Wedding Planning might kill me

Did you know that the only venues in Spokane either are community centers for $600 but look like a community center; or are nice looking rustic country Greenbluff things and cost $3000 but are rustic country that really isn't my thing; or the fancy places in town like the Convention Center of the Masonic Center and they cost $3000 and you have cater through them at $20 bucks a head??

Or the other option is pitching a tent in a backyard. But that cost $1500 (for the tent alone!). And it might rain.

In other news, I've decided on a loose theme: the universe has a plan. I decided on this because that's what I always say about me and Jeff not meeting in college and then meeting years later. But I like this theme because check out the awesome color palate:

That's pretty much awesomeness squared. And it's nerdy without being extremely nerdy. And we can now do black suits for the guys (I was trying to figure out how I was going to do a brown wedding without putting the guys in brown).

Also, I'm starting to design the wedding invitation and I'm super nervous because I've never done this style of design before and it's kinda hard to pull off. Jeff is excited to program it (we're being nerdy and it's going to be a website).

Forever and Ever

Besides the fact that I'm getting engaged in this picture,
my favorite part is Kathleen freaking out in the
background.

So the whole story goes like this:

Since the Hoopfest flashmob, they've been asked to do it at multiple other events, and I've never done it because it was silly and really not my thing. But a month ago, my tap Ladies Line teacher Kathleen came up to me and said "I signed up for the flashmob they're doing at the Bark Walk. If I'm doing it, you're doing it!" So I reluctantly signed up. 

Flashforward to the day of the Bark Walk. It was cold and raining and seriously the only reason I was showing up was the fact that I said I would (and Spokane is notorious for people saying they're going to come and then don't. I swear, drives me crazy. People here dont RSVP for weddings!!!). So we do the flashmob, and the one thing that was changed about the flashmob was that at the end, we all drop down to the ground instead of just walking off. So I drop down at the end and suddenly I hear Jeff's voice over the speakers. And he called me over and told me he loved me and he would love me "forever and ever" (he always just says "forever" because "it's not logical to say 'and ever'" even though I always say "forever and ever") and then got down on one knee and asked me to marry him.

But the part of the story that is crazy is the backstory. Jeff apparently called Kathleen in like August and told her what he wanted to do, and then she coordinated with the lady in charge of the flashmob. And everyone in the flashmob knew (and practically the whole dance studio). And Jeff has finally felt stress (because of his Addisons disease, he doesn't get stressed ever); he practically didn't eat anything last week.

And one of the best parts was he was able to keep it a secret from me. I was completely surprised. And we all know that once I want to know what you know, you aren't getting away without telling me. So the fact that everyone was able to not let on was amazing.

And even though Jeff has since analyzed it death (his logical brain can't turn off) and has decided it was a complete disaster, I think it was perfect and amazing. 

Anyway, pictures! Jeff even thought that far ahead and had one of his coworkers who takes great pictures come and record the whole thing. Link.

Really Good Greek Salad

This is delicious. The only thing to add to the recipe is to not make just the amount the recipe says to. I about tripled it and it made an excellent 2 dinner servings for us. And I heated up some peta bread to go with.

Link: http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2012/08/mediterranean-baked-feta-with-tomatoes/