Hello! :) Happy Wednesday - I cannot believe that tomorrow is April! Where does the time go? I was looking at a scrapbooking retreat in September and thinking about how far in the future Sept. and then it occurred to me - it's right around the corner...

Anyway, so lately my life has consisted of the great venue search... still looking at venues and still working on exactly what the wedding will look like. For me, the planning is fairly simple - I have lots of time in the evening and weekends. Getting Jeremy to look at a venue is hard... and getting harder. It's not because he doesn't want to go look at them, but he has been so busy with work and the end of the Antioch Bocce season (Playoffs, etc) and tournaments that have been planned for months. Now we are at UCSF where he is having a surgical procedure done, which will put him out of commission for a few weeks. (The good news is that he has told me to just go look at whatever I like, and then he will see my top few picks plus whatever he decides that he wants to go look at.)

Anyway, other than the wedding stuff and J's activities, I have been spending some time preparing a spring/summer garden with my Dad and we finally got our veggies planted last Saturday. YAY! I am looking forward to continuing to work on the garden into the summer.

I feel like I have so much time, but I cannot seem to get anything done. I have been sick for about 9 days, and look forward to getting some things done once I start to feel better. We are planning for a series of garage sales to get rid of some things that are taking up too much space and other spring cleaning.

So, my energy has been low and my motivation has been non-existent, and I look forward to gaining some control over my time - to actually get some things done.

Oh, also I am looking forward to picking up my scrapbooking. I am thinking about planning some time into weekends and even some week nights to make sure that I do not let it go by the wayside.

Ok, that is my update for now. I actually have some pics from our trip to Disneyland and from our Garden (and even some venue option shots), but I am not on my home laptop, so that will have to wait.

Anyway, have a great day... will update soon.

C

And so it begins...

Tonight J and I attended our first wedding faire event. We went to the open house held at the Brazilian Room in Tilden Park. It was very pretty...

http://www.ebparks.org/activities/corpfamily/br/br

It's growing on me the more I think about it and I know that this venue is in high demand, so we may not even have a chance to book it (if we decide to try). We will see. I think we are going to visit additional venues in a few weeks and I hope that as we see more, we will have a better idea for our comfort level and start narrowing in on what we really want.

Also... we found a catering company that really impressed us and they seem very flexible and will work with our budget, so we are excited to do some research to find other options - just incase there is something else that we could be missing.

Anyway, the theme for this post is... the beginning. We still have lost more to visit, research, etc.

Should be fun! :)

Happy Tuesday!

C

Hello!!! :) Sorry for the span of time between posts.

Well, I am very excited to announce that J and I are engaged, which means, like it or not, this outlet might become a wedding planning venting outlet. Sorry in advance. :)

We got engaged on Saturday, February 21, on Peak Hill in Bodega Bay... it was beautiful. Maybe one day I will get the film developed so that I can share how beautiful Bodega Bay is and was on our weekend away.

And so it begins... when, where, including who, what colors, etc, etc, etc...

Now I am thumbing through magazines, making lists of venue pros and cons and trying to get a clear picture of what our wedding will look like... so many options. I have never been good with making decisions and now there are a ton of them to make, and to make matters worse, my mom isn't around to help me make them. The good news is that after 30 years of guiding me, I know what she would have said. The other good news: I have lots of people around me who are excited and more than willing to help, and that's more that I could ever hope for.

Anyway, decisions must be made and I look forward to the process... and to being married to J... I can't imagine being more comfortable and in love with anyone else. I look forward to our life together and all that it will bring. :)

Have a great evening and a happy Tuesday. I get to go to the happiest place on earth soon... :) YAY!

C