Dad sent me "Pullet Surprises" yesterday. These were from a Catholic Elementary school test. Kids were asked questions about the old and new Testaments. The last two in his email are particularly good for the blog:

-St. Paul cavorted to Christianity, he preached holy acrimony, which is another name for marraige.

-Christians have only one spouse. This is called monotony.

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When boys get involved.
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I guess this is one way to get a little extra out of the reception buffet, but...mwaaaahhhhhyechhhhh. Full Body Shiver Here!!
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Who knew that shoe shopping could be so entertaining? But once I started digging around on the internet, with some direction from Kathy (or at times maybe that should be "direction"), we've found some truly...hideous...shoes. After looking at one site, Kath emailed

"I love the lug sole bridal shoes... for that manly bride.... "here comes the bride...all dressed in PLAID Flannel and sensible shoes...""

But I was equally fascinated by the other end of the spectrum...like these feather encrusted mules. Just perfect for the bride who's thinking of wearing a white teddy to her wedding. Or maybe someone who wants to dust the molding around the bottom of the wall? But for the earthy, yet high maintenance set, how about the wood and rhinestone combo? And finally, for that disco wedding, how about the clear plastic shoes. I'm pretty sure these are on the cover of the "100% Pure Funk" CD. Maybe she could come in to the romantic strains of "Stayin' Alive"

Now I understand the allure of shoe shopping! And to think I expected this to be boring.
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It turns out that my grand May-Department Stores plan has hit a major issue. Apparently despite the fact that they're supposed to be able to bring up our registry in any store, they can't. So until we can things figured out, I added Target to the list of stores at which we're registered. Well actually, it isn't like I'm going to UNregister at anytime. This actually works out pretty well since a lot of what's on our list falls either in the fancy-dancy plates and pots category which is covered by Kaufmann's and Penney's, or in the day-to-day little stuff that neither of us ever got around to buying. The Knot website will eventually autogenerate the link to Target as well in the list of places at which we're registered, so that's kind of cool.
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Woohooo! It's post number 100! Hard to believe I've been blathering along that much, with occasional wry comments from my loving and handsome fiance.

First some great news - it turns out some of Chris' family from California is going to be able to come for the wedding. I'm so excited! We didn't think that any of them were going to be able to make it, but as it turns out, his Granny and his Aunt Merry and cousins Lissy & Kenny are coming. Fabulous!

And then on the light and fluffy front...should we stray into the Netherlands any time on our honeymoon next year, I think everyone will be happy to know that they're banning toe licking. My understanding is particularly the unwanted kind. Phew, another major stressor has been addressed. I don't know if everyone is seeing the same ads, but I was just noticing that when I pull up the article, the only pictures there are Kerry and Edwards for a campaign ad. They might want to reconsider ad placement in MSNBC.
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Ok, well I'm batting .500, surely that means something?!

I did get some thank you cards, enough to hold me over, but put the shoes off for a little bit. Tammie & Christine both came up with some good websites to check out, and I found some stores here in Pgh that I'd like to check out as well.

I also got a nice, but humbling bike ride in on Sunday. My friend Emma had baby Olivia at the end of June. She and I had a chance to go for a bike ride - the first time in a little under a year! It's a bit lowering to get slaughtered every time the road slants up by a woman who's sleep deprived, worried that her baby's starving at home, and "out of shape". I was doing ok on the early rollers, but then we got to the dreaded Harts Run Road, which is a nasty climb (at least by MY definition). After that, I did pretty badly, and was almost grateful when I got the flat tire that earned me a ride back. But I'm looking forward to zipping around with her again, this time with tires that aren't worn to the core (doh!) and a spare in my bag. All together now: That which does not kill me, makes me stronger!

Cheryl
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