planning

i used the last of my first personal address labels today as i sent out the rest of my thank-you notes from the showers i had over the last month. its weird to think about the name i have had for 25 years changing in a few months. i am so excited! i can't wait to become a Lent and spend the rest of my life with my best friend!

78 days to go before the big day. i am trying to pace myself and get most of the 'urgent' things done before christmas so i can take a breath and take in every moment of the last month and half before the wedding day. its amazing how caught up in wedding day planning you can get, even though you try so hard not to! the day goes by so quick and everybody says planning for your marriage is way more important than planning the wedding day. and i completely, whole-heartedly agree. it is, however, more difficult to do than say when you are actually in the planning stages. cause when it comes down to it, if you have a reception to plan for 300 people, you have to do things and work at planning it! if not, it won't happen. but then again when it comes down to it, nobody really cares what centerpieces you have on the tables or the music that is played during dinner. it's difficult for a perfectionist to let go of so many things i feel are important, but really aren't important in the long run! so i have been asking God to keep me from going crazy over things that are urgent vs. important. its an art trying to find the balance and how to make the most of your time...