Five Weeks From Today

I am officially starting the count down. Brad and I will be married 5 weeks from today on June 5 in the Logan Temple. Yippee........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tag You're It!

I have been officially tagged by Whitney. So I will now attempt to tag others.

The rules of THIS game of Tag are:
1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

7 lovely little facts about me.

1. I will have been married for about 2 hours by this time 5 weeks from today. It is about time.

2. I love, as in obsessed with, Reese's Peanut butter. The less chocolate and the more peanut butter the better. Whoever decided to start making Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs, Christmas Trees, Hearts, and Pumpkins is a marvelous and wonderful person.

3. I love libraries and bookstores. I wish that I could buy more books but that is why libraries are so nice they let you read the books for free.

4. I have the most wonderful, delicious, adorable, marvelous fiance in the entire world. I don't care what anyone else says or thinks, I got the best man out there. This same man also deserves the medal of honor for putting up with an emotional crazy woman who is trying to plan a wedding, go to school, and maintain high GPA. I love you Brad.

5. I want to be a pastry chef, and run a little bakery. However if I did that I would probably look like a custard filled donut and that would be sad, so maybe that will be my someday dream.

6. Fall is the best season ever, of course that opinion might be biased because that is when my birthday is. I love watching the leaves change color and that first smell of woodsmoke in the evening when it starts to get colder. Love it, love it all, why do you think my flowers for the wedding are all fall colors.

7. My sugar cookies with cream chees frosting are the best ever, only challenged a little bit by my milk chocolate chip, peanut butter chip, pecan cookies. In fact the sugar cookies have been specifically requested for a barbeque next week.

I am tagging: Kristy, Katie, Janessa, Katie B, Peggy, Raquel, and Brad.

Wow, my mom is talented

Mom and Dad came up to visit this week, because the point has come in the dress making process that requires it to be fitted to me. And I just have to say that my mother is one talented lady, it isn't even finished yet and it is already beautiful. We are going to David's Bridal tomorrow to try on sashes so that mom won't have to make one. We are doing shopping for fabric for table runners and shopping for the centerpieces.

Melinda sent a piece of wedding cake up for me and it is really really good. I don't know why she was worried about if I would like it, I mean after all it is cake and mom loves it so I was sure it is great. Now I can give it my full and total endorsement. I feel bad for mom and dad because they came all this way and my schedule is such that I am not available all that much.

Brad said that he is jealous that I got to try the wedding cake before he did, but he decided that he could be patient.

I have great news: I have been offered an internship for the summer with Target. It is a 10 week internship and I will get 3 credits of academic credit for it. Of course it is necessary for me to pass a drug test and a background check, so it might be a little shaky (because of my crazy past) wink, wink. I am the most boring person on the planet I pity the person who has the job of processing my drug test because it is absolutely boring. I am really excited about this opportunity because I will get to learn all about Target and how it works.

Brad started his training as a corrections officer this week, so far he has enjoyed it. He has said that he would like to work his way up and become an instructor at the police academy. I think this would be marvelous because I know that he would be really really good at it.

Princess Dresses and much more

I was the guest of honor at my first official bridal shower. My sister-in-law, sister, and best friend were kind enough to through me a party. They were also kind enough to no subject me to any ridiculous party games for which I am exceedingly grateful. We had lots of delicious food, a must for any successful party, lots of presents, and much fun. Erica and Katies provided a 72 hour Honeymoon survival kit complete with feather boa, bottles of water, baby oil, and peanut butter crackers. Marja got her contribution at Victoria's Secret and when Katelyn (who is 3 years old) saw what was in the boxes she exclaimed, "oh, look princess dresses". So we laughed for the rest of the evening about my "princess dresses". Everyone was so generous and lots of cousins and even my Aunt Arda came it was great.

Well, it is officially official. The announcements/invitations are in the mail. I am sure the guy who picks up the mail at the campus drop box loved opening it up to find 350 envelopes. Many kudos to Brad for sticking the return labels on every single envelope and then helping to put the announcement inside, and to Candy for inserting maps, sticking stamps, and moinstening envelope flaps. All that is left is the hand delivered ones, which will make church entertaining because it is always fun to hand out things in hopes that people won't be offended they didn't get one.

To update everyone on the count down we are under 2 months now. Yippee!!!!!!!!!! June 5th everybody, June 5th is the big day.

What's it Worth to Ya Baby

I have decided that weddings are all about opportunity cost. What are you willing to do yourself and what are you willing to pay others to take care of. I have discovered being a fulltime student really raises your opportunity cost. Since I seem to barely have time to sleep I find myself being more and more willing to pay someone to take care of things. Thankfully I have very helpful, generous, and giving friends and family, so that makes creating a beautiful event even easier.

Spring Break

Have you ever noticed how after a vacation you need another vacation to recover? Suffice it to say I had a marvelous spring break, I got spend 10 days, count them 10 days with Brad. It was wonderful marvelous and over way way way too soon. Not only did I get to spend time with Brad but I also got a MAC makeover and finally found shoes that fit. Whitney and Marja had fun playing with my wedding hairdo and watching me be made over.

I am in discussions with McKenna about figuring out wedding announcements and they are looking really good so far. The plan is that during Conference weekend we will have a major envelope stuffing party and get them all out and sent. So if any of you are bored you can come join us and get paper cuts too. That weekend will also be the first official bridal shower and let me tell you I am a little nervous about the gifts that are being planned. But I have done my share of embarrassing people I guess it is my turn now.

Invitations, Dress fittings, and homework

I am beginning to understand why people take a year to plan a wedding. It isn't that any of it really that difficult, it can just be sort of wearing to make decisions. The exciting thing is that I think Brad and I have nailed down the dates for all the wedding events and such. So hopefully that means that during Spring Break we will be able to order our invitations, that will be a big checkmark off the wedding to do list. So along about the beginning of April if any of you are bored feel free to stop by for a wedding invitation stuffing party.

Don't even get me started on the dress, the pattern is lovely, and the finished product will be absolutley beautiful, but the process it annoying. Making a wedding gown is difficult enough, making one long distance, well my mother and I should have our heads examined. Also as a side note vogue patterns are of the devil and are sized for short women. Mom has had to add 3 inches to the bodice and sleeves just so I won't look like Dorothy wearing one of the munchkins dresses. The second attempt at the bodice is currently in the mail on its way back to mom, so we will see what the third incarnation brings.

And of course there is school to contend with, so if any of you are good in accounting or love to do marketing plans, you might be able to make some good money if you offer to impersonate me and take a few tests for me.

I saw a quote the other day that sums it up "Obstacles are what we see when we take our eyes off the goal". I keep reminding myself that my goal is to marry Brad Hansen and live a good life and the rest is just frosting.