Random things in life

This week has been a whirlwind.

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In a nutshell....:
Work: A new job title and trying to wade the waters of figuring stuff out without ticking people off. It's something I've been working towards my whole life, and to finally be here is great and terrifying and fantastic.

Wedding: Trying to get invitations done but being so exhausted from work that this is taking a long time.

B: Went down to visit B on Wednesday. Bliss, but lost an evening of work.

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I traced everything out, and there are three commitless weekends until the wedding. How did this happen?!
4/25: We have a wedding to go to and then down to help friends on Sunday
5/2: FREE!!!
5/9: A party down south of here, so we're going down there for it.
5/16: I fly out to my sister's graduation in Philadelphia
5/23: My parents are in town for a professional ceremony of mine... it involves swearing. :)
5/30: FREE!
6/6: FREE!
6/13: We're trading cities with friends because they have a wedding near us, so we're headed south.
6/20: I'm free (sorta), but B has a week-long conference so he's busy.
6/27: THE WEDDING!

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Freaking out...

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I should also add that the new position at work means I will have MANY more responsibilities and commitments. So my weekend and evening hours may get cut back. No, not "may"... WILL get cut back. So I'm a tad worried.

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Goals, overall right now:

Invites: Get sent out by Tuesday, at the LATEST. That way, our goal of getting RSVPs by 5/30 is reasonable.

B apartment: He needs to find one by next week, so that our visits down south won't mean so much lost time for us. This will be a LOAD off my worrisome shoulders. Plus, then next weekend we can move him in, including the mini freezer so I can cook and have the food DOWN THERE.

Finish up projects: There are a lot of worked-on but incomplete projects right now. Invitations. Centerpieces. Lanterns. Placemats. I want to spend next week tying up loose ends, that way at least I know where I stand on each of these projects.

Organization

Ok, it still need some more work (especially the office), but there it is so far. 

Office (wedding storage). All the boxes are nicely labeled. And we will have more boxes soon. It should be all clean and cleared, but we need to get the boxes from my office... so until then, there's a little clutter.

Bedroom. We're constantly facing the problem of "we will be moving in the next year... we want a house in the next year or so... so what do we buy?" We don't want to buy any more furniture, but we also NEEDED more clothing storage. So, forgive that it doesn't MATCH. But this set-up makes me so happy. B too. I will label the bins today. But everything is so nicely sorted, and there is so much more counter space. The expedit bookshelves from Ikea are SOO perfect for flexibility.

New basket from Ikea. PERFECT for make up. I had a make-up bag, but you paw around in there so much that you get your makeup everywhere. Stuff falls on the ground, shatters, crumbles, and you make a mess. And the man whose beard hair gets everywhere comments that makeup is everywhere. Seriously? How can the beard hair go everywhere but makeup containers bother him? 

Anyway. here's the new organization. And i love it! 

The new linen closet. Very organized. Some of those glass jars will end up goign in the kitchen. SUCH a good deal at Ikea-- $4 for the tall ones, $3 for the small ones. Seriously! Amazing. We didn't want to tackle the kitchen organization TOO this weekend, so for now, the jars are stored in here. 
Now on to weekend crafting...

Countdown!!

100 days from today is the wedding!

EEK.

I think it's beginning to hit home how many projects we've taken on. I'm hoping this weekend will be productive so that we can see what we need to do...

To do list for tonight: ORGANIZE. I have so many things scattered everywhere, and it makes me uneasy. I'm going to print out labels... you know: "placemats & supplies", "Napkins & Silverware" etc etc and bring up all the boxes from my car. I'm SO tired of the mess. Problem is, I am SO tired when I get home. Must. get.the.energy....

Saturday B has a lunch, so we're hitting up Costco first (checkin' out cheeze), then while he's at his lunch, I'm on the hunt for shoes and coffee carafes. Maybe swinging by target too since they (online at least) have BIG water containers. Did you know those orange gatorade cooler things at football games are $40 each? And that's if you find them cheap. Geez. When B gets out we're heading over to Crate & Barrel.

I'm a bit conflicted. We had discussed it, and Bed, Bath, & Beyond has much of what we want, so we were going to simplify things for our guests and request items from there, china from (probably) Macys and then suggest gift cards for Costco, and either Home Depot or Ikea. BUT, Crate & Barrel has a lot of cute stuff. I'm on their mailing list, and it would potentially fill in some blanks from BBB. But then we're talkign about two registries at two different places. I think if C&B doesn't make a great impression on us, then we're going to stick with BBB...

Then home to do taxes and craftiness. Those are two separate things; we're not getting crafty with our taxes.