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Yikes!!! Its January 30th already!! I can’t believe how incredibly busy and fast this month has been.  So here is the update!

Life wise: Sean recently incorporated and has plans to open the doors to his downtown  office by early February. Plus he got a fancy sticker for his car that lets him park everywhere with no tickets!! Lucky! Him and Ramsey have been working like madmen this past month, and they just keep getting busier!

Just before Christmas I re-enrolled in school, and was offered a part time position with the Therapy Centre until the end of May. I have been working 7 days a week ( save the few sick days with the kids) and doing faaaar too much homework for my liking. My courses should be finished in April, or before depending on how much I slack and then I will be spending my spare time cleaning and wedding planning. Yipper

Wedding wise: We just got out invitations delivered Friday, keep your eyes on you mail!!! I ordered my wedding dress Thursday, and have sent my best friend on an Ikea mission to find me some candle holders! Pretty much all of the idea’s are solidified- now comes the fun part of paying for everything!

Ive even managed to find the exact bouquets I want on a Martha Stewart site and am debating just buying a bucket load of plants this spring so I dont have to pay a florist $254 for a single bouquet ( are you KIDDING me?!?! That is just stupid)

As time nears closer to the big day I will be posting maps, locations, and hotel information. Please Please please let me know if you are needing accomodations. Its a Saturday in peak vacation Season and i don’t want anyone to be stuck!!

OOh and when I get home from work ( at  7:00am) I get to go to a bridal fair and enter to win a whole bunch of cool prizes. One of my great friends recently proposed to his girlfriend who will be there too and I am looking forward to the experience of feeling like a bride. Thank good for good friends!

My next mission ( should the universe grant me enough time to accept it) is to find Sean a wedding band. Im going to get one later as I already have a gorgeous band from Sean that fits the bill perfectly!

And thats about all. I should get back to cleaning at work, next shift starts in an hour and a bit and if i don’t get off my butt now it may not happen.

 Havent done much in the way of planning over the last few days. The only thing we have accomplished wedding wise has been the design of the wedding invites. SUPER pretty! Im excited to order them!

Ive picked up a second part time job doing banquets and weddings at the South Thompson Inn near Rivershore. What a beautiful place! Wow!!! Hopefully I can pick up some pointers froma few of the weddings I do.  I am also waiting to hear back about a third casual position and hoping for a nother two more. I would think with enough casual positions I could get close to full time hours- my taxes however will most likely be a nightmare.

 We are winterizing the house right now, replacing and resealing windows, hooking up the dishwasher and re- arranging the upstairs. One of our roomies moved out on friday and the other couple downstairs are leaving at the end of the month. So hopefully with some major attention the downstairs will be a suite and rentable by Nov 15. Here is hoping anyway.

Now its a matter of paying the catering deposit that I keep putting off ( i hope his still has the date available) and waiting till after Christmas to finish all the rest of the shennagins ( invites, clothing, gifts, etc) Mayhem I tell you!!!

Daniels 7th Birthday Party

Yesterday Sarah and I accomplished something great, yes, yes, working on the guest list.  We -think- we’ve got everyone but we’ll see how that goes when Brian and Sheliah come and visit in a week Monday.  I think my mom has some extra ideas for invites.  We’ve also worked out some favours details, we’re pre-ordering the ones for adults this week as there will be about 4 months prep time and it will take 2 months for the stock to arrive in from the supplier.  The youth / young one favours are far less an ordeal and will be prepared a few weeks before hand.

Yes, among all of this yesterday, we still managed to make it to a trampoline land birthday party in the Kamloops Tournament Center for a good friend of the families son, Aiden had a blast, some video below!  And yeah, the lawn got done yesterday as well.  As the heat goes down, the darned thing grows faster.

the Trampoline

help i’m stuck in the foam pit