Let the countdown begin!

One year from today, Steve and I will be married!! I can hardly believe that I am even talking about getting married! It seems like just yesterday I was dreaming about when I'd find that special someone who'd sweep me off my feet. That day arrived over two years ago and we're still as crazy in love as we were then. The greatest thing about our relationship is that we're best friends and we're an even better team. I do the cooking, he does the dishes. I clean the bathrooms, he vacuums and mops the floors. I do the laundry, he does the trash. Everywhere we go we hold hands. When we go out to eat we sit right next to each other instead of across. Steve makes me peanut butter bread in the morning, and I make him a sammy for lunch. These are all very simple things, but its these things that make us work. We are constantly doing things for each other and with each other.

A year from today, I'll be with my girls getting decked out for my one true love. In just one single year, I'll be walking down an aisle headed towards the best thing that's ever happened to me. In 365 days, a new life will begin as we take this big step into married life. I am so excited to celebrate with all of the people I love. Let the countdown begin!!

Change is Good!

I am a firm believer that change is good, so I've changed the design of my blog! Hope you like it!

We've also changed our minds AGAIN and have made another offer on a house: Brentwood

Here is the other house we still have an offer going on: Village

Two offers, two houses, and taking TOO LONG! I'm ready to move!

We've Set the Date!

May 22, 2010 at the See Canyon Fruit Ranch!

EDIT: See the See Canyon Fruit Ranch slideshow to the LEFT- if you click on it, it will open large photos in Flickr.

Oh, and I found the perfect dress!!!! Pictures to come...

EDIT: I won't be posting any pictures of the dress on here because I am keeping it a secret!! But, I will tell you that it's a Nicole Miller gown. If you are dying to see it, I will email you a photo!

Sweet Spring

I want this read at my wedding...a poem by e.e. cummings

sweet spring is your
time is my time is our
time for springtime is lovetime
and viva sweet love

(all the merry little birds are
flying in the floating in the
very spirits singing in
are winging in the blossoming)

lovers go and lovers come
awandering awondering
but any two are perfectly
alone there's nobody else alive

(such a sky and such a sun
i never knew and neither did you
and everybody never breathed
quite so many kinds of yes)

not a tree can count his leaves
each herself by opening
but shining who by thousands mean
only one amazing thing

(secretly adoring shyly
tiny winging darting floating
merry in the blossoming
always joyful selves are singing)

sweet spring is your
time is my time is our
time for springtime is lovetime
and viva sweet love

Love wedding planning, hate making decisions!

I have added some venues to my list and narrowed it down to the following places:

• See Canyon Fruit Ranch
• Edna Valley Winery
• Holland Ranch
• and still Jack House Gardens

I am going to Helya's in Long Beach this weekend to try some dresses that she and my mom ordered for me from J.Crew.

• Sabine
• Cecelia
• Madison
• Sascha
• Turner

Next weekend my mom will be in town to help me choose the venue, and then we're going to HOLLYWOOD! to the Nicole Miller store to try some more dresses. I am so excited for her to finally be here and see what I've been looking at the past couple of months!

I found a great photographer at the Bridal Show a couple weeks ago. They are a cute married couple with great photos and reasonable prices. I can't believe some photographers want to charge like $8,000 for wedding coverage. That's insane! Here's the photographer's website Applemoon Photography and their blog . We have a meeting with them this Thursday to talk about what we want and to set up the engagement shoot in the next few months.

So, wish me luck with the dresses, but more importantly the VENUE! Depending on the dates the venue has booked already, I am hoping the wedding date will be May 22, 2010!

I wish I had a swimming pool

I wish I had a swimming pool not only because it was 90 degrees outside yesterday, but because in the middle of the show Bloc Party asked that anyone with a pool meet them backstage so they could come over and have a pool party!! How freaking awesome would that have been to hang out all night with Bloc Party!?

So yeah, last night Steve and I went to see Bloc Party, an indie band from London, play at the SLO Vets Hall. The best part of the show was when the lead singer, Kele Okereke, went crowd surfing, then popped up in the back of the room, all the while singing and smiling like it was the best day of his life. It was pretty cool seeing such a such a popular band play at a teeny venue and act like it was better than their bigger gigs. I really like bands who are grounded and don't act like they are god's gift to the world. Bloc Party loves what they do, and are proud to share their music with people who just want to dance!!

I should have been a florist...

I think my favorite thing about wedding planning so far is looking at beautiul floral arrangements. I am obsessed with these gorgeous bouquets and centerpieces and have been inspired by them. I realized that I am in love with ranunculas in all colors and definitely want succulents intermingled with all of my flowers. I really like the arrrangements with green and bright orange, but I also like the soft pinks, sherbert and cream colors as well. There's so much to choose from!!

Love these ranunculas

and these orange ones mixed with succulents

and all of the colorful ranunculas!

These colors are soft and elegant