I was trying to resist the urge to say that it’s the FINAL COUNTDOWN (with 80s theme playing in my head)….  But obviously the urge was way too strong!

How exciting!! Our first wedding gift arrived in the mail today!
See how happy I am!  And see below, Mike holding the gorgeous item: a cake-cutting set to use on our big day!!
Thank you to Holly and Jim (my sister and brother-in-law)  for this beautiful set!!  They recently traveled to Chile and found it there.  [...]

Just found another great video…  It’s longer, but gives a bit of the history of the area.

Here’s a neat little video I found on YouTube about Fort Myers Beach and the surrounding areas to “get you in the mood”. Enjoy!

NOTE: it was produced by the local realtor association.

I’ve been working to find more hotel options for everyone.  Please go to the “Travel & Lodging” page for more information.  You can also visit the “Maps & Activities” page to get an idea of the physical location of any hotel in relation to the DiamondHead Resort, where most of the meeting-up will take place. [...]

So very exciting!!  We had a ladies’ day out at Jon’s Bridal in Tampa: my mom, my aunt, my mom’s best friend and her sister all attended to me.  There were two dresses that were front runners…but everyone said how nice the final choice looked, so I was sold, too.  Unfortunately, I can’t really share [...]

I cam across a very cool site called Olapic for collecting everyone’s photos from the wedding.  I will be posting my own here as well, once wedding events start occurring.  For the time being, if you have any interesting photos you would like to share, check out the site: Gail & Mike’s Wedding Photos and [...]

Or should I say “officiate the wedding”?  We’re thinking we would like a friend or family member to do the honors for us.  And I even found a website where you may be ordained for free: American Marriage Ministries.  My application is almost complete…I wonder if I could officiate my own wedding?
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I’m not really one to follow rules I guess… People keep saying THIS MAY!  I say, yes, we can do it!!  Even though most people give themselves a year.
This week we found some invites, so those will have to be finalized and sent by early in the week.  This weekend we hope to have the [...]

Wedding favors?  Whose idea were these anyway?  A trinket to take home that will inevitably sit in a drawer somewhere…. I guess to me they just seem like an idea that a marketer came up with.  I mean, really, as I look at The Knot and the like, some of these things are $5 a [...]