Bragging

So today I decided not to stress out about what's not done and brag on what I've gotten done!
*Stone's Throw booked and gave them deposit
*Niemerg's booked - check going out soon. Get ready to eat Roast Beef, BBQ Pork Loin, and all the Niemerg's fixn's we all love. Amy, you will love it - trust me!
*Priest - booked. Delegated scheduling focus test to Chris.
*Photographer - booked.
*DJ - Delegated to Chris - he is trying to get ahold of the guy he wants.
*Booked head table and sign-in table columns/greenery/ivy from Donna W.
*Denise has been busy talking to her sisters - definitely have 6 hurricane lamps and several votive cups to have filled. Also, one of her sisters can get linen tablecloths free - I just have to have them cleaned! That's awesome!
*Dug out several glass vases from storage to have flower arrangements in. Mom and I also bought 15 votive cups to have filled.
*Ginny Shadowens has agreed to do all of my flower arrangements. We just have to go flower shopping someday.
*Salon booked for morning of wedding.
*Post-mass transportation - Delegated this to Chris. He's working w/ Bales and looking for other options.
*Mom and I are going to a 1/2 off sale in Litchfield on Saturday. Maybe one of us will find a dress.
*Scheduled shopping w/ bridesmaids and usherettes September 15th in Indianapolis
*Booked pre-Cana class for November 11th at Bishop Church.

Congratulations Chris and Christina!

Hello everyone my name is Tiffany Goeckner, I am Christina's 14 year old sister. I can't wait untill this wedding day comes. I am soooo excited. I keep telling Christina how I can't wait to see Calvin walk up the isle with a tux on! I don't like wearing a dress that much but I am going to for the wedding! YEA! More than likely I will fall down the isle with my heels on, haha. Well enough talk about me, more talk about my sis. She is the best sis of all times! I can't wait until Chris and Christina get married. They are the right couple. Probably the best couple of all times. Well I better get a move on with my homework, I hope to see each and everyone of you dress shopping September 15th. Lata everyone

It's a new week...

It's Monday. It's the beginning of a new week. I'm going to try to leave last week's stress in last week and be better this week!
TO DO LIST FOR THIS WEEK:
1.) Send check to Niemerg's for deposit
2.) Chris search for DJ's
3.) Chris call Fr. Bud to set up time to take Focus test
4.) Finalize the guest list (this is stressing me!)
5.) Finalize the budget
6.) Anyone have ideas for invitations??? Billi J is making them. I'm meeting her 9/6 and want to have some examples of stuff I like. Email me pics at cgoeckner@yahoo.com if you see something you think is cool. Looking for simple, classic, elegant.
7.) Finalize the mass itinerary w/ Chris.
8.) Start 1st draft for programs.

*** Okay... this isn't bad. These are all simple things. I WILL MAKE IT THROUGH THE WEEK w/ minimal medication! hahaha! ***

BY THE WAY - Tiffany G (sister) your post isn't on here. Not sure what happened. Make sure after you type up a post you click the link to Publish Post at the bottom of the screen. Call me if you have questions or come over and I can show you. :-) Tiffany is really excited about the wedding. She's my 14 year old sister... yeah 14... remember being a freshman in high school??? Jessica, an usherette is also a freshman in high school! Amanda, an usherette is a senior in HS. And, Amber is in 6th grade. To be young again... :-)

The French Quarter Salon and Day spa

For the wedding day I have reserved 2-3 beauticians and Loren the make-up artist and awesome nail tech at the French Quarter Salon and Day Spa www.thefrenchquarterspa.com. I am not sure who all wants to go to the French Quarter and who doesn't. It really makes me no difference if you go to the French Quarter or somewhere else or have Stacy (cousin/beautician/bridesmaid) do your hair. Anyway, I will need to know by January 15th exactly how many girls will be getting their hair done at the French Quarter so they can make sure to have enough staff for that morning.
*Also, the day before the wedding I am going to try at some point to get a mani and a pedi... not sure how I will find the time between decorating and the rehearsal but I will. If you want to go with me the day before you are more than welcome - I probably need to know towards the beginning of January to book you. Tiffany P - I already booked you w/ me because I knew you'd want a mani and a pedi, too :-)

Congrats to the lucky couple!

Hey everyone! I am the maid of honor and wanted to say how happy I am to be part of Christina and Chris' big day! I know Christina is feeling very excited but a bit overwhelmed with everything, so we need to keep her in high spirits and laughing. I know we have time to start planning all the fun leading up to the big day, but I like to get things rolling early. I'm going to talk to Christina and see what ideas she has for everything, but I would love to get ideas from everyone. My email is tiffpacheco@yahoo.com and my cell number is 937-609-0067. Please email me and let's start coming up with some fun ideas to make this time fun and memorable for the happy couple. I can't wait to hear from all of you!

Groomsmen & Ushers...

So has Chris officially asked all the guys yet? I was just curious. I couldn't remember who you all said now. I keep missing someone when I try to figure it all out in my head...it's one of those days

STRESS...

This morning I could feel how swollen my left tonsil was. I looked in the mirror and there was a HUGE white spot on it. I tried to pick it off... because I've gotten food stuck on my tonsils before... but it didn't come off. I squeezed in an appointment to the Dr today after class and before work. I cannot completely blame this GIGANTIC white spot on my left tonsil from stress... but the Dr did say it was probably a stress induced ulcer. When he asked if I was under any stress I confessed like I would have to my shrink... I could have cried. I don't expect the stress to get better. In fact, I figure the closer we get to W Day the more stressed I will be. So, I guess I gotta get used to this HUMUNGOUS white spot on my swollen tonsil. If my tonsil gets much bigger it just might have to get it's own dress! LOL!

My Schedule

Just in case you need to reach me or can't get ahold of me this is my schedule:
Mondays: Class from 0900-0950 then work at Patterson until 1700.
Tuesdays: Off all day, then class from 1830-2115.
Wednesdays: Class from 0900-0950 - Work at Patterson until 1700 - Class from 1830-2115.
Thursdays: Class from 0800-0950 then off the rest of the day.
Fridays: Class from 0900-0950 then work at Patterson until 1700.
Saturdays and Sundays... no work and no school! :-)
My cell phone number: 217.240.0020
My work number: 217.540.3653
My home phone number: 217.925.5830

The Bride & Groom

Dawn pointed out that there are no pictures of me and Chris on this blogspot. Good point. This is a pic from us in Vegas.

Shopping in Fairfield w/ Mom today

Mom and I went to the Farmer's Daughter store in Fairfield today. Of course the 1st well 2nd dress I tried on I absolutely loved. It was soooo awesome! Here are some pics of it... to be extremely honest I think it looked better on me than on this model! She doesn't do it justice. Anyway, I didn't want to buy anything because I knew if I did I would find something even better in Indy. I figured I could always go back to this store if I didn't find something in Indy... WRONG! It takes over 18 weeks to get in this dress so it was either order it today or never... I opted for never because it is a common line - Allure - so I knew I'd probably see it in Indy. Oh well.
On a good note - mom found a couple great outfits for her. I thought they were a little pricey there for the Mother of The Bride dresses... so we're gonna check out Indianapolis. I think if nothing else, Mom was relieved to find dresses that looked GREAT on her!

*** ALSO... Jennifer Hecht is officially booked for the wedding and engagement pictures! *** I'm super thrilled to get her because her work is great and she is super affordable. She will give me an album with over 300 pictures in it and CD's w/ soft copies of the pics for me to order whatever I want from wherever. There is no copyright on the pictures. How great is that?!?

The Starting Line-up...

Bridesmaids:
Maid of Honor - Tiffany Pacheco (Lee) - long time bff
Tiffany Goeckner - my sister
Amy Steagall - Air Force friend that is practically family
Alicia Ordner - Chris's younger sister
Elizabeth Ordner - Chris's older sister
Stacy Burgener - My cousin
Dawn Dunston - long time very close friend

Flower Girl: Daelyn Dunston (accompanied by the handsome ring bearer Calvin) - Daelyn is Dawn Dunston's daughter. Yes - that is Daelyn and Calvin in the picture at the fair.

Usherettes:
Amanda Heuerman - My cousin
Amber Heuerman - My cousin
Jessica Woods - As close to a stepsister as I have... not sure on the wording for this one. She is my mom's boyfriend of a few year's daughter. I would consider her my stepsister. She is an absolute sweetheart.

Chris hasn't asked all of the groomsmen, yet so they're not listed.

The BIG Day Details... so far...

Saturday, February 2, 2008
Time: 1:00 pm at Bishop Church
Reception: Stone's Throw Golf Course in Newton, Illinois. Dinner at appx 5:30 pm
Fr. Bud is the priest
Niemerg's is the caterer - Roast Beef and BBQ Pork Loin w/ all the fixin's... :-)
DJ - still undecided... any suggestions? I loved Tammy and Jeremy Buening's.
Photographer - I have to call Jennifer Hecht tomorrow to reserve her.
Invitations - Duh Billi Jansen @ http://www.walnutstreetcards.com/.

Okay... I think that's all I got so far... so much to do... I think I'm more stressed... seeing that I don't have CRAP done is disturbing! Grrr... I think I need some chocolate. Thank goodness Chris is a complete sweetheart and bought me some Dove dark chocolate last weekend.

Also... I'm going to send a BIG SHOUT OUT to my mother who tonight calmed me down when I was bawling over something ridiculous. I am confident that she will make "take care" of this hairy situation. I guess that's what being the mother of the bride is all about. You truly cannot put a pricetag on a mother's love for her daughter. I love ya, Mom!

I think I figured it out..

I think I figured out how to have everyone be able to have their own login for this site... bear w/ me.
I will be sending emails to all the bridesmaids over the next few days... after I get everyone asked...
So, you will get an email (or have already) and you will need to click on the link in the email. At the website you will be asked to creage a google account if you don't have one already - if you don't have one click this link - basically if you don't have a blogspot already you will need to click the link. At that point you can use ANY email address you want to sign-up. It's FREE!
Over the next few weeks I will tweak the site to fit what we need.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me know if you have any problems setting up an account. I want EVERYONE to be able to post to this site. With bridesmaids and usherettes that scatter across the country it is soooo important to me for us all to be able to communicate.
Thank-you for being patient with me now... and in the future... because just ask Dawn... I'm a little overwhelmed with everything at this point. Thank God she has the patience of an angel and calmed me down last weekend.

Chris and Christina... forever...

Welcome to the wedding blogspot...
I decided that all the bridesmaids and usherettes needed a place to communicate with each other. I hope everyone figures out how this works. I will email everyone the username and password so they can logon and post. I haven't figured out a way for different logon names to post on this site. So along w/ every post you can also post comments. This is a SUPER easy site. Let me know if you have any questions.
The big day: FEBRUARY 2, 2008.
Shopping in Indianapolis: September 15, 2007 - hope you can make it.