I’ve been thinking a lot about why we are getting married. I do not doubt my desire to be with my fiancé for the rest of our lives or our love for each other. I know that I want to marry him. I know that he wants to marry me.
But why, exactly? What is propelling [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Countdown: (10) Why get married?
Posted in Countdown, Traditions, relationships, tagged bride, Groom, marriage, marry, Neark, New Jersey, new jersey wedding, NJ, Paramount theater, sewing blog, the lovely nest on September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Countdown: (11) Where does tradition fit in? Does it?
Posted in Countdown, Traditions, tagged bridal shower, gay marriage, tiara, tradition, wedding, wedding shower, wedding traditions, weddings on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I will be getting married in a dress that is not white and I am not changing my name.
Are we completely shunning tradition? As a family friend pointed out, I was wore a very shiny tiara at my wedding shower. Indeed, we are picking and choosing what makes sense for us while still laughing along [...]
Countdown: (12) Union / Wedding
Posted in Countdown, Traditions, tagged choice, civil union, gay marriage, union, wedding on September 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A family friend asked me about the wording on our invitation. We invited guests to our celebrate our “union,” not our “wedding.” Why?
There are two reasons. First, we would want to wait to get married until all couples have the option to get married legally. However, becoming a legal unit is important to us and [...]
Countdown: (13) Return to MI
Posted in Countdown, Traditions, tagged marriage, single woman, wedding on September 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Less than two weeks before the wedding! I am returning to Michigan today to be with my fiance’, catch up on work and maybe even take a nap. This has been a busy, productive and fun trip. I can’t believe the shower and bachelorette party (and Tiziano Ferro concert) are over already.
Today is the last [...]
Countdown: (14) Tiziano Ferro
Posted in Countdown, tagged alla mia eta', atlantic city, bridesmaid, concert, mother daughter trip, mother of the bride, music concert, tiziano ferro, wedding on September 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Warning: This has nothing to do with wedding planning.
It is time to take a little break. The Mother of the Bride and I are driving to Atlantic City to hear Tiziano Ferro, an Italian pop singer.
I heard him a few years ago in Florence, Italy with Wonderful Woman Lisa. We stood on the balcony level and [...]
Countdown: (15) Details, details, details
Posted in Countdown, Personalized Poems & Writing, tagged blogging, bride, wedding, writing on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I didn’t believe people when they told me how much there was to do before the wedding. I thought that it would mostly be done a few weeks (months?) before. What was I doing before if there is still so much to do?
Music details, seating, centerpieces, table markers, transportation, alcohol… there are many final details [...]
Countdown: (16) Dancing
Posted in Countdown, Dance, tagged bride, wedding, mother of the bride, New Jersey, father of the bride dance, wedding dance, dance lessons, bridal dance, wedding dance classes, ballroom dance, union county dance, union county dance centre, nj ballroom dance classes on September 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In the final days of planning our wedding, I’m amazed by the various things we’ve learned and are learning.
Like dancing. My fiancé and I had great fun taking dance classes in Ann Arbor. I encouraged my parents to take dance classes of their own and they kindly invited me to join their class last night [...]
Countdown: (17) Memories…
Posted in Countdown, Gifts, Shower, Traditions, tagged bride, bridesmaids, Shower, Shower Gifts, wedding on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hands down, my favorite gift at the shower last weekend was a book that the Chief Wonderful Woman, the Wonderful Women as a group, the Mother of the Bride and my fiancé all contributed to. The Chief asked everyone to send her pictures and she put them together in a square, red book (by Shutterfly.)
The [...]
Countdown: (18) Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice
Posted in Cooking, Countdown, Gifts, Traditions, Wedding Cake, tagged bride, bridesmaid presents, cake tasting, chocolate favors, chocolate making, chocolate wedding favors, dj, hotel welcome bags, making chocolate, Michigan, mother of the bride, New Jersey, wedding, wedding cake tasting, wedding favors, welcome bags on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today was a sweet, sweet day. It started off with cake tasting at our venue and ended with chocolate making.
The Mother of the Bride and I were each given a plate with four different generous slices of cake. The venue made four cakes total and we took home the rest of the four cakes. I [...]
Countdown: (19) Day after the shower
Posted in Countdown, Shower, Traditions, tagged bridesmaids, mother of the bride, bridal shower, wedding shower, ideas for showers, Shower, Wonderful Women of the Wedding, Maid of Honor, Shower Gifts, Shower Favors, shower wishing well, wishing well on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I renamed the bridesmaids the “Wonderful Women of the Wedding,” since they are not “maids.” We could simply call these women, “WOW” for short. And that is exactly the word I kept saying during the shower.
The Mother of the Bride, The Chief Wonderful Woman and two other Wonderful Women went above and beyond, as did [...]
