Waiting for ADVENTure

It's 6 days before I go home, 9 days before Christmas, 17 days before my dress fitting, and who knows how many days before our wedding! The time to set the date is getting so close I can feel it! We are definitely having it in spring or summer or early fall of 2012, so that's reassuring to know; we are just waiting to hear back from the head honchos of Alex's new squadron so that we can go ahead and put down that deposit and secure a date for our wedding. I know that I should enjoy the calm before the storm (I don't know if the 1.5 week before Christmas should necessarily be considered the calm before the storm), because as soon as we put that deposit down I'm going to BUSY BUSY BUSY. Especially because we will be uprooting to Minot, ND right in the middle of that.

Luckily I am getting some great help from Mr. Michael O'Connor. He calls himself my "personal florist" but he is so much more than that. He's going to be more like my personal ... go to guy. He's going to be helping me figure out center pieces, bouquets, and misc. floral arrangements, I am truly lucky to have such great help.

I forgot to tell you guys something about my proposed wedding venue. Chris Pontius, of Jackass fame, also had his wedding on the same spot. So you KNOW we're making good decisions .... I tried looking for pictures of the place but it's actually kind of hard to find ... who knew those guys liked their privacy so much!

Lastly I wanted to wish everyone a happy holidays. Luckily, Channukah doesn't start until the 20th this year, and we all know that Christmas isn't until the 25th, so I get to wish all my Jewish and Christian friends alike a Happy Holiday!

On a side note, it really is strange being in the South for the holidays ...

First of all, nobody plays this song over Thanksgiving

Secondly, no one plays this song over the holidays (I suppose this makes sense)

Lastly, they play THIS song

All joking aside, the holidays are such a beautiful time where people have something to celebrate, whether it's the religious meanings behind Channukah and Christmas, or simply a new or old tradition of spending time with and showing love to your family. I hope you all have a wonderful holidays, and I will see you in the new year!