Road bumps and lump sums....

our invties!!!

Well, I'd be lying if I said things we're getting easier the closer it gets to the wedding. We've just been having incredibly bad luck lately. We just moved in the blink of an eye---thanks to our friends Amy, Nick, Nathan and Manda! The weekend we moved, Daniel had to leave for two weeks to go on a business trip, which he still is on. As soon as he left, I was forced to be alone in the new apartment, unpacking, organzing, etc. when... our dryer went out. So... I whicked Amy with with me to Lowe's where I purchased my first dryer. This weekend, our apartment building was struck by lightning, frying our huge, nice LCD LG television, Daniel's Playstation 3 and our cable box. Oh, that same bolt of lightning also caused a pretty nasty fire in the building directly behind us. Thank goodness our place dodged the fire, but we were out well over $1,000 in personal appliances. Long story short, our tv COULD'VE been fixed... for nearly the same amount of money it would cost to purchase a new one.. so we bit the bullet and bought a new tv.... and Daniel replaced his beloved PS3 with a used version from Hastings.
Along with replacing our fried electronics, purchasing a new dryer, and paying multiple bills that seemed to all come at once, we had to purchase our wedding invitations last night as well. We had waited until the last possible minute to do so, but alas, it could not be avoided any longer. Needless to say, we are out quite a hefty sum of money all at once, and while I am thankful everyone I love is still alive and kicking, I can't help but be incredibly stressed at our financial situation that befell us over the past week.
Moving on, I am excited to receive our invitations soon. AND... we have our engagement photo shoot this coming Sunday with Stacy K. Preston! Pretty excited about that!
Last weekend we were lucky enough to have a lovely engagment dinner party that my dad and Linda threw for us. We were surrounded by several friends and family members and felt the love, beleive me. We are lucky and blessed and we are very thankful.
We're in the homestretch with the planning... I still have to talk to the caterer and the florist for fun details. Have I mentioned lately that I just cannot WAIT to be Married to Daniel??!!??!!??!!??!!??!! Love him to pieces....