I will admit that I only had input on a handful of vendors we used for the wedding. I'm not positive whether that's a good or a bad thing. Probably a mix. Some things, like flowers or a harpist, I couldn't offer any valuable input on anyway so involving me seemed like a waste of time for the people who needed to be involved (Erin and her mother ( Read more... )

While we ended up booking a place really quickly, it felt like it took a long time and it felt like we waited forever to look. Fortunately for us, we only looked at 1 place. We planned to do this with her parents. Erin spent a few weeks looking on-line for places to go and found way more castles than I ever knew there were in New England. She ( Read more... )

That's an exaggeration, but weddings sure do cost a lot even when you don't pay for the most expensive piece. That's not the point of this though. I have some free time so I figured I would finally write out my abridged version of how I went from a beach in Nahant on July 4, 2007 to a beach in Mexico on August 19, 2008. By the time I'm done I ( Read more... )

Just a quick post from Mexico. Having fun. I like doing nothing. Pyramids are big. Pool bars are VERY useful. I will be in three different countries in a 24 hour span later this week, that´s kind of fun ( Read more... )

Tried to come up with a funny caption for this but nothing seemed quite right. I'm sure the town of Gloucester won't be hanging pictures of their appearance in Time Magazine at city hall anytime soon.http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,

If you or anyone you know would be interested in these, please forward this listing along to them. I'm not a fan of these doors but I've been told they are reasonably expensive if you buy them at stores.

http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/hsh/702322501.html

We now have a washer and dryer. For the first time in my life I OWN a washer and a dryer. That's kind of fun in a not really fun at all way. It's nice though, I like it ( Read more... )

So between 7:00 and 9:00 tonight we went from a plan of me installing low end laminate flooring while Erin's father supervised me and carpeting getting installed in the 3 bedrooms upstairs...ummm...somehow...to a company installing all of it for us, with reasonably nice laminate flooring and really nice carpeting. We're spending about $1,200 more ( Read more... )

I think I love hockey again!

Erin's worst nightmare is coming true: I'm watching hockey.

I haven't gotten totally into it yet, but I can see how it could happen. I think she's going to be really happy that we got that second TV for the sports room...I mean the office...which will be painted burnt orange (aka Longhorn orange).