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. =)