{"id":3,"date":"2008-02-18T20:29:33","date_gmt":"2008-02-18T20:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nimlas.org\/july26\/?p=3"},"modified":"2019-03-27T21:53:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T01:53:46","slug":"originally-posted-in-my-lj-on-february-01-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nimlas.org\/july26\/originally-posted-in-my-lj-on-february-01-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Originally Posted in my LJ on February 01, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Honeymoon &#8211; <font color=\"#ff0000\">booked! <\/font>we will be staying at vacation village in the berkshires for the week after the wedding.\u00a0 It is swank and laid back all at the same time.\u00a0 It is a mini honeymoon since Fred and I plan to still go to europe in March but getting to europe in the summer and right after the wedding seems a bit much to us, and not ideal.\u00a0 (the resort is our wedding present from my sister and BiL,it is a time share thing so we could pick out from anywhere, it is really cool)<\/li>\n<li>Church &#8211; <font color=\"#ff0000\">booked! <font color=\"#000000\">That was done already, Our Lady of Grace RC Church, Babylon NY, 2pm July 26 2008<\/font><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#ff0000\"><font color=\"#000000\">Pre Cana &#8211; <\/font><\/font><font color=\"#ff0000\">booked! <font color=\"#000000\">March 28-29 in Yarmoth NS, better pre-cana dates and it is over 200 bucks cheaper then doing it in NY, so odd that.<\/font><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#ff0000\"><font color=\"#000000\">Reception &#8211; <font color=\"#3366ff\">close to settled <font color=\"#000000\">found a place in Babylon, the Ancient Order of Hibernians they can accommodate the right amount of ppeople, the price is right and they have a caterer who is in the right price too.\u00a0 All that needs to be done is for me to one see the place which I am going to do next week when I go down to NY and two check out the caterer to make sure the food is not yuck.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#ff0000\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font color=\"#3366ff\"><font color=\"#000000\">Flowers &#8211; need to check out the shop when I go to NY next week<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#ff0000\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font color=\"#3366ff\"><font color=\"#000000\">Cake &#8211; Need to stop in the ice cream store and discuss that again when I am in NY next week<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#ff0000\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font color=\"#3366ff\"><font color=\"#000000\">Music &#8211; We are going with an iPod and speakers, Fred says he is going to ask our friend Greg who DJs to help create some playlists, also ask Greg to MC the wedding cause well, when doesn&#8217;t Greg want an opportunity to have a mic?<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#ff0000\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font color=\"#3366ff\"><font color=\"#000000\">Dress &#8211; Not much farther on this but I have an idea what I want and who can do it for me.\u00a0 Butsy and I will go to the shop next week when I am in NY<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#ff0000\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font color=\"#3366ff\"><font color=\"#000000\">Transportation &#8211; No limos or BS like that, will ask Butsy to cart me around on the day and bring us back to the hotel after the reception<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#ff0000\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font color=\"#3366ff\"><font color=\"#000000\">Hotel &#8211; Got a good price at the Hampton inn, it is a nice place and a good location.\u00a0 Sadly there are no real Hotels in Babylon or close by, but it is better to drive a few extra miles to stay someplace nice then to chance it at one of those bad and scary motels.\u00a0 I will try and see what we can get for a group discount but I would need to know who and how many are actually coming first I think.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#ff0000\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font color=\"#3366ff\"><font color=\"#000000\">Photography &#8211; This has been set for years.\u00a0 Fr. Vin (yes the priest who will be marrying us) will be the official photographer, which is good because a pet peeve of mine is flashbulbs going off during a mass and photographers getting in the way and being distracting.\u00a0 Also it is nice having someone who knows who my family is so I don&#8217;t have to deal with what my sister Brigid did who kept trying to kick my brother and his kids out of &#8220;family only&#8221; pictures *eye roll* and tried to force my parents to take a picture together and looking into each other&#8217;s eyes *vomit* not good when your folks are not only divorced but one has a new wife now.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#ff0000\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font color=\"#3366ff\"><font color=\"#000000\">Invitations &#8211; need to get them ordered, but I have the wording written and know what I want.\u00a0 I am still gathering addresses and such, my mother nor his mother has gotten me anything, which is kinda annoying because I am not sure how else to get these contacts.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#ff0000\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font color=\"#3366ff\"><font color=\"#000000\">Hair\/Make-up- On the morning of I am going to Anthony at Salon EOS, I need to make an appointment for it but I don&#8217;t think it will be a problem.\u00a0 I need to find out who else wants to get their hair done there too.\u00a0 I know my mother will, his mother will too, but then Butsy might want to also and his sister might too (but I can&#8217;t ask yet because his sister is still all about not coming to the wedding because her baby will be too young to travel&#8230; at at least six months&#8230; OK)\u00a0 and my make up I will ask my sister Brigid to do.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#ff0000\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font color=\"#3366ff\"><font color=\"#000000\">Rehearsal Dinner &#8211; <font color=\"#ff0000\">planned! <font color=\"#000000\">Thank you peapod.\u00a0 I will be having everything delivered to my mother&#8217;s house that day, it will be all done and made for us, after the rehearsal we go back to momacita&#8217;s and chow down.\u00a0 Looking like there will be 30-36 people there. (26 of which are my immediate family &amp; kids)<br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#ff0000\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font color=\"#3366ff\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font color=\"#ff0000\"><font color=\"#000000\">Centerpieces\/Favors &#8211; <font color=\"#ff0000\">planned! <\/font>got everything I need, just have to place the order, I don&#8217;t quite have access to all the funds yet\u00a0 so I can&#8217;t order to quick.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#ff0000\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font color=\"#3366ff\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font color=\"#ff0000\"><font color=\"#000000\">Rings &#8211; I called the place we found that has the ring we like, found out that yes they can get them made special for us in white gold, so w00t, it is slightly more then I originally planned but not too bad.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#ff0000\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font color=\"#3366ff\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font color=\"#ff0000\"><font color=\"#000000\">Shower &#8211; well since I don&#8217;t have bridesmaids or a maid of honor this is a odd thing.\u00a0 My baby sister Butsy I have dubbed the &#8220;it girl&#8221; to help me with planning, but not the hard stuff (Hannah has done all of that, and quite the exceptional job at that) but the fun stuff like the dress and things like that.\u00a0 I think I said the shower but well she hasn&#8217;t said anything about it and it is odd.\u00a0 Does a person throw herself a shower?\u00a0 That isn&#8217;t how it is done, but if you don&#8217;t have a bridal party&#8230; then what?<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#ff0000\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font color=\"#3366ff\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font color=\"#ff0000\"><font color=\"#000000\">Funds &#8211; Fred and I are taking out a line of credit to pay for this, we need to get that into place before we start putting deposits on things&#8230; tricky tricky.\u00a0 No, my parents are not paying for this.\u00a0 No his folks are not paying for this.\u00a0 My wedding is going to be completely tame in comparison to what most people think of a wedding, in NY it is going to look a little odd.\u00a0 It is what I want, regardless of the price this is what I want, something laid back and comfortable, a party, not a &#8220;wedding reception&#8221;\u00a0 If I won the lotto or somehow got a nice payload of money tomorrow I really wouldn&#8217;t change much.\u00a0 I might change one or two things, but basically the feel and everything else would be done the same way.\u00a0 I might hire someone to do all this for me, but the details would remain the same.\u00a0 This is not tame in comparison to what I have seen where Fred is from (well the price at least) but it will be on the &#8220;lower&#8221; end.\u00a0 I am sure his parents would scoff at how much we are paying for some of the stuff but honestly there is no other option.\u00a0 NY is just plain more expensive.\u00a0 I am 30, Fred is almost 30, our parents SHOULD not be paying for this.\u00a0 I always said if I couldn&#8217;t afford to pay for my own wedding then I wouldn&#8217;t do it.\u00a0 If I coundn&#8217;t afford, or my tastes for a wedding was beyond my means then clearly I had my priorities switched around.\u00a0 So I am pleased that not only is this going to be something we could afford but that it is something WE both want.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#ff0000\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font color=\"#3366ff\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font color=\"#ff0000\"><font color=\"#000000\">Gift Registry &#8211; You can find it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/registry\/wedding\/1UT4GBEE9WPDB\">HERE<\/a> I\/We have only put a few items on there so far, mostly knives, but I will try and add to it soon.\u00a0 I am trying to think of what to register for.\u00a0 I mean the whole place setting and silver and gravyboat thing just kinda makes me wonder.\u00a0 As for pots and cooking items, other then some really good knives and a mix master between the two of us Fred and I have a lot.\u00a0 Perhaps I should put a vacuum cleaner on there, we use a small shop vac which is awesome but not meant for normal household cleaning.. more for industrial right?(yeah see me rambling here, this is what I do when I look at the registry)<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honeymoon &#8211; booked! 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