Friday, March 30, 2007
One more detail....
This morning I decided to update our blog because I knew it hadn't been updated in awhile and saw that Tom had the same idea yesterday... we tend to do that a lot. :) I can add one more detail .... we started registering last night at Bed, Bath and Beyond. It was exciting to pick out things that we both like (after a few compromises on both of our parts) for our new life together as husband and wife!! We still have to go back to pick out some things, but at least it's a start. Only 71 more days......I can't wait!
Thursday, March 29, 2007
New Details
Okay, we haven't posted in a while because we've had trouble finalizing certain basic aspects of the wedding, but in the last week or so, things have really taken shape!
We met Reverend Melody Johnson (pastor at Porter Hills) last night. She will be officiating our wedding, which will be taking place in Meredith's parents' back yard on Saturday, June 9 at 4:00pm. We are both excited that Reverend Johnson will be taking part! Hopefully the weather will be nice and the ceremony will be in the sunshine, but we will be prepared with a tent in case "Michigan Weather" hits us.
My Dad will be my Best Man, and Meredith's sister Sue is the Matron of Honor. Meredith's daughter Danielle and nephew Noah will be Flower Girl and Ringbearer, respectively (I don't think I really needed to say 'respectively' there -- you could've figured that one out). We're still working out others' roles, but we won't have any other groomsmen or bridesmaids.
The reception will start at approximately 6:00pm at Mangiamo (formerly Gibson's) on Lake Drive. We have reserved the Library Room, the one adjacent to the bar near the entrance, which seats about 50 people. Although there's no door to separate us from the bar, the room is fairly enclosed and should provide a very quaint setting for the reception!
After that, Meredith and I are going to Niagara-On-The-Lake and Toronto for our honeymoon! We've reserved a nice-looking Bed & Breakfast for Sunday and Monday night in N-O-T-L, and a very well-reviewed hotel in Toronto for Tuesday through Friday nights. So far our only plans there are a Leon Redbone/Madeline Peyroux concert on Wednesday night, and a Blue Jays game on Friday night. It was actually Meredith that stumbled on the fact that Leon Redbone (one of my favorites) was going to be there the same time we were. I love her!!!
Tom
We met Reverend Melody Johnson (pastor at Porter Hills) last night. She will be officiating our wedding, which will be taking place in Meredith's parents' back yard on Saturday, June 9 at 4:00pm. We are both excited that Reverend Johnson will be taking part! Hopefully the weather will be nice and the ceremony will be in the sunshine, but we will be prepared with a tent in case "Michigan Weather" hits us.
My Dad will be my Best Man, and Meredith's sister Sue is the Matron of Honor. Meredith's daughter Danielle and nephew Noah will be Flower Girl and Ringbearer, respectively (I don't think I really needed to say 'respectively' there -- you could've figured that one out). We're still working out others' roles, but we won't have any other groomsmen or bridesmaids.
The reception will start at approximately 6:00pm at Mangiamo (formerly Gibson's) on Lake Drive. We have reserved the Library Room, the one adjacent to the bar near the entrance, which seats about 50 people. Although there's no door to separate us from the bar, the room is fairly enclosed and should provide a very quaint setting for the reception!
After that, Meredith and I are going to Niagara-On-The-Lake and Toronto for our honeymoon! We've reserved a nice-looking Bed & Breakfast for Sunday and Monday night in N-O-T-L, and a very well-reviewed hotel in Toronto for Tuesday through Friday nights. So far our only plans there are a Leon Redbone/Madeline Peyroux concert on Wednesday night, and a Blue Jays game on Friday night. It was actually Meredith that stumbled on the fact that Leon Redbone (one of my favorites) was going to be there the same time we were. I love her!!!
Tom
Friday, March 2, 2007
How did we meet?
Okay, this question has come up a few times recently. I'll make the answer short and sweet.
Match.com.
She 'winked' at me first. I had viewed her profile about 160 times before that, but I was too chicken to initiate the match. Once she winked, though, I e-mailed her right back, and the rest as they say is history!
Match.com.
She 'winked' at me first. I had viewed her profile about 160 times before that, but I was too chicken to initiate the match. Once she winked, though, I e-mailed her right back, and the rest as they say is history!
Friday is...
Meredith and I met 1,000 days ago today. When we were first dating, for some reason we kept count of the number of days. She recently dug up a Christmas card I gave her in 2004 which referred to the number of days. It was for that reason that I used it in the marriage proposal (979 days at the time). And today it was 1,000 days that I've known her. The date that we met is memorable for two reasons -- it was 06/05/04, easy enough, but it's also the date that Ronald Reagan passed away. We were on our first date at Festival of the Arts downtown, watching her niece Anna dance on stage, when we first heard of his passing.
Meredith wondered what I would give her for our 1,000 day "anniversary." If "annum" means year, and "diem" means day, I guess the correct word would be "dieversary." I told her she'd get nothing and like it. :)
Somewhere in my mind I had wanted a wedding date of 09/08/07, or 05/06/07, or something that had some symmetry with 06/05/04, but it looks like 06/09/07 makes the most sense for more practical reasons. We're trying to make the date definite by booking a reception hall and, oh yeah, finding someone that will actually marry us, but the date looks pretty solid at this point. And it looks like we're going to Toronto/Niagara Falls for our honeymoon! It should be beautiful in June!
TH
Meredith wondered what I would give her for our 1,000 day "anniversary." If "annum" means year, and "diem" means day, I guess the correct word would be "dieversary." I told her she'd get nothing and like it. :)
Somewhere in my mind I had wanted a wedding date of 09/08/07, or 05/06/07, or something that had some symmetry with 06/05/04, but it looks like 06/09/07 makes the most sense for more practical reasons. We're trying to make the date definite by booking a reception hall and, oh yeah, finding someone that will actually marry us, but the date looks pretty solid at this point. And it looks like we're going to Toronto/Niagara Falls for our honeymoon! It should be beautiful in June!
TH
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