A Thing or Two to Do

As of today we have officially been engaged for one month! Let me give you an idea of our wedding planning progress thus far. First, here is what we "should have done" up to this point (courtesy of http://www.utahweddings.com/)

-Select rings and order engravings
-Set wedding date and time
-Consider hiring a wedding coordinator
-Determine budget
-Decide on formality, size, and location of the wedding
-Make arrangements for wedding ceremony
-Select and order wedding gown, veil, accessories, and bridesmaids' dresses
-Select and reserve location for reception
-Select caterer; plan menu
-Plan reception, including color scheme and music
-Arrange for any necessary equipment and decorations
-Arrange for photographer, videographer, and flowers
-Book musicians and/or entertainers
-Register for gifts
-Order invitations and thank you cards
-Draw up guest list (including addresses)
-Have mothers choose and coordinate their dresses
-Have engagement pictures taken
-Make final arrangements for reception; pay deposits and sign contract
-Order cake and candies
-Make appointment with doctor for complete physical
-Enlist people to help at the reception
-Make arrangements for transportation
-Plan how to handle traffic and parking at reception
-Plan honeymoon; make travel arrangements
-Address invitations and announcements (these are different???)
-Plan accommodations for out-of-town guests
-Arrange for time off from work
-Begin apartment or house hunting

Now, here's what we have done:
-Set wedding date
-Arranged for ceremony
-Planned honeymoon
-Found photographer
-Registered for gifts
-Determined budget
-Started apartment hunting

Yep, that's about it. We haven't even decided if we're going to do a reception or not, for Pete sake! (Although we have a location should we choose to have one). See, I told you I'm the lamest bride to be ever. Truth be told all I care about is having the ceremony, pictures, a honeymoon, and ok- I'll be honest- some gifts. So at least I've got the stuff I care about covered, right... RIGHT???

Who Loves General Conference??? I DO!!!

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I LOVED general conference this weekend! I'm so grateful to have living prophets on the earth to teach, guide, counsel, and uplift me. I love that we, an LDS people, gather all across the world in our homes, churches, conference center, and other locations to listen to the messages. As I listened to the talks, I noticed some reoccurring themes. Here are some that I picked up on:

-Faith over coming fear

-Temple attendance

-Obtaining advice from experienced individuals (scriptural leaders, people around us, those who have gone before us, etc.)

-Developing faith through obedience

-The ministry of Christ

I'll add more as I think of them. I love the gospel!

A New Leaf

I'm a cluttered person. Not messy, mind you, but cluttered. I've been in denial about that for years, but now I'm admitting it. However, I'm going to try and change that starting TODAY! And I'm starting with my car. I cleaned out all the junk and wiped it down; something I've been meaning to do for months and months. Here's a list of the stuff I found:
-A blank thank you card and envelope
-A picture of a flower drawn by Sydney H. (4th grade)
-A sweatshirt
-A coat
-An ad about finishing math in less than a semester
-A broken door handle (driver's side)
-An old sticker about when to change my oil
-Old gym pass
-Pages 2-6 of a 7 page paper
-A picture of a flower drawn by Rielly (also 4th grade)
-A list of work assignments
-Directions to the Point Restaurant
-2 nail files (one with pop-a-lock's info. on it)
-A pair of earrings
-An Abnormal Psychology textbook
-A single earring
-Information about Postpartum Depression (interesting considering I have no children)
-A plastic grocery bag
-A gas receipt
-A bubble gum flavored dum-dum sucker (gross)
-A Halloween pencil
-A pen
-A pink high-lighter
-A whistle
-A post-it with web address
-And an envelop with $10 (wahoo!)

Tomorrow- my bedroom!!!