size

so….the wedding will be considerably smaller than we’d thought (YAY! it’s going to be ALMOST EXACTLY my ideal size…but at the end, the guest list kept growing and growing and growing)…. today was the due date for reply cards. i’ve started harassing emails/text messages (in good nature with people i feel comfortable with) but will start making official calls next week, etc. but right now we’re at 115 with 33 people to hear from yet. it’s gonna end up to be almost my ideal size… and it will be much easier on the pocket because when we were figuring out caterer costs, we banked on all 200 guests saying yes (even though we knew that wouldn’t happen… better to overbudget than underbudget) … YAYs all around!! ♥

i think future husband is a LITTLE disappointed at the size… but i’m personally thrilled.

projects projects projects.

futurehusband & i have done so many projects over the past few months. first, we made all of our invitations ourselves. in the meantime, i became addicted to wedding blogs. some favorites have been here, here, here, and here. so much inspiration for so many projects.

once we decided to do cupcakes, i got cracking on cupcake stands, which i made for a fraction of the price…. there will be three of these per table:

futurehusband built crates to carry these, but i don’t have a photo of that.

i was disappointed when IKEA was out of a chalkboard easel… so futurehusband suprised me and MADE one for me:

this will hold a welcome message for the guests at the reception. how will the guests be able to find the reception, you ask? see here….

i requested it, and future husband got to work! he’s so handy!

i named all of our table numbers after years that we’ve known each other…

… and then i got to work on matchbooks and flags.

these matchbooks will be the death of me… they take forever.

above, 133 are done!

and here are the flags… all done! i think we shall give them to people as we leave the church….

also done but not pictured because they are already in milwaukee:
table runners with this fabric (the fabric is nowhere near as bright as this photo makes it look), a unity candle display (made and thrifted), a photo display of all of our grandparents and parents, my future name on the bottom of my shoes, and…, well, i’m sure there are some other projects. but that’s enough for now. am i accountable enough, now?

testing.

let’s just try this…

fitness update.

so in order to hold myself accountable, i listed my fitness goals a few weeks (months?) back. i’ve been doing OKAY… not stellar. for example, i stopped doing insanity because i was having foot pain. i still have been doing other things– running, Jillian Michaels, yoga, elipticalling– at least one of those, usually two, almost every day…

GOAL ONE: I wrote this over a month ago…”it’s just time. i need more strength, more flexibility, MORE ENDURANCE, and just to be LESS TIRED.”

• progress: i’m losing strength because i’m not doing P90X anymore. that’s sad. but happily, i’m gaining endurance and flexibility. sadly, i’m not less tired. i blame my poor sleeping habits. DEAR MIND/BODY, IT IS OKAY TO TURN OFF AT NIGHT. THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO.

GOAL TWO: yoga goals:

• to do at least SOME practice 4 days a week (it can be for just 5 minutes)
  • eh. i would say i’m definitely at 3 days. 4 days MOST weeks but not all.
• to hold bakasana for 1:00. i have it for about 30 seconds right now
  • WIN. goal achieved. consistently.
• to work toward side crane. eek!
  • I’m working on it. I really am. Not there yet.
• mermaid
  • Can do, but I’m working towards perfecting it.
• work on headstands and feathered peacock
  • I’ve been working on headstands (wall assist!). Feathered peacock has gone to the wayside a bit.
• improve hip flexibility, esp. for frog
  • this i do often. It’s working, but I can’t say goal achieved. (can you ever in yoga, really?)
• Marichyasana I
  • I enjoy this one.

So overall- I’ve been doing okay. Eating is still something I struggle with. I struggle with telling myself NO. I struggle with eating sugar (yum!). I struggle with snackng wayyyyy too much, thouhg I have written down EVERYTHING I’ve put into my body for the past 4 days (I do believe that is the longest a food journal has ever lasted in my life).

i will be back later with a wedding project update. one of today’s goals is to photograph as many of the DIY projects that I have residing here in Illinois… and then post them.