My first rant.

"You need to involve your grammy and adopted sisters in some way." Or not. The wedding that John and I have will be between John and I. We will each have our best friends that are our family, up there, and that is all, unless we decide we need more. The wedding is going to be low-key, and mostly informal. If humanly possible my family will have to do nothing more than show up, sit down, cry, dance, and eat tasty food. I don't want anyone to have to do anything if I can avoid it. I've got e-mails out to some of the places I liked the looks of as far as pricing. Most people have weddings and spend all the time trying to please others with formality. I'm not like that. I'm having a wedding because I want one - if I didn't then we'd just head over to the courthouse. I love my family and friends and want them to be there. Our guest list is going to be small, because we like the intimacy and fun that can be had without having to worry about who everyone is, where everyone is, and whether we greeted everyone or made someone feel forgotten.

7-22-10

We wanted to do the wedding in 2010, rather than wait forever because we are excited. Since our guest list is rather small, and the location will most likely be free that leaves us open with availabilities even within the shorter amount of time.

The date will be July 22, 2010. Mid summer, less chance of coldness and/or rain. College friends (aka Brittany and Caity) will be here for the summer.

In addition, I've found a few dresses that I really like.

Now what?

-- Location of ceremony.
-- Check for permits if we end up needing one.
-- Find hotel/ballroom for reception
-- Look at tents/tables info for outside reception if desired

Guest List

John and I made our guest list today, and trimmed it down to our wanted number of approximately 50 people. Yay! We didn't take into account party members, though, so some people from our long list will probably end up on the short list once everything is said and done. Although, it is possible that they might not because of padding for +1s -- and the fact that our wedding party will probably just consist of Brittany and Corey. Guest List: check.

Now what?

Engagement

So Johnathan and I were officially engaged as of August 27th, 2009.

After freaking out and realizing that this means that a wedding will inevitably have to be planned I decided to make this here blog so I can do what I do best -- bitch through writing of course! This way people who do care can follow, and those that don't can just follow the normal blog. Hopefully, I'll do my best to keep them separate.

We have some missions up front to accomplish.

1) Pick a date.
-- On our anniversary would be romantic. March 22 of 2010 or 2011.
-- Sometime during the summer so we can be more sure of rain/cold avoidance. July?

2) Pick a last name.
-- John wants to take my name.
-- I want to take his.
-- Maybe make a new name?
-- Alexander (his mom's maiden)
-- Something cool from LOTR or Star Trek?

3) Make a guest list.
-- Everyone or just people we actually care about.

From there I think that we can craft a budget and get to the more fun parts of planning. I've been working on locations and dresses and things because those are exciting and I am indeed female. I'll be sure to post as these things or others are fully discovered.