Well, Brian and John (otherwise known as Mutt & Jeff) are in the air on their way to Detroit. The dirt-bags got a free trip to the Super Bowl. I am so glad Brian stayed the night at John's last night due to their super early flight. I wonder if they even slept. Part of me is looking forward to Monday when it's all over because Brian will have to ( Read more... )

I just got off the phone with my mom and it was so wonderful! It makes me so excited that she's so excited and loves every idea I come up with. *sigh ( Read more... )

I am perplexed. I need help deciding what will look best as far color goes with bridesmaids & groomsmen.

Here's what I am working with:

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Well, the last 4 days have honestly been really horrible. I was greeted on Friday morning with an email from my FMIL that she didn't like my " Irish horseshoe tradition" (Bride carries a horseshoe down the aisle attached to the bouquet and then the horseshoe is hung above the front door of the couple's home) because it will be too heavy and ( Read more... )

Well, I don't think Brian's mom had gotten to my email prior to coming to birthday celebration because she didn't bring the guest list. We didn't talk about the wedding at all last night. It was Brian's sister's birthday and I didn't want to bring our wedding up on her day ( Read more... )

Here's what I finally composed (in all my spare time) to send back to Brian's mom:

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So, as I expected, Brian's mom returned from the San Juans in full force, calling and emailing daily. This morning's message sent me over the edge!

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So the weekend was nice, pretty busy ( Read more... )

Last night we had another session for our pre-marital counseling. It actually went very well. We talked more about my obsession with needing control and order. We deducted that my need for control stems from me using the control to quell my anxiety. Then she dropped the bomb ( Read more... )