premarital counseling

So tonight we are meeting with Pastor Craig for our first premarital counseling session. We have to take an assessment this evening to assess what we need to talk about in counseling and where our focus should be to improve our relationship together. I am actually interested in this, being the people person that I am (after all I did major in sociology.) I still can't believe we have to take a test though. Sometimes the whole going to vegas thing seems like the best idea ever! We have a pretty great relationship or we would NOT be getting married. We're getting married because we love each other...but I do think it will be interesting to see if there will be any challenges for us that come out of this. We definitely have our spats, but we almost never fight...i can't think of one "fight" in over 6 years together. However, B does drive me crazy b/c he can't seem to find a trash can or the dishwasher and I drive him crazy b/c I constantly remind him to put his stuff away and to not waste money, so I know those are issues for us to work on. Mainly communication I'd say. I am a communicator, he is not. If you know Brian, you know he doesn't say much...it annoys him when I tell him over and over again what I want him to do, but if he'd listen to me the first time around it wouldn't be an issue. Maybe that's not a good way to think as a wife, but we are partners and we do have to talk and listen to each other to make things work. I have a habit of letting things get to me until I can't take it anymore and then i get really mad about something stupid. But I will say that we have lived together for over a year and have been together for over 6 years, so if we haven't killed each other yet, we must be getting stronger!! But I am excited to see what comes of this. I am sure there will be a lot more to say down the road, but for now I'll leave it at that.

Almost all of the save the dates are out...thank God!

Registry...check!

So i'm done registering for things...basically. I am sure I will still look and add things, but all of my basics are there. I am registered for towels, dishes, glassware, flatware...all kinds of things. The only thing i'm lacking is sheets because we intend to get a King size bed eventually...probably after we buy a house, which is looking to be the day after never at this point.
I am stressing over getting our wedding bands a little. Brian agrees with me that we need to get them, and I believe i chose what i want, but as much as he agrees with me, getting him there is another story! Cody is supposed to be coming over this weekend, so that's not going to happen then, and I am supposed to work everyday next week I think...we have our first pre-marital counseling session next Tuesday night and so who knows when it will happen?!!
Other things to do...

• Flowers
• DJ
• Food
• Dress Alterations
• Groomsmen Fittings
• Bridesmaid jewelry/shoes
• Decorations
• Mail out Invitations

I'm sure there is more...but for now that's what is on the agenda! 3 months left today...

Completely forgot to add:

We are now registered at:
Pottery Barn, Dillard's and Target...B would like to register at Home Depot, but I'm leaving that up to him...so it will never happen!

WOW almost a month...

So its been over a month since i last update. Probably because I haven't done anything. I do have a job and a life to live outside of this wedding, though right now wedding stuff takes #2 priority, falling not far behind getting my butt finished with my teaching certificate. At present that doesn't take too much time, thankfully. So anyway, what's new with the wedding. Well...most of my girls have ordered their dresses and the others will soon. Jenna, Chris, Brian and I went and picked out the tuxes before we went to Hot Springs so that is done and now we just need all of the monkeys to go get measured. We have set the date for my bridal shower that Jenna is putting together, and I finally went and ordered my cake TODAY!!! They were so nonchalant, like I could have waited 2 more months and it would be have been fine. Its a damn expensive cake, but for what we're getting, they're well below the others I've seen. I'm sure it will be beautiful, but like my mom says, in the end its just cake and you eat it!
We have some things that need to be done and i'm still working on list after list after list...like i don't have enough to do. I have to make a list for EVERYTHING it seems. Tomorrow will consist of laundry, laundry and more laundry, and then finishing my drivers safety course and making lists of people for different wedding events. You're all jealous right?! Never a dull moment in my world.

So I also realized today that I have 3 months until this wedding and I'd still like to lose between 10-15 more lbs. I have successfully lost 30, so what's so hard about these vanity pounds? I have GOT to tighten up and I go back to working out hard again tomorrow! Lets hope its worth the effort come November 8th! I am hoping to schedule my first dress fitting for 2 weeks from now...so here I go!

I plan to be visiting here a lot more frequently soon, and will also have the details and pictures from our first wedding shower up soon.