Any Way You Want It

:never ending squeaks of excitement:

We got it!

We got it!

Summit Manor is all ours on Saturday, June 26th.

It is so official and I am so ready.

This could not have been done without my beautiful mother and amazing father.

Well we have that down, so let's get planning.

I guess this means I have to contact local hotels and figure which one will have the best rates for out-of-town guests. That shouldn't be too hard. I work in the hotel industry now, so I understand all this blocking rooms business. How many should I block? Say 20, just in case we have guests that don't want to drive home?

Just received a call from my soul sister (maid of honor) after I texted the good news. Nothing but screaming "Yay! You're getting married.... at Summit Manor!!!" :laughs: She was at a bus stop too which makes me giggle harder. Too funny. Totally lost my train of thought. hah.

my spider is the cutest of them all!

I now we get to pick out food and start stocking up on booze. It is all coming together. Wow. Everything is so exciting. I need to save save save my monies. It will all be worth it.

Invitations are being creatively built by Micah Kopp still. We should have a clearer idea of what is going on with them in a week or two. Save the dates came in the mail yesterday. Tiny envelopes and stamps are now of the "to purchase" list.

The only things we don't have yet and do not know what to do about it are the officiant (the one we wanted will be at rainbow gathering the last half of the month) and counselling. I hear counselling can benefit (aside from the obvious) by reducing the cost of a marriage license. Will the counselling cost more than the license though? What? How are we even supposed to get an officiant who we have a relationship with now? Maybe one of our friends can become ordained online or something. haha.

I almost forgot to tell an awesome story! So my mom had called the main dude at Summit Manor this weekend. They were on vacation until Monday. Today, my mom received a call back from said main dude. Let's call him David, being that is his name. He is very hesitant about the date, almost in an agonizing, I-have-bad-news-coming sort of way. If you have ever tried planning an event such as a wedding you will know, Saturdays are hard to come by, especially in summer. He checked the date. It was open. I am pretty sure we got one of the last Saturdays in the entire summer! How absolutely killer is that? Way too cool. All the fingers crossed has paid off. Thank you kids!

I am pretty sure Michael and I have the coolest family and friends out there. So many resources and help. I could not have achieved half of this on my own. I just want you to know that your love and amazing support will never be over-looked. My world is full of the most beautiful people.

This is so freakin' cool.

:sigh:

one day at a time.

baby step.

giant, fat baby steps.

This is the only good live video of this song.

You tell me if Eddie Vedder is trying to hard.

Personally I don't care for the dude.

Still it's a good video.