3 names I go by: Mel, Melin, Love
3 screen names I've had: SunBlossom, Minarae, and I think those are it
3 physical things I like about myself: My eyes (which are super easy to play up), my lips (which are just the right amount of full), and my hair (which deals incredibly well with the abuse I throw at it)
3 parts of my heritage: French, English, American South (dude, that is TOTALLY a heritage)
3 things I'm wearing right now: My super cute new shoes, black pinstriped pants, and my engagement ring
3 favorite bands/musical artist: Subject to change at any time, but today they are...Tori Amos, Van Morrison, Ella Fitzgerald
3 favorite songs: No way I can answer this one right now, there's too many
3 things I want in a relationship: Humor, trust, and sex
3 physical things about the preferred sex that appeal to me: Manly hands (preferably long fingered), well built arms/back, good round butts
3 favorite hobbies: Scrapbooking, reading, writing
3 things I want to do badly right now: Get a haircut, win a million dollars, get the hell away from work
3 things that scare me: Ebola, falling, the thought of burning to death
3 of my everyday essentials: Arsoa Queen Silver Soap, mascara, Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Gel
3 careers I have considered or am considering: Teaching (yeah, not so much), nursing (that certainly got backburnered, didn't it?), event planning (I'd really be good at that though)
3 places I want to go on vacation: Europe (Italy, Spain, Ireland, Scotland), Greece, Alaska
3 kid names I like: Molly, Damian, Meredith
3 things I want to do before I die: Spend a few months driving around the country, live somewhere it snows, own a duck
3 ways I am stereotypically a boy: I like to take things apart, I drool over big engines with lots of horsepower, I cuss like a sailor/truckdriver/longshoreman
3 ways I am stereotypically a girl: I have a standing biweekly nail appointment, I buy too many shoes and purses, I am obsessed with my hair
3 celebrity crushes: Jason Statham, Christian Bale, Taye Diggs
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
So. The Wedding. (Okay, that is seriously how I see it in my head when I get to really thinking about it, except with glowy lights and mist for some reason.) It's coming along rather nicely, I have to say. not only do we have the big details worked out, we've gotten some of the little details worked out.
THE SITE:
Angels Landing, which will also be the site of the engagement party my mom's throwing. Reserved, and deposit put down. Wedding and reception will both be held there so that's a plus. We still need to do menu stuff, but I've been told by a friend who got married there that the roast turkey is "very, very good and yummy." All right then.
THE DRESS:
It's been found. Some of you have seen it, but I'm not linking to pictures of it because I am old-fashioned in this area and am not going to let Kev see it until that day. Haven't ordered it yet but I will be at the end of the summer. I've also used a connection to find a seamstress who charges outrageously low prices for alterations so yay!
THE PHOTOGRAPHERS:
Nate & Jaclyn Kaiser at The Image Is Found. They are talented and freindly and all around awesome. They'll be doing our engagement pictures this month so yay, let's see how good they can make us look. Booked and deposited.
THE SAVE THE DATES:
These need to be done next month, but I think we'll be buying little magnets from Vistaprint.com because they are cheap and I am lazy. The magnets will be sent with a little newslettery thing that I have yet to write. oh well. It'll get done eventually.
THE WEBSITE:
Yes, we are totally going to have a wedding website. No, I do not have the HTML skills to accomplish this on my own, so we will be using The Wedding Window, despite the fact that Star Jones in all her drag queen looking glory used the same service. Unlike Star, we will be paying for our own wedding though, so there. And our site will totally be better than hers. It should be up and running by the end of the month.
THE INVITES:
We picked those out this weekend. They are the second one down on this page. I was planning on doing the invites myself but when I factored in the PITA Factor and how cheap these particular invites are, I decided against the DIY route here. We'l be ordering them sometime after we get our engagement pictures so that we have a good, professional picture to put on the invite.
THE KILT:
Yeah, still not sure where we'll get this for him. Might have to send away to a place in NorCal, but that's okay. We'll probably handle this at the same time that I order my dress.
THE MUSIC:
Here's where y'all come in. I have gotten some awesome, awesome mix CD's from people I know online. And we are not going to spend money on a DJ because we're not going to be bothering with the whole first dance thing or announcing bridal parties (since we won't have a bridal party). instead, we're going to use the CD changer and sound system that they provide for free at Angels Landing. So I need good mix CDs. A couple of jazz/40's/50's type music for appetizers and dinner and then a few good dancing CDs with some slow songs mixed in. If you are interested in donating a CD to the cause, let me know.
THE GUESTBOOK:
We waffled a bit on this one, because there were a couple options we liked. Initially, I thought something like this would be awesome. But then I found this site and their guestbooks seem like more fun for the guests, so I'm 99% sure that's the way we're going to go.
THE GUEST LIST:
Done, but missing about a dozen addresses. We need to try and get those gathered by the end of the month so we can send out the Save The Date stuff but we're in pretty good shape. We kept it under 100 and almost everyone on it is someone we've both met, so yay.
THE FLOWERS:
The lack of a bridal party is making this really easy for me. We (and by we I mean myself and some girlfriends) are going to make the bouquets, corsages and boutennaires from wholesale flowers so as to keep the costs under $200. I am not crazy; I have three freinds with flower experience who are going to help me with this. Plus, it'll be some crafty time the day before the wedding with my girls.
THE FAVORS:
In the air. I thought I had found just right favors but now I am rethinking them. We'll see about this one. Ideas are welcome, as long as they don't involve bubbles, plastic swans or bells. Or butter mints. Ugh.
THE REHERSAL DINNER:
Not having one. I'm staying in Julian the night before, Kev and I are the only ones who have to remember anything in the ceremony, and really, it's not necessary. we might do an informal lunch with the out of town guests, but we're not stressing too much over this.
THE HONEYMOON:
Costa Rica. Hopefully for a full week, departing the day afer the wedding. Awesome.
So yeah, we've got this thing pretty well under control, I'd say. And Kev has totally had some input in this, by the way. Granted, it's usually me saying "Do you like Choice A or Choice B better?" after resercching a million options online, but hey, he actually thinks about it before he answers. He's involved, dammit!
Okay, obviously it is time for me to go home.
3 screen names I've had: SunBlossom, Minarae, and I think those are it
3 physical things I like about myself: My eyes (which are super easy to play up), my lips (which are just the right amount of full), and my hair (which deals incredibly well with the abuse I throw at it)
3 parts of my heritage: French, English, American South (dude, that is TOTALLY a heritage)
3 things I'm wearing right now: My super cute new shoes, black pinstriped pants, and my engagement ring
3 favorite bands/musical artist: Subject to change at any time, but today they are...Tori Amos, Van Morrison, Ella Fitzgerald
3 favorite songs: No way I can answer this one right now, there's too many
3 things I want in a relationship: Humor, trust, and sex
3 physical things about the preferred sex that appeal to me: Manly hands (preferably long fingered), well built arms/back, good round butts
3 favorite hobbies: Scrapbooking, reading, writing
3 things I want to do badly right now: Get a haircut, win a million dollars, get the hell away from work
3 things that scare me: Ebola, falling, the thought of burning to death
3 of my everyday essentials: Arsoa Queen Silver Soap, mascara, Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Gel
3 careers I have considered or am considering: Teaching (yeah, not so much), nursing (that certainly got backburnered, didn't it?), event planning (I'd really be good at that though)
3 places I want to go on vacation: Europe (Italy, Spain, Ireland, Scotland), Greece, Alaska
3 kid names I like: Molly, Damian, Meredith
3 things I want to do before I die: Spend a few months driving around the country, live somewhere it snows, own a duck
3 ways I am stereotypically a boy: I like to take things apart, I drool over big engines with lots of horsepower, I cuss like a sailor/truckdriver/longshoreman
3 ways I am stereotypically a girl: I have a standing biweekly nail appointment, I buy too many shoes and purses, I am obsessed with my hair
3 celebrity crushes: Jason Statham, Christian Bale, Taye Diggs
So. The Wedding. (Okay, that is seriously how I see it in my head when I get to really thinking about it, except with glowy lights and mist for some reason.) It's coming along rather nicely, I have to say. not only do we have the big details worked out, we've gotten some of the little details worked out.
THE SITE:
Angels Landing, which will also be the site of the engagement party my mom's throwing. Reserved, and deposit put down. Wedding and reception will both be held there so that's a plus. We still need to do menu stuff, but I've been told by a friend who got married there that the roast turkey is "very, very good and yummy." All right then.
THE DRESS:
It's been found. Some of you have seen it, but I'm not linking to pictures of it because I am old-fashioned in this area and am not going to let Kev see it until that day. Haven't ordered it yet but I will be at the end of the summer. I've also used a connection to find a seamstress who charges outrageously low prices for alterations so yay!
THE PHOTOGRAPHERS:
Nate & Jaclyn Kaiser at The Image Is Found. They are talented and freindly and all around awesome. They'll be doing our engagement pictures this month so yay, let's see how good they can make us look. Booked and deposited.
THE SAVE THE DATES:
These need to be done next month, but I think we'll be buying little magnets from Vistaprint.com because they are cheap and I am lazy. The magnets will be sent with a little newslettery thing that I have yet to write. oh well. It'll get done eventually.
THE WEBSITE:
Yes, we are totally going to have a wedding website. No, I do not have the HTML skills to accomplish this on my own, so we will be using The Wedding Window, despite the fact that Star Jones in all her drag queen looking glory used the same service. Unlike Star, we will be paying for our own wedding though, so there. And our site will totally be better than hers. It should be up and running by the end of the month.
THE INVITES:
We picked those out this weekend. They are the second one down on this page. I was planning on doing the invites myself but when I factored in the PITA Factor and how cheap these particular invites are, I decided against the DIY route here. We'l be ordering them sometime after we get our engagement pictures so that we have a good, professional picture to put on the invite.
THE KILT:
Yeah, still not sure where we'll get this for him. Might have to send away to a place in NorCal, but that's okay. We'll probably handle this at the same time that I order my dress.
THE MUSIC:
Here's where y'all come in. I have gotten some awesome, awesome mix CD's from people I know online. And we are not going to spend money on a DJ because we're not going to be bothering with the whole first dance thing or announcing bridal parties (since we won't have a bridal party). instead, we're going to use the CD changer and sound system that they provide for free at Angels Landing. So I need good mix CDs. A couple of jazz/40's/50's type music for appetizers and dinner and then a few good dancing CDs with some slow songs mixed in. If you are interested in donating a CD to the cause, let me know.
THE GUESTBOOK:
We waffled a bit on this one, because there were a couple options we liked. Initially, I thought something like this would be awesome. But then I found this site and their guestbooks seem like more fun for the guests, so I'm 99% sure that's the way we're going to go.
THE GUEST LIST:
Done, but missing about a dozen addresses. We need to try and get those gathered by the end of the month so we can send out the Save The Date stuff but we're in pretty good shape. We kept it under 100 and almost everyone on it is someone we've both met, so yay.
THE FLOWERS:
The lack of a bridal party is making this really easy for me. We (and by we I mean myself and some girlfriends) are going to make the bouquets, corsages and boutennaires from wholesale flowers so as to keep the costs under $200. I am not crazy; I have three freinds with flower experience who are going to help me with this. Plus, it'll be some crafty time the day before the wedding with my girls.
THE FAVORS:
In the air. I thought I had found just right favors but now I am rethinking them. We'll see about this one. Ideas are welcome, as long as they don't involve bubbles, plastic swans or bells. Or butter mints. Ugh.
THE REHERSAL DINNER:
Not having one. I'm staying in Julian the night before, Kev and I are the only ones who have to remember anything in the ceremony, and really, it's not necessary. we might do an informal lunch with the out of town guests, but we're not stressing too much over this.
THE HONEYMOON:
Costa Rica. Hopefully for a full week, departing the day afer the wedding. Awesome.
So yeah, we've got this thing pretty well under control, I'd say. And Kev has totally had some input in this, by the way. Granted, it's usually me saying "Do you like Choice A or Choice B better?" after resercching a million options online, but hey, he actually thinks about it before he answers. He's involved, dammit!
Okay, obviously it is time for me to go home.
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