Today has been a good day. I finished the revisions on our IJSE piece in the morning, sent them off to my co-authors for approval before formal submission next week, and flitted about the apartment doing some much needed tidying and organizing ( Read more... )

My grandma decided to give us the cedar hope chest that my grandfather gave her for Christmas the year they got married as a wedding gift. Cory and I met up at her place with my mom today to go through its contents and take it home. It is *gorgeous*, but it needed more than a little love. We thought it was going to need a full sanding and re- ( Read more... )

I think this is just about how our honeymoon is going to go. Hee ( Read more... )

Dear Bi-polar Weather Forecast Genie:

Please, please, please do not let the skies open up in torrential downpours of biblical proportions tomorrow afternoon during our scheduled engagement photo shoot. Two of the three scenes are supposed to be outdoors, and we'd really like to get this taken care of before we have to pack all of our clothes for ( Read more... )

Cory and I went to our Pre-Cana session yesterday. We had been warned by a few folks that the day would range from unproductive to full-fledged, fire-and-brimstone condemnation, and I am pleased to report that our experience was very positive. Our group was led by Holly and Bob, a couple from the area who has been married for thirty-seven years. ( ( Read more... )

Last night Cory and I were watching Hot Fuzz at his place when the movie stopped abruptly, about three minutes from the end, right at the climax of the storyline. Doh! Nexflix fail. We hopped in the car and dashed to Hollywood Video. No luck. But, they called the location on the other side of town, and they claimed to have it in the store. So, we ( Read more... )

Cory and I finally got the church, priest, family schedules, and reception venue coordinated today and we set a date. We're getting married on November 21, 2009 at 10:30 A.M. at Christ the King Church in Albany. OMGSOEXCITED!

The best part is that it's starting to feel real. :)

On Fridat morning my mom and I went to the outlet mall to find a dress for Cory's cousin's wedding next month. I found one, but what I didn't expect was that I would also find my wedding dress (at BCBG of all places!) Needless to say, it's not exactly a traditional gown, but we're not a particularly traditional couple, so that seems to work for us ( Read more... )

The weekend in Toronto was amazing! On Friday we arrived at Cory's mom's place in Shannonville just in time for a delcious dinner. We spent a pleasant evening catching up with his mom and stepdad. We were beat, and after some Canadian 11:00 news we went to bed ( Read more... )