I write a blog? Really?
Sorry, everyone, for being a big slacker in the blog writing department. It seemed like things with the wedding planning were slowing down, but, every day now, things seem to be picking up steam once again.
Tomorrow will be exactly two months until we get married, and I can't believe that it simultaneously feels like it should be a lot closer and a lot further away. Even more mind blowing, I will be moving to Boston and in with Justin in less than a month. After three years of driving back and forth and only seeing each other a few times a month, that's just amazing!
So, as you can imagine, it is a crazy time to be me. In addition to all that goes in to being a bride-to-be, I'm moving to a new city and leaving behind a job, friends, and family that I love. There are days where I want to just curl up in a ball and cry, but for the most part, I'm very excited! Justin has been - and always is - amazingly supportive and can make me laugh when I'd rather not, so even the stressful days wind up being not so bad!
That's all for now. I'll try to post more as the "big day" gets closer and closer!
Monday, May 31, 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
SURPRISED!!!
Hi, Family and Friends!
So, as all of you probably know, yesterday was my bridal shower - and boy, was I surprised! I did start to get a little suspicious when my tee shirt wearing future husband put on a sweater and cologne, but I chalked it up to my bridal craziness. I thought April was too early, and so I didn't pack my "shower dress" as planned. Luckily, I wore the dress I bought as a bathing suit cover up for our mini moon. :)
Justin, you're amazing for keeping that secret from me in the face of pet sitting AND baby sitting plans. You're wonderful for packing my car, then unpacking it, then packing your car to drive all of the gifts for our future to our future home. Thank you for being amazing and the love of my life!
Bridesmaids, THANK YOU!!! for all your hard work on my shower! I loved every single moment of it! You're amazing women and I love you!!!
Donna and Elaine, thanks for traveling from Maine! :) and Momma, thank you for flying up from sunny Florida to less than sunny New York. And Pat, I know how much work you did behind the scenes - thank you for every minute of it!
Everyone, you made me feel loved, and blessed, and like the luckiest woman on Earth. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I love you all very much!
Link to pictures
So, as all of you probably know, yesterday was my bridal shower - and boy, was I surprised! I did start to get a little suspicious when my tee shirt wearing future husband put on a sweater and cologne, but I chalked it up to my bridal craziness. I thought April was too early, and so I didn't pack my "shower dress" as planned. Luckily, I wore the dress I bought as a bathing suit cover up for our mini moon. :)
Justin, you're amazing for keeping that secret from me in the face of pet sitting AND baby sitting plans. You're wonderful for packing my car, then unpacking it, then packing your car to drive all of the gifts for our future to our future home. Thank you for being amazing and the love of my life!
Bridesmaids, THANK YOU!!! for all your hard work on my shower! I loved every single moment of it! You're amazing women and I love you!!!
Donna and Elaine, thanks for traveling from Maine! :) and Momma, thank you for flying up from sunny Florida to less than sunny New York. And Pat, I know how much work you did behind the scenes - thank you for every minute of it!
Everyone, you made me feel loved, and blessed, and like the luckiest woman on Earth. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I love you all very much!
Link to pictures
Monday, March 22, 2010
Hmm...ummm...hi!
Hi Family and Friends,
Sorry it's been over a month since I've written anything! But even now, I'm not sure what to write about. Wedding things have really settled down for now. I can think of a few things we still need to do - find a place to alter my dress, glue together the parts of our invitations, finally decide on a table arrangement - but I have to admit I'm not feeling at all stressed about the wedding. I'm feeling terrified about finding a new job, and avoiding applying to grad school entirely, but I know that I have to do both of those things. Maybe the weather going from beautiful to rainy will give me more time inside of work on those very scary things.
As for Justin, he's just his awesome self. And he's also building an awesome remote control car. :)
And that is all for now. I promise to write again soon-er than a month from now!
Sorry it's been over a month since I've written anything! But even now, I'm not sure what to write about. Wedding things have really settled down for now. I can think of a few things we still need to do - find a place to alter my dress, glue together the parts of our invitations, finally decide on a table arrangement - but I have to admit I'm not feeling at all stressed about the wedding. I'm feeling terrified about finding a new job, and avoiding applying to grad school entirely, but I know that I have to do both of those things. Maybe the weather going from beautiful to rainy will give me more time inside of work on those very scary things.
As for Justin, he's just his awesome self. And he's also building an awesome remote control car. :)
And that is all for now. I promise to write again soon-er than a month from now!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Another snow day, another blog update...
Hi Everyone :)
We got our invitations! Yay! For some reason, this has been particularly exciting for me. First, because I designed and order them all online, I had never seen them in person before they arrived. The box came on Thursday, and I wanted to wait until I was with Justin in Boston on Friday to open them, and so that night I had a nightmare about the invitations being the completely wrong colors. Not the case! They are perfect and I love them. Justin loves them, too, but he isn't quite as exuberant about them. Secondly, I think this somehow solidifies that we're getting married! Yay, wedding!
I believe we've come to a decision about cupcakes, and have decided to go with the Monkey Business Bakery. The baker/owner was more flexible, more punctual, and we just liked her better than the person we met at Two Fat Cats. And the price was right. Yay, cupcakes!
On Saturday, we went to Bed, Bath, and Beyond to set up a registry. That was a little overwhelming, and tiring, and a little weird because the very frugal "Team Roy" feels awkward about requesting gifts, so we'll cover it up by referring to ourselves in the third person ;)
Hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day! We enjoyed our low maintenance, awesome card exchanging, corn hole playing, movie watching day - our one and only Valentine's Day as fiance and fiancee! :)
We got our invitations! Yay! For some reason, this has been particularly exciting for me. First, because I designed and order them all online, I had never seen them in person before they arrived. The box came on Thursday, and I wanted to wait until I was with Justin in Boston on Friday to open them, and so that night I had a nightmare about the invitations being the completely wrong colors. Not the case! They are perfect and I love them. Justin loves them, too, but he isn't quite as exuberant about them. Secondly, I think this somehow solidifies that we're getting married! Yay, wedding!
I believe we've come to a decision about cupcakes, and have decided to go with the Monkey Business Bakery. The baker/owner was more flexible, more punctual, and we just liked her better than the person we met at Two Fat Cats. And the price was right. Yay, cupcakes!
On Saturday, we went to Bed, Bath, and Beyond to set up a registry. That was a little overwhelming, and tiring, and a little weird because the very frugal "Team Roy" feels awkward about requesting gifts, so we'll cover it up by referring to ourselves in the third person ;)
Hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day! We enjoyed our low maintenance, awesome card exchanging, corn hole playing, movie watching day - our one and only Valentine's Day as fiance and fiancee! :)
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Snow Day = No Excuse
Hi all,
Sorry I've been slacking in the blog writing department. I seem to have lost my motivation - hopefully, I'll find it soon....
Bridesmaids' dresses have been ordered! The ladies and I wound up agreeing on a long, strapless satin dress that everyone looks lovely in!!! I can't thank my favorite ladies enough for being awesome bridesmaids! Everyone was helpful, awesome, cooperative, and got along famously! We had so much fun that we didn't want to split up and go home.
The cupcakes aren't chosen yet. Justin and I went to two bakeries last weekend, The Monkey Business Bakery in South Berwick, and Two Fat Cats in Portland. At Monkey Business, the baker/owner, Nicole, was very friendly and obviously very talented. The pictures of her cakes were amazing! Total "Ace of Cakes" material. The cake was tasty and we left very happy. At Two Fat Cats, we were a little put off by an unmentioned "tasting fee," but the cake was delicious. We were given three samples with fruit filling, and it was outrageously delicious. Did I mention it was delicious? So, we shall see what quotes we get before we make a choice based on taste, friendliness, and cost.
I have a whole bunch of applications for graduate school - Boston University, UMASS Boston, Simmons College, and Lesley University. I also have a deferred acceptance to Boston College from last year. I handed out my recommendation forms to the awesome people at work who accepted my pleas of filling them out (Don't worry, Beth - I saved one for you!). I'm not looking forward to writing essays and filling out forms, but I'm hoping being home all day today will make me so bored I don't know what else to do!
The trolley idea has been abandoned - it's an extra cost for everyone that we understand is just too much. We're re-thinking the after party idea. Current ideas include going back to the Rhumb Line Inn, where Jim and Donna, Dad and Pat, and various aunts, uncles, and friends have booked their rooms. We'll keep you posted, as always, with blog posts :)
Be well, everyone! More the next time I can find the motivation!
Sorry I've been slacking in the blog writing department. I seem to have lost my motivation - hopefully, I'll find it soon....
Bridesmaids' dresses have been ordered! The ladies and I wound up agreeing on a long, strapless satin dress that everyone looks lovely in!!! I can't thank my favorite ladies enough for being awesome bridesmaids! Everyone was helpful, awesome, cooperative, and got along famously! We had so much fun that we didn't want to split up and go home.
The cupcakes aren't chosen yet. Justin and I went to two bakeries last weekend, The Monkey Business Bakery in South Berwick, and Two Fat Cats in Portland. At Monkey Business, the baker/owner, Nicole, was very friendly and obviously very talented. The pictures of her cakes were amazing! Total "Ace of Cakes" material. The cake was tasty and we left very happy. At Two Fat Cats, we were a little put off by an unmentioned "tasting fee," but the cake was delicious. We were given three samples with fruit filling, and it was outrageously delicious. Did I mention it was delicious? So, we shall see what quotes we get before we make a choice based on taste, friendliness, and cost.
I have a whole bunch of applications for graduate school - Boston University, UMASS Boston, Simmons College, and Lesley University. I also have a deferred acceptance to Boston College from last year. I handed out my recommendation forms to the awesome people at work who accepted my pleas of filling them out (Don't worry, Beth - I saved one for you!). I'm not looking forward to writing essays and filling out forms, but I'm hoping being home all day today will make me so bored I don't know what else to do!
The trolley idea has been abandoned - it's an extra cost for everyone that we understand is just too much. We're re-thinking the after party idea. Current ideas include going back to the Rhumb Line Inn, where Jim and Donna, Dad and Pat, and various aunts, uncles, and friends have booked their rooms. We'll keep you posted, as always, with blog posts :)
Be well, everyone! More the next time I can find the motivation!
Monday, February 1, 2010
6 Months to Go!!!!
Hi all,
I had planned to write a nice long blog about dresses, and cake, and invitations today, but I'm too tired from Operation: Feeling Hot by August (AKA my time at the gym). So for tonight, all I can say is...
I'LL BE MRS. ROY IN SIX MONTHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Justin will still be Justin Roy, but I get a cool new name - I totally win ;)
I can't wait to marry the love of my life! More about all the other fun stuff soon.
PS My bridesmaids are the BEST. You can all hear all about it very, very soon.
I had planned to write a nice long blog about dresses, and cake, and invitations today, but I'm too tired from Operation: Feeling Hot by August (AKA my time at the gym). So for tonight, all I can say is...
I'LL BE MRS. ROY IN SIX MONTHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Justin will still be Justin Roy, but I get a cool new name - I totally win ;)
I can't wait to marry the love of my life! More about all the other fun stuff soon.
PS My bridesmaids are the BEST. You can all hear all about it very, very soon.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Trolleys, anyone?
Justin and I have been kicking around an idea, but we need your input - pretty please!
If a trolley was available to take you to and from the wedding (directly from your hotel), would you be interested? Cost would be approximately $25 to $30 per person.
The thought is that this could eliminate the need for some designated drivers, and would allow for large-group mobility if we have an "after reception gathering." :)
Kennebunkport is pretty small, and we don't think taxis will be an option.
Thank you in advance for your response! Either here or to ms.follette@gmail.com
If a trolley was available to take you to and from the wedding (directly from your hotel), would you be interested? Cost would be approximately $25 to $30 per person.
The thought is that this could eliminate the need for some designated drivers, and would allow for large-group mobility if we have an "after reception gathering." :)
Kennebunkport is pretty small, and we don't think taxis will be an option.
Thank you in advance for your response! Either here or to ms.follette@gmail.com
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