Here Comes the Not-Detail-Oriented Bride...

Over the course of the next 18 months I will be planning a wedding. 

That statement has and still makes me shutter time-to-time. 

Every girl, since birth, has dreamed of her wedding; her dress, her choice of flowers and decorations, even what venue would be chosen. FALSE. (At least for me.) 

Of course I have thought about my wedding, literally everyone has, but I have never gotten to the details. I knew I wanted my family there, I wanted to have fun and last, but not least, I wanted it to be unique, but that sounds like every wedding I have ever been to, so my previous wedding planning thoughts don’t help much. 

I struggle and have always struggled with details. I am a big picture thinker.  I don’t spend hours picking out colors or caring what time an event should be. I don’t even worry about using a level when I hang photos. I usually eyeball it and hope for the best. My thinking is hey, at least it finally made it up on the wall. 

The wedding planning process shall prove to be an interesting one, especially with an organized and detail-loving fiancée. Let the stress begin and the memories be made while planning the family-oriented, fun and unique wedding of 2014. If I have bloopers along the way, I will be sure to share them. I mean I have seen Bridesmaids… something is bound to happen, let’s face it.  

Going. Going. Going.

I found my ol’ blog pretty bare when I checked it last. A lot has happened since my last post almost a year ago. I graduated college. I was a finalist for Alice in Dairyland. I earned a big-girl job in the big, bad grown up world. I moved away from everything I had built my life on so far. I traveled to New York for the third time in my life, where I gained a fiancé. (That’s a whole different story.) Many other friends got engaged (five to be exact) and one even had a baby. 

I have heard many people say that life goes by fast. After hanging on by my shoestrings the past year I believe that to be 100% true.  It is my understanding that it only gets faster. If that is the case I am going to have to invest in some good running shoes. 

Even though it is a little into the new year now, I have resolved that I want to keep track of my life better. I want to take more photos, write more and soak up as many memories as I can. 

The Packers aren’t in the Super Bowl, I am turning 23 in two days and it is -30 degrees outside. Might as well write, right?