New Decade, New Decisions

It's hard to believe it's 2010 already! As with the past several years, 2009 seemed to fly by, I kind of miss it. I really wish I would've kept up with posting for the past several months because a lot went on I could have posted about. The biggest thing:

I'M ENGAGED! Chris proposed on September 26th, and it was perfect. He actually was sick with mono when he proposed! It wasn't exactly according to his plan but it turned out lovely. We've been engaged for a little over 3 months and have only 4 months (ish) to go. Our wedding is in May, and quickly approaching. I think it's hit me a little more that I'm getting married in the past few days, since we've moved into 2010. It sounds silly but in the past 3 months I kept thinking, "I'm not getting married til next year, it's still so far away." Well, really it's not! There's still so much to do and I can definitely understand why people elope. I never would, but I understand why they do, it's a lot of work!

So now, I'm spending a lot of my free time (the small amount it is) to get wedding details in line. We're taking the DIY route for our wedding. I've been searching blogs and websites high and low to find simple and affordable ways to make a big impact on your wedding day. Having a vision for the day has been the easy part really, finding ways to make all my ideas fit into the vision is the tricky part. I just have to keep in mind that at the end of the day I'll be married to my best friend, the love-of-my-life and that is the blessing I'll be smiling about on that Saturday! It's very easy to be worried about what others will think of my wedding, whether or not they'll like the food, appreciate the decor, or have fun at the reception. In response to this Chris showed me something he had written down that a pastor said in a sermon once. He basically said we would stop worrying so much about what other people thought if we realized, that in reality it's not us they're thinking about, but themselves.

Refreshed.