my life is one big "to do" list

we knew we had quite a few things to do for the relatively short time that eamon was home on leave.

1. find/buy a house
2. talk to priest and confirm church
3. decide menu for wedding
4. eat seafood

of course, number one was a lot more complicated that it sounds. we had to find a place (no easy task), put an offer, get it accepted, get house inspected, get a power of attorney for maryland, set up mortgage, house insurance, etc. looking back, we were really, really fortunate. by the time i had to come back to massachusetts, we had enough settled with the house that eamon could come home with me. i would have gotten to spend significantly less time with him if not. but our realtor is great, and the lender we're using is easy to work with (knock on wood). so i'm able to trust them to get their parts done before i go down to close on September 15.


wedding stuff is coming together as well. my sister (my matron of honor) found a dress. now i just need a couple of bridesmaids to get ,easured so that they can all be ordered together. we went for a tasting at the venus de milo (which is where we are having the reception) and decided on what we would like to serve. a family friend is the owner, and he gave us some good advice and will take good care of us. he even said he would get us a shuttle for the guests from the hotel to the reception. which i think is pretty great.

i finally got the priest on the phone today. he wouldn't confirm anything until he speaks (in person) to both me and eamon. which, given the circumstances, is hard to do. but we have a meeting with him tuesday, so hopefully we can get that straightened out. and somehow mention that we would prefer to use his church, but bring in a different priest...