quick survey...

to everyone who has gotten married or really knows wedding ettiquette:

are we suppose to include the professional photographer and assistant photographer in our headcount for food? is it any different if it's a buffet vs. plated? or if the photographer is required to travel from a ceremony site to a reception site?

we hired our photographer for 6 hours (8:30-2:30pm)...and the ceremony and reception are at the same place...do they get time off to eat the reception food?

get stuff done

[gw] Man, 11 days and counting now. Woke up early this morning so Yvonne and I could go down to the county office to get the marriage license. $41 and took 5 minutes. Went right up to the desk and was probably the nicest county office I've seen. They had flat screen lcds and good cable management in the ceilings. Very nice.

This past Memorial Day weekend was full of last minute wedding stuff. Last night, more things kept popping up in my head. I think I was just shouting them to Yvonne while she was working on the slideshow. Don't remember. . . still a few things left, and need to organize all the things that we delegated off so everyone understands the responsibilities.

Anyways, for all you guys that had weddings recently and registered for Calphalon products. Here's a good deal to get some extra items. Yvonne really liked the baking pan that I've gotten already. Calphalon deal.

reception music

[gw] I'm collecting some songs to be played during the reception. As well as dance music you prefer. If you want to suggest something, leave a comment. No promises, but I'll try my best.

props

[yk] gotta give props to my wonderful fiance...

i'm amazingly not really stressed at all because i feel like we've gotten a lot of the last minute wedding stuff out of the way. normally around this time (1-2 weeks before the wedding), my friends are usually stressed because they have to buy gifts for helpers and attendants, do table assignments, make placecards, print programs, etc. well because i always view these things as "last minute" things to do, i was going to save them for the last minute also. but gordon would not let that happen...he "encouraged" me to get these things done earlier or he did them himself so that we wouldn't be stressed in the end. though he stressed me out at the time, i am relieved now that almost all of those things are done...all that's left is tying up a few loose ends and making our slideshow! yes, we're making our own slideshow...we're control freaks...

i can't believe i'm getting married in 18 days!!

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Wedding update - working on table assignments now. If you haven't rsvp'd, please do so! I created an excel spreadsheet that allows you to see the number of people at a table. It's pretty nifty. Let me know if you want it for those of you about to do table assignments. How did most of you do it? pen and paper?

31 days - the countdown

[gw] So I'm surprsingly calm . . . even though our wedding is 31 days away. We've gotten caught up and got a lot of things done. Invitations sent out, layout of table and chairs, program designed, gifts bought, menu decided, cakes ordered, deposits paid.

Just need to make the favors, finalize floral arrangements, assemble programs, couple more purchases left to make, make the slideshow.

The only thing left. . . to get married. :) whoop!

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you know wedding stress has gotten to you when...

[yk] when you wake up in a panic because you had a nightmare that kind of went like this:

It was my wedding day. I was in the dressing room, waiting for my friend, Suemy, to bring my wedding dress (because she was in charge of bringing it). I wasn't at Villa Antonia though...it was at some chapel. The wedding was still scheduled for 10:00am, but for some reason, all of the guests had gotten there really early...like at 8:30am!! So they were sitting around wondering why we were so late. Well it was 9am and none of my bridesmaids were there yet and I couldn't get a hold of them. But for some reason, Suemy's fiance Chae was there early. I asked Chae if he could go back and check on Suemy because I really needed my dress. He said maybe...if I paid him. I thought to myself, "Man, I always thought Chae was nice...what happened?" So I offered $20 and he said no. Then I offered $30 and he said no. Then I offered $50 and he said ok. So he goes off to find Suemy and eventually comes back with Suemy and my dress and the rest of my bridesmaids. Well by then, we only had a few minutes to get ready (makeup and hair wasn't done yet). And when we were ready to walk out...everyone had left =(. Then I woke up...

I think I had this nightmare because Gordon and I are recently feeling the burden of planning and coordinating our own wedding. We didn't really ask a friend to be our wedding coordinator...so we've been having to send out emails to the wedding party about duties, scheduling, and stuff. And we've been spending hours and hours online trying to find the cheapest square glass vases...or ribbon...or fabric. So we finally broke down and asked for help...and what a relief it is to know that we have friends that are so willing to help.

But things are slowly coming together...and we can't believe it's only about 1 month away!! Thanks for your prayers thus far...we can never receive too much prayer...and boy do we need it! =)