Dad

Hey all, just a quick update on Dad. Found out late last week that he would be needing to have a heart cath early this morning... they suspected some blockage in the veins surrounding and/or valves in the actual heart. They had planned on doing the heart cath followed by placing a stent(s) where appropriate.

Dad pulled through this morning fine and did not even need a single stent! Thank you for all the prayers and thoughts! :)

Mystery of the Missing Music

Is it so hard to order music online and get it? Apparently it is.

I originally found all the music for our wedding the first weekend of September. During the period of time surrounding the move, Jeff and I were labeling the music to mail to our musicians and *ahem* ONE of us decided it was a bit too drab. AHEM. :)

So we went in search of happier mass music (that we felt would encompass and represent the joyful theme of the day). Enter Mass of a Joyful Heart. Excited, I ordered the music immediately online. We went about our busy lives, and it occurred to me a week ago that the music never arrived. You know, the music that I ordered and paid for? Yeah, that music.

I called the lovely people, who told me that the ordered had been stopped in their computers... nobody could tell me why, but that the music had never been shipped because someone had STOPPED the order. Oh, it was still paid for and sitting there ready for me. Just never shipped. Promised to be shipped by the end of the day, and that it would be in my hands by Friday.

Well, Friday came and went. I thought maybe the time difference could account for the missing music (after all, it WAS being shipped from Oregon). I even considered that they would be sending it via the Oregon Trail... ok, that was a lame joke. But still, I was willing to give them every reason for it to not be here by Friday. Monday came and went... Today I called again and stressed the importance of receiving this sheet music BY TODAY.

I have now been promised that it would arrive within 30 minutes. A very understanding woman in the customer service department shared with me that she had just gotten married as well (have I ever talked about this "gift" that I have????) and detailed some of the stressors she dealt with before her nuptials.

30 minutes later, nothing. 45 minutes later... still holding my breath. Finally, almost an hour later, it arrived. Wedding music is here! HOORAY!!!

Hope all is well with you and yours. :)

Updates

Here are a few quick updates on what Jeff and I have been doing:

Wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding... well, you get the idea. We were able to get the invitations finished last weekend and mailed (well, except for the few that we are now finding out were never on an original list but need invitations as well... if you are in this category, please remember that we love you very much and this was not an intended oversight).

Also, we have been working on the house in between working, trying to sleep, and wedding planning! I think I now have a bookshelf unpacked and set up. Yay me! Moving sucks! :)

Duncan is getting better at sleeping at night. By this, I mean instead of waking us every 2-3 hours, he now waits until 4:30 am before waking us on the hour every following hour. He's better than an alarm clock and much more persistent.

My Dad is having a relatively normal procedure Wednesday morning, but please keep him in your prayers. Everybody else seems to be doing relatively well. It sure is hard being this far from my folks, but at least I will get to see them this weekend. Missing everyone. Hope all is well with you and yours. :)

Life as we know it

... busy. Blurring. Insanely busy.

Friends, we have hit the 6 week mark until the wedding. Invitations out? Not yet, but close. Bridesmaids dresses in? Some. Prettier than I imagined. I cried when I saw them... and then the saleslady did too. Pulled out all the hair on my head? Not ALL of it. Not yet, anyway. :)

Duncan is doing well, too. He's growing! Even after dropping him off at Doggy Daycare this morning and picking him up this afternoon I feel like he's grown at least a few tenths of an inch. We are crate training him, and so far it is going well... anytime Jeff and I can't come home in over a 3 hour span, we take him to Doggy daycare (typically 1 or 2 days per week). Best part? They have schedules for play, train, and even asked for, grooming. Can I go????? :)

Things with the house are also going well. It is pretty frustrating to me that a majority of our stuff is still in boxes, I can't find all of my shoes, and who knows where the blankets and towels ended up, but I also recognize that moving is a process and radically accept that it will be like this for awhile but will eventually get better (I know it's a super long sentence and I'm feeling sassy today so I am not going to go back and re-write it :).

I have been scheduling my clients later in the evening now that school has started for them and typically get home later... this means more time to play and take pictures. Here are some of my favorites!










Hope all is well with you and yours! :)