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Summer Time and the Livin’s easy

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I really wish my finals were over! I finished my 3 hardest ones last week and now I have 3 more to get through and then its the summer. I am so excited for this summer and since I’m such a geek I made a list of stuff I want to do this summer.  Here’s my summer list to cure my monday morning blues:

Go see the “Bodies” exhibit

Go to the pool on a random day

Go to the beach

Make two new summer cocktails

Make a new summer salad

Have a fun meal on our porch

Ride my bike in the park

Take a hike along Eno river with Layla

Get super lean legs and wear a new pair of boarding shorts

Learn to play the drums

Re decorate our bedroom

Redecorate our living room

Plan fun activities for our wedding

Take a trip to Utah (fingers crossed)

I feel better already! I’m going to try to update this list as things come up!

Dress, Friends, Life, Wedding

BBQ

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I had a very relaxing weekend after a very hectic week. It hit the right balance between socializing and zoning out on the couch.  Friday afternoon, I did crazy weight training, I don’t know if it helped but I am still sore. J and I also went to a friend’s house for a BBQ and I took my summer corn salad.  One of our friends had set up a Wii so we played Wii most of the night. Although I had started out weak, by the end of night I was a major contender. J and I ended the night by meeting up some friends and playing pool.

Saturday, J and I went to register at Macy’s because my mom’s friends think I should register there. They actually have a pretty good registry program and they have nice discounts for registry completion as well! While we were there  J found a suit that he loved and we ended up buying his wedding suit as well. His suit is a greyish brown color; an artsy name for it would be “slate”.  I’m happy he found a suit and that he is actually excited to wear it. Sat night we had to go to another BBQ/Baby shower and I made another batch of my corn salad, only this time it was a huge hit and some people didn’t event get to try it.

I also had a cucumber/vodka drink that was amazing. According to the drink’s creator, it has Vodka, cucumber juice, lime juice, mint and ginger and I’m determined to recreate this soon. We also played Bocci in the dark and our hosts had set up their Wii on the lawn and a giant screen, so we played even more Wii.  Wheeeeee

Sunday, I relaxed and studied a little for a test and I also bought a cute brown dress. Overall, it was a fantastic weekend. Now its back to the grind of work and stressing for school.

Exercise

Weight

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I have been working out fairly regularly , just trying to get in shape for the wedding. Have I lost any weight? Nooooooooooooo

Do I feel skinnier? yesssss What does this mean? I don’t know. I ‘m so frustrated about this.

Life, Wedding

Finals

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Grrr….I am so stressed right now about finals. Plus when I get this stressed, things seem to go south between J and I too because neither of us handles stress very well. However after a rather difficult week, we have patched things up and come to several compromises. Lets hope we can stick to them.

Wedding plans are coming along. I’ve been procrastinating on making Save The Dates for a long time ,but I think after my finals, I will just have to *do the damn things*

Our guest list seems to be growing by the day. I really don’t mind, because most of the people I haven’t seen in a long time and they are old family friends who have watched me grow up. I don’t know whats going on with my inlaws guest list. I feel bad that most of the guest will be from my side of the family but we are also paying for the whole wedding and they aren’t even helping.

We have also asked my MIL for a guest list many times now and we haven’t heard anything from them. Ofcourse I know there will all of J’s family but I’m wondering how many friends they will invite.

Wedding

Late

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My mother is a very strange woman! She wasn’t excited about the utah wedding till just last week! I don’t really know why and I don’t really understand her sometimes. But I guess she went and got some wedding books from the library and all of a sudden she is super excited to plan this wedding. Better late than never I guess.  Maybe she was just sulking that J and I didn’t want to do things her way in the begginning.

In other news, I got my dress, its a David’s Bridal/Galina gown from last season but it looks identical to the one I totally fell in love with at the store. Its halter neck with a mermaid/tulip style silhouette and it has some embellisments right under the boobs. I tried it on the other day and I’m very happy with it. I will have to get it altered a little though.

Life, Love, Travel

Boone NC

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J and I went to Boone last week for a mini getaway. It was really fun to be taking a sort of impromptu trip. We spend all day tuesday exploring the area and hiking around. We did a killer hike called Linville Gorge and the river at the bottom of the gorge was beautiful. We also drove on the Blue Ridge Parkway for a bit and of course we managed to get lost. That night we went swimming and hot tubbing and it felt so good after our day of hiking.

The next day, we went on another little hike around a lake and explored some more.  J had to go to his conference in the afternoon, so I just relaxed and in the evening J played with his band- Awake Behaving Animals. It was a really cool show and I think everyone there had a really good time. I was so proud of J and I was really excited to be the hot drummers fiancee.

Life, Love, Wedding

Whats going on?

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J:

Things are good. We are happy. I think our little bout of cold feel has settled down. I just mostly feel comfortable. I do worry, that since we are in the lull of planning a wedding, that maybe we aren’t focussing so much on what its going to mean to be married. I hope it doesn’t hit us all at once a week before the wedding.

Life:

I started a new hobby, scrapbooking. It was fun, I did a few pages of mine and J’s trip to the Bahamas. It was relaxing.

I have also joined a gym. My first session there is this afternoon. I am excited to get rid of this extra weight and get skinny. I want to look beautiful for my weddings.

School:

I was asked to give a speech recently for a big awards dinner. I think I did alright. It could have been better, but overall the content of my speech was the most personal and entertaining out of everyone’s there.

Wedding:

Here comes the madness-

Things that are done:

Venue

Registered at one place

Catering Quotes

Photography quotes

Cake quotes

Videography Quotes

Things That Need to Happen:

Dress

Invitations

Decorations

Coordination for the day of the wedding

Book Hotel rooms

Organize everyone for wedding party

Buy J’s Suit

Buy J’s ring

and so much more that just thinking about it makes me nauseous

Life, Wedding

Spring Forward

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Today is a pretty fabulous day…at least for a monday. Work is slow, which means I have plenty of time to do some “research” and run errands. Also , after a really fun and relaxing weekend, its good to have a nice chill monday. I am actually excited and rejuvanated for school. I am extra motivated to be organized and be completely on top of my assignments for the rest of the semester.

Anyhoo, on wedding related notes, I emailed a lady who is starting a catering business in SLC to see if she can give me a quote. I am a little nervous because she doesn’t have a website, and for people like me, who are planning weddings from far away, websites are a must have. I really do not understand businesses, in today’s day and age who do not have a website. Weird. Anyway, the reason, I moved past the lack of website, is because she said she specializes in international and exotic cuisine. Since we are trying to do a fusion of Indian and non Indian food, I thought it would be worth a look. Fingers crossed!

I had a pretty bad panic attack about the planning too, I feel like nobody else is planning a wedding in a place where they don’t live, or don’t have family and neither do they have a wedding coordinator. I did manage to console myself by thinking, if companies can do business globally w/out any face to face contact, then I can definitely plan a party. Wonder if I can put that on my resume under “management and planning experience”? hmmmm…..

Life, Wedding

Reality Bites….not really

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I actually feel productive these days, when it comes to wedding stuff. Though J and I have moments of uncertainty and cold feet, we are staying on course for the actual planning. I think a little nervousness, a dash of apprehension, maybe, is a good . Makes things much more exciting. It actually makes the wedding a big deal for us, rather than just a party for friends and family.

Now, what is all this planning I’ve doing , you ask? Well…we have a location, a real venue. We are getting married in the mountains in utah, which is something I wanted when I was younger and growing up there. It will be in Big Cottonwood Canyon, which is one of my favorite places in the world. It almost feels like home, when I think about the number of long drives, and hikes I’ve done up there.

It still feels like there is a lot to do and now that the wedding is 6.5 months away, it seems like a good idea to keep a log of things somewhere. That somewhere is here.