Web news:
Yesterday I went through and edited a bunch of stuff in this blog as well as deleted a couple of posts.
Life News:
I have finally figured out what I want to do for a living. I want to do artwork for book covers and maybe illustrate some children's books. That being said I've decided to get a degree in Visual Art and Design with an emphasis in Illustration. Basically I want to be like Jody Lee. : ) she does all the cover art for Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar novels. (Probably her other novels as well, but I don't know for sure.)
My mother paid a visit to me this last weekend and we went to go meet with my wedding co-ordinator. It wasn't a complete disaster, but it wasn't heavenly either. My wedding coordinator that was assigned to me by the reception center I am going to be getting married in is a really nice young lady. Unfortunately she cannot do as good of a job as we would like her to simply because she is under restraints as to what she is allowed to do and what she is not. Example: I can get you a quote for the cake but I cannot get you a sample to taste test. Maybe if there was left-over wedding cake from one of the other weddings...(that last sentence is an exact quote by the way.) If my mother and I want to taste test the cake we are plan on paying almost 300.00 for we have to find out where the cake is made (she wasn't able to tell us that either, simply because she didn't know the address.) and go to the person who makes it ourselves and ask for a taste test. I think that is ridiculous. They should be able to obtain a sample for us. I am beginning to think that the title of 'wedding coordinator' is simply no more than a fancy way of saying 'you will be assigned an employee who is only allowed to discuss with you the things we provide directly. Anything else you need or want to do will be up to you to do it. We cannot help you.'
That, in my opinion, is false advertising. I wish that they were able to help us out more. My mother thinks we may need a wedding co-ordinator to help us with our wedding co-ordinator. As silly as that may seem, I'm wondering if she isn't right.
There was also the fact that the man who sat with us to go over the contract with us (aka the owner) told us when we signed the contract that he would check on a time issue we were having. You see, when we first picked our date, we wanted to have it in the morning. Less time to sit around with butterfly's in our stomachs that way. However there was an issue. Another bride had reserved the garden at 1:00pm in the afternoon for her wedding and then she was going to have her reception on the other side of the building in the evening. But because she chose to have her ceremony in the garden so early, that would cut into the tail-end of my reception so we couldn't book the garden in the morning. The owner told us when we signed our contract that he would check on the issue and see if she couldn't move her ceremony to the same side of the building as her reception. However when we got there on Saturday he gave us this blank look that said 'why are you asking me?’ My mother pointed out a clause that she found in the contract that stated: if a bride is going to rent out the garden for her ceremony it cannot be held until after 2pm. My mother pointed that out to him and he muttered something about it being a 'special case'. Now forgive me for sounding self-important...but shouldn't every bride that comes through their center be considered special? In the end he shoved it off on the employee that was helping us and she was told to contact the employee that was handling the other bride. If it wasn't for their damn garden I would have found myself another reception center by now actually...
However, the visit was not all bad. I finally got my colors decided on and a symbol that will be present on the napkins, invitations, and the wedding favors. I chose to use the Claddaugh. It's the Gaelic symbol for Loyalty, Love, and Friendship. (At least I think it is anyway.) I may be wrong. The colors are Navy blue for Canthor and Hunter Green for me. (Yes, I did away with the no green rule) the third color is creme. I think they will look very nice together.
My mother is making my dress still. The trip to David’s bridal turned from a 'do I want to buy a dress?' to a 'quick mom, memorize how they put it together before the attendant comes back!' trip. ^^
Canthor and I also went to MT to visit with the two relatives of mine that he hasn't met yet. I had a wonderful time there.
Also this weekend I got a laptop. It was an early birthday present from my mom and dad. It is an Acer Aspire 5920. It works very well. I like it allot. ^^
So that's basically it for now. I'll write more in a while.
