Dainty Kitty

The Acorn Arrived!

I got a new camera!  Not much to take photos of in my neighborhood on a Friday night but I'm looking forward to going to Cox Arboretum tomorrow afternoon to really try it out. 

Anxious

For the first time UPS is telling me it's going to take five days for something to arrive and it's actually taking five days.  For safety, Matt had this particularly fantastic acorn sent to my home because I'm there when the mail arrives most days.  Then we found out it's being sent via UPS which means I probably won't be there to sign for it.  I'm really hoping our regular driver picks up our packages at the office tomorrow (when it's scheduled to arrive) because he also delivers to my neighborhood so it should be in his truck.  They throw a sub in the mix every once in awhile, though.  If that's the case, I might have to wait because my apartment complex office has been closed all week so he can't leave it there and I don't know any of my neighbors (including the new one right next door who had a [loud] party on the patio on Monday night.  Who parties til one on a Monday night?  I'm getting old). 

I check the tracking number a dozen times a day, no joke.  I'm crazy anxious. 

A Favorite Detail: The Birdseed Toss

I loved the wording this tutorial used but wanted to simplify it a bit.  This is one of my favorite wedding details - it's immensely aesthetically pleasing.

I'm going to bed at a crazy early hour tonight.  Between registering yesterday, getting up at a crazy early hour this morning, working on details at Mom and Dad's house all day today and knowing that I'm going to go back to finish a few more things tomorrow night...going to bed sounds like the most wonderful thing in the world right now.  :)

Wedding Music

At Last	Lou Rawls & Dianne Reeves
Sleepwalk	The Brian Setzer Orchestra
Might Tell You Tonight	Scissor Sisters
Love Song	The Cure
Feels Like Home	Randy Newman
All I Want Is You	Barry Louis Polisar
For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her	Simon & Garfunkel
The Luckiest	Ben Folds
Hotter Then Mojave in My Heart	Iris DeMent
You Are the Best Thing	Ray LaMontagne
I Will Follow You Into the Dark	Death Cab For Cutie
Banana Pancakes	Jack Johnson
Holding Hands, Feeding Ducks	The Brunettes
Walkin' On Sunshine	Katrina
Lucky	Jason Mraz w/Cobie Caillat
Got Me A Woman	Levon Helm
Into the Mystic	Van Morrison
Moon River	Perry Como
Our House	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Memories Are Made of This	Dean Martin

I know I said I wasn't going to post much but I did put together a wedding music cd for Matt and thought I would include the playlist here.  We're using my iPod as our deejay and searching for songs has really been fun (suggestions are still welcome!). 

We're thinking about using Feels Like Home by Randy Newman for the processsional.   There are other versions that most might find more appealing but I like the original.  I've also always loved the idea of walking down the aisle to Brian Setzer's version of Sleepwalk.  We're using All I Want Is You, from the Juno sountrack, as the recessional.  Juno was the first movie we watched together and it sparked the conversation that really got the "I want to spend the rest of my life with you" conversation going so using a song from the soundtrack makes sense.  This song is happy and perfect for the moment when we get pelted with birdseed as we walk back up the aisle. 

Got Me a Woman by Levon Helm is pretty funny as is Hotter Than Mojave in My Heart by Iris DeMent (couldn't find a link, though). 

Our House: Catching Up & Looking Forward

Somewhere over the last couple of months I seem to have misplaced my ability to blog.  Maybe I left it behind at a thrift store while I looked for beer, wine and champagne glasses for the reception or at Michael's or JoAnn somewhere in the ribbon or flower aisle.  Or maybe it just got filed under the wrong category in my bridal organizer.  You know, under Guest List rather than How to Have a Life and Plan a Wedding at the Same Time. 

It's really not that bad, though - I've been incredibly lucky as it's all really falling into place - but it is mentally and physically time consuming.  My apartment seems to stay in a constant state of cluttered and I haven't finished a knitting project in weeks.  Let's not even start on the idea of packing up/selling my belongings. I think the majority of that will happen after we get married - although I'd like to have some of the organizing done before Matt gets here.  I (hopefully) won't be working and we'll have at least a couple of weeks as we wait for the spouse visa to go through. 

My idea of keeping a written journal for each of the 101 days up until the wedding, sadly, lasted about a week and a half.  I do want to take a few moments to write a few things down eventually, though, and in a couple of weeks it'll be time to start thinking about the vows.  I'd also like to take some time to think about what I'll be doing once I get over there.  The side of my brain that pushes practical thoughts away wants to make the rooms on the other side of that window beautiful and cozy.   It also wants to knit Real Projects and explore the kitchen like I haven't before.  The practical side of my brain that does need to think about an income still wants it to be creative - maybe using my newly organized craft room by selling on Etsy rather than always buying or my growing (thanks to Matt) stack of writing books.  I want to write again for sure - even if it's just to blog more often and with more substance.  I'm hoping that, with this new life in a new country, blog topics won't be far out of reach. 

It's a lot to think about. 

I don't expect to blog much until June or maybe even July.  Hopefully, though, I'll have some exciting photos from the trip home (as in my future home) and our adventure in Rome (what I'm calling our pre-honeymoon) here in a few weeks.  I already know there are a few pre-wedding details (like the birdseed toss packets - they turned out so cute) that I want to photograph and post eventually.  And I'm sure there will be wedding photos.  I haven't mentioned it here yet but Punch Pink (and I like this one, too) is going to be our photographer.  I'm super excited about that (and, thankfully, so is she).  I think there's something really comforting about actually working with someone you know and like. 

Blurg, see what happens when you don't post anything of note for a month of Sundays?  :)