1) I like this personal private message board thingy. I think it's great, and we should have been doing this anyway, all along.
2) I am just getting over being sicker than I've been for a good long while. and hopefully it will be a good long while before I get sick like that again. I hardly got out of bed all day on Friday, and I didn't check it, because I didn't know where the thermometer was, but I'm willing to bet my fever was 103-104 or so. I began to recover when Devin got home and put me in the cold bathtub. Sucky sucky suck. I felt like I was never going to get better and I was going to die. It was awful.
3) Then Devin and I got in a big fight, partly because I was getting over being sick, and still exhausted from not eating and super emotional from being so tired, and I freaked out on him. Then he freaked out back. Then we both kind of freaked out at the possibility I might be freaking out because I could be pregnant. (I'm not, don't worry). But then we talked and said sorry and made up.
4) so, all in all July has been a pretty stressful month for me. WTF? I'm supposed to be on summer vacation. (vacation being the key term). But between getting in wood, 200 bales of hay, trying to get our biodiesel processor going, Devin looking for a new job, me having a laser procedure done on my right leg, then both of us getting sick, it's been altogether more difficult than the school year! man!
5) So back to what we're supposed to be talking about.
Food: we will get catered. which will be difficult for us, especially Devin. Right now, we're thinking either pig roast with some veggy option, or indian buffet. My only reservation is the Indian place I'm considering has good food, but I always eat too much then feel like I have to lay down.
Cake. I found this online:
I frickin' LOVE Totoro. I also found a recipe for green tea flavored cake. I'm gonna try it out and maybe have somebody local do the cake.... (unless the Betty Crocker of Isle Au Haut wants to step up to the plate... :) ) Or maybe we'll do it, I have no idea. Also, Devin's family always makes a Devil's food cake with this special white frosting that was his grandmother's recipe for all get-togethers and special occasions, so I'm pretty sure we'll have one involved at some point. I always loved the whoopie pie thing you told me about your sister's wedding. I always though of Big G's whoopie pies, too, yum.
I'm seriously considering going to Seattle over my February break for a couple of days. We'll see how it goes.
The other thing I thought of recently was: Where the hell are people going to stay? Then I looked online on craigslist and stuff to find out how much people's camps rent for around here. It wouldn't be unreasonable to get a camp large enough for 10 for $1000-$1500 for a week. Which isn't too bad when you break it down! could be kinda fun. And of course anyone who wants to can camp in the yard, sleep in the hay loft, etc. :)
Oh yeah- Devin is also secretly way more traditional than I am. When I said I wanted to have Guitar Hero at the reception he was like "no way." I think he thinks his relatives, especially his dad's side, I think, will think it's stupid or something. So, in order to appease the Shepard side of the family, the schedule may get more complicated and instead of your usual:
"Ceremony, Reception/Meal Thing/Dancing/Whatever."
We may have to get expanded to include:
"Ceremony, Traditional Reception/Meal/Light Drinks/Croquet & Badminton, followed by Bad Ass Afterparty with Karaoke, Guitar Hero and General Good Times."
Don't know if the Shepards approve. Whatev. They can go home for that. *insert me rolling my eyes here- you all know what that looks like* And I know that the vast majority of the Sammons/Munroe Clan would be seriously bummed to miss out on the Bad Ass Afterparty.
I'll suck it up and act like a lady for Devin for his family for the afternoon, as long as I get to party with my peeps after. We can rock it both ways.
holy s. longest post ever. thanks chicas. love you!!! mwah. McS
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