Not really funny

It’s been a crazy weather week, so mild!  I suppose the entire winter has been really mild overall.  I went for a run on Tuesday outside IN SHORTS!  And I got really hot…it was close to 70 degrees that day, I think.  It makes me nervous for the summer, does that mean it will be really hot?  Or…is this our reward for having suffered through an incredibly hot and humid summer?  Or is there no relation, or perhaps it’s all just global warming and we should really consider migrating north? 

Unfortunately my time machine is broken.  Oh well.  I’ll just do what I always do and play it by ear!

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This is an old picture, but it is basically what is happening next to me on the couch right now.  Sometimes (always…)I really wish I were a cat! 

This morning I had a workout with Mike (yes, still doing that, even though I’m married now and technically could just let myself go…).  I feel like I’m finally getting back to normal as far as working out, though not quite with running—I have been having a lot of hip pain this week and have been taking it easy.  I think I tried to push myself too much.  On the scale, I’ve lost at least a pound this week which is awesome…in 6 more weeks I’ll be back to my pre-Thanksgiving weight, if I keep it up.  *that is the last time I felt really awesomely confident with my body, just fyi*

On a completely unrelated note, last night I showed Chris that I indeed had one more bag of chocolates left over from Christmas.  He claimed I had been hiding them, but I was simply using that whole "hiding in plain sight" trick where eventually Chris doesn’t notice things, they just become part of the landscape.  You know, like dirty laundry, dirty dishes, hair balls, and the cat.  Or at least that appears to be the cat’s endgame. For me, if a bag of chocolates isn’t open it is less of a temptation.  But I’ve honestly tamed my sweet tooth a bit since the holidays/wedding/honeymoon, and haven’t been craving daily fixes of sugar.  SUCCESS!  If I could just tame my "craving salty carbs" tooth that would help further…

I saw this on the internet the other day and thought of myself.

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Wedding Ceremony Time!

Note:  it’s been one month since the wedding now!  Can you believe I’m still recapping the wedding, Dad? 

After the pictures were done, we went to Moulin.  The limo…sort of bottomed out entering the parking lot.  And by bottomed out I mean it was the worst sort of screeching noise.  One of our friends witnessed us arriving and said the limo visibly bent.  Norbert turned to us all and said "there is no way that was at all okay."  Basically I think the driver may have totaled the limo.  Nonetheless he kept his cool and we all gracefully got out of the limo.  We were met by Ann and Linda of Moulin and hustled up to the Lafayette room on the second floor to have some drinks/snacks and wait for the ceremony.

Finally it was time!  They took Chris downstairs (our parents had been milling about, of course, but it was finally Go time!)

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It’s time for our wedding ceremony!  Welcome!

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Setting the stage…

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The Musicians—Jeff, Karen, Bjorn, and Shannon.  We were around the corner from them, lining up.  I was so nervous!  I remember the last piece they played before the processional was one of the Brandenburg Concertos. 

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Chris was waiting at the front.  The musicians played Panis Angelicus by Cesar Franck for the seating of the families and bridal party processional.  We had the men and women walk down together.

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My Mom and Dad.  After seating my Mom, Dad came back to meet up with me.

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Then Chris’s parents!  (My friend Emily looking on).

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Next came the bridal party—Norbert and Carrie first!

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Then John and Sarah, followed by Dave and Leslie…

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Please rise for our beautiful bride!  (Oh wait, is that me?)  The musicians switched to Edelweiss from The Sound of Music.

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Oh, yes, the crazy eyes!  Edelweiss was playing, and I was just remembering to try not to walk too fast…

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Don’t pass out, don’t pass out…

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I made it!  I was holding onto Chris’s hands like I was going to fall over a cliff otherwise.

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Lighting the memorial candle (in honor of people who are no longer with us).

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Some laughs…

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Jon did a really nice reading.

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Rings…

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You can see we are married here…

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You may now kiss the bride!

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And we were probably laughing because the quartet was playing the Medal Ceremony music from Star Wars!  It was AWESOME.  The ceremony was exactly what we wanted!  I have played for hundreds of ceremonies…and mine was the best ever.  (Completely unbiased opinion).

Oh my goodness.  We are MARRIED.  I was terrified through most of the ceremony—I was so embarrassed by much of the ceremony (I don’t like public displays of affection or personal stuff 😉 ) and so nervous for the vows (didn’t want to mess up) and when it was over, what a relief! 

Next some family pictures, and finally the celebration!  All of our hard work planning and preparing…now for the fun!

Engagement Ring

Chris told me I needed to go by the jewelry store to get my ring quasi-appraised for the insurance company.  I said, what?  Why, didn’t we just do that?  He looked at me like I was crazy and said, um, you’ve had that ring since mid-February of last year.

Oh right 🙂  I was thinking of the NEW ring.

I can’t believe that a year ago we weren’t even engaged yet!

Story of our engagement: A different sort of bling.

The question is then:  what will the next year bring?  I have some ideas, and I know some things that I want to happen, but I imagine the most interesting and fun stuff will be the stuff I haven’t thought of yet…I certainly didn’t think, one year ago, that we’d be married by now.  Isn’t that the fun of life?

This will happen in October though—I’ll be matron of honor.  I’m already hard at work brainstorming for shower ideas!

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