Progress

Well, we have made some progress. Not a lot, but some nonetheless. First, we have picked a date - September 30, 2006. That is 264 days from today!

We have picked a photographer. We met with him last Thursday and looked at some of his work, which is all SO good. Tim wanted to get an idea what else was out there to have something to compare with, so Saturday we headed off to the bridal show. There were several photographers there, and there was just no one that compared in quality and price. There were many that were less expensive, but their photos were crap - and, as Tim noted, a lot of the photos were out of focus.

I've called the florist, and am meeting with him tomorrow. Tim asked if we should comparison shop, and I've assured him that there is no need. This guy is just plain good, and there is no point in wasting much time.

So......we need to pick our venue(s). I hit a real snafu a couple of weeks ago when I discovered that in order to get married in a Catholic church again, I will have to have an annullment. I'm not sure why their rules apply to me, the non-Catholic, but apparently they do. As a result, we've talked about all kinds of places to get married. We'd settled on the Dayton Art Institute until we found out that they are completely booked for all of 2006 except for August 12. We looked at the Packard Museum, which is still a potential reception site, but not appropriate for a ceremony too. We stopped at Cox Arboretum Saturday, and that is also a potential reception site, but there just didn't seem to be room to have both a ceremony and reception, unless we plan something outside. I just don't want to stress about the weather, and so I have to nix the outdoor idea. If it's nice, I'm happy to go outside for pictures - but I don't want the entire event to depend on the weather being good. Too much stress.

Also on Saturday, we saw some photos of a wedding in a church that is ironically called St. John's. As Tim pointed out, there was Saint John and then there was that other, not-so-saintly John. I guess if he doesn't have a problem with it, neither do I. I called there this morning, and hope to stop by there one day this week to take a look in person. The pictures looked good anyway.

I ran into an old friend on Saturday. She owns a catering business and was at the bridal show. I'm going to give her a call later in the week and see what advice she has for me.

Today is also weigh-in day. Ugh. I have been so uninspired since Christmas. It shows at the scale. I need to get back on track and start losing again. At least I haven't gained.