For those coming to the hotel, straight from
The parking for the day of the lunch is $16...guests just have to mention that they are here for the wedding. Overnight guests still will have the $35 parking, but at least it helps a little! :)
So that helps a bit.
from one of the job sites i frequent:
position: on-call wedding assistant
job description: the on-call wedding assistant will assist in the organization and execution of all weddings at (insert church name here). such duties include: assist in organizing and managing the bride, groom, family members, guests, ministers, florists, house staff, photographers, music, bridal party members, etc. address questions and problems from bridal party and family and monitor entrances to sanctuary to ensure wedding is not interrupted inappropriately. the right candidate will have exceptional organizational, interpersonal and communication skills, flexibility, physical stamina (8-10 hours running around on foot) and punctuality. please submit your resume to...blah, blah, blah.
i'm all for making money, but dude...
dude. there's a massive tv in our living room. i can't wait to play with all the buttons on the remote control. thank y'all so much...and i swear i had no idea wtf it was until it arrived this morning. i've been beating troy up all day b/c he knew and let me suffer all week...fucker. in troy's defense, though, i will say that this is payback for all the times he's tried to surprise me and failed b/c i always guess what the surprise is.
my sisters-in-law threw a shower for me today. a lingerie shower. considering the potential of freaknastiness that could have ensued, things were pretty tame -- the talk around the table was more raunchy than the gifts. which is ok b/c my family is in quasi-denial about us living in sin. and i got to bring home balloons! and barb got me a stuffed owl so i wouldn't threaten to steal hers. and i got to hang out with my friends and family and act silly...yay!
but dude. we have a new tv. wow. it's freakin' huge! and we'll organize some type of screening so you can all see the fruits of your labor.
help us answer this question: when is the whole "you're not supposed to see each other before the ceremony" thing start? we have rehearsal on friday evening and then we're gonna try to catch
nick's show. is it after rehearsal? after the show? midnight? does it even matter as long as i don't see him the morning of?if we manage to stay organized, we'll put up a list of urbantherapy wedding sanctioned activities...like gambling on thursday! all you out-of-towners hurry up and get here already -- who knows when we'll converge like this again?
It all started earlier this week, when we got a voicemail from ABT Electronics to "call and set up your delivery date" for smething bought by "Kimberly Miklusak and friends."
W. T. F.
So I call em up. I get a custmer service lady.
Me: I'd like to schedule a delivery. (gives my order number)
Her: All right. When do you want your TV delivered?
Me: ...
Her: Oh, it says here, "Do not tell customer what the item is."
Me: ...
Her: (pause)
Me: ...
Her: I am SO SORRY!
Me: Um...how about Saturday, then?
So I knew, only because of the fact that one lady couldn't read the oredr form right. I then called Kim and got the depth of the ruse: 20 people involved in buying a pimp-ass digital TV.
Damn.
We are absolutely blown away by the combined effort of our friends, and we are frigging awed by this bomb-ass TV.
Guess they'll be a Movie Night at some point. :)
"Are you nervous?"
I'm going to say it here and now, and I'm going to mean every word: I am, in no way, nervous. You're nervous if you're making a mistake, or if you're in a high pressure situation. I am in neither.
When I was a kid in Sunday School, they would always call on me to do the lesson recap in front of the church. It was a huge church, and this was my show businesss. Man, I'd bring it, and I'd remember Dad's lessons on elocution and not saying "..uh.." and what the lesson was about, and I had 'em shouting and amen-ing. I wasn't nervous then; why would I be nervous at an event in which all I'd have to do is repeat after the pastor and say "I do"? Does this make sense to anyone else?
If anything, I'm hype. We got people flying in from everywhere, and the only thing I'm afraid of is not being able to sit down with all of them and talk a bit and BS some before they have to go. I have the end of a family drama (hopefully), I have the beginnings of another, I got my road dogs backing me up, and I will be looking GOOD. Believe that.
So let it be known. I'm not nervous. Dammit.
i have decided that even if our flowers are the epitome of asshatness, i will not be very upset. my florist is a nice lady (she gave me her home number, for crying out loud) and with the prices she's giving me, complaining would be relatively stupid. i'll have troy add the flower costs to our running total once we get final numbers.
writing thank you notes are fun. i say that now b/c i only did a half-dozen or so. troy made me promise to use better than my normal handwriting, so if you get a note and you can actually read what it says, you have him to thank. i cannot promise such miracles for anything i write after tonight. my handwriting is craptastic -- all i can do is try to make sure i spelled stuff correctly.
if you waited till the last minute to book your hotel room like
someone we know, you've probably discovered that our room block is sold out. if you want to stay at the hotel, your best (read=cheapest) bet would be to bunk with someone who has a room already and share the costs, or at least give them a few dollars towards the room bill. y'all can work that out amongst yourselves.as for the drunken debauchery on saturday night -- troy and i have decided to be gracious enough to host y'all in our suite. final details will be worked out that weekend, once we know where everyone is in terms of room numbers and whatnot.
the sears gift mystery has been solved, by the way. and in case you need a reminder, we're registered
here, here, and here. we also have individual wish lists set up on amazon for your shopping pleasure and convenience.First off, due to their demands, I finally have the best men text up.
We had pre-marriage counseling yesterday, and it was, well, funny. The counseling itself wasn't funny, but the events surrounding it were. We'll probably throw up a synopsis on the main page at some point..
Anyway, we don't seem so, but we're both semi-religious (e more so than I) and it was important to get, well, the heavenly opine. We went to her church and visited with the officiant, who's been her pastor for a LONG time.
Under normal circumstances, there is a series of counseling sessions: at least three sessions of "go home, think about this, write it down, and bring it back." However, since we were a bit late with getting this out the way, we had "express counseling."
So what ultimately happened was that he brought some things to our attention; things, he said, to remember after the glitz and shine of the wedding is over and the marriage thang starts up. He started us by asking why we wanted to get married, and read some Bible verses that deal with the relationship husband and wife are supposed to have.
One verse in particular, is one of those oft-quoted-out-of-context joints: "The wife must submit to her husband."
Oooh.
But what the Bible Belt asses don't bother reading is the verse before that, which says that a husband and wife must submit to each other. Its kinda hard to justify a screwed-up philosophy by including the WHOLE thing, isn't it?
Have I mentioned we do this already? Not tooting our own horn, but a relationship as emotionally and psychologically screwy as ours would have gotten nowhere if we hadn't talked about everything. There have been some conversations that are uncomfortable for sure, and we expect more to come, but we see enough examples in our parents and people we know and/or love to know that simply not talking about it doesn't make it go away.
So, that was that.
Hey, two weeks to go...
would the person(s) who bought us a certain something from the sears gift registry be so kind as to e-mail us? we got a fantabulous gift today, but we have no idea who to thank! your assistance is greatly appreciated. :-)
the deadline to reserve your room for the wedding is thursday, july 10th. if you haven't booked yet, the hell are you waiting for? a special invitation or something? :P
also, if you know you're coming or even if you know you're not coming and you haven't mailed that handy SASE with your rsvp card, take a few seconds, fill it now, and pretty please put it in the mail. mail the card even if you've called or e-mailed us to say that you're coming or not coming. and thank you to those of you that have called/emailed your rsvp's, and a giant thank you to everyone who's mailed their rsvp's in. yay for y'all! :-)
seriously, though...if you know you're coming and you know you're staying at the hotel and you know you haven't reserved a room yet, do it now. info on how to book a room is below.
For the convenience of our guests, we have reserved a block of rooms at the Hyatt Regency Chicago for the weekend. The hotel is located at 151 E. Wacker Drive, just off the Magnificent Mile. The rooms are reserved for Thursday, July 31st until Monday, August 4th.
The special rate for the room is $108/night for single or double occupancy. All room rates are subject to state, local and any occupancy taxes in effect at the time of the wedding, currently at 14.9%.
To make your reservation, please call the Hyatt Regency Chicago Reservation Department at 312-565-1234 or toll-free at 800-223-1234. Rooms within this block cannot be reserved online, so calling is the only way to guarantee a room at the special nightly rate. Tell the person on the phone that you’d like to reserve a room for the duration of your stay. Mention the group rate and the House/Hunter wedding room block. If they are unable to find the block, then have them check under the UrbanTherapy wedding room block. The deadline to book your room with the group rate is Thursday, July 10th. There are no guarantees that you will be able to reserve a room after this date.
Please contact us once you have made your reservation, or if you encounter any problems while booking your room. Enjoy your stay!
it's weird enough that people are actually coming to this thing, but people actually wanna give us presents! who knew? since folks have been asking, here's info on where we're registered and all that.
targetand we both have wish lists at amazon.com.
and the cool favors i ordered for the reception will be here soon.
if you're reading this and you haven't mailed your rsvp, please do so right now. i mean it.