Wedding and More
Hey everyone,
today's post is going to be a little different a mixed bag if you will.
My brother's wedding was 11 days ago. I had so much fun it was incredible. I've only been a part of three weddings before. When my mom got remarried I was the flower girl at the age of 6, when I was 11 I was in another wedding a cousin that I am close to got married and I was the flower girl.
In this one however am happy to report that had become a bridesmaid so I'm moving up in the world of weddings. We went down to Cape May on Thursday because we knew that the next day everybody was going to start coming around because the wedding was on Saturday. It seems like everybody and their grandmother stopped by.
The rehearsal was nerve-racking to say the least I never really fully understood what the concept was to me it was just about walking down an aisle in the church I remembered something about speed in everything from when I was little but for whatever reason I thought it would be different now that I'm older. The bride wanted me to go first she said that the important people should go first not that anyone in the wedding party was more important than anybody else as a matter of fact I just think that was her way of getting me to go first however I can't be sure so we practiced walking personally I wanted to go 90 miles an hour down the aisle. So I had to deal with the fact that I was first but then later on come to find out that after my brother and the men were married I would be the last one out of the church so the potential for disaster was pretty high on the list.. they told me that I didn't have to worry about my speed in the end because that was the end of the ceremony.
After that the rehearsal dinner, we had the whole restaurant to ourselves even though technically ourselves consisted of about 50 people. So I enjoyed the dinner but I was very worried if anything went wrong with the wedding more specifically the wedding March it would be all my fault.. at the end of the night I received a bracelet and a pair of earrings and much thanks from Amanda after the reversal dinner was over it was 10 o'clock and I had to get up tomorrow morning but of course people decided to come and have a little party not so far away from my bedroom door but thank God I was too exhausted to really pay attention to any of it.. I can't had a restless night a little because I was still concerned. And I could hear my cousins chatting with some people in our living room they said that they literally poured themselves into bed at around 4:30 in the morning. I got up at 6:50 the next morning, and promptly put on my bridesmaid's dress I really wasn't in the mood to go putting something
that wasn't my bridesmaid dress and then changing into it later so they hairdresser comes I get my hair done and I ate breakfast much to the shock of my mother seen me sitting in the table with five towels all over my body so that I wouldn't damage my dress. Then I went to the place where we would later have the reception to get dressed and get my makeup done.
The makeup artist did a fabulous job he definitely knew what he was doing which I guess is a pretty good thing when you're working on people for weddings it turns out he is a makeup artist on One Life to live now you know how crazy I get my soap operas so for the next half hour was one extremely happy camper he told me with whom he's worked on how the actors memorize their lines how long he usually has to do their makeup and things like that he said he used to watch soap operas but not anymore since he works behind the scenes. I found out that he is a huge Jason and Sam fan. He said he's even worked on Kelly Monaco and Steve Burton on occasion
And that most actors think the fans are a little crazy because we refer to them by their character name and not their real name is that for the most part they really nice though. I was a little taken aback by that for the most part I don't think we're certifiable because we called somebody by their character name I would think that most actors would find it endearing may be a little creepy but that they would accept it because that means that we enjoy their work and when we sit down five days a week to watch a show that's an hour-long we begin to feel like we know these people very well. We just want to get away from reality for a little while we don't mean any disrespect or harm. But anyway I'm over that now
The wedding itself was really beautiful complete with a soloist and organist and a trumpet
player my brother was extremely nervous and he cried as we all came down the aisle. I think he was overwhelmed the little because he was starting a new chapter in his life and getting married. they had a bishop marry them and then he presented a pair of rosary beads from the Pope. at one point in time they went in the wrong direction when they were praying to the statue of Mary they were supposed to go by the statue and not by the candles but that's okay we all
didn't care anyway we all were just so happy to see them get married. As predicted something did go wrong it wasn't a catastrophe but it could've been as I was in charge of ending the ceremony by being the last bridesmaid to leave the church I almost took my partner out with a church pew thank God I realized it before it was too late.
The next part consisted of a lot of pictures and they turned out all beautiful even the ones that I was in.
But the best part of the whole day was probably the reception. We got formally introduced as the bridal party and then Ottoman and then we were introduced for the first time as a married couple, and the crowd went wild of course their first dance was you're my best friend by Queen
Then they did then father daughter mother son dances complete with my mom crying I spend probably a good portion of the night on the dance floor I was part of the Conga line while technically I led the second half because they were moving so quick that I didn't want to run anybody over by turning up to speed on my wheelchair. We did the cha-cha slide and basically had a good time kid kind of like we were in the club there for a while but I'm pretty sure that everybody was dancing at least at one point.
Here's some pictures
<---Me in my bridesmaids outfit
<-- me and my partner for the wedding party Karl
<-- me with some of the bridesmaids
<-- wedding party plus the parents
There was only one thing that really bothered me no one from my father's family showed up. Our first cousin Joey was supposed to bring his wife Rhonda so I was really excited, he didn't show up but we really don't understand what happened since he said his RSVP card to say that he was going to attend the wedding.
Part of me feels really bad I really want to be a part of my father's family especially since he passed away but we've been hit by one major roadblock after another. But I guess it all evens out because I have a very close relationship to some of my distant cousins and when I mean distant I mean sixth cousins or further.
I'm seriously upset... it's no secret that I love the Yankees however I am seriously concerned that now their record is 17-17 which means that they're only winning 50% of their games. Which makes absolutely no sense 4 1/2 games out of first Boston in second place with only one game out so I am one pissed off Yankees fan..
Steinbrenner must be kicking himself right about now because the Dodgers are in first led by Joe Torre. The ex-manager of the New York Yankees because he fired Torre at the end of last season which made absolutely no sense because under his leadership we won seven championships 7/12 which is pretty good for a ballclub.
today's post is going to be a little different a mixed bag if you will.
My brother's wedding was 11 days ago. I had so much fun it was incredible. I've only been a part of three weddings before. When my mom got remarried I was the flower girl at the age of 6, when I was 11 I was in another wedding a cousin that I am close to got married and I was the flower girl.
In this one however am happy to report that had become a bridesmaid so I'm moving up in the world of weddings. We went down to Cape May on Thursday because we knew that the next day everybody was going to start coming around because the wedding was on Saturday. It seems like everybody and their grandmother stopped by.
The rehearsal was nerve-racking to say the least I never really fully understood what the concept was to me it was just about walking down an aisle in the church I remembered something about speed in everything from when I was little but for whatever reason I thought it would be different now that I'm older. The bride wanted me to go first she said that the important people should go first not that anyone in the wedding party was more important than anybody else as a matter of fact I just think that was her way of getting me to go first however I can't be sure so we practiced walking personally I wanted to go 90 miles an hour down the aisle. So I had to deal with the fact that I was first but then later on come to find out that after my brother and the men were married I would be the last one out of the church so the potential for disaster was pretty high on the list.. they told me that I didn't have to worry about my speed in the end because that was the end of the ceremony.
After that the rehearsal dinner, we had the whole restaurant to ourselves even though technically ourselves consisted of about 50 people. So I enjoyed the dinner but I was very worried if anything went wrong with the wedding more specifically the wedding March it would be all my fault.. at the end of the night I received a bracelet and a pair of earrings and much thanks from Amanda after the reversal dinner was over it was 10 o'clock and I had to get up tomorrow morning but of course people decided to come and have a little party not so far away from my bedroom door but thank God I was too exhausted to really pay attention to any of it.. I can't had a restless night a little because I was still concerned. And I could hear my cousins chatting with some people in our living room they said that they literally poured themselves into bed at around 4:30 in the morning. I got up at 6:50 the next morning, and promptly put on my bridesmaid's dress I really wasn't in the mood to go putting something
that wasn't my bridesmaid dress and then changing into it later so they hairdresser comes I get my hair done and I ate breakfast much to the shock of my mother seen me sitting in the table with five towels all over my body so that I wouldn't damage my dress. Then I went to the place where we would later have the reception to get dressed and get my makeup done.
The makeup artist did a fabulous job he definitely knew what he was doing which I guess is a pretty good thing when you're working on people for weddings it turns out he is a makeup artist on One Life to live now you know how crazy I get my soap operas so for the next half hour was one extremely happy camper he told me with whom he's worked on how the actors memorize their lines how long he usually has to do their makeup and things like that he said he used to watch soap operas but not anymore since he works behind the scenes. I found out that he is a huge Jason and Sam fan. He said he's even worked on Kelly Monaco and Steve Burton on occasion
And that most actors think the fans are a little crazy because we refer to them by their character name and not their real name is that for the most part they really nice though. I was a little taken aback by that for the most part I don't think we're certifiable because we called somebody by their character name I would think that most actors would find it endearing may be a little creepy but that they would accept it because that means that we enjoy their work and when we sit down five days a week to watch a show that's an hour-long we begin to feel like we know these people very well. We just want to get away from reality for a little while we don't mean any disrespect or harm. But anyway I'm over that now
The wedding itself was really beautiful complete with a soloist and organist and a trumpet
player my brother was extremely nervous and he cried as we all came down the aisle. I think he was overwhelmed the little because he was starting a new chapter in his life and getting married. they had a bishop marry them and then he presented a pair of rosary beads from the Pope. at one point in time they went in the wrong direction when they were praying to the statue of Mary they were supposed to go by the statue and not by the candles but that's okay we all
didn't care anyway we all were just so happy to see them get married. As predicted something did go wrong it wasn't a catastrophe but it could've been as I was in charge of ending the ceremony by being the last bridesmaid to leave the church I almost took my partner out with a church pew thank God I realized it before it was too late.
The next part consisted of a lot of pictures and they turned out all beautiful even the ones that I was in.
But the best part of the whole day was probably the reception. We got formally introduced as the bridal party and then Ottoman and then we were introduced for the first time as a married couple, and the crowd went wild of course their first dance was you're my best friend by Queen
Then they did then father daughter mother son dances complete with my mom crying I spend probably a good portion of the night on the dance floor I was part of the Conga line while technically I led the second half because they were moving so quick that I didn't want to run anybody over by turning up to speed on my wheelchair. We did the cha-cha slide and basically had a good time kid kind of like we were in the club there for a while but I'm pretty sure that everybody was dancing at least at one point.
Here's some pictures
<---Me in my bridesmaids outfit
<-- me and my partner for the wedding party Karl
<-- me with some of the bridesmaids
<-- wedding party plus the parents
There was only one thing that really bothered me no one from my father's family showed up. Our first cousin Joey was supposed to bring his wife Rhonda so I was really excited, he didn't show up but we really don't understand what happened since he said his RSVP card to say that he was going to attend the wedding.
Part of me feels really bad I really want to be a part of my father's family especially since he passed away but we've been hit by one major roadblock after another. But I guess it all evens out because I have a very close relationship to some of my distant cousins and when I mean distant I mean sixth cousins or further.
I'm seriously upset... it's no secret that I love the Yankees however I am seriously concerned that now their record is 17-17 which means that they're only winning 50% of their games. Which makes absolutely no sense 4 1/2 games out of first Boston in second place with only one game out so I am one pissed off Yankees fan..
Steinbrenner must be kicking himself right about now because the Dodgers are in first led by Joe Torre. The ex-manager of the New York Yankees because he fired Torre at the end of last season which made absolutely no sense because under his leadership we won seven championships 7/12 which is pretty good for a ballclub.