My DJ called me back today in response to my email letting him know our nuptials are postponed. He was so sweet about it wanting to know if there was anything he could do to help and just being genuinely concerned that I nearly cried on the phone to him... this man I have never met! I know I had talked about switching DJ's in my last post but not now. What a sweet man. He totally marked the new date and even offered my deposit back if I needed it now. Thankfully I do not. So I must promote Michael J. Kuhn DJ services for anyone looking! I've been nothing but pleased with his work and I plan to refer many of the brides I plan weddings for in the future to him!

It's amazing how easy it is to do this... I don't know if it makes it easier or worse.

However, in the interest of being positive I'm going to move on to other things! This week is the relaunching of my beautiful bridal body campaign, lol. Time to get back to the HIT center since I can mostly breathe out of my nose now. I am so dreading the sand pit and doing directional training on the treadmill but it is the only way I'm motivated when first starting out (they charge you 40 bucks whether you go or not so you better believe I'll be going). It's so close to home that there's no excuse anyways!

I also was lucky enough to get a George Foreman grill for Christmas from Drew and I will be putting that baby to work soon! In case you don't know, I cannot cook to save my life. Mike has honestly considered referring me to the new show on the Food Network (LOVE!) called "Worst Cooks in America" and I'm sure I'd make the cut. Which is odd because I can totally bake! WTF? But I am confident I can manage the GF grill. Anyone have any tips though?

If you have children or a pet you love dearly then you know that there is simply no coast you would refuse to pay to help them if they were hurt. My dog isn't just my pet, he's my friend and he's part of my family. He's actually supposed to be my ring bearer in June. So when my dog began literally shrieking at the slightest touch I fell apart. We rushed him to the emergency vet and were told that it was a problem with his neck disks... a common issue of the dachshund breed. We had hoped to treat it with rest and meds but less than two weeks later we found ourselves with the same issues. Sparky had to go in to the vet today (Happy New Year) for more x-rays and more medication. We have scheduled a consult with Ohio State who has surgeons who specialize in doggie neurological cases. It'll take a while to happen but hopefully our pup will be okay soon. There's no limit to what I would spend on him but that money has to come from somewhere and that somewhere is our already tight bridal budget. Yes folks, it seems we too are feeling the weight of a crappy economy and the Gods of timing are not exactly smiling down on us.

With seven hundred already spent in vet bills and another $3,000 to come in vet surgical bills it's looking like our wedding might be taking a five thousand dollar hit after taxes and fees. I don't know about many of you but that is a major, major deficit. One that might set us back more than dollar signs...it might set us back a whole year.

I'm not going to pretend to be okay with this revelation. I've spent most of the last couple days sobbing over it. But that's simply the price I'm willing to pay to save my littlest and most loyal friend. We're renegotiating with our families to see if this is the final option but I've been a pretty thrifty bride as is and there just wasn't a lot of room to work with. Since I'm a teacher really the only time it's sensible for me to get married is over the summer and moving it to the end of this summer just isn't going to change enough. So next June it might have to be. 2011. Nothing is set in stone yet. So I'll keep you posted. But for right now I have someone who's never denied me a moments love who needs his belly rubbed.