Love. Live. Laugh. Wed.

So I know I haven't been around much lately, but life has been crazy. Normally I would post that crazy stuff but it's nothing I haven't posted about before (job hunting, deciding where to live, trying to find a freaking venue) and I really don't want to bore you with all of that. So until I get some new news, I'm staying quiet.

Well, after this post.

Have ya'll heard of Weddingbee? I'm pretty sure all of my readers (all two of you) found me from weddingbee but just in case you haven't heard of it, let me tell you a little bit. When I first started getting interested in wedding planning (which I will shamefully admit was much before our engagement) I found TheKnot. Now, I'm not here to poopoo all over TheKnot. The actual informational section of the website is pretty good. I love to go there for inspiration pictures and articles, and their tools are pretty useful as well. However, if you mosey on over to the boards, it's a different story. Some of the local boards are pretty nice, but the main boards can get really really nasty. And I just can't stand that crap. I mean really ladies, we're adults, must we act like it's 9th grade all over again?!

Anyway, back to Weddingbee. Eventually I found the site through some googling and it was like I found the fountain of youth! There are so many inspiring bee bloggers and they are all so down to earth! There are some bees I follow because their wedding ideas are similar to mine, some I follow because they always have great relationship advice, some I follow just because their posts are hilarious and fun to read. And the boards! If you post a question on the boards, 99% of the time, someone will answer it for you or at least try to help you. Even if that question has been asked 989,583 times before. The ladies on that board are incredibly kind and helpful.

So, the ladies on the Upstate NY board are trying to plan a meet up for everyone in the Central NY area. Right now, we're thinking the meeting place might be Syracuse, since it's between Rochester and Ithaca/Binghamton. We have a few responses but we would definitely like to get more people to join!

So if you're in the CNY area and want to join us, hop over on this thread and let us know!

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As you all know, we've been searching for a suitable venue for, ohhhh about, 8 months. We went to look at a few more places in the Binghamton area on Sunday and struck out. Four times. So far my plan of do-everything-myself and have it all be awesome has failed.

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Hands down, a vacation. Whether it's a week long retreat or just a much needed weekend staycation, vacations have the ability to cure. I can't actually go on vacation right now, and actually we just got back from a weekend in the Outer Banks at the end of May, but all this stress has me thinking about our future honeymoon.

My first instinct?
 
A secluded beach vacation somwhere like the Bahamas or Tahiti.

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Weddings are full of them. Planning a wedding requires about 58,392 decisions to be made and in most cases, a number of compromises as well.

One of our first big decisions and compromises came in picking a season for the wedding.

I love fall. I get so excited when it starts to cool down a little and the leaves change colors and everything just feels all cozy.

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Notice the lack of posts lately? Well, I've been writing them. They just never make it out of draft stage.

First of all I've been ridiculously busy. But second of all (and most of all) I am stressed out beyond belief. Like so stressed out I'm just plain angry. So maybe if I just let it all out there, something will give and I can get over it and move on.

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