Lisa and Michael

We’re only a few hours away from the next chapter in our lives, Lisa, who knows where it all leads to?

I love you, baby.

Thank you for deciding to spend the rest of your life with me.

I don’t know what Lisa is worried about, she looks fabulous. Don’t fret, doll, your tan lines will be gone by June, and I can’t figure out why you’re so worried about your diet.

Today is my 7th year tobacco free. How cool is that? Plus, it’s 7 weeks until our wedding day. Coincidence? I think not.

And that means we are less than 8 weeks away from our big day.

We are nearly done with everything. Plane tickets are purchased, hotel reservations completed, cruise paid for, ground transportation researched. Whew! A lot of work, but a fun process.

The invites will be sent this weekend and we’ll get my wardrobe in the coming weeks. The list is getting shorter and we are getting excited to go on the trip and get married!

I am also down about 18 pounds since last August. I am feeling good and looking good, and I hope the diet has helped bring down my triglycerides, which was a bit high at the start of the year. The nice side effect is I have lost considerable weight and I am about half-way to my year-end goal of shedding 40+ pounds. I don’t want to be a fat tub of goo anymore.

Wow, 8 more weeks!

What a wonderful day it was! Of course neither of us really stuck to that $20 limit that we set! It was really nice tho. Even more exciting was the day after Valentines Day when I picked up my wedding dress! It is gorgeous and the two girls are in awe of it. Now of course, they are wondering what they are going to wear… Sitting here, I just realized that we have about four more months to go before we board the ship and I am so very excited!! We still need to get Michael ready with attire and I think that needs to be addressed soon. He’s looking great with his recent weight loss and he is taking much better care of himself too. Once we start tanning in a month or so, we will look better than ever I’m sure!! haha! Next week Michael will be 40 and I won’t feel so old anymore. He makes 40 feel like 30 for me. Shari is currently in Las Vegas Nevada and is LOVING it. She has called and texted us all day to make us jealous because we both love Las Vegas as well. She has suggested a girls weekend/bachelorette party before the cruise….not a bad idea I suppose! I have been to Las Vegas twice now without Michael and is just is not the same at all, so going without him again would have to be for a short trip only–or maybe he can come too and babysit???

Have a wonderful Valentine’s Day, baby. My love for you grows by the hour, the minute, and the second. The 24th of June can’t come fast enough, doll. I look forward to spending the rest of my life with you.

I love you so much.

I can’t believe it’s nearly Valentine’s Day, seems that only yesterday we were celebrating the holidays. Lisa and I are limiting ourselves to $20 for each other, and I’m going to be holding her to it!

We had a wedding weekend a little over a week ago and went to a wedding expo. I’m amazed, but not surprised, how big this industry is. It was a first for both of us, neither had been to this type of gathering before. Lots of neat stuff and cool ideas, and it seems that everywhere we went Lisa and I were the big winners of a contest (ok, I think everyone who leaves their contact info is a contest winner with these companies, lol!)

We also spent time working on the invitations. We’re nearly finished, and should be in a great position to get them sent out in or around April. I’ll just say they’re looking really, really nice now!

In addition, we started looking at flights to Orlando that’ll get us near Port Canaveral for the cruise. We likely won’t be booking until mid-March since the rule of thumb seems to be the good deals start 3-4 months away from one’s travel date. Other logistics like transfers or rentals to the port, plus hotel accommodations, plus park tickets, etc., etc., will also have to be made at that time. Man, there’s quite a bit to accomplish with destination weddings.

Only 4.5 months to go… time is moving fast!

P.S. Oh, Lisa’s dress looks incredible, although she won’t show me the finished product until the big day. Rats.

It is my hope that this will be the first of many great years to come!  Being home on vacation the past two weeks has been so wonderful!  I have been able to accomplish so much around the house but more importantly, I found a gorgeous dress and we picked out some other things for our special day as well.  We still have a lot to do, however it seems to all be coming together–thank goodness for wedding planners too!  Really it has come down to us picking out our attire, colors and invitations!  Now, if we can just get through 3 more months of cheerleading, we should be able to make it through about anything else that life can throw at us….   It is my sincere hope that our little Shelby makes it onto the UCA roster and can travel all summer long and teach! What a great experience for her.  I also am very happy that she has chosen to try out for the UNM Cheerleading as well.  We are ready to purchase season tickets to watch!!

…has come and gone. We all had an enjoyable time together this year, one of the best ever, and Lisa’s gift to me was perfect, a new gas grill! Forget turkey or ham, or the other traditional foods, we went with grilled burgers, corn and chicken this year. Yum! I love this time of the year, I wish it hadn’t gone by so fast.

Unfortunately, I’ve been sick the past week with a particularly nasty cold that I can’t seem to shake. Lisa knows how much I love going to the doctor; it’s not that I don’t like it, but it’s impossible to get an appointment within 1 month in this day and age of HMOs and PPOs so you have to spend hours in urgent care. It sucks. But I promised Lisa if I’m not any better by Saturday, off we go.

While weather prevented Lisa’s friend from making it into town this weekend, I was a happy substitute for her, and just to let you know, Lisa did find her dress… and it’s absolutely beautiful.

P.S. The Thanksgiving pictures are up!

Today I finally finished my Christmas Shopping!! This is a good thing, as I just looked at my calendar, what with cheerleading and basketball games all this week and then the Christmas party’s after that at work, I have run out of time. I am so looking forward to staying home for two whole weeks. I have so much to do with the yard to get it ready for the excitement coming this spring with graduation parties and picture parties. There always seems to be so much to do–and then of course I still have to find a dress for June 24, 2008. Hopefully Michael can handle my best friend from elementary school who now lives in Texas. She will be here for 3 days in a few weeks to help with some of this pending wedding stuff. I am excited to include her in on this fun.

Here’s some additional information on our wedding cruise. Already 80% booked and there are over six months to go. Wow, cruises book fast!

Carnival cruise ship Sensation.
4-day Bahamas sailing on 6/22/2008.
Contact at Carnival is Charlotte:
1-800-819-3902 x82528
Our booking #7T21V5

We’re looking forward to having everyone join us!