Running down the Aisle!

Alas, clearly I have not been blogging nearly as much I should for all that has transpired since the last post. But, I have to be honest, I forget my name sometimes so if I remember to blog about once every two months, I am going to go ahead and give myself a fat gold star for effort!

(***Photo to the side is of us enjoying a Summer wedding that is NOT ours!)

So, since last entry, I am proud to report that I have not gone to the dark side of wedding planning. With roughly two months and change to go, we’re just cruisin’. Church? Check. Reception venue? Check. Check. Band? Check. Colors?
Check. Food? Check. Cake? Check. Favors? Check. Gifts to everyone and their mother? Check. Breaking our parents’ bank? Check. (That last one is a joke … We have been insanely price conscious, to the point Jon thinks I’m absolutely off my rocker.) All this to say, we are just breezing through wedding plans one day at a time and quickly approaching the big day.

Recent events included meeting with our rock star wedding coordinator at the church, sampling our cakes made by a dear friend here in Denver, picking out invitations, finding a house for my family to stay at, and starting on our lovely and cheesy slideshow. Side note: Even though slideshows are extremely cheesy, there is still something about them that everyone deep down really wants. So, we’re just going to give the people what they want, a romantic, sappy, glorious, wedding-like slideshow. Nothing else in the wedding has these characteristics, so we figured this one thing would be OK.

In other news, Jon leaves this week for his soon-to-be legendary excursion to Las Vegas for his bachelor party. To prepare, we went with a bunch of his buddies and one of their wives and saw the movie “Hangover.” Ironically enough, the bride’s name was Tracy and the boys in the movie stay at Caesar’s Palace where Jon and his entourage will be staying. Too funny. Let’s just hope the movie doesn’t tell the real life tale of Jon Kirby and His Loyal Subjects ...

Anyhow, despite the fact that I look down and see this ridiculously beautiful specimen of rock on my finger everyday and I have this new fancy fiancé name, sometimes I still don’t think its real that all this is happening. But with our amazing friends and family that are constantly showering us with love, attention, assistance, and support during this time, I can’t help but be reminded on what a truly special time this all is. Not to mention, I probably have the most fabulous groom on the face of the planet in regard to helping with wedding stratagem. All I can say is that Jon has gone above and beyond in assisting, taking the reigns, and wanting to be there for everything. I feel awful for brides that have an aloof, non-caring groom because I honestly could not have done 99% of all that we have done without him. And truly, it has given us an idea on how we will work together on future endeavors and honestly, at this rate, I believe we will rule the country and be on the cover of People in no time.

With all the wedding plans going so smoothly, school still in full swing, and of course work still charging hard, it is the little normal every-day chores that have really taken a backseat to my priority list. My laundry and state of cleanliness of my car can attest to this fact. For example, I realized that I needed to put coolant in my car as it was empty. So as I went to retrieve the coolant from the backseat that I had purchased 2 weeks ago (thank God my engine didn't blow up in the meantime) and I pulled out the bottle to find a black, strappy pump shoe was attached to the cap somehow (???). So, after I wrenched the shoe off, I realized that some kind of ribbons were strewn through the handle of the bottle. So, I remove those and I had to laugh at myself. What is wrong with me? I have never been this messy in my life. Not to mention I had to dig under various wedding and work brochures to even find the bottle of coolant! Then, after searching desperately for the radiator to actually put the coolant in the car, I dropped my phone in the engine area of the car as I was trying to call my brother to get instructions on proper coolant pourage. Needless to say, it was an absolute disaster. But I'll tell you what, my car may be on the verge of blowing up, but by gosh our slideshow is almost done!

I’m hoping for Jon’s sake and my own that I will get it together before we get married. If not, I may need to go back to school for domestic training and overall “get your life in order” school.

Can’t wait for August 22!