johnscafide
A wish can last a day. Disney wishes last forever!
- Joined
- Jan 8, 2011
Where should I begin? So, yes, it's been another month or two since my last update. Don't be alarmed, there's still a wedding going on! 
In the weeks leading up to the signing of the LOA, we decided on some absolutes.
For one, while Root Photography was doing our shoot, we also are going to add in a guys day out, which Root will be documenting for us.
Secondly, it seems as though we choose our vendor for video. Simply Cinematic was our final decision. I think this was the tougher decision thus far on making. There are so many great options out there, and we have a clear vision on having the video become a film. There was also cost concerns and the lengthy wait to get our wedding video, but we believe it was what we wanted from the beginning, and we have come full circle in choosing them.
We chose the officiant, and I'm really excited on this officiant. More on this in the next post.
It looks as though we settled with the guest list. It's at 91 invites, and are estimating 50-60 to come. It's a number we have been expecting, and while I wouldn't be surprised if more came, I would be if less did.
We picked out our wedding rings!!! So, okay, we went in the store where I got Heathers engagement ring (they are awesome, and if you are in the Philly area and need to know where, just message me) and we just wanted to look and get ideas, also to get her ring cleaned. Wouldn't you know we left the store with a receipt for my ring! I love my ring. It's heavy and think like I wanted and has a great feel to it. A picture is below.
Heather hasn't fully decided on two types of rings. I gave my opinion (the bigger one.. haha), and while there is a lot of time to go, she made a great decision either way. They look beautiful!
We also put up a Facebook group page just for the wedding. The idea was similar to how DisBoards Facebook page is now, and we made it private, inviting just the people involved in the wedding (and who's going). It allows for easier communication and it saves us from doing a newsletter. So far it's been going great, and people have been communicating a lot on the group. For the record, I don't think I'll ever touch the DFTW Facebook app unless they do a complete renovation of it. It's disgusting and definitely makes Disney look cheap, and Disney ain't cheap! Anywho....
Getting inspired by opening myself up to pictures. Seems like day after day I'm looking through hundreds of pictures from other weddings.. I guess I can tell it's getting close! So, Heather got me into Pinterest --- www.pinterest.com/scafs
I took a little tip from Carrie's podcast (Thanks SOOO much for the technology episode!!!), and got inspired to use my favorite hobby (technology) in the wedding. While all my ideas will be spread apart over many posts to follow, the main one was the use of Google Docs. WOAH, what an awesome tool! I was always the Microsoft Excel type, and never even looked at what Google had to offer in that area (except for gmail), but wow have they got gold! We are using Google Docs for EVERYTHING. From Expenses, to Questions to ask planner to itinerary to vendor lists. Guest lists and even seating arrangements. It's all there, and so easy to use. We are able to edit together (even if I'm at work and she's at home). If you haven't used it, I suggest you try it. It's super simple and fun!
And finally... The LOA. October 17th came around and I figured to email our trusty Disney Wedding Consultant to let him know we are ready to sign and give our deposit asap. We got a speedy reply saying to fill out some information and send it back. No problem I thought! Boo!
Halloween came early. Who knew, doing the room block would be SOOOO difficult! We managed to guesstimate on the 50-60 guests and were able to guarantee 126 room nights. At first we thought it might have been a little high to guarantee that many, but the more I thought about it, the less I worried. I have 25 of my immediate family members who are staying on the average of 4 nights. (using Google Docs, we were able to take the guest list, group all the people who would be staying together [ie. couples], and get the number of actual rooms and room nights used. This was super easy to use in Google Docs and allowed us to accurately count the number of nights we were actually going to use) In the end, just knowing the guaranteed list of people (about 25 "groups"), using the average of 4 nights staying down, gives us 100 room nights.
I think we have it set and are should have no worries about room nights. Plus, us alone will be reserving 13 room nights with wedding week and honeymoon down there.
So, we sent over the information to our extra speedy consultant, 4 days before the 24th, which is the 1 year date. No reply. I wondered what was wrong, but I gave the benefit of the doubt. The 24th came and went, and no answer from him. We sent another email, and we were given the same email we received before to fill out and send back. Apparently there was a computer mix up and he didn't get our email. Oh well, things happen. Either way, we resent and received our contract on November 2nd.
We officially sent over payment of the deposit with signed forms the other day and all cleared.
Woo hoo, so 348 days to go and it's going to come so quick!
Also, I made a pledge to myself. I have a personal goal to lose 70lbs before the wedding. In doing so, I am rewarding myself something I NEVER thought I'd do... EVER.. I'm going to jump out of a plan (Uncle Jessie style... if you know what I mean) and skydive. I know what you are thinking... seriously, why would you reward yourself with something your so afraid of? How is that a reward? I beleive that if I can overcome years of being overweight, I can overcome the fear of heights and planes. Also, I want this marriage to be the start of a fresh new beginning for me and more importantly, us. With that, by doing this jump, it will hopefully release a fresh new start in me inspire something new for the both of us.
In the weeks leading up to the signing of the LOA, we decided on some absolutes.
For one, while Root Photography was doing our shoot, we also are going to add in a guys day out, which Root will be documenting for us.
Secondly, it seems as though we choose our vendor for video. Simply Cinematic was our final decision. I think this was the tougher decision thus far on making. There are so many great options out there, and we have a clear vision on having the video become a film. There was also cost concerns and the lengthy wait to get our wedding video, but we believe it was what we wanted from the beginning, and we have come full circle in choosing them.
We chose the officiant, and I'm really excited on this officiant. More on this in the next post.
It looks as though we settled with the guest list. It's at 91 invites, and are estimating 50-60 to come. It's a number we have been expecting, and while I wouldn't be surprised if more came, I would be if less did.
We picked out our wedding rings!!! So, okay, we went in the store where I got Heathers engagement ring (they are awesome, and if you are in the Philly area and need to know where, just message me) and we just wanted to look and get ideas, also to get her ring cleaned. Wouldn't you know we left the store with a receipt for my ring! I love my ring. It's heavy and think like I wanted and has a great feel to it. A picture is below.
Heather hasn't fully decided on two types of rings. I gave my opinion (the bigger one.. haha), and while there is a lot of time to go, she made a great decision either way. They look beautiful!
We also put up a Facebook group page just for the wedding. The idea was similar to how DisBoards Facebook page is now, and we made it private, inviting just the people involved in the wedding (and who's going). It allows for easier communication and it saves us from doing a newsletter. So far it's been going great, and people have been communicating a lot on the group. For the record, I don't think I'll ever touch the DFTW Facebook app unless they do a complete renovation of it. It's disgusting and definitely makes Disney look cheap, and Disney ain't cheap! Anywho....
Getting inspired by opening myself up to pictures. Seems like day after day I'm looking through hundreds of pictures from other weddings.. I guess I can tell it's getting close! So, Heather got me into Pinterest --- www.pinterest.com/scafs
I took a little tip from Carrie's podcast (Thanks SOOO much for the technology episode!!!), and got inspired to use my favorite hobby (technology) in the wedding. While all my ideas will be spread apart over many posts to follow, the main one was the use of Google Docs. WOAH, what an awesome tool! I was always the Microsoft Excel type, and never even looked at what Google had to offer in that area (except for gmail), but wow have they got gold! We are using Google Docs for EVERYTHING. From Expenses, to Questions to ask planner to itinerary to vendor lists. Guest lists and even seating arrangements. It's all there, and so easy to use. We are able to edit together (even if I'm at work and she's at home). If you haven't used it, I suggest you try it. It's super simple and fun!
And finally... The LOA. October 17th came around and I figured to email our trusty Disney Wedding Consultant to let him know we are ready to sign and give our deposit asap. We got a speedy reply saying to fill out some information and send it back. No problem I thought! Boo!
Halloween came early. Who knew, doing the room block would be SOOOO difficult! We managed to guesstimate on the 50-60 guests and were able to guarantee 126 room nights. At first we thought it might have been a little high to guarantee that many, but the more I thought about it, the less I worried. I have 25 of my immediate family members who are staying on the average of 4 nights. (using Google Docs, we were able to take the guest list, group all the people who would be staying together [ie. couples], and get the number of actual rooms and room nights used. This was super easy to use in Google Docs and allowed us to accurately count the number of nights we were actually going to use) In the end, just knowing the guaranteed list of people (about 25 "groups"), using the average of 4 nights staying down, gives us 100 room nights.
I think we have it set and are should have no worries about room nights. Plus, us alone will be reserving 13 room nights with wedding week and honeymoon down there.
So, we sent over the information to our extra speedy consultant, 4 days before the 24th, which is the 1 year date. No reply. I wondered what was wrong, but I gave the benefit of the doubt. The 24th came and went, and no answer from him. We sent another email, and we were given the same email we received before to fill out and send back. Apparently there was a computer mix up and he didn't get our email. Oh well, things happen. Either way, we resent and received our contract on November 2nd.
We officially sent over payment of the deposit with signed forms the other day and all cleared.
Woo hoo, so 348 days to go and it's going to come so quick!
Also, I made a pledge to myself. I have a personal goal to lose 70lbs before the wedding. In doing so, I am rewarding myself something I NEVER thought I'd do... EVER.. I'm going to jump out of a plan (Uncle Jessie style... if you know what I mean
) and skydive. I know what you are thinking... seriously, why would you reward yourself with something your so afraid of? How is that a reward? I beleive that if I can overcome years of being overweight, I can overcome the fear of heights and planes. Also, I want this marriage to be the start of a fresh new beginning for me and more importantly, us. With that, by doing this jump, it will hopefully release a fresh new start in me inspire something new for the both of us.
That's awesome dude!
