Some of My Favorite Engagement Pictures Taken By: Alacrity Photography

Taking the plunge!!

Hi All,
Well I believe I have grappled with the idea of blogging enough and have decided that despite my difficulty with simple spelling and grammar I will put aside my embarrassment and just go with it. The wedding is quickly approaching and last night Ryan and I went to the post office and took the "plunge," we mailed the invitations. Up to this defining point we could have run off and avoided the entire anxiety provoking experience of hosting hundreds of vague family members with a big smile and a copious amounts of denial that "No I feel great, my heart medication is working wonderfully, I feel good as new!"
Ok maybe I am a bit too sarcastic for blogging today, so lets turn to a much more fun topic. I have decided to put my sewing machine to good use and teach myself how to make some super fun things for my favorite little nephew. Today I tackle the baby legs which I have been blessed to find many patterns and tutorials that I believe will help me to make my grandma proud. I believe she was just asking me not to long ago if those sewing lessons were a total waste. I have to admit I am a little nervous because I would not let my most adorable nephew to wear anything that isn't perfect. I suppose I should get up from here and move toward my sewing project and turn on my phone because hopefully we will be getting a call from a realtor today!! More on that later...

Am I Really Making A Blog?

Ok, so I am not a blog person. I love to write, particularly the feeling of a pen gliding across a fresh page. When it comes to writing, drawing, reading or any other pursuit for me it is much more the physical experience rather than the finished project. So why am I blogging on a laptop that I have been terrible to, that has too many keys that stick and doesn't provide a creative experience for me? Great question and when I know why I have felt driven to reinvent this blog which started as a class assignment years ago I'll let you know.

But for now I am just going to go with it. I am getting married in June and never in my wildest dreams did I understand everything that "must" be done to have a proper wedding. I really only want a beautiful day with those that I love in a place that is comfortable so that I can share my marriage to a wonderful man. I did not know that this endeavor came with enormous prerequisites. Who knew that one day I would be spending my afternoon with my fiance in a craft store comparing shades of blue, textures and weights of paper and just what will people think of our hand made save-the-dates.

Ryan and I have lived together for our entire relationship minus a month or two here and there due to college attendance and we have never had the fight over the toothpaste, or should the lid be up or down but we find ourselves now pouring over the slightest thing including a long and ridiculous argument about font size. If anyone is recently engaged and reading this I can tell you there will be a point when you say to your fiance in all seriousness "can we please just go to city hall and be done with the whole thing." While in my best friends wedding I had heard her say to me, "run away, elope, do anything but this!!" I had the arrogance to think it would be different for me. Planning will be fun, everyone will get along and want to go out of their way to help, and they will all agree. I am blessed with offerings of help but I would still elope if we didn't already have too much money tied up in deposits. So ok thats my first blog entry we will see if there will be another.