One more day

Until we are on our way to Arizona to see my family!
One of my sisters still hasn't met mike so this should be interesting! We got a good rent car with unlimited miles , its a little more than what i wanted to pay but its better than putting miles on my car or Mikes truck!
My photog sent me my CDs with all of the wedding pictures and I love them!
here is the link to the shutterfly website i set up for them!
http://mrmrsnolan.shutterfly.com/

I really do like them!

we went out to the property last night to walk the land (which scared me a little cuz there are so many snakes out there I though for sure i was going to see one but i think it was still a little cool for them) but anyways we set the location where we want the house to sit, now i just need to get the measurement so that Mikes brother can set the stakes and frame it so they can pour the concrete.... next weekend Mike is going out there with a Bobcat and leveling it off and bringing in the gravel for the drive way.... it will slowly get done but i think it in the end it will be fabulous...

I think that's all i have for today I am also going to start collecting pictures of little things for the house and how i want them to look ...

One month later

Well, its been exactly one month yesterday since the wedding and married life feels the exact same as it did before the wedding minus the stress which is wonderful!

The stress is about to get worse though - Mikes parents have property out in Paradise and all the kids are going to get the land therefore we will be getting 1/3 of the land which is wonderful! so we have decided that it will be better and worth our money if we slowly start building our home... its going to start off slow and small and not anything big which is perfectly fine we don't need anything huge. We are working on the layout and measurements right now and getting everything like that taken care of, then the big parts come... we have to level the land, then set the pad for the foundation and pour the actual foundation which is going to be a good chunk of money!

this house is going to come up very slow since we will be doing the work our self which is fine with me but as along we get the foundation and walls up and roof then we can move in.

which hopefully that will be done before February next year due to the fact that is when our lease is up at the apartment and as much as i love my new neighbors and being close to my parents it will be nice to be out of there!

with all the plans happening I'm sure we wont take a Honeymoon for a while which is fine by me! i would much rather have a good home for me and husband than a trip that will last 5 days!

This weekend is Memorial day weekend and I'm sooo excited, My sister's and brother in law and nephew all live in Tucson and i haven't seen most of them in over a year and i finally get to see them this weekend! Both of my sister are pregnant which is wonderful and scary at the same time! (and I'm a little jealous I'm not going to lie) but this also means no typical trip for us girls... which normally consist of a lot of booze and clubs and bars lol... but I cant wait! The only thing I'm not looking forward to is the drive (13 hours) ... we are leaving Friday night after work and driving the majority of the way and rest for a few and then finish it the rest of way and hopefully get there the next morning... only to turn around and drive back Monday morning and get back here late Monday night and go back to work on Tuesday!

Yes i know seems exhausting but totally worth it to see my family!!

I have a few pro pics from the wedding that my photog gave me - hopefully i will be getting the rest soon!

I love them so far!! and soon hopefully i will be doing a "trash the dress" session with her (but not use my dress)

TTFN!

Wedding Recap!

i have two words for my wedding ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS!!

Well the whole weekend started off with my anxiety attack on Thursday night and after we got that taken care of things were down hill from there....Friday's weather was HORRID but we got through it all our OOT family came in and we headed to the chapel for rehearsal we got there in perfect timing except for Mikes family (of coarse they had to be 30 min late) i was kinda pissed about that considering most of his family was in the wedding... we ran through it a few times and that's when it became real.... so we got done with Rehearsal early and headed over to the restaurant that was FABULOUS i know it was just a burger place but everyone loved it.... we had a few drinks and a great time. after that we all went back to my parents house for a little after party and so that me and my cousins could finish the programs and the pictures. Then it was time to go to sleep for the big day!

My cousins and i got up to go to the salon and it was still icky outside but nothing to bad! (on Thursday mike dropped his truck off to the dealership to have one thing fixed and they managed to eff everything up so had to put him in a loaner truck and he was going to pick it up Saturday morning) well I'm sitting there getting my hair done and Mike calls me and tells me the dealership locked the keys in his real truck and i have the spare ones so i was going to have to leave but there was no way that was going to happen so they finally got that open in just enough time for him to get his hair cut and something to eat and then off to the church...Me and my girls all got to the chapel at 12:30 (like instructed) and started getting ready and while that was going on the guys were suppose to take there pictures but 2 of his groomsmen didn't get there till 2 (SERIOUSLY FOLLOW EFFING INSTRUCTIONS) but it got to be 2:30 and we had 30 min before we walked down the isle and i was starting to get soooo nervous...

Then it happened everyone had walked down the isle and they opened those two huge white wooden doors for me and there he was the man of my dreams and i just broke down and started crying but i was trying to smile too for the pictures but it just wasn't working and mike was soo nervous i could tell he was getting emotional...i finally got to him and he broke down too which isn't like him! My best friend JR sang all the songs in church and they were fab!! i was fine the rest of the ceremony until i looked at my MOH and she made me start crying again!! so we take pictures after the ceremony and outside it was soooo hot and humid but better than rain! we got a town car to take us to the reception and i peeked in before we really went in and i was speechless- i was soooo much more than what i had imagined it was awesome. it was great to see everything put together!
The rest of the night was a blur and i wish i could have gotten to talk to everyone more but a 6 hour reception just wasn't enough i guess... we danced the night away and had an amazing time!! the entire weekend was totally worth the stress and money if i could do it all over again i wouldn't change ONE THING!! We got to our hotel downtown and we walked in and they got us checked in and the hotel upgraded us to the presidential suite (about 1300 a night) it was at least 4 times bigger than our apartment....and when we were at the front desk another bride and groom walked in and had almost the same dress as me and necklace and even shoes it was weird!!! It was UFC fight night so we went and changed and made it down town to another bar that was showing the fight with some of our friends and it wasn't worth it, it was such a bad fight - crappy!! and then my mom surprised us with a night at Great Wolf Lodge!! wonderful!! to those who are getting married this weekend - its totally true have some alone time with your hubby it will be worth it! Sorry if this was really long and there is really no grammar or punctuation lol

New Year

I hope everyone had a fabulous start to the new year! I must say when we switched over to the new year i had a mild anxiety attack! To think I will be married in 3 months 2 weeks and 2 days kind of freaked me out.... then i looked at my to do list and freak out even more! i know that some of them are not able to be finished until weeks before the wedding but the sight of my list scares me!! here is what I have to do so far!

Book florist
Book videographer
Book cake vendor
Order Invites
Book Hair and Make up vendor
Pay deposit for rehearsal dinner
Finalize menu with vendor
Confirm bouquets, boutonnieres and centerpieces
Order Bridesmaid shoes and Jewelry
Create Favors
Discuss party plans with MOH
Ask readers to be apart of the ceremony
Schedule gown fittings (first in Feb last 3 weeks before wedding)
Provide guest list to MOH and Best Man for party's
Book Transportation Vendor
Mail out invites
track gifts received
Double check hotel blocks
Design ceremony programs and print
Research local marriage requirements
Purchase bridal party gifts
Rehearsal dinner invites
Get marriage license
make "must-play" list for DJ
Determine ceremony music
Get wedding bands engraved
Make wedding day schedule
Call guest who have not RSVP'd
Give caterer final head count
Assign wedding day duties to bridal party
Create Seating chart
Make escort cards
Pick up tuxes
Confirm times with photographer and videographer
Make ribbon board for the escort cards


Ahh looks even worse typed out!! scary!! I must get to work on all this along with switching to a new more time consuming job and go to school at the same time- Prozac anyone?

FINALLY

It seems like things are finally looking up for us! I got the job i wanted today with a pay raise! Mike got hired at another company this week wiht a pay raise!
It seems like a great start to the new year!! I am just elated today!!

we are meeting with the priest tomorrow about out "focus" test and to talk more about the ceremony!! Emailed my photographer to set up bridals and to make sure she has us down for our date! I really dont have anything else! Im so happy today nothing can really bring me down!
Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

Christmas time!

here is the latest pic of us at "ICE" at the Gaylord Texan!

Well its getting closer and closer to Christmas and even though I have bought all my gifts for everyone I'm still not ready! Mike and I will be going to his family for Christmas day for the first time- I am so use to going to my family on Christmas eve and Christmas day but it just was not possible this year with out working schedules! :( so we will be traveling down south the weekend after Christmas to see my family!

His back is doing alot better but since its getting colder he can feel it tensing up a bit more!

I had a job interview a few weeks ago and got called back for a second last week so I should be hearing something from that soon! That would help so much!

wedding stuff:

Found out that my aunts want to give me another bridal shower down south so that my family can attend! But i will still have one up here for my friends!

My mom and I went shopping this weekend in search of brooches for my girls for their sashes and mission accomplished! now i know they are technically for hair but we will tweak them and they will be perfect! got the shoes picked out for the girls! check!

I am currently waiting on a sample of the invites i picked out to come in the mail so i can order those! Picked out a place to have the rehearsal dinner!

things i still need to get done:

Favors

Invites

programs

wedding day time line

rehearsal time line

escort cards

seating board

florist

put in cake order

I'm sure a million more things i cant think of!

Long time!

I know i have posted in a while but oh well thats how life goes! Mikes back is finally almost fixed which is wonderful news! Poor thing thats all he wanted for christmas this year.

I am currently working on my escort cards! I have came up with a few options to go along with my Damask-ish theme with the teal but im really afraid to put color on them, i will be printing them my self and my printer is not the best in the world! here are a few samples of them!

I am also going to start working on my table boards after thanksgiving- cooking too much food to worry about anything else!