One Month and Counting...

The City Hall in a small town is a little bit different then New York!A cute church on the corner The horses actually come up to you Brianna , full of life and energy! Well I once imagined this blog being a great journalistic record of wedding planning excitement but I've barely been able to do everything, much less take pictures of doing everything! Today is the first day of my first vacation in a year, even longer for Nick who doesn't get his until January. I feel like I've been on a roller coaster since January of last year and I won't be getting off until January 20th. But what a wonderful day that will be. I know it will all be worth it when the day comes but if you feel like praying for us, we'll take it! Today we did get a fun break and took a little ride to the country. A friend of Nick's from an old job is headed to Arizonian (maybe you'll see her Theresa, her name is Maria). Another co-worker was hosting a goodbye party so I got to meet some of Nick's former co-workers. They were the ones in his testimony that he used to tell that his future wife was in New York, having no idea if I really was the one or if I'd ever move back. So they wanted to see that I really exist. They were such sweet people that lived in this little town on a farm with horses and everything. It was so peaceful there. One friend has a daughter named Brianna who is full of life as you can see from the picture above. She likes to say "Yeah, Nick!" so if you hear her at the wedding, now you know who she is! If you still want some wedding planning info, we tried to register last Saturday. We got halfway around the store when our zapper died. We were told that nothing registered so we had to start over. Halfway through the next round, the whole thing froze up. We were told that again it hadn't registered! We should come back on a weekday when it's not so busy. Then we went through the whole store and wrote on paper every last thing. Two and a half hours of our lives and we got nowhere! We mustered up the courage to go back Thursday and finally finished. When I looked up the registry on the internet, we had requested 15 pillows and 3 garlic presses! (Not that I know what to do with a garlic press but Nick does). All the other times we used the zapper, it did register! Then on Friday, Nick got dishes on his door but we had only registered the night before! Turns out a friend in Delaware had asked him where we were registered weeks ago and found us online before we found ourselves. So thanks, Sara, for the great plates! That about describes many of our wedding planning comedy-of-errors but it is all good because we always end up laughing. Turns out that around this guy, I can actually be funny! Who knew? (OK, Gina used to say it...) PS for all those who know I've lived off Jenny Craig, Lean Cuisine and granola bars for more years than I can count, I want you to know I can actually cook! I did it all by myself! Nick was repainting his condo a color I like and teased his mom about driving up two hours so he could have a home-cooked meal. He would have never asked me to bring something but I wasn't about to let him go hungry. So I actually got out my Better Homes and Gardens cookbook, raided the grocery store and somehow put together Chicken Dijon and Rice Pilaf! I dropped it off and now Nick's mom doesn't have to worry about her poor son starving. So for those who always believed I could do it, thanks! For those who didn't, never underestimate the transforming power of love :). Have an amazing Christmas, everyone!