The World Surrounding Me

We did our first cake tasting yesterday, and wow, are there a lot of choices. I thought it might be fun and beneficial to get the input of some other people about what combinations they might like — rather than just picking our favorites and hoping everybody else goes along! We’ve already asked our parents [...]

One of our registries lists the number of days until the big event. I see that as of today, we’re down to 99 days. Wow.

What to say, what to say? A few of you have asked if we’re registered. We are. In fact, we’re registered with no fewer than four fine retailers. Lots of cool stuff there, as well as a few very random things. What can I say? The awesome power of the bar code scanner went to [...]

I just posted a message to our little mailing list which contains so many of our friends who usually go to Cornestone Music Festival with us each summer. I thought I might post some of those thoughts here, too, because Cornerstone occupies a significant spot in our lives and our relationship. Cornerstone is a music [...]

If you are thinking about coming for our wedding, please watch the site for hotel lists to be posted soon. I’m touring a hotels over the next few days and will then post the names of the hotel(s) that are offering a special rate. With Austin being such a large city, we’re working hard to [...]

I think we’re in a weird part of the wedding planning cycle. There’s definitely a lot going on, but we haven’t really finalized anything yet. We’re pretty sure we’ve chosen a caterer, but we haven’t signed a contract. We’ve done research on photographers, but we haven’t made a final decision. We think we know where [...]

For any Austinites who are reading our blog… If you’ve gotten married around here (or just know about this stuff) and have recommendations for services or professionals to use or avoid, please write a comment to this post. We’ve done some research, but would be open to suggestions on any of these: Florists Hotels for [...]

Today is my parent’s anniversary, and my grandparent’s anniversary too (as well as a few other relatives in my dad’s line). As a child it was an easy day to remember — mainly because for most of our time in Madison, either Dad or Dad & Steve & I were playing in the municipal band, [...]

Here’s a tip: if your fiance’ emails you a link to potential honeymoon destinations on a Monday morning, don’t read it right then. At least, not if you value productivity. I went from “fired up, gonna set the world on fire” to “I wanna go to Bora Bora!” in eight seconds flat.

Becky tells me that it’s official – our wedding date is October 7th. We’ve signed the contract with the location, paid the twelve different deposits, and secured the date. Good to have that nailed down. Meanwhile, more planning is ongoing. I’m looking at narrowing down the list of potential photographers to two or three that [...]