Wedding video on it's way!

Looks like we should be getting our wedding video this week, the guy that did it said he mailed it out yesterday. Yay! We may even get it today and tomorrow (I think he did express post). I can’t wait to watch it!

In other news, I am getting a new laptop for work and I should get it tomorrow. Yay! Not that there is really anything wrong with my current laptop, I just needed something a little more powerful if I’m going to be running ModFlow in January. And we had a new employee start this week, so she’s getting my current laptop when my new one comes in. When they do the switchover, I may be without a computer for a few hours, so not sure what I’m going to do about that… Hmmm….

I am quite proud of myself in terms of my exercising. I have been doing really well this week! I will keep it up! I wanted to do 4 times this week and so far I have done 2. So only 2 more to go. Or maybe if I’m feeling it, I’ll do 5 times this week, we’ll see. I want to keep this momentum going!

Oh, and just incase any of you were curious (I mentioned to lj and nej that his wife was getting induced on Monday), but my co-worker Jim and his wife had a baby boy on Monday night. He was a whopper at 10 pounds, 9 ounces and they named him Charlie. Can't wait until I get to see the little guy!

Edit 11:23am

Correction - the wedding video has arrived! CT just emailed me to let me know it arrived this morning, that was quick! I can't wait to get home to watch it!!!!

Feeling frustrated

Do any of the other WW online users notice this? Sometimes, when I go to click on “save”, it just says “saving” forever and never actually saves anything. This is very frustrating to me because I lose any of the items I have just entered. This happened to me for a few days last week and again this morning. Does anybody else have this problem or is it just me?

First frost

There was frost this morning for the first time here… I guess winter is on it’s way.

I had a most excellent weekend. Got to see lj’s new place… Wow, is it ever gorgeous! We went shopping for dresses on Saturday and definitely found some very nice ones. One in particular I absolutely loved on her. And I think all 3 of us agreed it was our favourite from Saturday’s excursions.

I got home yesterday afternoon around 3pm, so I was glad to have some time to catch up on some stuff. I did some laundry, cleaned the house a bit, and did some catching up on my financial software stuff. And I even posted some of the honeymoon pics, still more to post though. I hope to have the rest of them posted in the next couple of days.

I am also bound and determine to keep up with my exercise regime. I have been doing well in the last couple of weeks, so I want to up it a bit this week from 3 times to 4. So, this week, I am going to exercise 4 evenings, twice on the treadmill and twice using the Turbo-Jam dvds.

I’m excited about the lunch I brought today. I was getting sick of salads, so I wanted something that was healthly yet still filling so I’m not starving by the time I get home. I bought some of those already cooked steak strips and brought wraps and all the fixings: tsaziki sauce, feta, olives, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers…. Should be YUMYUM!

In the interest of gathering some ideas, do you have some things you bring to work for lunch that are both healthy and satisfying?

No fair!

The Finger Eleven/Sum 41 concert was cancelled. Bummer! We’ll get our money back though, but it still sucks!

This morning, I went to put on a new sweater that I just bought on Saturday, and it doesn’t fit. It’s too tight in the chest and arms. I tried on the same style sweater, same size, in a different colour and that one fit. The only explanation I can think of is this one was mislabeled. And of course I already cut the tags off, so I can’t return it. What a waste of money. I guess the lesson is I should always try every item on, even if I already tried it on in another colour.

Monday again?

My dad starts his radiation treatment today. He has to go to Toronto every weekday for the next 5 weeks to have this done. My mom went with him today, so I’m glad he’s not alone for his first day of treatment.

He is getting a really low dose of radiation, so he shouldn’t lose his hair or anything. He may lose just 2 patches of hair where the beams enter his head. I really hope this works in slowing or stopping the growth of the tumour! It will probably be several months before we know if it worked, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed!

Yesterday was such a gorgeous day, so CT and I went for a walk along the trails in a local park. Was it ever great to get out to enjoy the weather! And today is another absolutely gorgeous day which works out well for me since I’ll be out in the field this afternoon.

What do Finger Eleven, Jon Bon Jovi, and Sum 41 have in common?

I am going to see these three bands in concert in the coming months! Finger Eleven and Sun 41 are playing in the same show on November 3rd. And we just got tickets this morning for Bon Jovi on December 7th. I’m excited! I usually go to see a few concerts a year, so these will be concerts for this year.

Too bad I won't be going to the Led Zeppelin concert on November 26th in England. That would be a once in a lifetime event! I would totally fly to England for that concert, but 3 million people requested tickets! Yikes! Guess I'm not getting tickets!

So glad it’s Friday! Tomorrow I’m heading to Toronto to meet up with Eves, Burger, Nej, and Liz to go to the Everything to do with Sex Show. Should be good times!

Incompetence actually paid off…

Here is an interesting tale which has a happy ending, despite the incompetence we encountered.

The day before CT and I left for our honeymoon, we were shopping at the mall for items we needed for our trip and we popped into Sears to have a look around. We received several gift cards for our wedding, which is totally awesome! One gift card we received was for Sears.

Let me background this by saying that we only have 1 set of sheets for our bed so we had been looking to get some more. However, since our bedroom is in an African theme, we wanted something that would match the theme.

So, while we were browsing in Sears, they had one of those beds set up with bedding on it and the sheets were absolutely perfect! Leopard print!!!! We loved them instantly and checked to see if they had them in Queen. Nope. They only had 1 set and it was King. So, we asked at the customer service desk if more could be ordered. They were a little pricey at $120, but they were absolutely perfect for our bedroom and we had looked all over. Well, they looked into it and unfortunately, these sheets were being discontinued and they could not order any more from the supplier. They did however give us a raincheck because they were going to see if they could get some from another store. They said they would call us to let us know either way.

Since CT and I were leaving on our honeymoon, I asked my mom to check our messages while we were away to see if the sheets came in. I left her the raincheck, the gift card, and some cash incase they were able to get them in so that my mom could go and purchase them. Well, when we got back from our honeymoon, no call from Sears.

The next day I went into the store to see if they got them and just forgot to call me. They looked into it, and they told me that they had been discontinued and it was NOT POSSIBLE to get any more in. So, we were out of luck… or so it seemed.

Fast forward 3 weeks later… CT was done work a little early yesterday, so he thought he’d go to the mall to browse for a bit. While he was there, he noticed that they had a clearance section of bedding and had a peek. Much to his surprise, there were the leopard print sheets; the exact same ones we were inquiring about prior to our honeymoon! They had probably 10 sets or so, only 1 of which was in Queen size. So, he promptly gave me a call and I met him at the store (since I had our gift card with me). While he was waiting for me to arrive, he physically held onto the sheets so that nobody else would take them since it was the only one in Queen size.

Anyways, since they were on clearance, they were half price! Regularly $120 on for $60. And we had a $50 gift card, so the total we paid was $18. I was so happy that it worked out! Now I'm glad they were incompetent idiots and didn't call us because I would have been annoyed if I had paid full price and then found them for half price. Yay!

Hooray for humpday!

So I decided that I needed some new pants. I rarely buy new clothes, so I was definitely due. Not to mention I only had 4 pairs of pants I wear to work, 2 of which were getting pretty thin and are really more like summer pants, so I put those 2 away until next spring. So, I went into Reitmans on Saturday hoping to find at least 1 pair of pants that I liked and that looked good on me. I was thinking brown would be a good colour. So, I walked in, grabbed 4 different styles of brown pants and went to the changeroom thinking “hopefully one of these fits me”. And I had good reason to think that because usually when I go to try on pants, they are either too short, are too tight in the thighs, don’t fit right around the hip region, or look good from the front but have that annoying gap at the back so that if you sit down people can see right down your pants. Well, I tried on my 4 pairs and all 4 fit perfectly! So, I made some decisions and looked at other colours and in the end, I got 3 pairs (different colours and styles). 1 dark brown, 1 light brown, and a pair of navy cords. They were all a very good price and now I have 5 pairs of pants to wear this winter instead of just 2. Yay!

Oh, and next January, guess what I get to do? *Insert appropriate drumroll please* I get to go to Waterloo HydroG to take a course in ModFlow. And the crowd goes wild! I am actually looking forward to it; I think it will be a good skill to have. We already have one employee that does modeling, and my boss wanted me to get involved with it and learn how to use the software so that I could take over the modeling someday. So, I will be Waterloo for 4 days in January taking the course. It will be a nice break from the office. Oh and the other good news associated with this is I will get a new work computer if I’m going to be doing modeling since my current computer is too slow for that.

I had a very productive weekend.

Saturday, CT and I spent running around doing a bunch of errands. We got quite a bit accomplished though and that felt really good! Then we went out to Red Lobster for all you can eat shrimp with my brother Alex and his girlfriend. That was a lot of fun! After dinner, they came back to our place and we played Scattergories, which is always a fun time.

Yesterday was a birthday party for my brother Thom, who turned 18 today. CT and I got him that “Here and Now” version of Monopoly where there is no money, each person gets a Visa card and every time there is a cash transaction, you swipe your card. It’s pretty cool. So after dinner, we played it and it was a lot of fun!

And CT and I are almost finished our thank you cards. CT just has 3 more to write and I have to gather 2 more mailing addresses. Other than those 5, I mailed the rest of them this morning and it felt so good to get them out! I also uploaded our wedding pics onto Facebook (as I’m sure you’ve seen). I didn’t get to the honeymoon pics yet, that will have to be another weekend, it took me long enough to do the wedding pics!

Hooray for short work weeks!

I am totally loving the fact that it’s Friday already! Yay! I feel like I have had a productive week. I have exercised twice so far this week (and tonight is going to be number 3). CT and I have decided on a picture for our thank-you cards (actually, we narrowed it down to 2, so we’re just going to use both, so not everyone will get the same pic). So, I’m going to send them to Wal-mart tonight to be printed so I can pick them up tomorrow. I love the Wal-mart photo centre! I can print all the photos I will need for the thank-you cards for less than $6! Score! I will also sort through some of my wedding photos tonight so that I can print some of those too. And I want to get some up on Facebook. My goal is to have the wedding and honeymoon pics on Facebook by the end of the weekend.

CT and I have a bunch of errands to do on Saturday, so that will be a busy day. And we are also going to get our thank-you cards done so we can mail them on Monday. Sunday evening is a birthday party for my brother Thom since he turns 18 on Monday. Busy weekend ahead!

I found out that it will be awhile before I get the marriage certificate. It takes the province 10 weeks to register the marriage, at which point I can apply for the certificate and then it takes another 2 weeks. So, we’re talking 12 weeks, which puts us into December. I will try my best to be patient!

Oh, and incase any of you were curious, Alex did get that job. He goes in for orientation today. It’s for working as a support worker in group homes for people with mental or physical handicaps. He’s tried retail and realizes he hates that, tried construction and realizes he hates that, so now he’s trying group home work to see if he likes that.

Where’d this energy come from?

For the last couple of weeks, I have been really tired and haven’t felt like doing much in the evenings after work. I also wasn’t exercising like I used to. So, I made it a point to start back into exercising. Yesterday after work, even though I didn’t really feel like it, I used my treadmill. For the first time since before the wedding. I found that afterwards, I had WAYYYYYY more energy than before I started. Usually, I am falling asleep on the couch around 9 or 9:30pm, but last night I stayed up until 10:30pm AND I woke up before my alarm went off at 6:00am. I think I will have to make it a point to start making exercise part of my routine. I’m going to start with 3 times per week, no exceptions. I’m hoping the weather will be nice this weekend because I want CT and I to go for a walk in a local park to see the fall colours. Of course right now they’re predicting rain for Saturday, but Sunday looks nice.

I also feel like I have a lot more energy today. Yay! I have my energy back!!! I think this has given me the motivation I need to keep up with exercising.

Fabulous Turkey Weekend

My weekend was great. Started off with a potluck turkey lunch here at work on Friday. It was really good and a lot of fun. Then on Saturday, we headed up to the cottage. The weather wasn’t that great, but it did mean that CT and I got a really good start on our thank-you notes; we are probably half done. I want to get them finished up this coming weekend and mail them next week sometime. It will feel really good to get those done and out.

On Sunday, we had Thanksgiving dinner with my family and my aunt and uncle and family. It was absolutely fabulous. Lots of food and good times. Yesterday, we had Thanksgiving dinner with CT’s family, which was also great and a lot of fun. As soon as we got there, we had an ‘appetizer’ of HUGE crab legs and shrimp… man, were they ever good! But we all got pretty full from that, so we didn’t eat all that much of the turkey. Which means we brought home leftovers for tonight. Which means I don’t have to cook tonight! Yay!

It was so nice to have 3 days off this weekend. And now it’s a short work-week! Which is great!

My brother Alex has a ‘trial run’ at a job today, so I really hope it goes well and he gets the job! He could really use the boost to his self esteem right now, he’s been rather down lately… poor guy.

Carlos and I have been married for one month (yesterday). It’s gone by quickly!

Thanksgiving thoughts

Well, our wedding photos are absolutely gorgeous! Now I have to try to figure out which one I want to use for our thank you cards. I have it narrowed down to about 5 or so ;) I want to have that chosen by the end of the weekend so I have them printed one day next week. Good old Walmart at 19 cents per 4x6 (they don’t do ones smaller, so we’re going to print 2 smaller photos on each 4x6 and then just cut them ourselves). I will also get some prints made of some of my favorite photos so I can make a little album to carry around in my purse so when people ask to see pictures, I can whip it out!

We’re going to get started on the thank you cards this weekend, so hopefully we can get a good chunk done and then finish them up in the next few weeks. I would love to get them out by the end of October. That’s what I’m working towards.

Tomorrow night I get to bake a pumpkin pie for my Thanksgiving dinner potluck at work on Friday. And then I am going to bake another one on Monday for the Thanksgiving dinner at Carlos’ parents. YUMMM! I love Thanksgiving! With all the yummy food, nice weather, and time with family, it should be an awesome one! Three turkey dinners for me: Friday, Sunday, and Monday! I’ll have to make sure I get lots of exercise in too so I don’t gain a bunch of weight this weekend!

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I thought I would throw this out there: what are you thankful for? Me, I'm thankful for my wonderful husband and the best friends a girl could ask for! I'm also thankful that although we have our quirks, I have a really close family. I am also thankful for the challenges I face, as I know they teach me things and make me grow.

Good news!

CT just called me to let me know that our wedding photos arrived this morning! I can't wait to get home to see them!

I believe we have a website where photos can be viewed digitally, so I will be sure to pass that info along as soon as I find that out. Yay!

October, eh?

I had a really good weekend. On Saturday, CT and I did put away most of the wedding presents, so that felt really good. We didn’t get started on the thank-you notes left, but oh well. We may take them to the cottage on the long weekend and try to get started on them then. We still have lots of time.

I also bought myself a new toy on the weekend. I got a Nintendo DS Lite. It’s sort of like a Game Boy only better. It’s pretty neat actually. I got a couple sweet games too like Mario of course. Is there anything better than Mario? I don’t think so.

Yesterday, we went to visit CT’s parents for lunch and then we went out on their boat for the afternoon. It was such a beautiful day and it was so nice to get out on the lake!

So here we are at another Monday morning. I had a difficult time getting up this morning. I would have loved to just stay in bed and pull the covers over my head. I am finding that I’m really tired lately, not sure why. I think I may have a hard time focusing on work today, but I have to try since I have stuff I absolutely have to get done today. I just got back from our weekly Monday morning meeting, so…

Focusing on work to commence in 3…2…1…

It's Friday, I'm in love.... with my hubby ;)

Well I am nearing the end of my first week back at work and I must say, it has gone by rather quickly (although it was a short week for me). I was in the field yesterday all day, so I think that helped break up the week a bit. I have lots of work on the go right now, and it sounds like that won’t really let up anytime soon. And I have no more time off for the year, although I am hoping to be able to use my overtime to get the week of Christmas off.

This weekend will be a good one I’m sure. CT and I are going to spend tomorrow relaxing and cleaning up the house. We still have a pile of wedding presents that need to be put away. And I would also like to get started on the wedding thank-you notes if possible. I know etiquette says we have 2 months after we get home from the honeymoon (which brings us to the end of November), but I would like to at least get started on them soon since we have quite a few of them to do. I won’t actually send any out yet though since I want to wait until we have the photos back since I want to include a wedding photo with each thank you note.

On Sunday we are going to visit CT’s parents which will be nice because I haven’t seen them since the wedding.

Hard to believe next weekend is Thanksgiving! Wow! The summer flew by like a blur because of all the wedding planning, and September has also flown by. This morning it was really chilly out and the air had that autumn feel and smell. I am looking forward to Thanksgiving because it is one of my favorite holidays.

So now that the wedding and honeymoon are over, I am just a regular old married lady now ;) I still find it very cool to say things like “My husband…” or “My hubby…”. Very cool!

I wish my marriage certificate would come in the mail already! I have no idea how long it’s supposed to take, but I am anxious to get it so I can start the name change process. And I want my wedding photos and video soon too! I know, I need to have more patience. I’ll work on that ;)

One thing I forgot to mention...

... is that our new deck now has a railing! My dad and brother Thom did this while CT and I were away on our honeymoon! What a nice surprise! This was my parent's wedding gift to us and we were very happy. So, naturally, CT and I had dinner on the deck last night and is it ever nice! I can't wait until next spring and I can get some planter boxes to put on the railing.

The deck is really the only thing we got done on the house this year. Oh well, we were busy with wedding planning. Next summer we'll try to get some more tasks accomplished on the house. Like the bathrooms. That's next year's project. The downstairs bathroom just needs some new paint, but the upstairs bathroom we want to completely gut and start fresh. So we have the winter to save up for that. We got 2 Home Depot gift cards for the wedding, so they will come in handy for next spring's home renos!

Back from the honeymoon!

We got home around 10:30pm last night. What an amazing trip!!!! I will give you a run-down of what we did.

We arrived in San Juan, Puerto Rico around 5pm on September 12th. We went to our hotel and checked in. It was such a cute little place, a little Inn with a private pool. The pool was small, but really pretty with a waterfall running into it and it had all these potted plants around it which we frequently saw these really neat lizards hanging out in. I loved the hotel. We stayed there for 4 nights. It was a block and a half from the beach and we could take a 75 cent bus ride into Old San Juan. Really good location. There was a small restaurant at the hotel, but there were also plenty of places to eat within a 10 minute walk.

So, we pretty much relaxed and did some sightseeing for the 4 days prior to our cruise. Once evening, we went to the BioBay in Fajardo. There is only 4 places in the world where these little creatures exist. We had about a half hour kayak ride into the Laguna Granda (and we had to go at night so we could see the Bioluminescence). It was quite an adventure kayaking in the pitch black trying not to run into mangrove trees! We made it though and once we got to the Lagoon, the micro-organisms there light up with movement. So, everytime we paddled, the water lit up. I'd scoop up some water and let it run down my arm and it would sparkle like crazy. VERY COOL! I loved this excursion!

Last Sunday, we got on our cruise. Our room was all decorated with "HAPPY HONEYMOON" decorations. CT's sister had called and let them know we were on our honeymoon, so they made us feel special. Our room was really nice! I didn't know what to expect since we'd never been on a cruise before, but it was actually quite spacious. And we had our own private balcony, which was really nice.

The ship was HUGE! Amazing! I am totally hooked on cruises now and can't wait until our next one. It was so much fun! We were at a different island every day and then on the ship there would be a different show every evening, which were absolutely amazing. They had a magician, juggler, comedian, a vegas type show, newlywed game, family fued, and that's just naming a few. I had an absolutely amazing time!

The first island we stopped at was St. Thomas. We did a little shopping and then went on a private sightseeing tour of the Island. We went to the top of a mountain which had the most breathtaking views! We could see Tortolla and St. John from up there. And we could also see Anderson Cooper's house and the house where Bill Clinton stayed in during the Lewinsky scandal. We also got to see Blackbeard's castle and I had my first ever banana daquiri that was made with 151 proof rum.... WOWSAAZ!

The next island was Dominica, which was absolutely gorgeous. We went on a tour of the Island in this ex-military jeep. What a ride! Riding through the rainforest in Dominica was quite an experience! The roads are really narrow and in the mountains there are crazy turns and steep inclines. So steep in fact, there was once point where I thought the jeep may topple over backwards, but it didn't. We got to go to the Ti Tou Gorge, one of the spots used in Pirates of the Caribbean 2. It's the part where Jack, Will, and the others are swimming down a crevice in the rocks and arrows are being shot at them. Well CT and I got to swim through that very same crevice! Very cool!

Next stop was Barbados where we got to play with Green Monkeys. It was so neat to hold these little guys, especially the babies! I definitely wanted to take one home! SOOOO cute!

We then went to St. Lucia, which was absolutely gorgeous. We saw the twin Pitons, and I got to go see my first ever volcano that was actually doing something! It is the world's only drive-through volcano and it was super cool. At this spot there were sulphur springs that I got to bathe in... very hot! Like a really warm jacuzzi! St. Lucia was beautiful. We got to try some of the local fruits and breads and I had the best banana I have ever had. Fresh from the tree. Yumm! We also got to see "Pirate's Cove", which was used in Pirates of the Caribbean 1.

Our last port was Antigua, where we went on a 65 foot catamaran and I went snorkeling and then we went to a gorgeous beach. It was my first time snorkeling, and I am hooked!

We took TONS of pictures, so I will put some on Facebook when I have a chance.

We had the absolute best honeymoon I could have ever wanted. It was amazing.

And now it's back to reality; I go back to work tomorrow. And it's going to be a long fall since I have no more vacation days for the year. Oh well, I'm sure I'll be busy! I'm sure there is a large stack of work waiting for me!

I was planning to be all organized and get on my name change stuff today, but I still don't have my marriage certificate that I am supposed to receive in the mail. I hope it comes soon!

I should have my wedding pics within a week or so, so I can't wait to share those with you all!!!!

Have a great week everyone!

It was the best day of my life!

The day began with the ladies and I going to the hair salon to get our hair and makeup done. They did an absolute fabulous job! We all looked amazing!

We then went back to my parents house to get ready and the photographer came by around 12:30 for some pictures of me, my family, and nej and lj. We got some really amazing shots I think. Some of them were taken on the landing of my parents stairs, which was really special because we have pictures of my mom standing in the same spot on her wedding day.

The weather was gorgeous. Sunny and probably 25 degrees or so. Couldn't have asked for a nicer day.

The limo picked us up at 2:00 and we headed to the church. We arrived fashionably late at 2:10 (the ceremony was supposed to start at 2:00, but I wanted to be a little late, when else would 100 people be all sitting and waiting for me? hehe). Once we got there, the ceremony began moments later. As lj and nej left for their walk to the front of the church and it was just daddy and me standing there, I started to lose my composure, so I told him a joke to keep from crying.

The ceremony was amazing. Just what I wanted. There were a few times when I thought I was going to cry and the tears welled up in my eyes, but I was able to hold it together. I can't wait to see the video for the wedding so I can watch the ceremony again because it was so beautiful.

After the ceremony, we had the receiving line which was nice because people got to congratulate us minutes after we were married.

Then it was back in the limo for our trip to the reception. It was about a 30 minute drive to the reception, complete with champagne. It was a lot of fun!

When we got to the reception location, we took a few minutes to check into our rooms and freshen up for the formal pictures. Wow, the honeymoon suite is absolutely gorgeous! Huge kingsize bed covered with rose pedals, large jaccuzi tub and fireplace, and the biggest bathroom I have seen in my life. The building is gorgeous, we love it there, so I think we're going to make it an annual thing to stay there for our anniversary.

Then it was time for our formal photos with family. The area is beautiful with lots of rocks and water. For the photos with the wedding party, we walked across the river and took the photos on large rocks right beside the water. What an amazing spot. It must have been a strange sight to see a bride and groom and wedding party walking down the side of a road, we got lots of honks, that's for sure. I cannot wait to see the photos, they must have been amazing since the scenery was so beautiful and of course the people looked amazing too!

By the time we got back to the lodge, it was almost time for dinner, but we headed up to the room for a little break to sit down and collect our thoughts. Then it was time to make our entrance into the reception around 6:00. The meal was really good, way too much food though! At least nobody could complain about being hungry! Some people made comments about how the food was the best they have ever had at a wedding. It was very yummy! We then had a dessert buffet, which was amazing! Then it was time for speeches, which were perfect. Everyone had some really touching things to say. I can't wait to watch the video to see them again because there were some really funny parts too!

Around 9:00 we had our first dance which was perfect. I really enjoyed it. Then we danced with our parents and then it was the wedding party dance. After that, it was time to party! The DJ did an awesome job. The dance floor was never empty, people had a great time.

Around 10:00 we did the boquet and garter toss. The florist forgot to make a toss boquet, so I tossed Jen's, but it ended up that she caught it anyway, so it worked out well! Then we cut the wedding cake.

We tried to mingle with people as well as have fun on the dance floor, I think it was a good mix. Everyone was having a wonderful time, MANY people said it was the best wedding they'd ever been to. Of course I'm biased, but I truly think it could not have gone any better. Everything was just the way I wanted.

The reception was over around 1:00, so people retired to their rooms at that point. It was really neat that the recpetion venue not only had an absolutely gorgeous dining room, but it had many rooms for people to stay over. And people made use of it! The rooms in the lodge were fully booked and I think most of the motel units were also booked.

I can't wait to see pictures. The day was perfect (I know, I use that word a lot, but it was!).

And now I'm married to the man of my dreams! I could not be any happier. I am so excited to spend the rest of my life with CT, he really is an amazing guy.

Yesterday, we had breakfast with those who also stayed over, and then headed to my parents house to open the gifts. We are completely blown away by everyones generosity. We received mostly cash and gift cards, which is fabulous! We did receive some gifts too, so that was great. But we received an overwhelming total of cash, so we are going to head to the bank to open up a joint account because I don't want that much money sitting around the house. I think we will use half of the money we received to pay for the honeymoon (it will almost cover our entire honeymoon), and the other half we will put in the joint account and then we'll think of what we want to use the money for later. We also received LOTS of gift cards, so we are all set! I am completely blown away by how generous everyone was, WOW! I guess a lot of people love us!!!

We leave at 5:00am on Wednesday morning for our honeymoon, so today will be spent running errands and then we'll pack tomorrow. So, I'll be sure to post when we get back. We get back late on Sunday, Sept 23rd, but I have the 24th off work too.

100 hours...

It's crunch time now! We only have a few small details to work out, and the big day will be here very soon!

I had a wonderful weekend. I think it was one of the best I've ever had at the cottage actually. My whole family was there and it was really relaxing. We even made a campfire one night and roasted marshmallows, which was really fun! That's something we'd never done before. One by one, people disappeared to go to bed, so it ended up being me, CT, my brother Al, and his gf for a long time. We sat around the fire drinking and hanging out. It was a nice way to relax a bit on our last weekend before the wedding.

It was such a nice feeling to wake up this morning and not have to go to work! I think I'm going to really enjoy being off work for 3 weeks. I may not want to go back ;)

Today I have a bunch of errands to do. Tomorrow, nej is coming up and we're going to make the pew decorations. Thursday, we have more stuff to do and then we're going to a company BBQ in the evening. Friday, our day is packed with wedding stuff, and then Saturday is the wedding! Yay!