Thankful Thursday: We're Married!

Well, we finally did it: we got married!

Photo from Drew's mom. Many, many more professional pics to come!

October 8 seems so long ago now, even though Drew and I have only been married for 12 days. I definitely have a lot to record here: the last-minute preparations, the rehearsal, the ceremony and reception, and, of course, the honeymoon! Expect many more posts here in the next couple of weeks documenting everything.

But for now, while Drew and I are still recovering from everything and settling in together, here's a list of what I'm thankful for this week.

I'm thankful for my husband. After taking 7 workdays off for final wedding preparations and our honeymoon, to say this week has been rough on me is a bit of an understatement (working 24 hours in two days is no joke). I've been coming home stressed and frustrated (even more than usual), and Drew has been amazing cheering me up and taking my mind off of work.

Not to mention all of the housework he's been taking care of this week while I'm gone. Basically, he's the perfect husband.

Saying "husband" is so much fun, by the way!

I'm thankful for our fantastic wedding guests. I had so much fun at our reception, and, from the looks of things, I think most of our guests did too! The dance floor was hoppin' and new friendships were made. We even received compliments on our awesome guests from the bartender and DJ, which can't be that common.

Now can someone else get married so we can have another fun party to attend?

I'm thankful for a kick-ass honeymoon. Drew and I obviously went to Disney World for our honeymoon (where we met), and it did not disappoint. We relaxed, we ate, we drank, we park-hopped and just generally had a great time spending a week away from everyone and everything.

I have a more thorough post or two planned to recap our honeymoon, but here are a few teaser pictures to tide everyone over until I get around to those posts.

I'm thankful for spreadsheets. Slowly but surely (emphasis on s-l-o-w-l-y) I'm getting our thank you cards together, and tracking my progress on our guest list spreadsheet is making everything so much easier. I always knew Excel was good for something.

I'm thankful for days I can work from home. I work from home 2-3 days a week, and usually this is great for me because I'm lazy and can wait until 11am to get ready and I'm not driving as far to my appointments.

This week has the extra bonus of me being able to spend time with my husband on the days I'm not driving into the office. Sure, I still have to actually do work, but being able to look up from my computer and see Drew's face and spending my lunch break together make my day SO much better.

I'm thankful for sweaters, blankets and other warm things. Baby, it's cold outside. I'm cold almost anytime the temperature is under 80 degrees, so this 40s-50s nonsense is completely messing with my body. Wasn't I in sunny, warm hot Florida just a few days ago?

Drew and I used some of our wedding money to buy some sweet new bedding from the Pottery Barn Outlet this weekend, including an incredibly warm and comfortable down comforter. It's so cozy to sleep under and could not have been purchased at a better time. Winter weather and I are not friends, but at least I'll have our warm bed to look forward to in the months ahead!

And with that, my week of madness continues! I'll be stuck at camp all weekend for work, so I may or may not get around to posting any recaps before next week. Stay tuned!

What are you thankful for today?

Thankful Thursday: Two Days to Go!

Today is a pretty big deal: the wedding is TWO days away!

I obviously have a lot to be thankful for, so let's move on with the gratitude.

I'm thankful I don't work again until the 17th. In preparation for the rehearsal tomorrow and the wedding on Saturday, I have today and tomorrow off of work to just relax and enjoy everything.

Next week is, of course, our honeymoon, during which I plan to be completely incommunicado. My laptop is staying at home and my cell phone will be off. Ah, to be able to relax for a bit.

I'm thankful my family starts arriving tonight! Like I've mentioned before, I don't get to see my extended family too often anymore, so I'm excited many of my cousins, aunts and uncles will be in town this weekend to celebrate. We know how to have a good time at weddings, and I can't wait for all of the fun festivities to begin!

I'm thankful for my wonderful fiance. Because without him, this wedding would not be possible.

I'm thankful for awesome honeymoon plans. If you don't know by now, Drew and I are huge Disney nerds, so we're basically acting like five-year-olds in anticipation of our honeymoon in Disney World next week.

Just hanging out with our pal Woody.

We've both been to the parks many times and even worked for the Mouse as interns, so planning our honeymoon only took about 2.5 seconds. At around 10 a.m. Monday morning we will be at our hotel and finally enjoying our plans: wandering the parks, getting massages, enjoying awesome dinner reservations, and having fun together.

Get ready for at least a couple of Disney-picture-filled honeymoon recaps in a couple weeks. It's gonna be crazy.

I'm thankful I get to write another wedding recap soon. It's been awhile since my last wedding recap, and the next one I write will be for my own wedding! So exciting!

I have a feeling this recap will take quite a bit of time since I'll have so many more thoughts, feelings and details to process and write up, so be patient with me. I started a list of posts I plan to write to fully capture the day, so don't expect this to be just one post like my other recaps.

Maybe I'll even be able to convince Drew to write his own recap of our wedding ;)

But probably not.

I'm thankful for everyone who has helped us plan and prepare for the wedding. We're not through the woods yet with planning (I know we'll have a mess of last-minute things pop up), but the bulk of our tasks are finished.

I really don't know how Drew and I would have managed completing everything on our to-do list if it wasn't for our parents, friends, siblings and everyone else who helped us gather supplies, make reservations and appointments, talk through pre-marital expectations and celebrate with us. You're all wonderful, and we really can't thank you enough.

I'm thankful the weather forecast looks good for Saturday. It's been pretty cold and rainy lately in Michigan, but luckily that weather doesn't seem to be on the horizon for our big day.

This pleases me.

If the forecast is correct, then we'll probably end up getting married on one of the last nice weekends for the next six months or so. We'll see how things really pan out in two days, but for now I'm optimistic that the weather will cooperate with us.

And if it doesn't, well, what are you going to do? No use stressing over something we can't control (and that doesn't seem likely anyways).

What are you thankful for today?