More Indy Wedding Stories!

http://nymag.com/news/features/2007/sexandlove/30920/

Weddings As Commodities?

These are great sites! I've always felt a little suspicious of the whole wedding industry. There seems to be more empasis, in our culture, on the pomp and circumstance of the celebration and not on the relationship the wedding is supposed to be celebrating.
Thank god other women feel the same way I do.

And Life Rolls Along

It's been a couple of weeks since I last 'blogged'-There was a shakeup in my office which landed me at another position with a raise! So, that's been great but a ton of work. And then my sister has been having some struggles with her kids, so that's been not so great and a lot of work for her.
Through the ups and downs of life it's wonderful to remember that Charles is always there, always strong, always cheering me on. Thanks, baby!

AARRGGHH

I'm totally stressed out at work. The difference now, though, is that work is not my WHOLE life. It's just part. I actually have a life now-so, I can leave all the work stuff at work.

Baby Steps

Yesterday I asked my best friend of nearly 40 years to be my best man. I don't understand why I would need to narrow my choice of who I want to stand by and witness this wedding by gender. So, my friend and confidante since high school, Bill, will be my best man. And he said yes!
And also, I asked my favorite singer to sing at the wedding. My friend Leslie will be singing "What are you doing the rest of your life?" by Michel Legrand. I'm so thrilled!

Advanced Chemistry

Not wanting to turn this into a mushfest, I just want to say a couple of things about said mush. Life has brought each of us to this space and time for a reason. Had we met at another time, we would not have been ready for each other. It was amazing the rapport we had from our very first phone conversations. I know that chemistry is an overused word, but it is something we both can feel every day. It runs deep, beyond just the surface things. Our morals, manners, world view, politics, right on down to our musical jollies. It all works. And at our advanced ages, we most certainly appreciate this most wonderful curveball that life has tossed our way. Now, anybody got any ideas for a reception hall??

The Best Part

I think the best part about growing older is learning to appreciate what you have. And boy, looking into his eyes, I realize right now I have it all.
I have great kids, great friends, a good job, a supportive family-and now I have a person with whom I can share all of it.

scrapbooking

A good blog has gotta have a visual dialogue to go with the writing. So we'll be reaching into the scrapbook now and then to keep things lively. Here's one from Dec. 05...

eyes and ears

Chuck here:
At this point, I'm just keeping my eyes and ears out for venues and providers of the various goods and services we are going to need (see Cindy's previous post). For instance, this mornings' paper had an ad on page 3 for a dress show that jumped out at me. Since I am the lone newspaper subscriber in this soon to be family, I save it and bring it with me when I see her this afternoon. Example 2: A friend sent me a link yesterday regarding a structure at the University of Minnesota arboretum that pertained to photography. Checking the arboretum website out, I notice that they cater to weddings, and have some very nice spaces available. Now we have another option on our table...
This is going to be so much fun!

A dress?

I stopped by a David's Bridal just to see what I was getting myself into and stayed as long as I could before the waves of nausea started to take over. First of all, the dresses all look like prom dresses and they all are (with very few exceptions) strapless or with tiny spaghetti straps. And I don't think white looks good on anyone.
Ugh.