The phrase 'the big day' was used to describe a wedding,and people say 'her big day' to describe the bride's wedding day in particular.

If something is touchy-feely it is very emotional. If you are a touchy-feely person you don't mind talking about your feelings and maybe actually hugging people.

Two ticks. In English, we say clocks make this noise: tick tock, tick tock. So two ticks is just like saying two seconds.