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I'm ba-ack! Sorry for the very long hiatus from blogging. So busy lately.
The wedding was that of my sister Hope!
Monday:
pick up brother at airport at 8:30 pm, drive to San Antonio whilst
listening to John Stossel and Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince
and pseudo-sleeping off and on.
Tuesday: arrive 3 hours ahead of schedule at 3 pm in San Anton. slept until 6 pm or so...then bummed around.
Wednesday:
Go Time as we like to call it. Got the 15 passenger van which I mostly
drove all weekend-awesome. Everyone came in from the airport, lots of
screaming and shrillness.Can't remember the rest to be honest. Shopped
for a corset to go under the bridesmaid dress-they are way harder to
find than you think! I mean seriously, the only place I could find them
was a bridal store...ridiculous.Barbecue to introduce to the fams. That
meant that I mostly found things to do in the kitchen and serve people
food, etc. Yes!
Thursday:
my sanity arrives in San Anton at 11 am...Sanity is also known as Greg.
And so do the rest of the masses, we shop even more for a corset-yes, I
did drag him along. Then we hunted and hunted and hunted some
more...for handmade paper for the program cover. Oh yes, 2 days before
the wedding, we were hunting for the program paper. Then rehearsal and
rehearsal dinner...not too much excitement there. It was on the river
which was fun and then we walked on it after dinner. Much confusion
over toasting and proper etiquette. Mom and her Emily Post whatnot say
rehearsal dinner but everyone there assumed reception. Now, I loathe
public speaking and the gastrointestinal spasms that accompany it and I
also felt all this pressure (from myself, no doubt) to make it the best
one ever in the history of the world. So much worrying but Joe's dad
toasted a little and a couple others also and that was...interesting,
to say the least. Joe's dad's kind of like Mike Ditka and funny once
he's had a little to drink. Our common point for the weekend was "The
Billy Graham Center"; every time he saw me he'd ask me about how much I
liked it. EVERY time...
Friday: Tubing on the river!!!! So fun. No pictures. Sorry.
Got back 2 hours later than we thought we would...but we got barbecue from Rudy's so totally worth it :)
Bachelorette party! We
totally partied like it was 1999...except more like 2004 or
so...anywho, it was a good time had by all. I wrote all the bridesmaids
and asked them to give me some songs that remind them of Hope or Hope
and Joe and I compilated...or compiled rather them into a CD. It's
pretty good...odd, but good. Black Eyed Peas, Jack Johnson, Robert
Palmer, Celine Dion, Alison Krauss, Dave Barnes- they all made it onto
the CD. I made frozen Strawberry Margaritas (they were way girly!) and
we ate fajitas and a version of brownie pizza formerly unheard of by
the girls. Then, off to bed before the big, ridiculously huge,
life-changing day!
Or so we thought...Hope and I were up really
late discussing the ins and outs of family and weddings and
disappointments and fears; she had a really good cry, I cried a little
bit and then to sleep at somewhere around 2:30 in the morning...Is that
how the night before your wedding s supposed to go? Oh well, we decided
that we'd start planning my wedding now and then that would at least
help SOME of the stress be less...but hey, it's nerve racking to come
to the day that will alter the rest of your life. Weird.
WEDDING DAY:
wake up early but not early enough...oops! what can we say? anyhow, T-2
hours to get Hope and Joe's slideshow done. But hey, we did
it...cuties.
But, please take note: do not plan a picnic on your wedding day.
It
was a really nice gesture to out of towners and extended family but it
just didn't work! My sister, her fiance, my brother, Greg and I ended
up sitting together. It was fun, but sort of nerve-racking because we
didn't really see anyone else just hung out in a clump. My brother and
I are kind of like that, the 2 minorities in the corner :)
So,
then, crunch time, I ran around to find a guest book, oh yes, little
things left undone, then had to make it by 2:30 for the hair
appointment. As it turns out, all 8 bridesmaids plus my mom ended up
going so that makes for a lot of opinions and cuteness. But, alas, they
had already done their hair and make-up so that was tricky. I missed a
lot of Hope getting ready and getting ready with everyone. Kinda sad
but oh well...there's always next...oh, wait a minute, no there won't!
But, I'm not bitter...;)
Pics before wedding=good idea. Ceremony
beautiful, read from Song of Solomon, reception-open half bar, sitting
at rectangular table for bridal party with bride and groom sitting as
the heads of the table=bad idea. A good time had by all, dancing with
my brother and my baby, catchin' up with old Albuquerque friends who I
haven't seen in years = priceless. Seeing them drive away in the Model
A=relief. Realizing Hope's purse was in the trunk of her friend's
car=ugh. Taking to her in church parking lot and giving a big hug and
checkin' out smile=worth it all!
Pictures soon! Incidentally,
there are far more of my sister Alison and Greg than he and I, so
sorry. They constantly had to tell people they weren't dating...maybe
it was all the making out...ew, just kidding...they both would be
really grossed out by that, I hope they are! No, they just had to sit
together at the wedding and did the luminarias together, etc. But,
I'll try and dig up some pics of us.
AND THEY ALL LIVED HAPPILY (albeit sleepily) EVER AFTER | | |
| for some thoughts on Holy Week:
a wiser sister
morning & evening
just my own
feel free to add your own faves...
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| HAPPY QUARTER CENTURY BIRTHDAY, GREG!!!!
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| Would you like some hot rhubarb pi with that pi five?
"what could be better than a whole day devoted to Pi day,?" you ask.
well, the gift that keeps on giving, of course, nothing like a Pi tie to really make your day! and if the first 314 digits don't get ya goin', there's always the next 686 digits to wake up to!
Well, have a stuPIndous day!
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| "So," she thinks, "what is the one way I can get everyone to respond to the invite to Greg's party and get them to write him a snazzy note?"
I know, I will post it on my xanga where they will all anxiously go once they get their little pop-up about subscriptions. If you have not yet RSVPd, please do so now! And whether you're coming or not, write something snazzy or send a card...gracias. ok, now GO GO GO!!!
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