Each Christmas season, my mom, my sisters Teri and Kathy along with myself go shopping the day after Christmas to get the major sales for the Christmas presents for my mom's grandkids. Teri goes to help with the purchases for her two boys. Kath goes to help for the purchases for her two kids. I have gone along to help with the purchases of Klutz ( Read more... )

So it's been three months since I have had my gorgeous dress on and took Mike as my husband. I love being married and being with Mike again. Last month or the month before while Mike and I were driving around from somewhere he shocked me by saying something. He told me that I made him proud. I made him proud by planning and overseeing such a ( Read more... )

Lots have changed for me just in the past four weeks. I have gotten married, said goodbye for friends and new friendships that mean the world to me even though they live in Ohio, moved back to Chicago, moved in with my husband, started house and try to get settled ( Read more... )

So the wedding is 16 or 15 days away depending on how you count the days. So I figured that I would give you an update since the last post ( Read more... )

So Eddie can't make it to the wedding. So we went talking to Mike's other friends to fill that spot in the wedding party. His friend Kevin doesn't know if he can't make it. His friend Johnny can't get off of work. That means his wife, Jenny can't be our guest book attendant. We're running out of people to be the substitution for Eddie. I don' ( Read more... )

Okay, so the U.S. Army can suck my big toe. I found out last night that Eddie can't make it after all to the wedding. I won't lie, I was pissed. I mean, we moved the wedding up to accommodate Eddie so that he could be there since Mike desperately wanted him there. By doing that, caused huge fights with my parents, disagreements with Mike, ( Read more... )

Okay, so you know about me having to go through my closets and sort what things I want to keep whether it be staying here at my parents until I get settled in my own house or if they go with me to Chicago. I also have to decide that if I don't want the items where they should go ( Read more... )

( I know that it has been ten weeks . . . )

Mike talked to his brother Eddie last night, and found out that he is going to be redeployed to Iraq in September. The only thing that Mike wanted for the wedding is for Eddie to be there. Well with the fact that being redeployed in September, it is a given fact that Eddie wouldn't be able to make it to the March 29th wedding. So Mike and I ( Read more... )

So today is March 29th of 2007. Mike and I have been dating for 20 months today, and we have 12 months until we tie the knot. I'm getting plans made slowly but surely as the ideas slowly emerge from my brain. I have my gown picked out, a good friend from school is making the bridesmaids dresses, we have the dj and caterer picked out by help from ( Read more... )