Okay, so in addition to this blog I also had a "planning bio," as it's known on The Knot. You can see that here: http://darrenandkatrina.weebly.com/
The final bio of wedding pictures is here: http://darrenloveskatrina.weebly.com/
And if you care, my day-to-day blog is here: http://trinalo.wordpress.com/
See you around. :)
Monday, May 9, 2011
Friday, August 13, 2010
This article does an awesome job of explaining why planning a wedding really isn't that hard.
I mean, yeah, I changed my mind a lot - that's what brainstorming is - and got a little stressed a few times (Darren's mom! Food issues! Money!), but really. Not that difficult. Other than the whole wedding ceremony part, the whole thing really was just a party. People freak out about everything being perfect but anyone who has ever had a wedding has been told by someone (most likely many someones) that something WILL go wrong, and it WON'T MATTER. And they are right. As long as you end up married at the end of the day and people enjoy themselves, you had a great wedding. Good job, you.
I mean, yeah, I changed my mind a lot - that's what brainstorming is - and got a little stressed a few times (Darren's mom! Food issues! Money!), but really. Not that difficult. Other than the whole wedding ceremony part, the whole thing really was just a party. People freak out about everything being perfect but anyone who has ever had a wedding has been told by someone (most likely many someones) that something WILL go wrong, and it WON'T MATTER. And they are right. As long as you end up married at the end of the day and people enjoy themselves, you had a great wedding. Good job, you.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Wedding Recap
We did it! And so, wedding planning is done. I figured there's no better way to end a wedding planning blog than talking about the result of said planning. Right? Never mind the fact that the only people that I know read this were there for the whole thing. I'm going to pretend a bunch of strangers are actually interested.
After a lot of last minute stuff on Friday (funeral, Target, Costco to pick up cakes, Scancy's for ice packs for cakes, our apartment for some stuff we forgot to pack), we headed up to the farm to work on getting everything set up. Our directions were bad and traffic was worse, so it ended up taking us 5 hours to get there instead of the usual 2.5- 3. Marsha got there shortly after us and she and I decorated the heck out of our reception tent. Then we bounced over to the hotel. Darren asked me what we did that night and i laughed when I told him: grabbed some gas station food, showered, watched The Nanny, slept.
We did our hair at the hotel in the morning, then went to the farm to complete setup. My hair ended up withering in the heat, so Rebekah re-did it (in a slightly different but possibly more awesome style) it while Gina took pictures. Hooray for Gina and Marcus, by the way.
The weather forecast called for rain yesterday, but it held off long enough. It was very hot, but that was better than thunder and lightning. At least I think so. Pictures went well. I wasn't stressed at all. The whole "I'm getting married today" thing didn't really register. Except when my mom came to see me after I'd just gotten dressed and she started to cry. Then I cried. She did it again when she & dad gave me away. Silly mom, making me cry.
I only freaked out once: the wedding party was waiting in the living room before we began the ceremony. A few people hadn't arrived yet, including one of our readers. We were scheduled to begin at 4 and the clock read 4:20 and I was getting antsy. And then someone told me it was only 4:02. Thanks a lot, grandma, for your fast clock! RELIEVED!
We didn't rehearse and only met our officiant the day of. We found him online. Darren said he talked like Steve Brule (Google him!), but he got the job done.
Darren didn't write any vows, and just said what he felt right there. It was lovely. I had written mine and I literally sobbed through them. I start tearing up just thinking of myself up there, weeping.
We had a couple snafus with the music- our guy didn't fade out when we finished processing, just turned the song off. Then there was a long delay when the recessional song was supposed to start. it SO didn't matter. That's a perfect example of the small stuff that should not be sweated. Har har.
After the ceremony, all formality was done. I hung out with friends, ate delicious tacos, drank amazing beer. Most people didn't dance (so glad I decided not to rent the dance floor), and they bailed early when storm clouds started rolling in. Rightly so, as it got pretty brutal, but the whole storm lasted less than an hour. Several people planned to camp out, so those of us who did partied until about 2 am. At the end of the night, Darren and I retired to our tent. It actually sucked a little, because some rain had gotten in so everything felt damp. But we slept, so whatever. Tonight we get to sleep in our own bed.
It really was an amazing day. I'm excited to get pics from Gina for photographic proof that everything looked stellar.
Okay, this is long enough. I grabbed most of the photos that people posted on Facebook and put them on a website.
After a lot of last minute stuff on Friday (funeral, Target, Costco to pick up cakes, Scancy's for ice packs for cakes, our apartment for some stuff we forgot to pack), we headed up to the farm to work on getting everything set up. Our directions were bad and traffic was worse, so it ended up taking us 5 hours to get there instead of the usual 2.5- 3. Marsha got there shortly after us and she and I decorated the heck out of our reception tent. Then we bounced over to the hotel. Darren asked me what we did that night and i laughed when I told him: grabbed some gas station food, showered, watched The Nanny, slept.
We did our hair at the hotel in the morning, then went to the farm to complete setup. My hair ended up withering in the heat, so Rebekah re-did it (in a slightly different but possibly more awesome style) it while Gina took pictures. Hooray for Gina and Marcus, by the way.
The weather forecast called for rain yesterday, but it held off long enough. It was very hot, but that was better than thunder and lightning. At least I think so. Pictures went well. I wasn't stressed at all. The whole "I'm getting married today" thing didn't really register. Except when my mom came to see me after I'd just gotten dressed and she started to cry. Then I cried. She did it again when she & dad gave me away. Silly mom, making me cry.
I only freaked out once: the wedding party was waiting in the living room before we began the ceremony. A few people hadn't arrived yet, including one of our readers. We were scheduled to begin at 4 and the clock read 4:20 and I was getting antsy. And then someone told me it was only 4:02. Thanks a lot, grandma, for your fast clock! RELIEVED!
We didn't rehearse and only met our officiant the day of. We found him online. Darren said he talked like Steve Brule (Google him!), but he got the job done.
Darren didn't write any vows, and just said what he felt right there. It was lovely. I had written mine and I literally sobbed through them. I start tearing up just thinking of myself up there, weeping.
We had a couple snafus with the music- our guy didn't fade out when we finished processing, just turned the song off. Then there was a long delay when the recessional song was supposed to start. it SO didn't matter. That's a perfect example of the small stuff that should not be sweated. Har har.
After the ceremony, all formality was done. I hung out with friends, ate delicious tacos, drank amazing beer. Most people didn't dance (so glad I decided not to rent the dance floor), and they bailed early when storm clouds started rolling in. Rightly so, as it got pretty brutal, but the whole storm lasted less than an hour. Several people planned to camp out, so those of us who did partied until about 2 am. At the end of the night, Darren and I retired to our tent. It actually sucked a little, because some rain had gotten in so everything felt damp. But we slept, so whatever. Tonight we get to sleep in our own bed.
It really was an amazing day. I'm excited to get pics from Gina for photographic proof that everything looked stellar.
Okay, this is long enough. I grabbed most of the photos that people posted on Facebook and put them on a website.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
snafu'd
Darren's grandpa died this morning. Okay, he's not actually his grandpa, but he was an old friend of the family who very much played a grandfatherly role. Y'know?
So his mom left me a message to the effect of "You need to call me as soon as you get this. As soon as you get it, call me." And I'm at work, so I couldn't just call her back right away. So I was sitting there freaking out, and texting Darren trying to find out if he'd talked to her until finally I gave in and snuck out for a minute to call.
The funeral is in Farmington on Friday so we're going to have to revise some plans a little as far as picking up cake, driving up north, and prepping stuff, in that the food won't get prepared until Saturday morning and it'll be a later night than I anticipated on Friday with decorating stuff. Meanwhile, she's all worried about not "bringing us down" for the wedding. And I'm sitting here thinking 'don't worry about me, I'm the one worrying about you guys,' because HI, someone they love just died! Who gives a crap about it maybe affecting their moods several days from now?
Anyway. Yeah. That happened.
Bonus: while I was panicking about the voicemail she left me, I got an email from the rental company saying the last people that rented the PA system had retuned it broken. So that blows. They have an amp and microphone for backup, so she's going to make sure those work and then get back to me. If not, luckily we know people in bands who prrrobably have PA systems we can borrow. I hope.
So his mom left me a message to the effect of "You need to call me as soon as you get this. As soon as you get it, call me." And I'm at work, so I couldn't just call her back right away. So I was sitting there freaking out, and texting Darren trying to find out if he'd talked to her until finally I gave in and snuck out for a minute to call.
The funeral is in Farmington on Friday so we're going to have to revise some plans a little as far as picking up cake, driving up north, and prepping stuff, in that the food won't get prepared until Saturday morning and it'll be a later night than I anticipated on Friday with decorating stuff. Meanwhile, she's all worried about not "bringing us down" for the wedding. And I'm sitting here thinking 'don't worry about me, I'm the one worrying about you guys,' because HI, someone they love just died! Who gives a crap about it maybe affecting their moods several days from now?
Anyway. Yeah. That happened.
Bonus: while I was panicking about the voicemail she left me, I got an email from the rental company saying the last people that rented the PA system had retuned it broken. So that blows. They have an amp and microphone for backup, so she's going to make sure those work and then get back to me. If not, luckily we know people in bands who prrrobably have PA systems we can borrow. I hope.
Friday, July 30, 2010
We picked up our marriage license last night. It was one of those things that made me really feel like an adult. Kind of like the first time you schedule your own dentist appointment. And then actually go to said appointment, and pay for whatever insurance didn't cover.
We're ready for this wedding. I have to fill the centerpiece vases with rocks, and we've got a lot of shopping to do, but that's practically nothing. People keep asking me if I'm excited or nervous, and yes, I am both. I think a lot of people say that the nerves have nothing to do with the marriage, but the wedding, and I would say that is completely accurate.
I feel like the wedding is a play - nay, a musical! - and I'm the producer, director, stage manager, and leading lady. In real life, that's pretty much impossible. The stage manager can't be on stage! Who would run the show? Yeah. Exactly. Who is going to do all the crap I can't do on the wedding day because I'm too busy getting married? Answer: whoever is willing. That stuff will be delegated and it will be fine, but until those roles are filled it's just one more stupid thing to deal with. But it's going to be awesome.
Tangent over! I'm suuuper excited for mah party tonight.
We're ready for this wedding. I have to fill the centerpiece vases with rocks, and we've got a lot of shopping to do, but that's practically nothing. People keep asking me if I'm excited or nervous, and yes, I am both. I think a lot of people say that the nerves have nothing to do with the marriage, but the wedding, and I would say that is completely accurate.
I feel like the wedding is a play - nay, a musical! - and I'm the producer, director, stage manager, and leading lady. In real life, that's pretty much impossible. The stage manager can't be on stage! Who would run the show? Yeah. Exactly. Who is going to do all the crap I can't do on the wedding day because I'm too busy getting married? Answer: whoever is willing. That stuff will be delegated and it will be fine, but until those roles are filled it's just one more stupid thing to deal with. But it's going to be awesome.
Tangent over! I'm suuuper excited for mah party tonight.
Monday, July 26, 2010
dwindling task list
I have 11 things left on my to-do list (not including "pick up the marriage license," which, psh. That'll take ten minutes):
Five of them involve shopping
Three are things to figure out the night before
The other three are assembling DIY stuff
Easy.
Five of them involve shopping
Three are things to figure out the night before
The other three are assembling DIY stuff
Easy.
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