This and That

It's been a while since I've written here. A lot of things have been happening and I got my hands full until just recently.

Updates:

The first wave of measurements from members of the entourage was already done. Mel's Mom, Ate Kaye, Chris, Chi, and Clarice are the first to have their measurements taken. That leaves my mom and sister, and the others living outside the country like Ayen. Oh, and also the members who aren't aware yet that they are part of our entourage. =))

I'll be going home soon for my supposedly first vacation afte a year of work in the Land of the Rising Sun. Wish I could have more time but I can only spend a week at most. And to top that, I'll be going home during the Holy Week so I guess meeting all my friends is out of the question. People tend to go to retreats and provinces during the Holy Week after all.I do hope I can meet even some of them. ^_^

Here is the list of the things I have to do for the wedding preparations when I get home:
1.) First communion (yep ^_^;;)
2.) Meet cha for detailing and discussions of issues and stuff for the wedding
3.) food tasting
4.) get my measurements taken for my wedding getup
5.) inform our primary sponsors that they are our primary sponsors ^_^

The problematic task would be finding a church that would give 2nd and 3rd sacraments on a Holy Week. Next one would be the sponsor hunt. The rest will just eat up a lot of time but will relatively be easy compared to these two.

The list of suppliers to be decided upon is still long. The florists, the musicians/band, sound system, and invitation design should be chosen by end of March. As it is we're behind schedule. Hopefully we can sort things out faster when I get to meet Cha-cha during my vacation.

designer

i really need to choose the designer for the entourage asap. but i am having a dilemma and still can't decide who it will be. i am not sure if i'm getting one for my wedding gown and another one for the entourage or just one designer for all. my coordinator did suggest that it would be better to pick only one so that the flow of the style of the dresses will somehow be harmonious with each other. but stubborn as i am, i can't let it rest with that. hahaha the glaring fact that time is running out doesn't even make me move an inch into making a final decision. (indecisive as ever!)

i need to think about stuff(i.e. budget, style, theme, list of entourage...) before deciding and at the same time telling myself that i should NOT be pressured. i tried hard to convince myself. ;) (no worries jon, i feel better now. i guess it did work a little and thank you.)

i did give myself a deadline before and should have decided last week. and now i am giving myself another deadline... deadliest deadline - i should decide by friday. no extensions. period.

caterer

we have finally decided on our caterer. yey! it has been a long 2 weeks for us. arguing, coordinating, researching, and then finally compromising. we were a little hesitant at first because we wanted to get one that is near our reception place. we heard a lot of horror stories wherein the caterer did not arrive on the wedding day or that the food was no longer in good condition. we wanted to make sure that we pick one that is reliable and of course one who cooks delicious food.

aside from the food we also checked out how they made the centerpieces, and flower arrangements. These will have a great impact since the place of our reception is very plain. i do want a lot of flowers and i even suggested to jon to buy them and do the arrangement myself. no, i'm not that artistic just obsessive. hahaha;)

next one that we need to decide on is the designer of the gowns. hope we decide on this before the end of the week so that my mom and sisters can have their measurements taken before they fly to their new home overseas.

3 Down, More To Go....

So far, so good. We've manage to book 2 of the 4 major suppliers we have to decide on for our wedding. Photographer and Videographer down, and currently in the middle of deciding who our caterers will be on our big day.

The list of things to do is still quite long with so few items having a check mark under the "done" column. I sure am glad we managed to find ourselves a good wedding planner.

A dear cousin just offered help two days ago. She's an architect and seems to like designing and events planning too. ^_^ Maybe I should let her be of help? Any ideas how? Bring her at the wedding site maybe to help with the decor conceptualization?

videographer

i am finding it hard to choose the right videographer for our wedding. thinking about the style of how i want our video should turn out and also of course our budget constraint. though i did find good videographers for reasonable prices, i just can't help thinking about the really good expensive ones that make me drool. i also hope we get them booked on time.

i want our wedding video to be simple and natural. i do not like artificial staged scenes. semi-staged scenes are ok, the ones that still look natural... i want to see the faces of the guests, i want to feel their emotions...

i am also planning on creating our pre-nup video that will be shown to our guests. i know it is painful to edit. but i really want to make one. i have always wanted to make one. i'm not that artistic but i do hope that it turns out good. ;)

for jon....

i want our wedding to be simple and i also want to see our parents and family happy. i want to able to invite as many special people in our lives as we can. ;) hopefully we'll be able to fit them there and that we'll have enough budget.

sometimes i feel afraid and anxious. i want everything to be perfect... but i know i should take one step at a time and not do everything all at the same time. i go nuts thinking everything will go awry and it is good that you are there to calm me. i love that about you. i love everything about you. i feel that whenever i'm with you i'm a better person. thank you. mwah!

Memories to keep....

Fotogra Weddings by Mimi and Karl (http://fotogra.ph/)

We've found them and booked them right away. ^_^
Their work is awesome. ;-)

Now if only we could decide on the prenup site easily. It sure
would be nice to have one in our dear UP campus, where our
love story began. Hehe...

The Church



Our Lady of La Salette Shrine at Silang, Cavite. This is where we are getting married.

I have been going here since I was small and I never expected that one day I will be celebrating my wedding here. Yey! Thank you for everyone who helped us choose this church.

First Step....

We've acquired the help of a wedding planner to assist us during the entire
period of this wedding preparation. (",)

Chacha Arevalo
Function Consultant
events@lifestylepartyplanners.com
0917.746.5155

Lifestyle Party Planners
Tel. 461.8073
Fax. 430.7064
www.lifestylepartyplanners.com
inquiry@lifestylepartyplanners.com

During our holiday vacation last Dec. 2006, we've attended the
wedding of a dear friend and witnessed firsthand the work of
the lifestyle party planners team. Efficient, organized and suave.
We're looking forward to working with them. ^_^

save the date: december 28, 2007

save the date: december 28, 2007, originally uploaded by tazminie.

yes, i am getting married...