busy busy busy

Sorry its been so long since I posted last. Ashley and Andrew got married on Saturday so we were very busy with that. It was a beautiful wedding. The weather worked out for them so they were lucky and got the have the ceremony outside. I dropped Andrew's ring as I was giving it to the pastor and the unity candle wouldn't light...but other than that, it went off with out a hitch! They are currently sunning their butts in Jamaica, lucky ducks.

Now, its time to get serious on our wedding. Tomorrow it will be 4 months!!! I have so much to do. I recently got in the material for our invitations and finalized our wording. I just need to figure out where I can print them for cheap. I also have pretty much the layout of the program done, just need to choose our music and stuff like that. I made a few calls today about the rehearsal dinner, cake, food and seamstress for my dress. Hopefully they will all get back to me and have the answers that I want! :) I also made a map with the important locations on it and put the link on our wedding page. When I list it all out like that, it makes me feel like I've done a lot, but I still feel way behind. If I could get a caterer booked, I would feel much better. Maybe I'll just be cooking the week before...I can make a pretty tasty chicken parm. We'll see.

Off to try to convince Bliss to go to the tux store....wish me luck!

little bit of everything.

so the save the dates went out on time. i was pleased with myself. i finally got the contact for the hotel so thats taken care of. i'm waiting on the dj to send me a contract then we will have that. i talked to the tent guy and tents are WAY more expensive then i thought so we'll have to see about that. i've figured out what i want to do for the invites so thats the next big project but i still have some time for those. bliss and i went to lowes to see if we could register there, but decided not to. there are only a few items we need from there and they aren't really things you can ship or bring on a plane with you so there really isn't a need to. gift cards to lowes or home depot will still be much appreciated! i think thats it for wedding stuff...i need to start talking to caterers.

bliss is coming home friday night so i'm excited about that. then sat night i have ashley's bachelorette party which i am excited about as well. i went out and bought some stuff for her for the night. hehe. it should be fun. i didn't go over board though...she told me she didn't want any flopping penises or anything like that. too bad.

my mom recently got a new job. i talked to her yesterday, after her first day, and she said it was boring cause all she did was read, but its m-f and daytime hours so it will be much better then what she has been doing! alex, my nephew, broke his tooth and had to have it removed to day, poor baby. christina said he was doing well so thats good.

i think thats it. hope everyone is having a good week!

We Registered!

On Sunday we went to Target and registered there then I went to Bed Bath & Beyond on Tuesday and registered for some more stuff. It was lots of fun! I was told by my sister, Christina, that her friends were not impressed with my Target registry, so I guess I need to go back and add some more to that. We're waiting till we get our dining room set from Bliss' parents before we register for that stuff since we don't know how big it is or anything. I think we are also going to register at Home Depot or Lowes but Bliss needs to be around for that.

I'm working on the save the dates. My goal is to get them out in the mail on Tues, so we'll see. I'm not sure how to get the holes in the middle so I'm off to Michael's tomorrow to see what I can find.

crappy work schedules

I'm a little upset. Bliss' parents were supposed to be coming up next week and I was really excited to see them. Now, Bliss is going to be out of town for work so they aren't going to come. Its really too bad because we haven't see them since Christmas 06. Hopefully they will get to come up some other time. Like I said, Bliss is traveling to Oklahoma next week. There is a possibility that he will be going to Utah for 2 weeks after that. Its weird...there isn't anyone traveling at his work for months, then they send everyone away for a long time. Why can't they spread it out a bit more? I don't mind it all that much when hes gone. I mean I miss him, but its not that big of a deal, but I don't know how I feel about him being gone for 3 weeks straight. :(

Oh a happier note, we booked our reception location. Its going to be at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. I'm excited about it! I know we really aren't sports people, but we thought it would be fun to be able to walk around and see everything. I also have my photographer now and the name of the DJ we hope to use. It all seems to be coming together.

Now for our wedding!

Today was Ashley's shower. I think it went pretty well. There were about 15 people here. Good thing there weren't many more because my house is a little small. But now that is over and the house is done, we can really start planning our wedding! I need to find a reception location so that is the next thing on the list. Hopefully I'll be able to find something next week and get it booked. Next weekend we're going to go register! YAY! I can't wait for that! Also, I need to talk to some hotels and get some rooms blocked off so I can put that in the save the dates. Those need to go out over Memorial Day weekend. Goodness there is lots to do.

The house is done!!!

This weekend Bliss and I **finally** finished the house!! We've lived in it for over a year and half and just now finished all the painting. I know, I know...its sad. We had most of it done. A few months ago I finally got a hair on my ass and got started. Two friends of ours, Jen & Gabe, came over one day and helped Bliss and I some. Then a couple weeks ago, Jen and my friend Ashley came over and helped me finish up almost everything. We painted until 2 am! Talk about some damn good friends. When we took the tape off in the red dining room, it took off all the paint so we had a ring of white up buy the ceiling. Oh was I pissed. But now that is fixed and we touched up a few other places that were looking nasty since the rest of the paint in the house is a year and a half old now. and its done!! Once I get it all cleaned up I'll post some pics of it.

This weekend I'm throwing a bridal shower for Ashley. Hence the rush to get the house done :) I'm excited about it! I hope that its a good one for her. Still trying to come up with games to play. I'm excited about being in her wedding too. The dress she picked out is great. And Bliss and I are both in her wedding, me the maid of honor and Bliss the best man, so we get to walk down the aisle as a test run...cool huh?

Our wedding plans haven't progressed much. I need to find a place for us to have the reception that will fit in to our budget and fit about 100 people. I'm going to call a few places tomorrow and see what I can find. Wish me luck!!

Welcome!!

Welcome to our blog! I know it says the Jourdan family and I'm not part of the family yet but we wanted to make a page so we could keep everyone up to date with all that is going on in our lives. So, for now, the Jourdan family includes Bliss and the dogs. Gizmo and I are still on our own :)

Since this is to keep everyone up to date, let me do a quick over view of our lives just to bring you all up to speed. Bliss and I bought a house in September 2006. We're still working on it, but as everyone knows who has a house, the work in never done. Bliss is working as with a company that does contract work for the Air Force. The job isn't very demanding and he gets to travel some so its a pretty nice gig. I'm working at GEICO in the claims department. I like it for the most part and I get to hear some interesting stories. The animals are doing good. Radley had some seizures but we put him on some supplements and he seems to be better. Luna is still doing some puppy stuff so I'm ready for that to be over, but over all is a super sweet dog. Gizmo is Gizmo. Typical cat who wants everything on her terms. As you may already know, Bliss asked me to marry him last week. We have set the date of October 25, 2008. We have picked the location, Washington Park in downtown Macon. Nothing else has really been planned yet.

So that's it, our life in a nut shell. With all of our family living a good distance from us, its hard to keep everyone up to date. I hope this blog helps with that. I'm going to do my best to keep it up to date. Please leave us comments and let us know whats going on in your lives too!!

Love
Becca & Bliss