Come Rain or Shine (but probably rain)!

What a rainy week. Saturday the prediction is 30% Scattered Showers. So we will have tents up but I wanted to encourage everyone to bring an umbrella and appropriate footwear. The tents don't cover everything and after a week of rain the ground may be soggy. Golashes are welcome!

Because you'd never know if I didn't tell you.

Hooray! The invitations are in the mail and even arriving at some of their destinations already. Dropping them in the mail Saturday morning was much more intense than I'd expected. When I drove away I felt like I'd left my child behind. Okay, maybe not that serious but it was hard to unleash them on the world. What if I forgot something? What if there's some horrible, relation-ship ending, tear inducing typo? Unlikely but not impossible!

Joel was no help. After I penned the last address he told me Gainesville was spelled wrong. On the last one. Of, like, a zillion. I should know better than to believe anything he says anymore but there was a definite moment where I stopped breathing. Later the star speller asked me how to spell shackled. As in "I can't, because I'm shackled now". The invites were already in the mail by then.

But that's not the point. The point is that I couldn't make up my mind about what paper to use with the envelopes. I liked a lot of very different things so...I used them all!

While I can't say no two invites are alike, I can say no 10 are alike. I don't even know who got what so if you're curious here they all are:

Can they come live with me?

Joel emailed me a picture from work last week. It was a picture of the "Chirp" china and accessories we've picked for our formal dishes. They were the subject of a Dillard's photo shoot at the studio that day.

We're registered at Macy's but apparently "Chirp" has really caught on and you can get it at B,B&B and Dillard's too. While I'm a little annoyed that our china is about be very over-exposed it is nice to have our good taste reinforced! And I'm convinced I discovered them!!

I asked if there was any chance the dishes could "disappear" and show up at my house at the end of the day but no luck ;)

Thank you!

Thanks to everyone who attended the party in Gainesville this past weekend. And huge thanks to everyone who helped put it on. I had so much fun and I hope you did too.

Lodgings.

I'm listing two suggestions but I wanted to point out that I have never actually stayed at either.

The first is The Sanford House


http://www.thesanfordhouse.com/index.aspx

This Inn is the closest thing you'll get to my parents house, where both the ceremony and reception will be. I think it's less than a mile. It's always seemed to me like a nice place and it's where Joel and I will likely be spending our wedding night. They can be reached at 817-861-2129.

The other suggestion is the Comfort Suites. I think this is the next closest place to stay. It's right off I-30 and Cooper on The Road to Six Flags. It's also pretty new and had the best reviews I could find for motels in the area. Their number is 817-460-8700.

Shy.

I don't really know if any one's out there. Are you reading this? Probably not because I'm not writing it.

I thought that I would be really into this blogging business and I would have to drag myself away from giving you constant updates about what I'm doing. But the truth is I'm not good at this. Sharing my thoughts in such a potentially (albeit, probably not) public forum is really intimidating.


But I will be posting straightforward information about the wedding, logistics, etc. So do check-in when you need info.

And Thank-You in advance to everyone who is helping support Joel and I on the journey to weddedness!

Registry:

Macy's http://www.macys.com/ (for the amazing china!)

• Crate & Barrel http://www.crateandbarrel.com/
  
  
• Bed, Bath & Beyond http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/

• Target http://www.target.com/