Busy Little Bee!

Life is good! Life is busy!

So, it has been a little over a month now since Tony and I got engaged and we have definitely got the ball rolling in the wedding planning department! We opened up a savings account to start socking away money for our big day. We are going to be responsible for the wedding expenses so we both are trying to do our best with saving as much as we can. I was able to get a part-time job at Payless Shoes working about 12 hours a week. It isn't much, but it will be extra money that we didn't have before to dedicate to the wedding. I didn't think working a second job would be that difficult, but it really is! I work Tuesdays and Thursdays and then a few hours on the weekend and I have just been exhausted trying to adjust to this new schedule. I am really happy to have it though and to see our savings account grow a little more week by week.

Working the additional hours have been an adjustment, but these past two weeks have been even more hectic than normal. My mom's 50th birthday is this coming Sunday the 18th and we are planning a big family reunion type party for her. My aunt Bobbie and my sisters have been organizing the invites, the food, the music, the decorations, the present, etc. and I don't think I like party planning. It's too stressful for me and here I am trying to plan a wedding in California!! eek! So, Bobbie is coming into town from Texas today and Tony is coming in from California tomorrow (I am SO excited to see him!!) Plus in the midst of working, party planning and preparing for Tony's visit, I had my 28th birthday on Tuesday the 13th. It wasn't special though. Everyone is preoccupied with my mom's party and I had to work at both of my jobs on Tuesday. Oh well... maybe next year I can get a birthday cake.

Back to the wedding planning... I have been doing a lot of research into different venues and vendors. The wedding will probably be in the Palm Springs area in early March 2011. I have bought my big wedding planner and TheKnot.com has been my daily intake of wedding ideas, budgets, do-it-yourself projects and more. Kylie and I are taking a trip out to California May 21-24 to look at ceremony/reception sites and to talk with a few photographers. I am really excited about this trip and I am happy that Kylie is coming along. It will be nice to have a traveling buddy and another set of eyes to help take in everything. Tony has been really good about the wedding talk too. He wants to be involved and help make the decisions. He doesn't know much about how to plan a wedding, but he wants to help and I appreciate that.

Phew... just reading through all of that makes me tired! I am really, really looking forward to this weekend and having Tony here. We aren't doing anything special. Just being together and with my family. I can't wait to go to the airport tomorrow night!! He loves my little dog, Enzo, and so I am going to surprise him and have Enzo waiting in the car when I pick him up. Tony will be surprised!! :)

I've got a lot on my plate at the moment, but I am really so happy and I am just blown away with life itself...