March 9th, 2008

Woohoo! We have a venue booked for the Wedding! Wendy went on Friday to reserve our date for the ceremony and reception. Now that we have that one out of the way, the Date is SET! And now we finally have a response to the most commonly asked question once you tell someone that you are getting married, "Have you set a date yet?" Now we can say, YES!

Also, we have moved within the one year mark for the wedding. We no longer have to say "March, 2009" and can now say "March 7th" no need for that pesky year to be added on. Just extra numbers if you ask me...

From here on in, the countdown begins: 363 days to go! We will be sure and update you on our wedding planning progress, so keep checking back on the site to get your fix. Take care everyone!

-Allan

March 3rd, 2008

Well, it has been an eventful few days to say the least! Friday I called the Lake Mary Events Center to make sure everything was set to book Monday. The lady said they'd still be taking reservations Monday but the city commissioners had passed a rate increase (this is the moment when I held my breath and my heart stopped beating). They raised their rates by 40% which was a huge increase and thus made the whole thing completely out of our budget. I did not take this very well, as you can imagine. I can safely say I had my first wedding-related emotional breakdown. I was so furious that they could raise their rates so much at just the drop of a hat and with absolutely no notice. Oh wait! they were planning on having a sign on the door to let everyone know. Nice place to do business with, huh?After I calmed down and regrouped, I started from scratch and began researching wedding venues again. Allan and I looked at wedding places all weekend and found one we really like. I'm not going to say the name yet, I don't want to jinx myself, but I'll assure you it is very nice. I have an appointment to book our date on Wednesday, so I'll be sure to let everyone know if I get it. Please keep your fingers crossed for me!! :)

Wendy

February 23rd, 2008

Well, it has been almost a week since the website has been up and running and I hope that everyone likes the site! I can't tell you how surprised I was that it turned out this well. I took one class in high school that taught the basics of web design and to be honest http://sleepysheep.8m.com/ was about as good as it got. (Still surprised that they haven't taken that website down yet...)

To give you guys a semi-wedding related update, Wendy has been going a little crazy worrying about booking our wedding date at the Lake Mary Events Center. She is convinced that we will no longer be arriving at 5am to be first in line, but that we will be camping out the night before! If you know Wendy, you know that she is a huge worrier and if it's going to take a camp out to ease her nerves, I'll pack the s'mores! On another note, Wendy is going to a bridal show tomorrow with her Dad's girlfriend, Claudia, and I am sure they will have a blast. She'll be sure and let you know how it goes!
-Allan

February 17th, 2008

Allan and I have been hard at work planning our wedding, and making this website! So far we have made a few important decisions... Our ceremony and reception will be at the Lake Mary Events Center on March 7, 2009, hopefully. The location will not allow you to book until one year in advance but I'll be the first in line (at 5 a.m. if that's what it takes!) We have also chosen pink and green for our color scheme, if you haven't figured that out yet.
I hope this website will be helpful to all of our guests, Allan and I have had a lot of fun making it :)

Love,
Wendy