Worst Case Scenario

Today, the kids I was watching during the TAKS test were done pretty quickly, so I found myself with some time on my hands. I decided to start reading a book that my friend Stacy sent me as a birthday present back in February. This book is called The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Weddings.

I only wish I had started to read this back in December, before Tamara's mom offered to pay for the wedding, because this book starts with some very handy tips for raising money for the wedding, including:

--Holding a raffle, giving guests a chance to ride in the limo to the reception or even to join the honeymoon.

--Speculating which items from the registry would be bought as gifts, and selling them in advance on ebay.

--Procuring sponsors -- This dance is brought to you by Elliot's Hardware! Now it's time for the vows, presented by Domino's Pizza!

--Selling naming rights for first children, preferred seating at the reception, and/or dances with the bride and groom.

I also know now not to worry if any of these situations occurs:

--The DJ's equipment breaks down -- we can always get a few wedding guests to become a jug band.

--Someone starts to give a bad toast -- I'll just act drunk and call the person "Uncle Morty" as I grab the mic from them.

--Excessive flatulence -- in that case, I'll just do what I always do. Blame my brother.

So worry not, folks! No matter what happens on July 2nd, we will survive!

Thanks, Stacy, for the great gift.

Food, glorious food!

Friday night was the big food tasting at the Ashton Depot, where the magic is going to happen on July 2nd.

So at the very least, we can now say that, no matter what else might happen that evening -- family drama, cold feet, poor dancing, electrical blackouts, hail of locusts -- no matter what, we will be eating GOOOOOOOOD in the neighborhood.

We were presented with several different menu items -- appetizers, salads, entrees, and hors' d' ouevres. All of which were awesome, but we had to narrow the selection down. It was hard to choose, but we ultimately accomplished our goal, and had fun getting stuffed while doing it.

To all of you who are coming to the wedding, just be prepared to do a LOT of dancing, because you'll need to, just to work off all that food!

We Are Registered!!!

For those curious minds who are dying to know what these two crazy teachers might want, go check out Williams Sonoma and Macy's. These are the places we are officially registered.

UPDATE (May 15): We are also now registered at Bed, Bath, and Beyond.

If you don't feel like leaving the house, just go to their websites.

http://www.williams-sonoma.com/

http://www.macys.com/

http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/

The honeymoon is set!

Our destination is secured! We will feel as if we are going on one leg of The Amazing Race as we tour scenic Turks and Caicos!

Not to be confused with Turkey, Turkmeinistan, or Turducken, Turks and Caicos is a lovely little island SE of Miami and north of Haiti. Tamara and I hope to be total bums and just soak up the local atmosphere.

This will be my first time to an island other than Treasure Island at Disney World!

We Are Down to only 3 Months!!!

Tomorrow is officially 3 months to go till the big event. Over spring break me and some very special girls headed to the Big Easy for some BIG FUN! So it is a little early for the Bachlorette party, but it's my party and I can do what I want to. I will not tell what happened down there, but hurricans were drunk and plenty of yummy food eaten.

Also big news, my dress has come in and I have had my first fitting. The dress was a perfect fit. I only needed the length taken up and the bustle put in. Sorry no pictures of that. Can't let John see.