Holiday season has officially started now. This is the only part of winter that I actually like. I love the decorations, the holiday food, getting together with family and friends, having everything lit up with Christmas lights, holiday movies on TV, everything.
We went to Cleveland to see my family for Thanksgiving. Ryan and my dad started Thanksgiving day by doing a 5 mile turkey trot in downtown Cleveland. They started and ended in front of Browns stadium and the weather was just about perfect for it. It wasn’t too cold and it was nice and sunny out. They both did great and finished with solid times. We went back to my Grandmother’s and had a huge Thanksgiving meal, complete with two large turkeys.
We spent the rest of the trip hanging out around my Grandmother’s, watching some football, took a trip out to my uncle’s in Chagrin Falls, and played some board games. We played Scrabble, Apples to Apples, Imaginiff and Partini. The last two were played with most of my family and we had a great time. Ryan even won at Imaginiff, which means he’s gotten to know my family pretty well.
Now we’re back in the city, Ryan’s back to work and I’m back to looking for work. Tonight we’re heading to a screening of Up in the Air. This weekend we’re going to try to make it up to Saratoga for a night, next weekend is my birthday weekend, then the week after we’re going to The Big Apple Circus. Then comes Christmas and trips to see both families. Looking forward to all of that.
For wedding related news we’ve now booked our caterer too. After talking with many different vendors in the area and going over menu options we choose Carolina Catering Company. I’ve talked several times with Bo Perkins, the owner and chef who is great and has come up with some great ideas for us. We really wanted a relaxed, fun wedding and he’s helping by setting up different food stations. It’s a little more relaxed than a traditional buffet, allows people to be up and moving around more and gives everyone more options for food. We’re going to be doing a tasting when we go down there, hopefully this winter or spring, to finalize everything, but so far I’m really happy with everything.
Another big thing I got accomplished was I got my wedding dress! I got it from Wedding Atelier, who I loved. I went to a couple different places to look at dresses, but wasn’t finding anything I loved. I have time to look still, so I wasn’t worried about it. Jennifer from Wedding Atelier was great and I ended up finding a dress I loved.
Most of the major things have been completed now for the wedding, and we still have 10 months to go. So far my goal of having this be fun and not stressful is working out!
