskets, it's still cheaper and easier than going to the craft store and buying the supplies to turn a couple of my baskets into flower girl baskets.

I think that's one of the difficult things about wedding stuff...guys don't think like girls do, so when buying stuff that you feel is mandatory, they're like "Um, why?" Like my wedding shoes. Myles assumed I was just going to wear shoes that I had in my closet already. Um, no? He thinks I have too many shoes, so that automatically means I'll wear a pair of them with my wedding dress. Not hardly, babe.