I wrote most of our thank you notes the week after the honeymoon. I still have a few stragglers from gifts received after the wedding (like a wine.com gift card, yippee!). As I mentioned before, we received a fair number of gifts from our registry. Some of our family surprised us with some impressive homemade…
As I discussed here, we decided to do our own flowers. Our Fifty Flowers order arrived the Wednesday before the wedding and a customer service rep called within an hour to verify 1) we received the correct flowers and 2) the flowers were in good condition. All was well, and I filled up some containers in our…
Jane at Taingamala (a fellow Alpha Gam!) just posted about going on a business trip after her hubby returned from deployment. It really it home with me because Mac has been gone for the past three weeks. The year that Mac was deployed, I adjusted to being alone. I created routines that helped me deal…
In the grand world of wedding favors, you have loads of options. Candles, cooking utensils, barware. So what did we want? Originally, I set my heart (and wallet) on these adorable acorn candles. I thought this was a cute, subtle nod to my sorority. The cheapest I found these was around $2.25 a piece. Together…
I just received my copy of A Taste of Virginia Tech. Oh.Em.Gee. I LOVE it. The cookbook has thick, glossy pages with fantastic photos and a great mix of recipes from Blacksburg restaurants and from Virginia Tech’s Dining Services. For those of you unfamiliar with Tech, our Dining Services (the group in charge of all…
Please enjoy our processional music. Pastor Cook, Mac, and BM El Cunado walked in from the side of the gazebo. Since two of the grandmothers have walkers, we didn’t do a traditional “seating” of them. Mac’s parents headed down the aisle first. Next down the aisle was Mama, escorted by GM Shann. Next was BM JBenz….