What was the #1 activity during Joe and Tina's year of 1998?  Yeah, you guessed it…. Wedding Preparations.  It seemed like every day after work, we'd have some sort of wedding planning to do.  From invitations to deciding the icing on our wedding cake, we had a list of "things to do" as long as there were days on the calendar left.

The major things consisted of:

• Going to Knoxville, TN to find a church, reception area, rehearsal dinner, florist, food caterer and look at hotels for our guests.

• Work on the wedding web page (hey, you gotta know your priorities!)

• Spend time at Barnes & Noble looking at wedding books and getting ideas

• Figure out the wedding party (bridal party, ushers, musicians, Pastor, coordinators, MCs, photographers and videographers)

• Make the wedding guest list and do the invitations

• Choosing the bridal dress and tuxedos

• Marriage counseling with Pastor Morris

• Preparing the honeymoon

• Finding our new place to live

• Working out the little details (this is the BIG item!)

Anyway, I hope this list doesn't discourage anyone from getting married.   It's worth it!