and she says i wrote too much/should lay off about the seriousness..and i quote, "guys are more scared of getting married than girls are" i just nodded and let it go. i'm not going to be some subservient woman so i can catch a man.
still in orientation mode. kids come tomorrow and things really get rolling. otherwise not much too say. overwhelmed by the amount of work i will have, but since i don't yet have it there's not much i can do or much worth worrying over. not being late and not falling asleep while the kids are there are my goals to focus on for the next two days. then i get to go back to the beach! for the kriglin bachlorette weekend. should be fun-minus the driving.
ok for the couple of you that want details of my past weekend's adventures. the wedding and festivities were really fun. the invitations and guest bags and personalization were over the top (at the wedding they took our picture as we walked in and then printed them on chocolate frames that we got as gifts and if the out of town gift bag was a bunch of chocolate including a covered oreo with their picture on it (the same one from the stamps from the save the date)). there was soooo much food. more and more at each event. a chocolate fountain-basically big fondue, lorie's little cousin had a blast with that. all was kosher catered-meat, even though matt is a strict veggie.
the reception had individualized printed menus and roses at each seat folded into the napkin. it was gorgeous, white flowers everywhere, 5 different types of center pieces. 9 piece band, plus a 4 piece band for the jew music times.
at the rehearsal dinner they rented these electric boats that were big around the harbor down there and went around the harbor. we of course took our drink down to the boat but didn't bring bacup for when we drained those, but have no fear we drove past the house of someone seth (matt's friend from home) knew and so we pulled over and got a bunch of beer from their keg and then travelled on off the rest of the ride, listening to their wedding cd-multiple copies of which were in the boat. the whole color scheme was kinda sage green and white.
the family we stayed with was awesome. made us excellent breakfasts, took us walking down to the ocean-to great views of the oil rigs and grasshoppers. every-time i thought, hmm i could live here i thought or not, this oil drilling is really off putting and remembering all the car usage and such.
for part of lorie's bachlorette party we went to hungiton beach- very oc i was told. it felt so stereotypical socal. i was in culture shock.
hmm more details matt looked live elvis in his white tux. her dress was gorgeous, strapless, layers of ruffles and roses that bunched up the ruffles, but so much better than that sounds. they didn't see each other for the week before (as is traditional) but they were at all the same pre events which was a little crazy b/c they had to avoid each other or keep turning heads and i think thought about each other more as they had to think about avoiding each other.
matt's great uncle izzy is awesome, he used to play with joe dimaggio, or as he leaned in and jokingly said the one who married marilyn monroe. he kept telling me i needed to find a nice jewish lawyer or doctor out in la.
doobie aka estelle aka matt's grandmother is over the top. she's a fashioonista. a cosmetic srgeryista, so cute, hilarious and such a jewish grandmother. it was awesome. for once matt wasn't exaggerating in his stories.
and dinner sat night by the stone backyard pool. i think that's about it for the big details. shout outs to the cool chicks from amsterdam, australia, and italy i met. you're always welcome in the slope.
