Wednesday, April 20, 2011

The planning of the wedding........

So, today is my first attempt at blogging. I am not sure how well I will be at this so please bear with me in this journey. I thought I would start out with the general info about our wedding.

Bride: Patti
Groom: Derek
Date: September 29, 2012
Location: On the beach or bluff in St. Joe, MI

About Derek:

Well, what to say without sounding all mushy and gushy...... I can't think of anything that does not sound that way so I will state that he is the "Love of my life." I am so thankful that he showed up to the party I was at that night with friends. He has supported me in many of the life changing events that have happened since meeting him. I lost my job and moved back to the Bend. He has given his full support in me going back to school and I am very thankful for that. He is a wonderful person to my dogs, even when Charlie pees on his gaming material.

My attendents Kim and Nicole

I have my attendants chosen. There are only two of them. Kim will be my Matron of Honor (otherwise known as MOH) and Nicole will be my Bridesmaid (otherwise known as Zombie Bunny). I was pretty excited to ask each one of them. Kim and I are very close friends and someone that I love very much. She has been by side in the ups and downs of my life. Nicole was a friend of Derek's but is now our friend and I thought it a great idea to mix old and new friends for our wedding. These two women have been my sounding board and I am thankful to have them in my life. 

General info about reception location

We are still on the hunt for a place to have our reception. We have looked at a couple of locations and have not really decided on one thing or another. Having to work on a smallish budget is what is hard for planning. We have written out our guest list and have about 175 people we are inviting (maybe). I have started an Excel spreadsheet at home trying to figure out the total cost of the food and drink alone. All I can say is wow! I never imagined that it would be so expensive. I am planning to go up to St. Joe to see what kind of reception halls they have and also call a few catering companies and see what they would charge. I will keep updating this and when I have narrowed down our choices I will post them.

General info on wedding invitations

I have thought about saving ourselves some money and making the invitations at home. This weekend I am actually going to go and look at paper for the invitations. I thought about checking out Office Max, the paper store right beside it and of course FedEx Kinkos. I would like to have an eco-friendly invitation. So if any ideas please let us know.

Right know that is about the extent of the planning. I will keep updating on when we have decided on some of the big things. Like reception and food choices. I might end up taking a poll to see what some of our friends think.

I almost forgot. We have decided on throwing an engagement party for Derek's friends. It will be this summer; date has yet to be decided. Also I asked Nicole to take our engagement photos, so as soon as the weather is warm we will have them taken.

Monday, April 11, 2011

Introduction of Sorts

tha gaol agam ort

It's not hard to say. Say it with me, "Hah GEUL AH-kum orsht." See, I told you it wasn't hard. Remember to say it without putting spaces between the words like you normally would in English. Think of it as one big long word.

This blog is Patti's, but I will be contributing to it. I imagine it will mostly be from the logistics standpoint...add this feature, change this layout, add this widget or that gadget. No worries.

However, until she gives her proper introductions, this blog will be for posts concerning our upcoming, rowdy, BBQ eating, microbrew drinking, zombie killing, wedding. At least one of those is correct.

The phrase is Scots Gaelic and if you ken Gaelic, you know that the pronunciation is only from one region of the country and another is likely to pronouce it differently.

tha gaol agam ort-fhein