Cheryl & Chris's Wedding Blog
Saturday, May 22, 2004
It's a sultry summer day in Pittsburgh. Chris is in Canada for a stage race and Fred and I were supposed to go along. (Time Trial this AM didn't go so well, apparently the race times were messed up from what was posted on the web, and he missed his start. Haven't heard yet on this afternoon's road race.) Alas, allergy season this year has been tough. I ran a fever Thurs night, and have been as exciting as a wet dishrag since. But because I'm home, I broke down and filled out the info to sign up for an appointment at Kauffman's to register for gifts. The nice thing about these guys is they are a subsidiary of May's, so the registry will apply to stores in all 50 states. Some of the stores involved are Filene's, Famous Barr, Foley's, Kaufmann's, Strawbridge's, some other CA store, etc. We all know that nationwide coverage is critical with this wedding! :) Anyway, we'll see if/when they call back and I can get this party started. I set all of Chris' information equal to mine so that I don't have to worry about multiple May's department store fliers, phone calls, and spam going all over the place. I'm taking one for the team! Not that I'm suspicious or anything, however I'm still getting JJill catalogs at work because I had one lousy order sent there when I first moved to Pgh 4 years ago.
Fred will be registering here.
Hope everyone is having a great weekend!!
cb
Friday, May 21, 2004
All I can say to this one is...I'm really glad neither Chris nor I have to deal with the divorced parents thing!
Jennifer's wedding day was fast approaching. Nothing could dampen her excitement - not even her parents' nasty divorce.
Her mother had found the PERFECT dress to wear and would be the best dressed mother-of-the-bride ever!
A week later, Jennifer was horrified to learn that her father's new young wife had bought the exact same dress! Jennifer asked her to exchange it, but she refused. "Absolutely not. I look like a million bucks in this dress, and I'm wearing it," she replied.
Jennifer told her mother who graciously said, "Never mind sweetheart. I'll get another dress. After all, it's your special day."
A few days later, they went shopping and did find another gorgeous dress.
When they stopped for lunch, Jennifer asked her mother, "Are you going to return the other dress? You really don't have another occasion where you could wear it.
Her mother just smiled and replied, "Of course I do, dear. I'm wearing it to the rehearsal dinner!"
Thursday, May 20, 2004
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
We're the proud owner of a bouncing baby Maytag! Ok, it's still not a wedding thing, but since you've been dragged through the saga so far, you might as well hear the end of it. We went to Sears yesterday, walked in, saw it sitting on the floor on closeout (ie good amount of money off), did a quick scan to see if any other deals met our fancy, and checked out. The whole event probably took 20 minutes. Now to survive until next Thursday when it's delivered. Maybe I can emulate someone who I went to college with. He hated washing clothes so much that instead of washing, he'd run out and buy new underwear. Finally, he would just run out of room, and surrender to the siren call of the washing machines. I'm pretty sure that at one point he could go a whole semester without a trip to the laundromat.
It's a thought - and think of the water/electricity savings!
Tuesday, May 18, 2004
So everyone is back in their proper cities now...sorta. In addition to everything going on in St Louis in preparation for the wedding, the downside is that our best man,Eli, left Pittsburgh to move back to Santa Cruz, CA this weekend. Great news for Eli (and eventually his wife Lara, who will join him in two weeks), who was probably doing the hora of joy on the airplane (we would have been!). It's just not so good news for Chris and me. Eli & Chris are quite the pair of pals. Eli is as liberal as Chris is conservative, and has no interest in bike racing. But I think eventually what makes it work is they both have similar end values, they just disagree on how to get there. (I'm sure I'll be getting at least 2 emails on this one!) Anyway, we miss you, Eli! Do some basking in the sun for us!
Sunday, May 16, 2004
Dang blog...it ate my last post. :(
Anyway, I thought that after the "Big Day", Saturday & Sunday would be a piece of cake. Just not of the free sample from MacArthurs kind. Saturday started off easy, Mom, Dad and I went to breakfast and then spent an hour and a half at the St Louis zoo. I love that place. Anyway, we got back and Dad & I rode while Mom walked. Then we headed out to hotels to get some info on holding blocks of rooms, so I have a few numbers to call (probably not until Wed simply because my meeting schedule will not permit it.) Then that evening we went to my Aunt Mary's to talk flowers. And my brain locked up. Completely. I looked at books of flowers and they all looked pretty. Finally we did decide on a few things, and my aunt, who's been doing this forever, coaxed my poor engineering, artistry-impaired brain through the process. About all I can say is we're going with shades of pale pink, and I did want a few roses in the mix. Other than that, I have no idea. On the way home it occurred to me that it had been a busier day than I thought.
Sunday was a little easier. Mom, Dad & I went to St Cecilia's for mass and to take photos, and count pews (30 rows, which we estimate to hold 600). Then it was a bike ride for Dad and a jog for me while Mom got things ready for my Grandmother to come over for dinner. It was a nice day overall, a bit easier than the previous two action packed days.
Now I just have to pack, and prepare for leaving the house at 5:45 AM to go to the airport and back to normal life. And tomorrow, it's a romantic evening with my fiance washing machine shopping. Just crazy fools in love!
cb
