Sheep and Hydrangeas

Sheep and Hydrangeas are the two things I really love. Though one can't really draw any connection between the two of them... both are the loves of my life!

I do not have a green thumb... everyone knows about that. Aloe Vera is a hardy plant, and I managed to kill it. A few years ago, I bought a rosemary plant which shapes like a christmas tree at Costco, and I religiously watered the plant everyday with tons of TLC... then I went home for Christmas for two weeks, the plant was dead when I came back.

Joe and I moved to our town home last June, and I started planning what to plant in the backyard, with a huge flower bed and a lilac tree. Joe, fully aware of my past experience with plants, was in cold sweat every time when I mentioned gardening. At the end of the summer, I had a mint plant in a pot that was growing crazy, a citronella plant in a pot that was super huge. We also planted a couple of hostas on the side of the house, but they are all covered in snow now, so not sure if they survived the winter or not.

In an effort to save some $$$ on the wedding flowers (last quote I got was close to $1200), Joe and I bought a lovely hydrangeas at Ikea a few weeks ago. Lovely Lovely plant in a pot (Joe has no problem of me bring potted plants into the house, but when it comes to digging up the ground, he panics.) With my continuous TLC, the plant is doing just fine... and I am keeping my finger crossed that when the weather is getting warmer and the 9 feet of snow is finally gone, I will transfer the plant from the pot to the background without Joe's knowing!

What's up with the sheep? Another long story... Joe bought me a sheep today!!! I started my own collection of Sheep about two years ago... can't remember why... BIG BROTHER is starting in 10 mins.. time is running out... will continue tomorrow...

OH...one more thing... I found out today that I have three faithful readers of my wedding blog! Joe, my mom and my future mother-in-law Sandy!!!! When I first set up this blog, it was just a web-based diary... I never did expect that someone would actually take the time to read! Now I know I have three faithful readers... I will really try my best to at least post something every other day!

Busy Week Ahead...

This is going to be a busy week... with wedding about 7 weeks away... all vendors want the balance of the payment in a post dated cheque and confirm all final details.

Here is the schedule for the week... Joe and I have so many appointments that we need to print out the outlook calender and start writing on appointments on it so that we won't double-book!

Wednesday: pick up my fourth pair of wedding shoes at the Glebe
Thursday: DAY OFF! YAY... meeting with catering manager at Delta at 10am. Take Bee Bee to the spa at 1pm. Go to City Hall and apply for marriage license. Go to LCBO and get a liquor license. Pick up Joe at work at 5pm. Meet with Chirs (Church) at his house for wedding ceremony program and songs at 6:30pm
Friday: DAY OFF!!! YAY... Joe's heart appointment at 10am. My facial appt at 1pm. Pick up Joe at work at 5pm. Dance class at Arthur Murray at 8pm
Saturday: Meeting with wedding decorator at Delta Hotel at 10am. Meeting with videographer at Starbucks in the Glebe at 1pm. Parish's potluck at 4pm.
Sunday: Make up trial at 10am.

What a busy week....

Table Number Card and Menu Card

I can't believe the wedding is less than 8 weeks away. GOSH! Still have tons to do! :-(

Joe and I drove out to Chesterville this morning to meet with our cake lady, and dropped off a cheque. Joe and I have never, once in our lives, written so many cheques, so fast, and so frequently. Anyway, meeting went well and we tried at least 4 different cakes. I know how fuzzy I can be sometimes, and I really think that I drove my cake lady, who is an awesome and talented backer, crazy! So, the cake thing is done, and I can move on to the next project.

Finally got the table-number card and the menu card done. For the table-number card, it is my third attempt and I almost gave up. It is not hard but just that I am meticulous in it and I really wanted to do it right... so, after tons of cardstock and tons of ink, I am happy with the final product! (Though Joe thinks I am crazy about all the DIY's... and he said to me the other night that for all the weddings he had been to... our wedding, he thinks, will be beautiful, judging from the extent of the details and wedding DIYs...)

More Wedding DIY

spent last weekend meeting a friend for coffee (a.k.a. for help with the wedding stuff) and wedding DIY. We went to Ikea to buy a huge poster frame for the seating chart, and then went to Michaels to buy ribbons and two fishbowls and one over-sized martini glass for the buffet table.

It took me two trials to get the ribbon color right for the votive candle holder. At first, I was planning to print on our monogram on a cardstock and then glue it onto the candle holder, but decided later to go with something simple and elegant.

... as you can see... My dog Bee Bee was my little helper for this DIY project! She even brought her friend little Bee to help me! :-)

Wedding Rings

I know I have been a bit lazy in keeping the blog updated! Not that I have no updates, it is just that I have too many updates on a daily basis and it is hard to keep track. With the wedding less than 3 months away, Joe and I have both noticed that we still have tons of minor details to confirm.

We went to pick up our wedding bands at Mappins two weekends ago. The bands are 18K white gold. Joe's and mine are matching, very simple yet elegant.

Joe had also picked up his suit at Tip Top Tailors at the same time. We started shopping for Joe's suit since November, and had been numerous Tip Top Tailors. For those stores we had been to, we found that the sales associates are very pushy and they "forced" Joe into buying a more expensive suit, which does not really fit him at all. So, one day we decided to go to Place D' Orleans and we happed to strolled by Tip Top Tailors. Joe's initial reaction was, "Let's get out of here, I do not want to go to another Tip Top Tailors". Being the optimistic one among the two, I persuaded Joe to try in one more time and if it turns out just like the previous times, then we would go to Moores. So we walked with the store with a skeptical mind, surprisingly, we received first class service from a team of sales associated Not only did the sale associated helped Joe to pick out a suit that he likes and fits him perfectly, they also helped him to find the matching tie and hankie. Too bad that I did not bring my camera with me that day, or I would had taken a picture and posted it here! I did take a pic using Joe's cell phone (well, we all know how crappy the quality of the pic taken by the cell phone!), but it came out really blurry. While we were at the store, we also picked out the tie and hankie for the bestman and groomsman. The bestman is in Saint John, NB, and the groomsman is in Kingston, ON, so we asked them to bring a black suit (we have just found out the neither of them owns a black suit, so I guess they must be in a shopping frenzy mode now!) and we will provide the tie and handkie as a groomsmen's gift.