That Just Happened!

I am thrilled to announce that on June 12, 2010 my cousin Lisa married her now-hubby Brad.  I am even more thrilled to announce that pictures have finally been posted, because like a dumb-dumb I forgot my camera.  D’oh!  It was an absolutely beautiful day and it was obvious a lot of work went into the preparations for this wedding. 

Lisa, Mel (her best friend and MOH) and Ashley (her sister and MOH) and some others made each of these flowers out of thousands of tiny pieces of paper!  What  a troupe! 

She also had lovely pink daisies in the bouquets (my fave flower! SO gorgeous!)

There were many, many photos of the bride and groom, but this one with their Little Guy is my absolute fave.

Brad even agreed to marry her, despite the Rev. asking if he would take ”Denise” as his wife.  And of course, there were many lovelies standing by to witness it.  In fact, the wedding party totalled 14 people!  Of course, Lisa’s sister Ashley, and their sister-in-law Steph were on hand to help with any and all emergencies while looking stunning throughout.

Ashley

Steph

There was food, drink and speeches and the love was evident throughout.  Thank goodness Lisa and Brad had Jennifer Sullivan Photography on hand to capture all the special moments.  Despite the iffy weather, this was definitely a day to remember.  Thanks to Lisa, Brad and their Little Guy for inviting MPW and I to be a part of your day.

Yeah, That Just Happened!

Megan at Undomestic Diva  wrote a pretty passionate blog post about toothpaste.  Although it may seem silly, lame, or boring to most, I must admit it got me going.

As some of you know, I have a thing about toothpaste being squeezed in the middle.  I think my neurosis stems from sharing a bathroom with my sister when we were younger.  I feel so strongly about it that the morning of Stephtastic’s wedding I came storming out of the bathroom, “Stephtastic, you used my toothpaste didn’ you?!”  Immediately looking chagrined she admitted it followed by “I’m soooo sorry.  I forgot!”  The photographers thought it was hilarious and shared their own toothpaste stories.  I stared her down and said “Remember, this is your day.  Tomorrow it’s back to the real world.  The one where I punch you for squeezing in the middle, just like when we were kids.” (I’m totally kidding.  I didn’t stare her down.)

I think in any couple there is someone who squeezes from the bottom (me) and someone who squeezes from the middle (everyone else).  The battle wages eternal.  I wish that was all that bugged me, but there are more things…

I hate  when someone leaves globs of toothpaste in the sink.

I hate  when there is so much extra crap coming out of the top of the tube that the cap cannot be screwed on properly.

Like the Undomestic Diva, I hate  bad tasting toothpaste (anything in gel form.  I’m traditional. I like the paste.).  I mean, as I commented to her, it isn’t like a bad tasting food where you can spit it out immediately.  You not only have to keep it in your mouth for 2 minutes, you have to scrub that crap right in there.   And more than once a day.  However, this doesn’t stop me from buying toothpaste if it is on sale (as long as it is a paste).

Yes, I realize that it is slightly ironic that someone who has had some of the most epic dust bunnies ever is that particular about her toothpaste,  but like I said, I blame Stephtastic. 

So Megan, now you can feel less lonely about blogging about toothpaste.  Although, reading yours again I see mine is much more neurotic.

Yeah, That Just Happened!

My sister got married!  

I am so proud of her and Kyle, it was a fantastic day.  Despite being a little gloomy at the beginning of the day, the sun came peeking out from behind the clouds.  Which is fantastic, because how else is her dress supposed to sparkle?  The food just kept coming, and coming, and coming.  I am pretty sure that if I tried to put on my dress now it would not do up.  Loved  the wedding cake (three layers, three flavours) and the delicious pasta appetizer.  Yum!  And the dancing…oh, the dancing.   I literally have bruises on the balls of my feet and my calves hurt like crazy.  I deem it a success.

We were on time all day (even early!).  When the photographers showed up we were sitting in the hotel room eating pizza because our hair and makeup was already finished (thank you Mary Ellen). 

Oh, and I did manage to fit into my dress, but the lady had to let it out some.  I figure that’s still a win on my part. 

It also turns out that a lot of my cousins are reading my blog (shout outs to AJ, Li, and Ash), so I was hearing a lot of “That Just Happened!”   It warms the cackles of me ‘eart, it does.  Leave comments!

I made it through my speech without fainting or vomiting, plus I got a lot of rad compliments on it.  All I could think was “thank goodness that is over”. 

I have no pictures right now, but I managed to rip this one off Matt Bukoski’s Facebook page (one of the groomsmen, who looks like the Brawny towel guy with his beard).  Once I have more, I will post some.

Stephanie and Kyle are newlyweds, whoop-a-dee-doo!

Yeah, That Just Happened!