Archive for March, 2008

Married Haiku

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Two cases of wine
48 cans of soda
100(?) dinners

10 basket light threads
4 kickass red light columns
5 hours setup

30 mixed CDs
6 decorated tables
4 fancy outfits

We did this ourselves
Cause we make a damn good team
Just like best friends do

Hired catering
Had a friend make awesome cakes
Hired a great band

Rings on our fingers
Big grins on our faces
And love in our hearts

I love you, my Bell
I love this sweet little life
And our family

When the music stopped
The “cleaning crew” stuck around
We cleaned up and mopped

Loaded up the car
Two keg, ladders, bench
She picked up Wendys

I carried her in
We ate (first time since breakfast)
And we were married

Urggg…

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Learning to tie a bow tie is hard.

The beer probably isn’t helping.


[edit]
This is a better video…

I gave up. The Missus has learned how to tie a bow tie. I’ll figure it out later…

All Done (part deux)

Friday, March 21st, 2008

So, as my formidable and beautiful ladyfiancee stated, we’re all set.  The truck is packed, and my mind is racing…

Its freakin sweet.  I keep working to pack and prepare, as if for a long trip, and then I remember “wait, this is for a kick ass party”.

Then I remember “wait, I’m marrying my kickass Ladyfriend!”

Those are all good revelations to make!

Excuse me, I just remembered something I have to do…

All done

Friday, March 21st, 2008

It’s been fun planning this wedding all by ourselves. We decided yesterday that we are glad it’s here, though. My truck is half packed. The rest of all the goodies are still piled up in the den. I’m excited to see it all together and see if it looks like we planned it to. But… it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t. It’s gonna be awesome.

The last two weeks we’ve been asked by family and friends, if we’re excited. Hell yeah, we’re excited! And now, with the errands complete and all the Needful accomplished… we’ve decided the second most exciting part is getting to see all of our family and bestest friends.

Most of my family is coming. They are all from areas around East TN…so not too much traveling for them. I have an aunt and some cousins in TX that won’t be able to come. It’s a long way. And my BEST friend in the whole world is in TX, too. And selling her house, and moving, and……. well, she can’t come and that makes me sad, but it’s ok. I know she tried. (I’ll miss you, La.)

AT has family coming from all over. He’s tickled. None of the Canadians are coming down, but we’ll see them in May. He’s very happy about all the peeps coming in just for him. I like watching him be excited about it. Today he is excited about tomorrow. He said his “exciteds” don’t happen until right before something happens. Well, folks… he’s got them today. A full-blown case. He’s bouncin’ around here like a little kid getting ready to go to the circus. It’s awesome. Makes me smile. (hee)

All of our friends are awesome. Thanks to everyone who is involved for helping and thanks to everyone else for being so excited for us.

Wow.

Tomorrow.

The checklist

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

As of 1:00 today, AT and I were both officially on our 1-week vacation from work. Woot!

The boys went to “spend” with their grandparents in Knoxville, so we can have time to run last minute errands tomorrow to complete our list.

Ahh… the mighty, mighty list.

  • Juicebox- pants, shirt, vest, bow tie, hat, socks, shoes, = CHECK
  • MastaG- pants, jacket, shirt, tie, suspenders, socks, shoes, hat = CHECK
  • AT- suit, shirt, suspenders, shoes, tie, socks, hat = CHECK
  • AKA- dress, slip, hosiery, shoes, hair accessories, jewelry = CHECK
  • A band to play awesome music - CHECK
  • Beer - CHECK
  • Place to have this thing - CHECK
  • Someone to make food - CHECK
  • Someone to take pictures - CHECK
  • Rings - CHECK
  • Invitations made and mailed - CHECK
  • Someone to make a cake - CHECK
  • Beer - CHECK
  • Music for before ceremony, ceremony and prior to band
    starting - IN PROGRESS
  • Decorations for tables - CHECK
  • Decorations for room - CHECK
  • Stuff to eat/drink with - CHECK
  • Gathering info for how many people we have to buy beer for - CHECK
  • Pre-Wedding photos - CHECK
  • Stuff to hang decorations with - TO DO THURSDAY
  • Someone to make this all legal - CHECK
  • Beer - CHECK
  • Paper to make this all legal - umm.. hmm. well. hee. TO DO THURSDAY
  • Beer - CHECK