Wedding Wednesday

Yes, I'm aware it's Thursday, but I work nights...so technically it's still my Wednesday night.

So. I thought maybe this blog could be a good place to talk about all the wedding plans. I'll give it a try. That's all I'm sayin.

A couple of weeks ago we made it down to church to submit our requested wedding date. December 5, 2009 for those that aren't aware. We got the whole "To-do" list as per Catholic law or something like that...assessments, classes, certificates, a urine sample, a drop of blood...you get the idea ;)

We started out by doing the FOCUS assessment. This is basically 150 questions asking all about the many things partners SHOULD discuss BEFORE gettin' hitched. And, if the couple hasn't discussed certain things, it gives them the opportunity to start. For example: Do you want children? Do your partner's habits (alcohol, drugs, etc) concern you? Do you and your partner agree on who will handle the finances? Get the idea...? So we took this assessment and the facilitator suggested we jot down the questions that we felt we may need to talk to one another about. And we did. Although I can't remember the specifics at 0550 in the morning, it did get us discussing. Yay. Next Tuesday evening we go and actually sit down with another person at church and officially go over the results. Though we have discussed a few things with eachother, apparently we have to have someone tell us how the results were interpreted (ie. should we really be getting married?) Ha ha...no I don't think it's really that. But the really exciting part is that we get to pay $40 for her to tell us. Blah. Isn't anything free?

Speaking of nothing being free...2 years ago when we were starting to plan this blessed event, the total cost of the church ws $300 (which I paid and thankfully they honored this time around). However, the price (of course) has increased. No we do not get "grandfathered" in to the old price! Now it's $200 more. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Next is getting our baptism, first communion, and confirmation dates. Got Bobby's info from his mom. Now I have to find mine. Which is kinda silly considering communion and confirmation were done at St. Andrew but yet I need to find the dates. Whatever.

As soon as the date is confirmed with the church (meaning there are no other activities planned in the church for the date/time we want), we can contact the Hilton and get the reception stuff going. Yay! The fun part? And then on to the dress...

Natural Family Planning Intro is this Sunday. I'm an OB nurse...do I get a pass? Or maybe I can test-out? NO.