Today, Josh, Mom, and I met with Kelly from Monte Verde Inn to go over the day of wedding stuff. We worked out the menu, the cake, the centerpieces, the order in which people will be arriving....all in all, we got a lot done! It was a lot of fun. Haha, I wish I had more to say about it! But what else is there? It was productive, and now we can finish up some of the little things, like our invitations.
We also are eliminating a few things, like the kid's toss. Originally we were going to have three tosses; bouquet, garter, and stuff for the kids. Then Kelly pointed something out; the kids will be with the event nannies and will be loaded down with goodies already.
I'm not too sad to see it go.
152 days....and we're really looking forward to it. It's real in a way that it wasn't before. It feels like so many of the decisions have now been completely taken care of and thank God for that! I feel that I'm in a better position now to reach my goal of relaxing on my wedding day and trying to take it all in. Woo hoo!
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Sunday, June 6, 2010
H: What's in a name? Oh.....that....
Before we were engaged or even considering marriage (which would be...ohhhh two weeks into our relationship I guess), Josh and I had an interesting conversation regarding name changes that went something like this:
H: Yeah, my plan is to keep my own name if I get married one day.
J: I refuse to have children with hyphenated names. I always promised myself that I'd take my wife's name before I let my children be saddled with hyphenated names.
H: ....really?
J: Yep.
H: Well. Okay then.
My intention was to have my children take their father's name should the day come to pass, but I figured I'd keep my mouth shut at that particular juncture. And I was right to do it!
Josh will be taking mine. Now, this is pretty cool for a variety of reasons. 1. I never felt like I had to comply with societal norms regarding male and female, and this leaves my relatively untarnished record still relatively untarnished. 2. I get to keep my family name; something very important to me. 3. The looks on people's faces and ensuing positive comments when I tell them that my fiance will be taking my last name ("That is so cool!", "Wow, that's neat! I asked my husband to do that, but he wouldn't" and the ever popular "Really? You're the first couple I've ever met to do that....that's so awesome!"). Believe me, I was very shocked myself. But lo and behold, this is what happens when your dude is the most incredible man alive.
*sigh*
I am so lucky.
I'm very grateful to him for this
H: Yeah, my plan is to keep my own name if I get married one day.
J: I refuse to have children with hyphenated names. I always promised myself that I'd take my wife's name before I let my children be saddled with hyphenated names.
H: ....really?
J: Yep.
H: Well. Okay then.
My intention was to have my children take their father's name should the day come to pass, but I figured I'd keep my mouth shut at that particular juncture. And I was right to do it!
Josh will be taking mine. Now, this is pretty cool for a variety of reasons. 1. I never felt like I had to comply with societal norms regarding male and female, and this leaves my relatively untarnished record still relatively untarnished. 2. I get to keep my family name; something very important to me. 3. The looks on people's faces and ensuing positive comments when I tell them that my fiance will be taking my last name ("That is so cool!", "Wow, that's neat! I asked my husband to do that, but he wouldn't" and the ever popular "Really? You're the first couple I've ever met to do that....that's so awesome!"). Believe me, I was very shocked myself. But lo and behold, this is what happens when your dude is the most incredible man alive.
*sigh*
I am so lucky.
I'm very grateful to him for this
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