At a standstill

There are two questions that everybody seems to be asking me lately: "How's the wedding planning going?" and "Have you set a date yet?"

I hate those two questions. Since Editor Diana Fuentes took a leave of absence, I am serving as the quasi interim editor as well as online editor and my life is hectic. I have had absolutely no time to even daydream about the wedding.

At this point, I'm begging the fiance to give in to a simple JP ceremony in March when things have settled down; however, he's convinced that I'll regret not having a bigger ceremony. I really don't know if I'd regret it. It's completely possible I would. Obviously, I'd love for my friends and family to celebrate with us. On the other hand, I hate having this whole wedding thing hanging over my head. I just want it done.

The ceremony has never been as important to me as being married to the most handsome man in the world. I just want to be Mrs. Dennis Lee Silva II already.

And no joke, I know of two couples who started dating and got married just since Den and I got engaged in March! It's not that I want to rush things. I like that we've taken things slowly, and we both feel comfortable with our decisions.

But I would just like to have a set date already.

Which way is up again?

The fiance and I have been up and down and around so many different options for the wedding that I don't even remember what option we're on.

A few weeks ago I almost had him considering the really simple JP ceremony, but that soon became a slightly less simple ceremony at a tiny bed and breakfast.

Somehow that became a ceremony at a bed and breakfast in Florida.

We both really like that idea. We'd get married in Florida and then stay a week for the honeymoon. Then, we could come back and throw a party in my hometown and a separate one in his hometown to celebrate with our respective friends and family. When the fiance called his parents to let them in on our brilliant plan, they loved it so much they said they're going. Now, if his parents are going, I have to invite my very good friends. So then we're talking about having a small entourage (about eight people) head to Orlando with us for the week. Oh, and maybe we could move the wedding up to March because we wouldn't need as much money and we'll all rent a big house together.

I still like this plan and I still think it has potential. However, I don't think we'll be able to pull it off by March and I definitely don't want to be in Orlando during the summer (we originally planned to wed in July). I started talking with the fiance's mom yesterday and we revisited the whole ranch wedding. My aunt knows a family close to my hometown that will let us use their ranch for free. That rocks! We also talked about pushing the date back to September, a much cooler time of year.

Basically, where we're at in the wedding planning is a place where I have no idea when or where this wedding will take place.