Wedding Planning

Babbles, & A Recipe!
Though my wedding planning is recent, i still find myself running around trying to get things going. He proposed in a sweet way, after our cats tried to ruin his plan by finding and pulling down the rings hiding spot- under his drawing table. :-p
Our parents approved fully, and happily. Which i was not expecting. But very happy to have received. Since our wedding is tentatively June 26th, 2009 that leaves me about 9 months to plan. Most brides to be have at least a year! But we decided on that date for several reasons.. our anniversary is June 23rd and we wanted it to be close to that date. We could have done it before but then we would be encroaching on our birthdays.(mine is the 19th, his is the 22nd) Also we are moving in Late July out of state so i can go to Graduate School for Art therapy. Not sure where yet, but it adds the other problem... Money.... If only money did not matter in this world.. but then again everyone would die because no one would have any reason to do anything! (hypothetically of course)
So this creates the biggest problem.... Money..... All weddings, and Moves Out of state need it.
I am currently working at a five and dime
Yes that is my store, it is unfortunately going out of business the end of September, and going to school full time. Making enough to pay the bills, and minor other things.
My fiancee is currently working at an art store, and doing freelance art for people. So he is making more then me but still not enough to have a big wedding.

Additionally, my mom has agreed to help but we still are posed a problem of low budget large guest list(we have a lot of family) we are up to 230 people, and those are just the ones we can think of. We also have come up with a food list, and a possible location but there is still so much to do, i have not looked at dresses, or a whole lot of other stuff. So i have a bumpy road ahead, but that is okay, i love a challenge:D
Recipe Time: (note i am a student, and this is pretty tasty)
This Is Vegan!


Items-
Sauce pot- preferably non stick
Spoon(my last recipe used a wooden one which my dog ate, seriously)
6 slices or about a 1/4 of the block-use vegan cheese- Cheddar flavor, you can mix em'
1 cup soy milk- vanilla or plain
1/4 cup tofutti plain cream cheese, or onion that would be tasty!
1 tablespoon Curry, or more if you LOVE curry
1 tablespoon mixed seasonings of your choosing i use mccormick season-all has nutmeg and a ton of other spices like 25:)
1/2 tablespoon black pepper
1/2 tablespoon salt
1 cup macaroni- or other pasta we arent picky! ( i used left over from the night before)

Boil pasta, or microwave for 5-10 minutes not sure exact time.
Put soy milk in pan, let it simmer, toss in cheese, let it melt, toss in the cream cheese, let that melt toss in seasonings, toss in cooked pasta mix in cheese.
Serve & Enjoy!

Everything

So i have a few other blogs that i started, but then once i got going on it i realized that i had restricted myself. Let me introduce myself.
My name is Amber, i am 22 years old, i live in Ypsilanti, Michigan. I am currently going to school at the local college, my major is psychology and my minor is art. I am applying for graduate school in a few months and i want to be an art therapist. I just got engaged the beginning of this month, and am scheduled to be married to my love of 3 1/2 years on June 26th, 2009.(still tentative)
In a nut shell i have a lot going on...

I love comics, food, art, psychology, trends, celebrities, going green, my quest for becoming a vegan, biking, nature, food network, baking cupcakes, trying new things, trying to be get fit, opening peoples eyes to things they never would have thought of, loving my kitties, and singular pooch. In December i found out that i have a blood disorder, i have a high clotablity factor they call it Lupus Anticoagulant, i don't have lupus but i have "sticky blood". I am on blood thinners, and will be life long, the only problem is i have to make my vitamin K consistent. Vitamin k is in so many things, leafy greens, green veggies, a few fruits such as vitamin k, and some things you would not even think of. So alot of vegan/vegetarian recipes have broccoli, kale, lettuce, spinich, asparagus, and as much as i would love to use these in every recipe i can't. So i am getting used to this idea of having to watch what i throw in my dish, and what i eat aside from not getting meat. I have been enjoying trying to open my fiancee's eyes to new foods, he is really picky because he has textural problems, so i keep trying to get him to try new stuff. I got him to eat soy sauce, switch from strawberry yogurt to boston cream pie yogurt fat free, eating quaker cheddar rice circles, versus cheese puffs big difference in fat, i have even gotten him to like vegan butter, and not hating vegan cream cheese, he loves all of my vegan cupcakes.:) He's a work in progress.

Anyways this will be about a range from fighting with my docs on meds-cooking-controlling my vitamin k- wedding planning and more.

-Amber