Wedding Planning

The date of the wedding has been set for July 9th, 2010. The planning is going pretty well.

Things we have already planned or paid for are the following:

-Personalized Bobble-head Cake-toppers
-Decorations. Lavender is the color with an ocean/seashell theme.
-Lavender Chinese spherical paper lanterns.
-Lavender ribbon
-Table centerpieces of glass vases filled with beach sand and seashells.
-My aunt and uncle Martha and Dan have said we could use their altar backdrop.
-We are on the cusp of securing the location for the wedding and reception.
-Mar picked her dress and veil out today. She is pretty excited about it.
-The honeymoon is paid for and planned for(San Diego staying at the Estancia La Jolla Resort at Torrey Pines pics included
-My sister, Julie, has taken up photography so she is going to be taking our engagement and Mar's bridal pictures. We have one option of someone who will take pictures the day of the wedding for $200 but we are still kind of looking around.
-A friend from work is lending us the stands for the cake and we already know where we are getting the cake from.
-We have a pretty good idea what we are going to be doing for the rehearsal dinner.

Things are coming along. We are super excited. We both just wish we were already married though. It will be exciting to have our families together in one place.

We are in the process of, with the help of my sister Julie, creating a Wedding Website blog where people can read our story, see more pictures of us, get a link to our registries, and maybe see some videos of us. I'll get the link up to that as soon as it is available.

I hope everyone is doing well. Peace out.

I am a Phoenix.

Well, I'm going back to school.

I'm actually in class right now. I'm sitting in the first night of Principles of Economics class. This is the second class I've taken at the University of Phoenix, the first class being a class devoted to being a successful student. The first class taught everyone how to write papers, set goals, problem solve, and work in a group. I was pretty impressed with the quality of the class and the strictness of the grading of papers. The classroom lectures were filled with valuable information. Regardless, I didn't learn a bunch of new things I didn't know. I did learn how to write my papers by the APA guidelines required by the school and I learned some interesting things about myself through writing 4 papers in 5 weeks.

I'm sure you are wondering to yourself how, exactly, the University of Phoenix works. Let me explain. You take one class at a time. Each class is four hours, one night a week, for five weeks. Each class is 3 credits. Each class begins the week after your previous class ends. There is an assignment(usually a paper) due on the day of the first class. I actually do go to a classroom with other people. It is a little bit more expensive than the SLCC or the U but each student is assigned a financial aid counselor who assists in helping students apply for various forms of financial aid.

For me, it fits my schedule. I have always had the goal to finish my bachelor's degree but other things have gotten in the way. I do not regret those other things. If I decide to I may try to get my master's degree after this but right now there isn't really a need for it. The degree I am getting from the University of Phoenix is the bachelor's in International Business Management.

Anyway, I'm liking it and it seems to be a good fit for me.