The Canning Room: decisions, decisions

I had a dream last night that we got married in a high school gymnasium. Seriously! I've had such high hopes that these planning stages would go easily and affordably once we got started with a clear vision, but after about a month of phone calls, late night internet searches, meetings, a trip to Tucson, more meetings, unreturned phone calls, returned mail, Mom's visit here to look around, photo shoots at locations and dress shops to be emailed and compared, I can honestly say that we still have no final decisions about anything...no location, not even a date... except that we are determined to marry each other in the presence of lots of friends and family and to have our friend, David marry us. We have tons of really great ideas about what we'd like to have happen. It's just a matter of making it all fit together. It's definitely been a huge learning curve for me- I had no idea how early these places fill up- I really felt like 9 months was plenty of time to plan a party in a town that we're familiar with, right? We used to plan awesome parties at our house in, like 3 days! Not so much with weddings, though - so many of the places are booked through November already- Geez!

At one point, we were both really excited about having all of our friends and family with us out in the desert for a sunset wedding and reception, but then we had to contend with questions like where to park and how to dance in the dark without tripping over cactus. Oh, details...haha! I feel like Goldilocks...That one's too small, too big, too expensive, too cheesy, too far, too close to the highway... But we're still working on it and I've still got a good feeling that it will all come together soon.

Calvin's doing great at his job, Akimbo is MUCH calmer and used to the new place (Many thanks to Jenn Harper, who recommended the Dog Whisperer!!), we just had a fabulous weekend with my mom in San Francisco, and I'm gearing up for 2 more trainings in Tucson in early March (coupled with a little more wedding planning!). We'll keep you posted!