More Wedding Stuff

Wedding plans continue to come together with great efficiency. Since my last post, we've secured a photographer (Gene Takalo). We got the wedding cake from Beaverton Bakery. Andrea and her mom went to Troutdale to talk to a caterer who sounds like they can come in on budget. Invitations have arrived, and we will begin addressing them tomorrow. Yes, we will be taking them to the Bridal Veil Post Office.

We've officially registered at Bed, Bath & Beyond; REI; Kitchen Kaboodle. Lots of things on the lists, but many will give us a good start toward moving into a new place. Others are just for fun. You would not believe how hard it is to register (oh, it's not hard to get started, but the whole walking around trying to think of what we need, that really takes a lot of patience and stamina). Of course, those of you who've done it will understand.

Still don't have a place to live, and we still don't have mentors, but a good friend of mine from my High Ground table has taken the training, and has offered to mentor us if we don't get assigned to one this week (I'll probably ask him sooner though).

The Saturn is on the fritz. It's starting hard, but fortunately it still starts. I'm going to take it in tomorrow and have it looked at, and hopefully fixed.

Wedding Update Part I

Sorry I haven't been keeping up with all the wedding stuff. My computer is still broken (it won't even turn on). So far, we've gotten a ton of stuff accomplished. Just yesterday, Andrea and I went and bought our wedding bands. Andrea has her dress, and all her bridesmaids dresses. I have my groomsmen and best man (thanks Rob, Murray and Sean!) We have a location (Good Shepherd). We have an officiant (Pat Thurman. Thanks Pat!!). We have a 'florist'(she's going to help us make the floral arrangements such as corsages and boutiners, etc. We need about 12 volunteers. If you're interested, give me a call). We unofficially have a photogragher (Gene Takalo. We haven't seen his pictures, but we know he's good, so we'll probably go with him). We haven't registered at any place yet, but we're going to register at REI, Bed Bath & Beyond, Kitchen Kaboodle, Macy's (maybe for gift cards) and maybe Target. We're looking for a checklist of everything it takes to set up a household.

We've ordered invitations, and they should arrive this week. We probably have a place for our real honeymoon this summer (San Fransisco, thanks Mom and Dad!). We don't yet have a place for us to get away for the weekend of the wedding. If you have any suggestions let me know (we'd like to go to the coast, but the Bend area would be cool too). And we still have to find a place to live. Correction, I'M still looking for a place for us to live. I'm trying to be creative, because we'll need a place that will allow Kirby, and I'd like to find someplace that will accomodate her quilting machine (Andrea says I'm dreaming, but hey, I found the place I live now, I'm sure there's a place that's perfect for the both of us).

Oh, yeah. I managed to fix the problem with the last post, so you can actually see the pictures from our snowhoe/proposal trip.