Attending weddings: My twisted research project

From Mitch and Christina’s down-home Georgia wedding to Jonny and Sarah’s classic vintage affair, to Angie and Linnie’s romantic beach setting, Patrick and I have seen so many beautiful weddings this year. It’s given us a chance to do many things, but the two most important are 1) to appreciate and celebrate that love is [...]

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Announcements are OUT!

We’re nearing the end of the fourth month of our engagement, and we finally have mailed out our announcements to spread the news that we’re engaged. If this is any indication as to how the rest of our wedding will go, we’ll mail the invitations out after the ceremony.

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Sing it, Etta James

My first wedding dress experience happened on a Thursday. I walked into the salon thirty minutes before my appointment. Yes, this was the first time in my life I had been early to anything. I’ve slept through job interviews and waltzed in late to every class I’ve ever taken. I didn’t even get to see [...]

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Why is this so hard?!

I’m always on top of things. I’m really good at quickly and thoroughly completing menial tasks. So, when the idea of planning a wedding started to creep around the corner it didn’t faze me. I’ve heard horror stories about wedding planning but so far I’m enjoying it. Whitney always has good ideas but goes terminally [...]

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It’s not (entirely) about the ring

Last night I packed. Then unpacked. Then repacked. Then unpacked. I get a little neurotic when I travel. And, while my compulsive tendencies make it unbearable to fight the urge to count the number of q-tips in my dop kit, I really am looking forward to this trip. We’re headed first to Michigan, where we’ll [...]

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We just call him “Rodney”

So there we were, eating grilled cheese at 12:50 am. It was dead silent as we scarfed down our food with minimal conversation. Hearing a loud thud didn’t startle Patrick the way it startled me. In fact, he hardly even noticed until I asked him. “What the heck was that?” “Well,” he said, “it was [...]

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No A/C

It’s bad enough for Whitney that I’m on the road all the time. While I’m enjoying the luxuries of my comfy hotel room, Whitney and Kya are back in our apartment with a broken A/C. Interior temperature=91 degress. She would have posted about this but her fingers melted. So did her computer. Damn apartment life. [...]

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How lovely when we’re cruising together

I’d say I’m the second love of Patrick’s life — his car is his first. On one of our first dates, we were out for a drive in his little blue Subaru WRX. It’s a manual, which is quite a trend among youngsters who learned to drive in the Detroit-metropolitan area. We were at a [...]

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Spark

Our first date was in Patrick’s hometown of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Living only one hour apart, our first summer was spent frivolously guzzling gas as we made daily commutes one way or the other. I had been in Michigan for about a week when Patrick was able to finally return home. His golf schedule required [...]

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Moments to remember

Most photos of Patrick and me were obviously taken by one of us, showing only our faces and an occasional arm blocking out a chunk of one side. It was a breath of fresh air when a coworker of mine approached me and told me about her fiance’s growing photography business, E&G Photography. We were [...]

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