As we are now on Day 56 until our (hopfully) wedding date, the process to get my dress finished has sped up slightly. I had my third fitting yesterday with a very nice British woman (eat your heart out Megan!) who is apart of the head seamster's group. What do you call a guy sewer guy? A tailor? I like seamster better... I learned his name is Caleb, by the way. Crazy talented man!
He had the sleeved done on the front part of the dress and they look AMAZING - like they are naturally apart of the dress! I don't know if I can imagine what the dress looked like before them. Next appointment is on the 12th.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Record Timing
March 10th was when Ava met with Pres. Little and he told us he had sent all the Temple clearance paperwork to Salt Lake the very next morning, the 11th. Tuesday, the 19th, I got a phone call from Pres. Little telling me that Salt Lake had called him concerning our application.
The additional paperwork they had requested I wasn't able to get to them until that following Friday morning, the 22nd. I asked Pres. Little his thoughts on all this - hearing from them so soon after the application was sent in, etc. He felt that it was definitely cool that the committee was looking at it so soon, but still sure it might take sometime to get a letter back, (due to General Conference coming up very soon and the fact that the First Presidency only look at the entires world's Temple clearances and cancellations once a week).
But to our GREAT suprise on Saturday, the 23rd, Ava's letter from the First Presidency was in the mailbox! It had been only 12 days since paperwork was sent it!
Let the *official* wedding planning begin!
The additional paperwork they had requested I wasn't able to get to them until that following Friday morning, the 22nd. I asked Pres. Little his thoughts on all this - hearing from them so soon after the application was sent in, etc. He felt that it was definitely cool that the committee was looking at it so soon, but still sure it might take sometime to get a letter back, (due to General Conference coming up very soon and the fact that the First Presidency only look at the entires world's Temple clearances and cancellations once a week).
But to our GREAT suprise on Saturday, the 23rd, Ava's letter from the First Presidency was in the mailbox! It had been only 12 days since paperwork was sent it!
Let the *official* wedding planning begin!
Thursday, March 21, 2013
One Step Closer
On March 10th Ava had his interview with President Little to finalize our part of the Temple clearance paperwork. Yay! We were told that this process, on average, take 6-8 weeks, but has, sometimes, taken longer and sometimes not very long at all. Ava and Pres. Little walked out of the office and reminded us of this then said, "But I have a feeling you'll hear something by mid- to late April. That'll put us right at the 5 week-ish mark.
So to have a missed call from Pres. Little this past Tuesday (as I was getting ready for class) that said that our application was being reviewed (and that there was one thing they wanted to check on before they sent it to the First Presidency). Wow! A week?! I happened to see Pres. Livingston, our Branch President, that Tuesday evening and he said, "See what making the right choices can do?"
Yes, yes I can!
One step closer!
* Hint into our first dance song
So to have a missed call from Pres. Little this past Tuesday (as I was getting ready for class) that said that our application was being reviewed (and that there was one thing they wanted to check on before they sent it to the First Presidency). Wow! A week?! I happened to see Pres. Livingston, our Branch President, that Tuesday evening and he said, "See what making the right choices can do?"
Yes, yes I can!
One step closer!
* Hint into our first dance song
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
School, Work, Wedding Dresses, and Birth Control
This semester for me has been different due to the fact that two of my four classes are strictly online. Not that I'm complaining - I actually enjoy them the same (but on a different level) as my lecture classes. But...
...with "work" its been hard to find time to get them done. My Fundamentals of Fitness class is pretty routine. I read the chapter at some point during the week, go online and do about 100 (literally) flash card -type questions, most of the time do some sort of Lab (for instance, this past week I had to visit a health club place and find out costs, amenities, and equipment), then I take a test - all of which is due every Sunday night at midnight. Simple enough. Really...
Then I have my Geography class... F!U!N! Like, seriously! I LOVE that class... but that schedule is all cally-wompus! Luckily, I was able to get all the assignments done within the first two weeks of "class." The studying and reviews for the tests are kind of my biggest complaint. The first test was easy peasy, but there were 250-ish pages to reach in four weeks. There's less reading for each next test, but a lot more questions. Which is cool - but these last three tests are due within two weeks of each other. And with Grandpa (that'll be another blog) its be REALLT difficult to get going. I only seem to get homework done when I'm with Ava (a HUGE suprise for me)! He's my bringer-back-down-to-earther!
Thursday Ava went with me to Beaumont to have my dress fitted! I thought I loved the ivory-champagne version of my dress... the white version is GORGEOUS!! And the (totally straight) seamster that helped me Mormonize it was AMAZING!! David's Bridal in Beaumont - y'all ROCK!
Its going to be so beautiful! Can't wait until I can use it!
The topic of babies vs birth control has been on my mind lately - and still is, pretty heavily!
Ava wants a baby, but not until I'm done with school. That could be December 2015 or May 2016. It FEELS so long away, but is in less than three years. Really not that bad.
I'm feeling the feva' for a baby... and some of the comments he's made, he's thinking a baby is near in the future.
Anyway, Thursday I brought up the topic of me/us using birth control or just letting things happen when... they happen. At first he was all like, "You do what you want to do." I told him that if I did what I wanted to, I wouldn't get on birth control, quit school (for now) and have a baby. BUT... :\ if he was really serious and adament about not having a baby until I graduated, then I would be willing to wait.
So, we (kinda) both decided to use birth control until after I graduated with my Bachelor's, then we'd begin trying to have a baby.
Lame... Not the decision I really wanted, but one that is mature and makes a lot of sense. Lamer...
...with "work" its been hard to find time to get them done. My Fundamentals of Fitness class is pretty routine. I read the chapter at some point during the week, go online and do about 100 (literally) flash card -type questions, most of the time do some sort of Lab (for instance, this past week I had to visit a health club place and find out costs, amenities, and equipment), then I take a test - all of which is due every Sunday night at midnight. Simple enough. Really...
Then I have my Geography class... F!U!N! Like, seriously! I LOVE that class... but that schedule is all cally-wompus! Luckily, I was able to get all the assignments done within the first two weeks of "class." The studying and reviews for the tests are kind of my biggest complaint. The first test was easy peasy, but there were 250-ish pages to reach in four weeks. There's less reading for each next test, but a lot more questions. Which is cool - but these last three tests are due within two weeks of each other. And with Grandpa (that'll be another blog) its be REALLT difficult to get going. I only seem to get homework done when I'm with Ava (a HUGE suprise for me)! He's my bringer-back-down-to-earther!
Thursday Ava went with me to Beaumont to have my dress fitted! I thought I loved the ivory-champagne version of my dress... the white version is GORGEOUS!! And the (totally straight) seamster that helped me Mormonize it was AMAZING!! David's Bridal in Beaumont - y'all ROCK!
Its going to be so beautiful! Can't wait until I can use it!
The topic of babies vs birth control has been on my mind lately - and still is, pretty heavily!
Ava wants a baby, but not until I'm done with school. That could be December 2015 or May 2016. It FEELS so long away, but is in less than three years. Really not that bad.
I'm feeling the feva' for a baby... and some of the comments he's made, he's thinking a baby is near in the future.
Anyway, Thursday I brought up the topic of me/us using birth control or just letting things happen when... they happen. At first he was all like, "You do what you want to do." I told him that if I did what I wanted to, I wouldn't get on birth control, quit school (for now) and have a baby. BUT... :\ if he was really serious and adament about not having a baby until I graduated, then I would be willing to wait.
So, we (kinda) both decided to use birth control until after I graduated with my Bachelor's, then we'd begin trying to have a baby.
Lame... Not the decision I really wanted, but one that is mature and makes a lot of sense. Lamer...
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