#99 hello!

Hello my fellow readers! if you've stuck around...thanks! and I hope this blog has been beneficial to you.
I've been married for 4 months now and it has been an amazing adventure. I return to you now to notify you of two things.

#1 Yes. I will post photos from our actual wedding, and give a report on all of our amazing vendors and people we worked with.

#2 I've started a new blog! About marriage, life, love, things I like, cooking, etc. Please follow me on the next stage of my life at This is the Now Story.

#3 Please visit my portfolio at www.mblissm.com for any design or photography services by yours truly. Hope to see you soon!

#97 Thoughts

We are 6 days out. I'm getting more and more excited. Kaitlin has been wonderful helping Jonathan and I get the house ready for me to move in. Jonathan has two more days of work and then he is done..until June! Woot. Costa Rica here we come.

On the wedding side, I found a make up person and I have somewhat of a dance mix. I'm still working on the programs (I'm waiting on music titles) and the favors are just and just need to be printed and made.

Oh! And we had a dance lesson. It was fabulous. We've been practicing I just hope we don't get too shy the day of.

I'm feeling really great about things. Not too stressed. There are things to be done but I still have a week and fabulous help. Please pray for sunshine. :)

Woo hoo!

#96 Ceremony Music

Jonathan and I finally got to meet with one of our awesome musicians - Tim Hinck. He and friend Aaron Roche are compiling something great, and another friend, Danny Cooper, is going to play along as well. I'm really excited! Piano, guitar, and cello...will be beautiful. :) 

#95 Hair

It was a fun trial. It took hours, but Rika was with me to help keep me company. :)

Who knew I had this much hair?!

#94 Updated to do list

Hair

Makeup

Ceremony songs

Reception dance mix

Dance lessons?

Pick first dance song It's so cute!!

Vows

Print wedding programs

Create/make favors (you will love them)

Write thank you notes

Finally decide what to do about dessert

Cake toppers We totally got those cute ones

Get some sunshine

Veil and headpiece

Guestbook

Things are coming along!

#93 I like.

Maybe there will still be dandelion puffs in May, because I like these photos very very much.

[photo courtesy of Max Wagner]

#92 Tornado and updates

As I sit here in the bathroom of Jonathan's house, I can hear the tornado siren blaring outside. The lights keep tinkering, so I'm not sure if we will lose power too. I'm not really scared, I just wish I could see what is going on outside. And if the tornado that has been spotted comes this way...at least I'm away from the windows. I can hear the wind, rain, and thunder. And this may be gross, but I'm sharing this bathroom with a fly. I guess it's not bothering me so I'm not going to bother it.

Life has been pretty good. Wedding things are going really well, I've marked so many things off my to-do list! The newspaper will publish it's last issue tomorrow, which is already pretty amazing. I can't believe its been an entire year! And...I only have 2 weeks until finals, which means 3 weeks until graduation...which means 5 WEEKS until the WEDDING! Yahooooo!

Here are a couple things that are ready to go:

Flowers - check

Suits arrived - check

Bridesmaid's gifts - check

Invitations delivered - check

RSVPs arriving - yay!

Ceremony timeline - check

Reception blue grass band (during dinner) - check check!!

Cellist for ceremony - check

Keyboardist for ceremony - check

Guitarist for ceremony - almost check

That's all I can think of at the moment. But I'm super excited! The bluegrass band is gonna be really fun. It's mostly a girl band (they have one guy I think) and they have beautiful voices. Jonathan, Kaitlin, and I went and listened to them last Sunday and decided we have to have a blue grass band play at our wedding. It's something that represents TN well, and something we enjoy as well. There is a Mountain Opry we go to some Friday nights. They have different blue grass bands play old tunes and gospel songs, its really fun. So Jonathan and I thought it would be a fun idea to have a blue grass band play during dinner at the reception. Its bound to be fantastic. Jonathan works at the hospital with one of the ladies who is in the band, so we've got some connections. :)

Anyway, there is a mini update for now. I'll follow up more these next couple days. 

This is what I have left on my list:

Hair

Makeup

Ceremony songs

Reception dance mix

Dance lessons?

Pick first dance song

Vows

Print wedding programs

Create/make favors (you will love them)

Write thank you notes (:D our showers were all amazing...so much fun!! thank you!!)

Stay safe from this tornado (the siren is going off again)

Finally decide what to do about dessert

Cake toppers (check these...oh I <3>

Welcome baskets

Get some sunshine, but not too much.

Veil and headpiece

Guestbook

Not too shabby. They are all totally manageable. :)

I'm off for now! Only 37 more days!