UpDaTe.. Future plans, wedding plans.. all for you guys:)
Finally some time to update.. A lot of you guys have been asking about the honeymoon and plans so here they are.. :)
Friday, we called to book our honeymoon and there's these two places that are our favorites ones, but people that own rooms there haven't called and said "We're staying somewhere else so open our spots up".. They say to book at least a year and half ahead, which is what we are trying to do. Our 3rd choice had tons of rooms open, so Andrew asked the guy he was talking to what he would do.. He said, "If I were you, I'd put my name on the search list and as soon as one of those individuals calls and a spot comes open.. we'll call you and book it, which should be soon." So, we had to pay the $190 international exchange fee to set up the search.. and as soon as they call, it'll be booked and I'll put up a link to which of the two opens up first:)
I've got to get my resume wrote before Friday, so hopefully I can start working as soon as school is out. I'm saving every bit of what I make.. except for gas and little needed things. Our goal is to have $10,000 dollars saved up by the time we get married and let that be our emergency funds only, so we'll have something to fall back on for any reason. We already have almost $4,000 so that goal should be easy with us both working this summer. Next semester is going to be really hard and time consuming, but I really have to get those classes out of the way so when I do start at UT, I'll only have those two electives and Nursing classes left (which means less time in school after we get married). I really want to work maybe 2 days a week even during the semesters next year, just for even more money to be saved for us.. I think he's going to work somewhere on campus, maybe somewhere where he can be doing his homework and making a little extra cash and not just sitting somewhere. At first he was going to drive to farragut to work at his work, but it's a far drive and takes time.. a small campus job would be just fine during school.
Andrew will only have 3 semesters left after we get married, which is good because after that we'll have a full salary coming in and a very good one at that. I'll have around 4 left, but after he gets done it won't matter because money won't be an issue.
I'm just so thankful we planned this all out and didn't make any irrational decisions that we would suffer from.. Such as being engaged for a year and a half, it will give us plenty of time to plan the wedding without being rushed or stressed, plenty of time to save enough money so we won't have to be stressed with all the expenses that comes with getting married before being done with college.. I'm just glad we really thought it all through and made some good decisions for our future, it would've been really easy to quit college and get a full time job and save all the money, but we want really good jobs to support each other and our family. It would've been so wonderful to have been married right after high school, but would've also been hard and our marriage could've suffered and we weren't taking the chance. College is hard, especially going full time and having a job.. We're still going to work throughout the week, but not full time and the saved up money will allow us to do just that.
Since we'll both be students at UT, we're just going to have insurance through them and save almost $500 dollars a month, which is wonderful. Our cars are both in top condition and are paid for, so no car payments.. Depending on whether we live in the house or the marriage student housing.. If we live in the house, we won't have a house payment.. but gas will be a big expense. If we live up there, we'll have an apartment payment.. but we can walk so no huge gas bills or the wear and tear on our cars.. That's the next decision that has to be made, we're really weighing out the good and bad with both and we'll make the right decision, I know.. we've been praying about it, so God will show us the right way. Hopefully, we'll get money for school with being married and going full time.. and whatever is left, we'll either pay or take out in loans and pay off before the loan period. I hate to be paying on something like a loan so we'll pay it off as soon as possible, which when we both graduate we'll be able to.
A while back, I was just going to do the LPN program and work in a doctor's office.. not really what I had planned on doing, but it was fast and easy with a decent pay. Then, I was just going to stay at home with our kids and take care of them.. and I still am. I knew from the beginning, I wanted a Bachelor's in Nursing because for one, I don't want to have the crappy jobs/tasks, two pay is almost double, and three just because I want to. I don't want to take the easy way out and make Andrew save all the money because I'm too lazy to get a degree and help with the money.. I'm going to work until we have kids and then stop when we have our kids, and when they start school.. I'll work half days because with a Bachelor's degree, I'll be able to do that.. so I can pick them up from school and be with them and Andrew the rest of the day:)
Andrew's going to be a Civil Engineer so he'll have a good job that he'll love, he already works at an engineering place so already knows how to do 90% of the work and has a job as a Civil Engineer right out of school, I'm so proud of him.. he works so hard to achieve what he does:) The guys there love him, because he isn't lazy and doesn't whine.. he does whatever he's told and does it wonderfully, they rely on him more than some of the engineers there already with the important jobs, that says so much..
At least being married and working along with college doesn't last forever, it'll only be for 3 semesters. It'll be really hard, juggling school and working and taking time out for one another.. but will be worth the while. I'd rather be with him and it be hard, than go to school and it be easy and just waiting to get married until we're done. A lot of people say it's easier to wait and I just say, that's the easy way out.. We're miserable without each other and are ready for the demands of life because we know we can do anything with God and with each other. The mistakes are made when people forget to plan and think it's all grand and simple, and most of the mistakes come when people just up and get married with no money saved, no reality, and no plans.. I'm just so glad it's all planned out, knowing all the hard stuff that comes and knowing how to handle those things.. it's called true love and common sense. I guess if we had only been dating for a few years, we might wait.. but we've be dating for 6 years.. and when we get married it'll be 7 years.. I think that's plenty of enough time to know that getting married is right<3
So, we're about to start looking for the wedding dress and the bridesmaid's dresses. We were kinda letting prom season die down so it wouldn't be all crowded looking at stuff. We ordered over 15 invitation magazines, so we have plenty to choose from. I think I know how I want the tables decorated and what the favors will be and etc.. Still deciding on colors.. Really want bright pink/pale green.. or pale green/purple.. black/pink.. or something in those colors. It's going to be bright and uplifting, no dull colors whatsoever. So many people have told me, start early.. start early so we are. I want to enjoy looking around and deciding on what we want, time shouldn't be an issue and I don't want to be rushed into making a decision:) I'm so thankful for all the people dying to help out.. Of course my parents are helping with ideas, Andrew has wonderful taste and wants to be involved with everything, the rest of my huge family, and all of my wonderful friends are excited beyond.. At soon as this June hits, we're officially starting on things.. so we'll have 12 months for the total planning:) ::eXciTeD!!::
So there you go, that took me a while..LoL!:) I have plenty of things to do around here and for school!
I love you all and have a wonderful day!:)
Friday, we called to book our honeymoon and there's these two places that are our favorites ones, but people that own rooms there haven't called and said "We're staying somewhere else so open our spots up".. They say to book at least a year and half ahead, which is what we are trying to do. Our 3rd choice had tons of rooms open, so Andrew asked the guy he was talking to what he would do.. He said, "If I were you, I'd put my name on the search list and as soon as one of those individuals calls and a spot comes open.. we'll call you and book it, which should be soon." So, we had to pay the $190 international exchange fee to set up the search.. and as soon as they call, it'll be booked and I'll put up a link to which of the two opens up first:)
I've got to get my resume wrote before Friday, so hopefully I can start working as soon as school is out. I'm saving every bit of what I make.. except for gas and little needed things. Our goal is to have $10,000 dollars saved up by the time we get married and let that be our emergency funds only, so we'll have something to fall back on for any reason. We already have almost $4,000 so that goal should be easy with us both working this summer. Next semester is going to be really hard and time consuming, but I really have to get those classes out of the way so when I do start at UT, I'll only have those two electives and Nursing classes left (which means less time in school after we get married). I really want to work maybe 2 days a week even during the semesters next year, just for even more money to be saved for us.. I think he's going to work somewhere on campus, maybe somewhere where he can be doing his homework and making a little extra cash and not just sitting somewhere. At first he was going to drive to farragut to work at his work, but it's a far drive and takes time.. a small campus job would be just fine during school.
Andrew will only have 3 semesters left after we get married, which is good because after that we'll have a full salary coming in and a very good one at that. I'll have around 4 left, but after he gets done it won't matter because money won't be an issue.
I'm just so thankful we planned this all out and didn't make any irrational decisions that we would suffer from.. Such as being engaged for a year and a half, it will give us plenty of time to plan the wedding without being rushed or stressed, plenty of time to save enough money so we won't have to be stressed with all the expenses that comes with getting married before being done with college.. I'm just glad we really thought it all through and made some good decisions for our future, it would've been really easy to quit college and get a full time job and save all the money, but we want really good jobs to support each other and our family. It would've been so wonderful to have been married right after high school, but would've also been hard and our marriage could've suffered and we weren't taking the chance. College is hard, especially going full time and having a job.. We're still going to work throughout the week, but not full time and the saved up money will allow us to do just that.
Since we'll both be students at UT, we're just going to have insurance through them and save almost $500 dollars a month, which is wonderful. Our cars are both in top condition and are paid for, so no car payments.. Depending on whether we live in the house or the marriage student housing.. If we live in the house, we won't have a house payment.. but gas will be a big expense. If we live up there, we'll have an apartment payment.. but we can walk so no huge gas bills or the wear and tear on our cars.. That's the next decision that has to be made, we're really weighing out the good and bad with both and we'll make the right decision, I know.. we've been praying about it, so God will show us the right way. Hopefully, we'll get money for school with being married and going full time.. and whatever is left, we'll either pay or take out in loans and pay off before the loan period. I hate to be paying on something like a loan so we'll pay it off as soon as possible, which when we both graduate we'll be able to.
A while back, I was just going to do the LPN program and work in a doctor's office.. not really what I had planned on doing, but it was fast and easy with a decent pay. Then, I was just going to stay at home with our kids and take care of them.. and I still am. I knew from the beginning, I wanted a Bachelor's in Nursing because for one, I don't want to have the crappy jobs/tasks, two pay is almost double, and three just because I want to. I don't want to take the easy way out and make Andrew save all the money because I'm too lazy to get a degree and help with the money.. I'm going to work until we have kids and then stop when we have our kids, and when they start school.. I'll work half days because with a Bachelor's degree, I'll be able to do that.. so I can pick them up from school and be with them and Andrew the rest of the day:)
Andrew's going to be a Civil Engineer so he'll have a good job that he'll love, he already works at an engineering place so already knows how to do 90% of the work and has a job as a Civil Engineer right out of school, I'm so proud of him.. he works so hard to achieve what he does:) The guys there love him, because he isn't lazy and doesn't whine.. he does whatever he's told and does it wonderfully, they rely on him more than some of the engineers there already with the important jobs, that says so much..
At least being married and working along with college doesn't last forever, it'll only be for 3 semesters. It'll be really hard, juggling school and working and taking time out for one another.. but will be worth the while. I'd rather be with him and it be hard, than go to school and it be easy and just waiting to get married until we're done. A lot of people say it's easier to wait and I just say, that's the easy way out.. We're miserable without each other and are ready for the demands of life because we know we can do anything with God and with each other. The mistakes are made when people forget to plan and think it's all grand and simple, and most of the mistakes come when people just up and get married with no money saved, no reality, and no plans.. I'm just so glad it's all planned out, knowing all the hard stuff that comes and knowing how to handle those things.. it's called true love and common sense. I guess if we had only been dating for a few years, we might wait.. but we've be dating for 6 years.. and when we get married it'll be 7 years.. I think that's plenty of enough time to know that getting married is right<3
So, we're about to start looking for the wedding dress and the bridesmaid's dresses. We were kinda letting prom season die down so it wouldn't be all crowded looking at stuff. We ordered over 15 invitation magazines, so we have plenty to choose from. I think I know how I want the tables decorated and what the favors will be and etc.. Still deciding on colors.. Really want bright pink/pale green.. or pale green/purple.. black/pink.. or something in those colors. It's going to be bright and uplifting, no dull colors whatsoever. So many people have told me, start early.. start early so we are. I want to enjoy looking around and deciding on what we want, time shouldn't be an issue and I don't want to be rushed into making a decision:) I'm so thankful for all the people dying to help out.. Of course my parents are helping with ideas, Andrew has wonderful taste and wants to be involved with everything, the rest of my huge family, and all of my wonderful friends are excited beyond.. At soon as this June hits, we're officially starting on things.. so we'll have 12 months for the total planning:) ::eXciTeD!!::
So there you go, that took me a while..LoL!:) I have plenty of things to do around here and for school!
I love you all and have a wonderful day!:)