Sigh

Thesis not going well. More later.

One year down...

Last weekend my husband and I celebrated one whole year of marital bliss. Saturday was a beautiful Minnesota October day, just like our wedding day, so we took the dog out to breakfast (ok, he had to stay in the car) at Coffee News Café. After a long relaxing breakfast surrounded by a bunch of bohemian Macalester college students, and one group of women loudly discussing the evil that is Tim Pawlenty, we went to a little park on the river banks. It was stunning. Across the river was the Minneapolis neighborhood where my husband used to live before I converted him. The trees wove a dense curtain of bright orange and gold, it was breathtaking. Nearby, a crew was setting up for a wedding. I am always so happy for the couple when I see a wedding on a gorgeous fall day.

On our wedding day, I decided at the last minute that 50 degrees would be too chilly for the guests and we moved the wedding inside. It turned out fine, the room was beautiful and romantic, and later that night our guests did seem to enjoy the patio.

They say that your wedding day goes by in a blur, but I remember every second. My friends Anna and Therese spent the night, and in the morning our friend Marnie (who took the lovely photos on our site) brought over coffee. It was a wonderfully relaxing way to start the day. The ceremony itself was approximately 8 minutes, exactly how we wanted it. We stood under a Huppa that my mother made, and our friend John sang Crazy Love.

One of the highlights of the reception was the signature cocktails, Mojitos and Cosmos representing our wedding colors, for which our friend Brett stayed up and squeezed 846,700,192 limes. People still talk about those cosmos. I got one sip before having to put my glass down to hug someone, but that’s how it goes. The kids took over the dance floor, so months of picking out just the right mix of Prince, old Michael Jackson, and Frank Sinatra was not as appreciated as I had hoped, but now we have great mixed tapes for our children’s bar mitzvahs.

It was perfection, start to finish. Our friends and family worked hard to make it so. This past year has been no less. It has also been very busy, which might explain why after a full year we still do not have our professional photos up on our site. But like Rand says, what is time? I've been too busy smelling the roses to worry about stuff like that.

Thank you all for indulging me on this little trip down memory lane.

Oh yeah, and Lit 6 tonight! Rock on!