Sold! Half-way there

Offer on the house accepted. Now to wait for closing. Almost 20K less than asking price. Watching quite a few dreams go down the drain for want of revenue. Husband keeps saying "look at the positive". Sadly, mood stuck on negative.

String of bad luck...

The wedding was perfect. Almost perfect. We had a couple emotional hiccups, but otherwise the actual ceremony was exactly as I'd envisioned. We had a lovely dinner. We had cake. We had champagne. We spent the night at a local hotel. We woke up married. It was all just as it should have been.

Then the little snags/curve-balls/bumps-in-the-road came hurling toward us at top speed.

I lost my keys. The whole wad. Electric-lock/keyless entry key to the Mazda, the "analog" key to the Saturn, the house key, the bike-lock key and all those little store discount tags you put on your key-ring. I've looked and called everywhere, they are still lost.

John lost his ring, looking for the keys. Fortunately the ring has since been found.

My mom went into the hospital the day after the wedding and had emergency surgery. She's still there and we're not sure when she will come home.

I screwed up the girl's Peer Mediator t-shirt whilst trying to iron her name onto the back and I know she will be very sad and disappointed.

Now the cat has gone to hospital as well, which is more expensive than taking one of the kids oddly enough.

We've also received criticism from both the groom's brother and ex-wife for failing to inform them in what they consider a timely manner. For this we are not sorry, nor will we defend ourselves.

I think all of this is God's way of letting me know that I'm truly married. I have a life partner that can share the burden. Together we will make lemonade.

Today Is The Day 01 22 10

Today I will marry my best friend, the love of my life, the man of my dreams. I've baked the cake. We've told our moms. We leave for the courthouse in T minus two hours. We'll tell the kids on the way. The ring came yesterday. Phew. We are ready.

3 wee little days...

Well, four if you count the day of Friday as well. His ring should be here on Thursday. Phew.

1 week from tomorrow...

Yesterday I had my ring cleaned. All sparkly now.

11 days to go

Today I got my hair did :)

2 Weeks (!!)

Scary. It's not like I really have to get anything ready or accomplished, but the closer it gets the more fluttery my tummy becomes. Today I'm going to go look for something to wear.