Why We Have This Site

For those who don't know us, we both lost our jobs over a year ago.  When that happened, we could have never imagined that things would get to be so hard.  Fortunately, Tarah landed a great job with a local non-profit within a few months.   However, Josh is still searching for his break.  In the meantime, he's returned to college to pursue a career in video game developement (the long-term goal), while taking courses to be a certified solar panel installer (for short-term success).

Origionally, we expected to get married in as little as one year.  However, our economic situation did not permit that.  Determined to let our love shine for all to see, we pulled out our book of general wedding ideas and started filtering through it, putting everything through a sive to strain out the expensive options.  We've been searching for ideas, weighing out time lines, workloads and costs for months, embracing the D.I.Y. ("Do It Yourself") concept wherever possible.

Now that we've pulled ourselves into a better financial situation, we're starting to move forward in the planning process.  Creating this website was the first step to the long-term gathering of our supplies.  The second step has been to make room in our garage and attack for anything we're able to collect.  We're still in the process of clearing out clothing donations that we gathered for Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services and W.E.A.V.E. through the Clothes & Kitchen Swap that we hosted months ago.  When we're free of the clutter (which should be soon), we'll start posting ads for the items we need on Yahoo! Freecycle Groups in our area.

As for making plans, we're currently inquiring with various organizations and companies regarding their services.  All of our helpers (wedding party, friends and family) are being notified of our progress and duties are being delegated.  Sites for the ceremony, reception and honeymoon are being scouted and we hope to have places booked within the next six months.  This blog will help keep all of our friends, family and followers up to date with our progress.  Check back each month to see what else we've come up with!