This will be an ongoing story, designed to share all of the highs and lows leading to the wedding day of Jason Mevius and Jessica Wilson.
Apparently, there is some indecision about the shoes the Bridesmaids will wear at the wedding. I could see how hard it would be for all the ladies to agree on a single style that would flatter everyone.
So, I decided to try helping out.
What do you think?
We’ve sent out our invitations and the responses are rolling in at an amazing rate. It’s truly incredible to think about all of the people who will be coming in from out of town, out of state, or out of the country for our wedding.
Very nice and heartwarming. It’s also the first time since the ratio of legitimite mail to junk mail has been so high.
We’re working hard on the final preparations for the wedding and we’re looking forward to seeing everyone.
I can’t believe we are getting this close. It seems like yesterday I was saying we still have plenty of time. And when a vendor would ask me when the wedding was and I’d say Nov 20th. and they’d say oh you’re ahead of schedule well we have plenty of time. I think now I’m entering the frustrating time. We have been planning this wedding since last October. And I have had a lot of fun with it but at this point I’m so ready for it to be here. I feel like I’ve worked so hard for the past year so we wouldn’t be stressed about the minutia before the wedding and here I am still wondering about decor placement, door wreaths, and silver cake platters.
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Sleeping hasn’t been that pleasurable for me lately. Unfortunately the Nightmares have begun. These are not Nightmares and worries of the commitment of marriage. No not at all that’s a walk in the park!! It’s the little details that get me every time. Well little to most but enormously valuable to me. Please enjoy and feel free to laugh at me as I tell you about my last night terror.
Continue Reading “Real Worries or the Signs of a Pathetic Bride-to-be!” »
Yesterday morning, I went to the gym and noticed a wedding band in the locker as I was getting ready to leave. It really made me think about the difficulty I’m going to have wearing a ring.
I don’t have any problems with the commitment associated with wearing a ring, I’m worried about the ring itself.
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The old adage is that you only need two things for a successful wedding — a cute flower girl and a radiant bride. The English would go so far as to demand an open bar (don’t worry, that’ll be covered), but that’s splitting hairs.
Most of you are thoroughly familiar with the radiant bride, but I thought I would share a story about the cute flower girl.
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Wedding things are on hold for the next couple of weeks. My Lease is up on my car the beginning of June and we are now car shopping for our next car. I really wish this was happening at a different time but we are pretty good at switching gears when we have to and focusing at the task in front of us. Wish us luck and I’ll let you know what I can be spotted in soon.
Jessica is sneaky. I’ve known that for some time, no surprises there. But, this time she snuck up on me. Today is her birthday, and in six months from yesterday, we’ll be married.
She managed to bookend our anniversary and her birthday exactly six months apart. Very sneaky. Previously, I’d joked that we scheduled our wedding in November because there aren’t any holidays in November when Jessica would receive a gift. Now I know the real reason.
In all seriousness, Happy Birthday, Darling.
I’ll save you the obvious joke about the results being negative.
Jessica and I are taking some premarital counseling at our church. So far, we’ve enjoyed it. It seems to be practical, without being heavy-handed or judging. I won’t get into the things we talk about, but one thing that was interesting was that we were given a personality test to determine how we should best interact with each other.
You know you’re curious..
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We’ve had some incredible help from our friends and loved ones while we’re planning for the wedding.
This is Jessica and I clowning around at Dave and Debbie’s house during our photo shoot for our ‘Save The Date’ cards (coming to a mailbox near you soon). Ben secretly filmed this. We had no idea the camera was running. Hilarity ensues..
Planning is coming along well. We are going at a good pace now and it feels good to not be totally freaking out about every little detail and loosing sleep over them.
Mom and I are working great together on flowers, she has been a huge help. We are now to the point where we need to choose, meet with and get into more detail with the lucky florist
Continue Reading “Jogging Along, At A Good Pace” »
We’ve stumbled for the first time with wedding stuff. Not really any forward progress happening. Other things have taken over. We’re still well ahead of schedule, but wanting to go ahead and regain the momentum we had earlier.
We’re moving forward, but not with the ferocity we previously displayed. Let’s call it one of those “Still water runs deep” things.
Continue Reading “Hit The First Lull” »
Jessica and I are actively working on our announcements and invitations. Dave and Jessica have come up with a wonderful theme and it’s my job to cost-optimize it.
Last night, we took a field trip to a stationary store and a store that specializes in unique presentations. I took notes in the form of sketches with dimensions.
Continue Reading “Paper Goods” »
Jessica and I are starting to get into the swing of things. It’s rapidly coming together. Our whole goal was to knock out the big things as fast as possible and then deal with the inevitable minutia as it arises.
We’re getting on the big ones fast. Even I’m impressed.
Continue Reading “Hitting Stride” »
It’s official. We’re both a little testy. This whole thing isn’t too much for us, it’s just more than we prefer. We’ve found that it’s a constant battle to keep things together.
We’ve never really fought in our relationship. Jessica and I talk issues through pretty well and usually come to an acceptable agreement on how things should be handled.
These theories are being tested now.
At the same time, the one sentence that can be used to justify:
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I’ve heard cautionary tales of couples who spent too much time in ‘engagement bliss’ that they had to rush around and stress out over the details of the wedding. My lady was having none of that.
We’re full steam ahead with preparations, but we’ve had to lay some ground rules.
Continue Reading “Seperation of Time” »
Jessica and I are having a hard time seeing eye-to-eye on some wedding-related issues.
This isn’t a plea for help or an invitation for you tell me that this is what married life is all about. This is a chance for you to make a difference. Make yourself be heard. Let’s settle this thing!
Continue Reading “Centerpieces and Seating Arrangements” »
We’ve got a few things to do in the next few weeks. The list has overflowed one sheet of paper and is onto the second sheet. The second sheet has overflowed to a third sheet. The sheets are stacking upon themselves so fast that a heavy breeze could topple the entire pile, killing us in our sleep.
When’s Christmas, after all? The list, probably not a final version, is as follows:
Continue Reading “Holiday Stress” »
So the when and the where have been pinned down. The official announcement as to these details will be revealed soon.
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How many is too many? If you invite everyone, you risk not having a relatively intimate ceremony. If you limit the number of guests, you risk seeming like a snob.
What the hell are you supposed to do? Where is the line to be drawn?
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Jessica and I are trying to make arrangements as fast as possible. We just have different ways of doing it.
My engineering background and intuition keeps stressing the importance of research and development time as a prelude to any large decisions like the ones we’re preparing to make.
Jessica, however, has a hard time allowing me to not make any visible progress. We’re working on it, however. We’ve found a few locations that would suit us, now we’re just trying to tack down arrangements.
Continue Reading “Stacking Bricks Onto Jello” »
Jessica and I undertook the responsibility of cooking Thanksgiving dinner this year for her family. We knew we would have leftovers, but I don’t think we had any concept of just how many leftovers we would have.
I have enough photos to get us all banished for gluttony.
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Tomorrow I’m flying to Little Rock then Saturday we are loading up Jason’s truck and driving home. It feels good to know this is going to be the last time he has to do this drive and I’m glad I’m doing it with him.
So in the car on the long way home…
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This weekend Jessica is flying to Little Rock to help me move back to Dallas. We’ve been living apart for almost exactly a year now. It’s been really hard, but it’s almost over.
I have some regrets about how the situation was handled with leaving my job, but I can’t look back on things that are beyond my control. I start my new job on Monday, but there are lots of things that have to be done first.
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I can already feel the pressure of planning this type of an event. The first challenge would be planning a wedding with an Engineer.
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