March for the win!

- 60-70 degree days and sunshine........................................................... +20 

- Tornados, rain and snow........................................................................ -15 

- Flowers blooming................................................................................... + 3 

- March Madness basketball action.......................................................... +10 

- March madness consuming tv & facebook............................................. - 5 

- Losing an hour of sleep from daylight savings....................................... -10 

- Longer days and more hours of sunlight................................................ +15 

- Possession of Jotul stove for the future home....................................... +12 

- Apartment painting resulting in clutter and mess...................................  -7 

- 2 Godchildren birthdays......................................................................... +10 

- Sister & sister-in-law birthdays............................................................... +10 

- St. Patty's Day!!!!!................................................................................... +30

- No meat on Fridays................................................................................ - 5 

- Fish Fry Fridays ..................................................................................... +15 

- Hanging out with friends in Lex............................................................... +20 

- Missing friend's birthday in Lou............................................................... -12 

- Spending lots of $$ on car maintenance................................................. -20

- The Hunger Games movie comes to theaters........................................ +20 

GRAND TOTAL IS.....................................101%

I'd say that spring is off to a great start....! :)

My Wedding on a Budget: 9 Days to Go!

SINGLE DIGITS!!!
And I can finally check the 10 day forecast and what's it say....
Aaahhh...so far so good! Let's just hope, hope, hope it stays that way!

It's hard for me to believe we're really so close! There are so many little things to tie up that I feel like I could work non-stop weddingness these last 9 days! I finished my thanks yous tonight and put together my bridesmaids gifts so I can bring them on Saturday. We had dinner with Jerusha and Clay and she was practicing on lemon cupcakes. (baking, icing, seeing how long they'll stay fresh...) I still have quite a few things I want to get done prior to leaving for the bachelorette party on Saturday...!

...Seriously, though... I feel like that weather forecast is too good to be true... It's kind of scaring me!

My Wedding on a Budget: 10 Days to Go!

Wedding Dreams It was Driving Wednesday (therefore no major wedding work) so I thought I'd share with you the 3 wedding dreams I've had so far...

1. The Bridesmaids Dresses - I had this one back in May I believe so I'm fuzzy on the details, but I think it sprung from me telling the bridesmaids they could pick their own dresses and that I'd finally committed to a date. It was suddenly Wedding Day and the catering was crazy and fixing weird food (I knew what it was at the time but now I"m not sure but I do believe that none of it was stuff Jon could eat.) The part I do remember was that the bridesmaids were running around in these salmon pink dresses with poofy sleeves--straight up 80s! I mean, I do love the 80s, but not for my wedding party. I remember in the dream wishing I'd given myself more time to plan because it was suddenly going to be over before I'd had any fun with it! Good news is that hasn't been the case!
   
2. The Weather Nightmare - Actually, this wasn't a nightmare at all. It did rain on the wedding day for my dream, but I think this was God's way of calming me down. It rained and the day went on, nothing was ruined. Everyone had a great time. Everything was lovely. Rain won't ruin the day.
3. Hair Scare - I had this one just last night. I was having my hair done but was extremely distracted and caught up talking with Holly or Rachel or someone the entire time. When the lady finished (and I remembered this was for my wedding) I realized I hadn't given her any direction with what I wanted her to do so she'd completely done whatever she felt like...which resulted in it being pulled back into two french braids with these blue beads (marble sized!) stuck into the braids on my head. Whoa. I didn't have the heart to tell the lady who'd spent 45 minutes working on it that I didn't like it when I hadn't given her any direction. But that's what I had Holly there for!

Hopefully none of the dreams come true... we'll see if I have any more in these last TEN DAYS!