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So there was a quilting bee on Sunday for Zach and I. marioche69 took a bunch of pictures.


Here is what the finished quilt top looks like:


Seriously, it was so much fun!

Hey,
Christmas day is the day before our wedding which means we will have a ton of people to feed and hangout with. Both our place and my parent's place isn't big enough so we have decided to have Christmas dinner at a Chinese restaurant. I need suggestion for a place that can hold 30 or so people that is good and isn't in the hi-lake shopping center. It can either be a buffet or sit down place.

Any suggestions?

Left Over Stuff:
1. Get an officiant
2. Create Centerpieces
3. Order favors
4. Talk to people about wedding readings
5. Buy Wine
6. Book our Honeymoon.

I think Zach is booking the hotel for the honeymoon today. We are researching having my cousin do the wedding. I decided to do the centerpieces over Thanksgiving. Wine buying will happen soon.

Stuff for November:
1. Check if we need more Hotel Reservations (I just sent an email).
2. Send Thank you notes for the shower (I am hoping to get this done tonight)
3. Order Milk
4.Make Hair/Makeup appointments for the day of.
5. Call people who haven't responded to the invitation (Thanksgiving weekend).
6. Pick up marriage license
7. Pick up my dress and Zach's suits.
8. Order the cake.
9. go to "Hen Party"

We have 63 items to do and 54 days until the wedding but there is a lot of things that have to be done right before the wedding. I am feeling pretty good about this, though I need to work on the test centerpiece soon.

( I just want keep track of this stuff. Here is our to-do list and the progress. )

BTW, did you know you can start applying for your marriage license online in Minnesota?

Also, I am shocked by the number of moving parts to a wedding and I write websites for a living!

Seriously, what do you register for when you are 34, don't like things that aren't useful and have already bought everything that is useful?

I shouldn't have bought a coffeemaker and then we would have three items in our registry but it is so much cheaper to make my own coffee!

First, I am doing much better today. I don't know what the deal was with yesterday but I am glad that is over.

On to the fun stuff!

marioche69 finished our invites! I just need to upload them and order them and I can send them out! She did such a good job with them and Zach did a great job on the copy.

Our todo list for September is getting done. I need to look at the progress because I pretty much feel behind all the time.

Here is what we have left to do:
1. Create some registries & add them to the website
2. Get an officiant
3. Buy & send out the invitations
4. Get Zach a suit
5. Buy the sticks for the centerpieces (Ikea has some nice cheap ones)
6. Buy our wedding bands (the change jar had $359 in it, yay!)
7. Finish the song list
8. Add the hotel info to the website
9. Book our wedding night hotel room

We are just about 3 months out and I am getting excited. I tried on my wedding dress over the weekend and showed it to my family (including Zach's sister who is in town right now). My dad really liked it. He is so cute at times. Also, it still fit even though I have gained 10 pounds going off of topomax. I am glad it was a little big when I bought it.

Oh! Yesterday my shoes were delivered. They are awesome and make me pretty tall. I think I am going to try on my dress with the shoes tonight to make sure they aren't too high.


EEE!!!

This is a reminder to myself of what needs to be done in August:
1. Upload addresses into theknot
2. Get the Wedding Website up
3. Mail out Save the Dates (THIS WEEK and the website needs to be presentable first!)
4. Book a block of rooms for out of town people
5. Plane ticket (just drop again!!!)
6. Get on my sister about picking a dress
7. Talk to the Baker
8. Start the registry
9. Think about flowers
10. Think about what Zach is going to wear.
11. Find an officiant.
12. Talk to Amy about the invitation.


I guess we have 139 days to go. AHHHHHH!!!