Done and Done!

Sunny and 86

It's official. Weather will be on our side.

Another Chore, DONE

Yesterday I took a couple hours out of my day to organize all of our wedding stuff. It was surprising how much we actually have for this one day! There were boxes and bags all around the house, so I decided to box them up and put them all in the same spot. Sounds so mundane, but I guess that's just part of this wedding thing. I'm just glad it's now organized.

One step closer...

Yesterday we completed our table name cards! We put them together, organized everybody by table, then put into alpha order. Hooray for one less thing to worry about!

T-Minus 2 Weeks

Tatoos 3/4 complete

Well Lisa's cherry blossoms are finished and look amazing! I still need a couple more sessions to add some detail and color. Billy at 454 did an awesome job and we both agree that the results were even better than we had imagined.

MR. TEE

Memorial Day Weekend

Is it officially summer yet? Me thinks so. We're looking forward to a nice three day weekend. Between potlucks and photo sessions with Ian at the venue, tattoo session in Encinitas, dress fittings for Lisa and the girls, it's going to be a busy weekend.

Wedding planning is coming to a head. It's all coming together quite nicely. I'm sure there will be some "freaking out" days before but we're ready. We have one more task to complete. It's a big one, and our hands will definitely be getting dirty.
D

Let's count it down

Going under the needle.

Lisa and I are heading to Encinitas to get a little ink tomorrow. We're excited. Don't worry, we're not getting each others names across our belly, but they will tie into each others in some fashion. I can't decide if I want to go the hot dog route or throw in one of my fav superheros. Maybe I'll combine the two.

Wants vs. Needs

Another Step Closer

This past weekend, I am happy to say, we finalized the flowers!!!! We have a location, our designs, and the sweet sweet feeling of calm because they will deliver and set up. Thanks goodness.

Perhaps now I will stop having weird dreams about the wedding. Stress+Nyquil=scary wedding dreams where I am late, the officiant is late, and I have suddenly remembered that I am supposed to be wearing undergarments!!!!

Wednesday Words...

Less than 3 months and counting. It's crunch time. The good news is we gave ourselves a year and a half to prepare and everything seems to be falling into place quite nicely.

Just need to add some final touches to the invites and then it's time to stamp 'em and ship 'em. We're really stoked on how they came out. They were more work than we had imagined but making them was a lot like exercise; it can be a tedious task at times, but as soon as you're done, you're proud of yourself for putting in the effort. After that labour of love is finished, we'll pop open some red red wine. No pun intended and no, UB40 will not be on the playlist.

Which brings me to the next thing on the checklist. The playlist. A much tougher task then we had imagined. We have the main tunes down, it's just the ones in the middle that are the hardest. The dance jams. R&B or 80's? Reggae or disco? It's a tough job but we're confident we'll come up with an awesome score for our day.

As much as you attempt to plan things, in the end, anything and everything can happen that day. This makes it exciting, and the the excitement meter is going up every day.

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Wednesday Words...

boob tube fun

Life in 8mm

I've been having alot of fun with my new Zumi 2.0 digi cam lately. Check out A Day at the Vinyards .

Wednesday Words...

Plane tickets. Check

Accomodations. Check

Passports. Check

Bullet proof vest. Check

We're ready for takeoff...

Welcome to the Two Thousand..Teens?

Ok, so it's been a while since our last update. Halloween was fun, Christmas was full of good cheer and flu bugs and now we're into January and a new year. And what a year it will be. Six months and counting down. We're super excited. We've got most things locked down early but we still need someone to marry us. Should be a fun hunt.

Anyway, it's a new year and being the music freak that I am, I thought I'd break down my top 10 albums of 2009. Here we go:

10. Monsters of Folk-Self Titled

9. Jeremy Enigk-Ok Bear

8. Mew-No More Stories...

7. St. Vincent-Actor

6. Owen-New Leaves

5. Faunts-Feel Love Thinking Of

4. Bat for Lashes- Two Suns

3. Andrew Bird-Noble Beast

2. Grizzly Bear- Veckatamist

1. Animal Collective-Merryweather Post Pavillion

Thats will be all for now.

Darren