Life changes so quickly these days!!

Well hello again to the few people who actually read this blog!!  I feel like I often don't have too much to write about and the things that I am working on for the wedding I want to be a surprise, so, no new details on the wedding details probably until after our planning session!  Only 3 more weeks until Disney!  Woo hoo time is really flying!

Speaking of time flying, can you believe there are only 6 months left until the wedding?!  It seems like only yesterday I was saying "how am I going to wait a whole year!"  And now we only have to wait half a year... woo hoo!

Of course, this exciting time in our lives is shared by many exciting times in our friends' lives as well.  This seems to be the cluster of years where everyone decides to finally settle down with their girlfriend/boyfriends and make the ultimate committment.  The last two weeks seem to be full of this for our friends and we are so excited to be sharing in their fun as well.  We found out Friday night that two of our good friends, Bryan and Alina got engaged!!!  We are so excited for them and wish them well on their engagement journey!

We also had the privledge to attend another good friend's wedding last weekend.  Jenny and DJ finally tied the knot up here in Pittsburgh and true to their style had a Disney-themed wedding! LOVE it!  It was absolutely awesome with all of the little Disney touches (some of which Jenny is graciously letting me borrow!) One way cool thing they had was a Cinderella Castle ice sculpture where the moat was a self-serve beer bar.  Now seriously, what could be cooler than that?!  By far the most original idea I have ever heard of!  These two are awesome and totally meant for each other -- and we are totally blessed to have them as friends!  Congrats guys!!!

After the ceremony

The morning after...

It's a Small World After All

So... today was the day we officially received our wedding planner!  For those of you who don't know exactly how Disney weddings work, we have had a coordinator up until now to answer any basic questions we may have.  Once we sign our letter of agreement and pay our deposit, we get assigned a personal wedding planner who will help us plan everything and be there up until the lights come on at the reception and we retreat back to our hotel as a married couple.

I have to admit, I was nervous.  Growing up around weddings and being naturally obsessed I know how important a wedding planner can be.  If you get someone pushy or someone you don't click with, then planning can turn from a dream into a nightmare very quickly. 

Nerves = GONE!  We got a call today from Diane, who sounds like SUCH a sweetheart!  We were chatting about the wedding when she goes "15236 is that Bethel?"  Woah, no one from Florida knows where Bethel Park is....   She then proceeds to tell me she grew up in Mt. Lebo and when she finally moved to Florida a few years ago, she was living in Bethel Park.  WHAT A SMALL WORLD!!  So needless to say, I feel much more comfortable that we already have common ground!  Looks like everything is falling into place...  now if the next 7 months will just hurry up and fly by!!!

What makes you excited??

Ok so since there's not too much going on in our wedding world at the moment, I haven't had too much to blog about. June is proving to be a VERY busy month! This weekend we were celebrating the bachelor/bachelorette parties of two of our dear friends who are getting married in two weeks! They are having a loosly-based Disney wedding here in Pittsburgh. I will be sure to share pictures! Tomorrow we have the "Jean Sitar Invitational" -- the Westmoreland County Chamber's annual golf outing that is honoring my mom this year. It should be a great time and what a great honor for my mom's memory!

So, many of you have been asking when you should be receiving things from Disney and the answer is ANY DAY NOW! We officially signed the contract last week (Woo Hoo!!!!) so they said they would send them right out!

So back to the theme of today's post. What makes you excited? For Kevin it's golf or any sports really. For me, no surprise here, it's Disney. We have successfully planned a trip every 6 months or so up until August 2011! And the months leading up to the trip are spent planning our time and our dining plans. No, we're not crazy with the planning and like to leave a lot of "open" time for whatever comes up, but our trip in July will be a busy one because of all the wedding stuff going on. So we basically just lay out special things we want to do and what days to do them on so they go well with our dining reservations. Sometimes looking at everything online makes us long to be there, so what a better thing than to be there virtually.

No, I don't mean using one of those google earth programs to look at the places on stills and just miss it more. I also am not talking about the Walt Disney Wolrd Explorer CD-ROM I have where you can virtually ride the rides AND pick out hidden mickeys. Yes, this is how I spent my middle school nights since I've never been a big fan of sleeping at night. I am talking about this wonderful radio station I found! It's called Sorcerer Radio http://srsounds.com/joom_15/ . It gives you all the songs that are played around the WDW Parks and it really makes you feel like you're there.

Although we listen to this as a way to get excited to go back to our favorite place, it may be fun to listen to if you've never been there as well. It gives you a sense of the magic and it is not the usual "cheesy" music. Yes, sometimes there will be a Disney movie song on, but usually it is songs from the parades, attractions and different countries around the world! It's definitely worth checking out! I am newly addicted to it and fear that it will leave me longing for Disney more than I already do. Le sigh. Only 41 more days until we're there and only 214 days until we're all there celebrating together!!!