There will be doors.

Wow, it's been a while since I've posted a solid home improvement entry. Hope you're ready for it.

Where to begin? I guess it's worth starting with the fact that Mark and I have been lacking doors... We took the linen closet doors down when we first moved in and thought we'd paint them. Fast forward a year and a half and the closet is still exposed. That would be fine and dandy if I was say, Martha Stewart and had all of my towels neatly folded and cute baskets housing all of the random crap in there. But alas, I'm not... and I don't...
So I took a trip to Lowes and picked up the below supplies.


...and got to sawing. I had the backings cut to size at Lowes and then used our friend Aaron's mitre saw to cut the trim.

Don't I look professional?

Now I just have to sand, prime, and paint...

But no folks, that's not all. We were living with a door-less office as well as a door-less master bathroom. Not to mention the non-fire door we had connecting the house to the garage. Fear not people. Aaron and Mark sanded, shimmed, and installed those too!

The uninstalled fire door

Aaron sands down the office door

Installing the fire door frame

We've got doors!!!

Now we just have to re-trim the fire door and prime and paint the others. All in a day's work...

Lean Mean Wedding Planning Machine...

That's right folks. If you just chanced upon my blog or are secretly stalking me and don't know me too well, I'm a planner and a doer. I suffer from anxiety and can't rest until things are handled, which in the case of a wedding that's 8 months away, may be difficult. Don't hyperventilate on my behalf though, we're gettin'er done.

In the 3 weeks since our engagement, Mark and I have picked a date (9.10.11), booked a venue for the ceremony and reception, picked out our menu (with the exception of hors d'oeuvres which we'll pick next month and cake which we still have to taste), booked a photographer (the amazing Francis Joseph who will be flying out from Austin, TX), started our wedding website, found a dress (I think -ordering it today), picked out a color scheme (girls in various shades of purple, guys in grey suits), decided on flowers, and a couple of other things...

The alternative was sleepless nights or xanax, neither of which is a good long term solution. So there you have it. This process is surprisingly fun once you handle some of the bigger pieces. This weekend we will hopefully create our save the dates and perhaps even begin registering...