Pachelbel's Canon in D

In preparing for the actual wedding cermony, the church has given us a booklet with song suggestions. One song that always makes me think of a wedding is Pachelbel's Canon in D. Most everyone knows this song. When I hear it I usually get teary eyed.

This comedian is absolutely hilarious. He doesn't change my high opinion of the song, but he does make me laugh my butt off! I think you will be hearing this song at our wedding! ;)

Exactly One Year

I guess it is ok to start counting down now? I have counted down everything else from graduating school to a cool band coming to my work. Now that there are officially 365 days and 1 hour left until we get married... I think it is safe to say we can begin the official countdown. Thats 365 days I have left to worry if I picked or will pick the right flowers, or the right DJ or the right photographer. So fun!

Wow. I cannot believe that Greg and I have been engaged for one year already! It doesn't seem like it was that long ago that we were up north at the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore enjoying peace and quiet and nature. I wish we had the time and the money to do that again this summer - everyone needs quiet time like that!

We have officially signed the contract with the DJ company Jammin' DJ's. I am excited about that because their price is unbeatable and they are just cool! And just so all of you know now, Greg and I have agreed there will be no chicken dance, hokey pokey or macarena at the reception. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news folks...

Next on my list of things to do is start looking at flowers. I have no idea what anything is called, I just have an idea of what they look like. My cousin will be helping me with that part. She has a trustworthy person that I might be working with. Hopefully she will be OK with my tiny budget and able to work magic with the ideas I have!

We Found a DJ!

On Sunday, Greg and I went to see a DJ in Clawson. Oddly enough Clawson is where the photographer is also... Thanks to a co-worker of mine I was able to get in contact with Jammin' DJs. The owner of the company has been very prompt and good with emails and with answering all of my questions I have had for him.

A side note about Jammin' DJs is that the owner of the company is also the lead singer of the Mega 80s. The M80s are a local band who do awesome cover songs and are very energetic with their shows. To see the owner / lead singer without his outfits on and in normal street clothes was quite suprising!

I finally scheduled a time that was good for all three of us to meet at his office. We got there around 3 pm and I think Greg immediately fell in love with the guys office! There were video arcade games lining both of the walls and it smelled like vanilla in there. I fell in love with the 2 Mac computers he had and all of the editing equipment in the back of the office.

We talked to him for about a half an hour about all of the options we had and what the benefits were to using them. One thing I really liked about him was that he didn't speak in terms of "When you hire us we will do..." rather than "When you hire a DJ you should look for this..." So even if we didn't go with his company, we would have plenty of knowledge to make an educated decision about all of this!

We didn't sign a contract with him, but when we left his office, Greg and I pretty much agreed with dug his company. The price was right, they had tons of options and a great back up system. I will probably be getting ahold of him within the next week to make a deposit and sign the contract!