Hi all,
I'm Tami and I have been lurking here for a little while, and decided I should introduce myself. I just got engaged at the end of December and have just barely begun thinking about planning. Both FI and I are Catholic and are planning on getting married at the Shrine of St. Joseph in St. Louis (his hometown), although we are both currently in grad school living in Maryland and Virginia (DC area) so planning long distance is going to be a challenge.
I was getting stressed and worried because after trying ot call the wedding coordinator at the Shrine of St. Joseph for about a month just to get general information about having our ceremony there, when I finally got a hold of her I found out they were already completely booked for June 2012! I thought I was doing things way early! So after coming up with a new plan I called her back today and I am extremely happy that we have a date reserved, July 7th 2012!
I am resisting the urge to talk about wedding stuff with everyone I know so you guys get to hear it instead, haha.
I know that this date may be close to the 4th of July holiday for some of our guests, but hopefully we will not have too much trouble and I will understand if some people can't make it. My family is spread across the country so any of them who come will likely fly, so it actually may work to our advanatge as they may be able to take more time off with the 4th being a Wed. Guess we'll have to see how it goes.
Anyway hi everyone and thanks for all your great posts!
*edited for typos and spelling to try to prevent making a bad first impression, haha*