Day 3

So author John Gray (author of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus) says that the book that I got should be required reading for every bride. So far the book brings up some excellent points. I almost feel like a student though & want to take notes. I guess you can tell that I crave structure even when school is out for summer? :))

Anyway, I am still at the beginning of the book, talking about the bride's innner turmoil. It actually isn't as bad as the chapter's title suggests. It's just saying that there is a lot that no one has the heart to tell the bride & to be prepared for the impending change coming my way. This chapter brings up 3 good points like believing you can be happy in a marriage (like don't fall victim to all the naysayers that say that marriage is a farce) Then there is challenging conventional thinking (like try not to look at marriage as this instutionalized set of expectations)
Finally, it says to make your own marriage up as you go along (that there are many marriages that are just as zany & liberating as single life---but as just as devoted & committed)

Anyway, today I'm not doing a ton of research on the web, as I'm still trying to move my things in to my new digs. (well kinda new) As a resident, I am trying to orkganize all of our things. We aren't very good at organizing---but when I have some time over summer break----I get better each year. The problem is---I only do this type of house cleaning like once a year :(

Day 2

So I'm only on day 2 & I don't possibly know jhow I am going to be able to keep this up AND plan a wedding at the same time. Went home yesterday to Louisville & talked to mom about it. She has already started buying magazines. How cute is that? However, I can't help but get a little more overwhelmed about planning 3 major events: wedding in FL, honeymoon in undetermined area, & a reception. I have gained advice from others from co workers today at lunch that sugggest that giving your mom some responsibilities for the reception is a good way to start. Therefore, during summer break when I go home to cut grass at the house I will have a weekly meeting with mom about htis very thing: the reception!!! What a daunting task within itself!!

Day 1

I know that these blogs are all going to be from the same day, but I actuially started the process a couple of days ago so I am catching up. I am reading the follwing book, "What No One Tells the Bride: Surving the wedding, second thoughts, wedding cake freezer burn, becoming your mother, screaming about money, maintaining your identity, AND being blissfully happy despite it all."
Now that's amouth full. However, I bought 2 other wedding books as well. I figure if I'm gonna go ahead & do this----then I might as well jump in with both feet. I am now reading the chapter entitled, "Love's identity crisis: The Modern Bride's Inner Turmoil. Personally, this is not a good way to start a book. In fact, it seems a little frightening that there might be turmoil ahead in my life.......hee hee. I guess thats what I get when I buy a book titled ----"What No one Tells the Bride". I am very intriguiged about this upcoming turmoil???? I will update as soon as I find out what my inner turmoil could possibly be. :) As you might be able to tell, I'm not taking all of this stuff too seriously

Long Time, no talk

It never fails. Every couple of summers I inevitably go back to bloggiong & trying to journal. This year is no exception. I get a summer off of work & have to try to process everything that has happened in the previous school year! Instead of doing that, I am going to try to blog about the engagement & marriage process. I loved that movie called "Julie & Julia", & thought it would be something that would force me to journal on at least a weekly basis. While writing for 365 total days seems like a daunting task, I think I am up to the challenge. I am sure there will be many days that I will be unable to do this----but I am going to try my best nonetheless. I definitely know that I can do it for the whole entirety of the summer! So.........while I know that no one will read my useless ramblings about planning an event a year out......I will know that I completed this goal, right??

In the world of Facebook, I feel like I read abiout the lives of others in snipits, captions, & sentences. I want to get away from that for awhile. I have so much to say-----but never in a witty, quick-witted sentence that comes in the form of a status update. Instead, I would like to look at this blog a year from now----looking at an accomplishment. Of course, this is totally self-serving & I know this----but it's also my own blog, right? Blogs for the most part are self-serving in their own right by nature so-------here goes.