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*