Finally married!!

Its been two weeks since my beau and I tied the knot. I have to admit, I wish we had eloped. It would of been so much easier. But regardless we had a great time and now I am learning to refer to him as my husband. We have yet to get our official pictures from our photographer but we should be receiving them in the mail by the end of the month. I have been reorganizing the house since we got back this week, and soon I will sit down and write my ‘thank you’ cards. I start my Phd classes in just ten days and I am surprisingly not worried or excited about it yet. I think it has yet to sink in.

Anyways…..here are some pictures family members posted on facebook of our big night. Enjoy!

89 days to go!

Yup…89 days to go until our big day, or should I say night. In the past few weeks I have been able to check off a lot of things from my wedding to-do list (which makes me very happy). This week I will be able to check one very important thing off that list, the wedding invitations. It feels sort of anticlimactic considering everyone we are inviting has basically known of the wedding for quite some time and have already informally confirmed their attendance. It will be nice to finally send the invitations off though, since I have had to wait about a month for all the addresses, etc. in order to get them ready.

In other news, our place is almost unpacked. The one room that has yet to be tackled is Will’s ‘mancave’. I have a closet in said mancave and all my stuff in there is pretty well organized. The garage still has a few things to be put away, but overall our place is looking decent. I hope to (once the weather is nicer) start my raise-bed garden project in the backyard and get the bushes in the front yard looking nice.

Also happening this week is my first pre-op appointment. I will be having epi-lasik done to my eyes the 2nd of June. This first pre-operation appointment is to see how my eyes are doing since my initial check up back in August. I am excited about having 20/20 vision, but I am not excited about getting my eye cut into.  I know the operation will be worth it, but nonetheless I still have the paranoid part of me crossing my fingers that nothing will go wrong.

So it seems that the theme of the next few months is waiting….waiting for eye surgery, waiting for our wedding day and waiting for the Fall semester to start. Damn having to wait!

-Bridezilla aka Aíxa

110 days and counting…

In 110 days I will be a married woman…the thought of that is intimidating and exciting. I have to admit that growing up I never dreamed of my wedding or getting married. I dreamed of faraway lands and doing awesome things. I dreamed of growing up, getting to do what I wanted, going where I wanted and becoming famous for discovering something.

Back then I had ambitions of being a marine biologist/decorator/author. Never did one of those ‘/’ include wife. In the past few years my ‘/’ have evolved to professor/author/advocate/troublemaker. I like to think that the troublemaker is the one responsible for adding wife to my identifier. I sometimes wonder if the label of wife being added to my persona will cause me to change in anyway or act differently. I sure hope not, because that would be annoying. I plan on being my regular outspoken, obnoxious self. I think if I changed or held myself back because I was Will’s wife would dramatically change the traits he feel in love with.

I sometimes wonder the same thing of when I start my doctorate program. Will it change me? Will the eventuality of my adding Ph.d to my many labels change the way I see myself and how I act? Yes I know I think about things too much…but then again I still have 110 days until wife becomes one of the new labels added to my persona.

In the meantime I will continue to entertain myself (when I am not working) by unpacking; flower choosing;  accessory shopping;

reading

Currently reading

modeling

and  lets not forget… causing trouble:

 

How my cocktail guide ended up like this I have no clue...promise

I really don’t look for trouble…trouble happens to finds me

Anything to keep my mind busy and myself from thinking too much and obsessing about how two major milestones will be happening in the next 4 months.

Bring it on 110 days!

A stalker trying not to be a bridezilla

I am getting married in 6 months!!!

Most people would be freaking out given I have too many things still left to check off my planning list. I am trying my best not too. I think I am accomplishing this by the simple fact that my Willard, my beau, doesn’t freak out. He is a calm guy who doesn’t let things stress him out (that or he is very good about hiding it).

Of the things I am missing to check off my list are pretty important, photographer & florist. I have my dress (which I love), my venue, caterer (whom I will be having a tasting in February) and wedding party. I think I have a lot done already considering I had to change my venue because of budget concerns.

I think I have a pretty decent budget to work with, but with my starting my Ph.D coursework this Fall I decided it would be best to cut the budget in half and have a little cushion to work with for tuition in case I don’t get financial aid.  Added to all of this money concerns  is the fact I have a discerning eye for detail. I admit I like nice things, okay, really nice things. I blame my mother for this. Coming from a family of artistic persons, I have the tastes of a person with tons of money, which I obviously don’t have. This sometimes causes a good argument with my beau whom in all his reasoning thinks things should always fit in a budget and if it doesn’t then we don’t need it (damn mathematicians and their number crunching!)

That leaves me to try to figure out, What is a reasonable budget for wedding photography? I don’t want anything crazy, just some really crisp and elegant photographs of the wedding party before the ceremony, a few photographs of the ceremony, a few of our families and the food/dessert. The rest of the reception will be up to the guests, all of who I know are paparazzi and will most likely take tons of candid photographs.What do you guys think is a reasonable price for a photographer considering what I want?

I already have the florist in mind, I just have to call and schedule an appointment. *breathes deeply*

Here is to hoping I can stay calm and collected and find the right vendors. *fingers crossed*

Kansas City Wedding Weekend

This past Memorial Day weekend was spent up in Kansas City for my beau’s friend’s wedding. I had never been to Kansas City, so I was looking forward to being in an actual city. I already knew that I wasn’t going to get any undivided attention since my beau was a groomsman. Having this in mind I tried my best to have a good time.

I know it may sound silly, but I was pretty excited about seeing a four lane highway again… it’s like I was back in civilization! The beau was nervous about all the construction on the highway but I was in my element! While the beau was doing his thing in the wedding rehearsal I enjoyed the sights and smells of the rose garden at Loose Park. That same day we had dinner at the bride’s parents’ house out in Desoto, Kansas. I even got to say “we aren’t in Kansas anymore!” once we headed back to our hotel that night. While in Desoto we played around and tried to relax.

The next day was the big day for the bride and groom. The beau shaved off the goatee for the ceremony at the groom’s request, which to be honest, I was happy about. During the ceremony, which was held at a farm, the turkey decided to chime in a couple of times. Other than the humidity, the heat, a passing airplane and the occasional turkey call, the ceremony was sweet. About ten to twenty minutes after the ceremony it began to storm. Luckily the pictures had been taken and we were all in the red barn by the time the rain and lightening got really bad.  Below are some pictures from our weekend in Kansas City.

The Rose Garden

The boys talking trash to each other

Us

The Red Barn

The happy couple

The other happy couple

I wish I had a picture of my entire outfit so that you would see my super cute dress, but alas. I guess that is part of being behind the camera. On a side note, the top string of my necklace broke as I took it off that night! I am going to see if I can get it fixed. You can probably imagine how mad I was when it happened. Although I am glad it happened at the hotel and not during the wedding. Gotta look at the bright side, right?