We are officially 16 months out and can be booked!!...again
(but we can't really be penciled in until Monday when DFTW is at the office again!)
So that's good news! Also, my dress has come in...again. And it is fixed and looks great. I've made peace with my dress. It looks nice on me and fits perfectly. So, no more wedding dress drama from me!
In other news, DF and I are moving along in the process of buying our first house. We are buying from HUD aka: the government and this basically means that every step of the process has been trying to walk out of a briar patch and not being Brer Rabbit. But we are getting a great deal for a decent amount of house that needs a bit of work.
Unfortunately, we may have to back out of the deal in the next few days. My job has decided to stop training me and help me find a smaller facility to transfer to. There are two possibilities for me to transfer to here in my city. One is probably not taking any more controllers and the other I'm still waiting to hear about. If the second place has an opening I'll apply for the job and keep every digit on every person I know crossed that they'll take me. The process is long and drawn out and I'll be in limbo for what could be a relatively long time, all the while navigating through that good ole Briar Patch.
Otherwise, we'll have to move to another part of the country if I want to keep doing this kind of work and be guaranteed a job. I've never done that long term and it kind of makes me sick to my stomach. We'd leave all of my family, take DD from the only grandparents she knows (who, BTW are now talking divorce).
On the upshot, there are quite a few facilities near Orlando that might need me...
Ok, enough of that. I'm starting to reconsider having our reception at Tamu Tamu. I'm thinking maybe we'll switch to the Whitehall Room if it would be a better fit financially. Mark doesn't seem to hate it so much.
While Tamu Tamu is interesting and different, it seems terribly small and the layout for everything seems like it would be really weird (like the dace floor would be in a corner behind a half-wall
It could rain and I'd like to at least know that one thing we have planned will be the same no matter what. And I think we'll have to wait until October to be booked...once more.
So, I guess my dilemmas are: to keep the house or not to keep the house?
and
Tamu Tamu or Whitehall?
Oh, yeah. I think I figured out what we'll do for a welcome party the night before the wedding -- the Fort Wilderness campfire sing-a-long/marshmallow roast! It's free (always a bonus) and I think we'll make little s'mores packs for everyone that comes and just mingle and get a sugar high together.
I'm also thinking of doing a drinking around the world bachelor/ette party at EPCOT on the tuesday before the wedding. Gives us a day to recover. I do know that the Hoop Dee Doo Musical Revue has all you can drink sangria...so maybe that instead.
I have other ideas and things kicking around in this indecisive brain of mine but I don't think I'll share them until they are firmed up a little bit more. That is unless you girls are taking bets on what will actually make it to final BEO and TR. If that's the case, I want in too!!
Oh well, stay upbeat and be thankful that I didn't pay for it out of pocket.
) However, I'm certain that if we order from this company, we'll get the dresses in these colors. 
I found the picture on a website called deviantart.com (I think) and did a search for Jack and Sally. The artist is a cast member at DL and has done some amazing artwork for the site.
See things are coming along!
by making the switch and still do what we're planning, for the most part. Sadly, we'll be letting go of the guests riding on Kilimanjaro Safari right before the reception, experiencing Animal Kingdom atmosphere after dark, a possibly melting cake and we'll be cutting our mosquito quota in half!
