WE ARE MARRIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Quote of the Day: PIZZA!!!! CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM!!!!!! -- Jenny & Danica as we were taking pictures....

The Countdown: The countdown is *officially* over!!!! We are MARRIED!!!!!! We had a wonderful time....such a wonderful time. I can't even really fully grasp it.... amazing.

School: I am actually somewhat looking forward to going back to school... I guess mostly so that I can be done and be a graduate!!! :) I think this year is going to be great... school, lessons, life... it will be great! I am also really looking forward to the Society for Music Theory's conference at the end of October in Montreal! It will be so fun!!! The preliminary programme for the conference is up on the SMT website! There are about 3 sessions that I am really looking forward to -- two on early music and one on Sonata theory (which will be really helpful since I'll *hopefully* be doing a directed study on Sonata theory in the fall!!!).

Work: D.O.N.E. until August 27th! :)

Me: I'm EXHAUSTED and completely, utterly in bliss-town.... my husband is the most amazing man in the world and I am so so lucky to have found him.

Looking forward to: Going to SPAIN!!!! We leave at 7:50 tonight... I'm also looking forward to sleeping more normally now :)

Contemplating: How beautiful everything was; how amazing my friends are; how INCREDIBLE and AMAZING my family is; how fabulous the soap in the church bathroom was; how utterly incredible my husband is....

The Family Arrival

Quote of the Day: "Aunnnnnntttttiiiiiieeeee Kaaattttiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!" -- Jenny yelling across the airport as she ran to me and ran me over!!!

The Countdown: 3 MORE SLEEPS!!!!!! All is becoming real now!!! Greg's west-coast family all arrived last night -- this is for SURE making it real!!! I picked Tim, Jill & Jenny up at the airport in KW yesterday and we all drove down to Hamilton to Greg's parent's place where all are staying until Friday!!!! Greg's sister Sarah (along with Jim & Danica) arrived about 1/2 an hour after we did!!! Great reunion!! It's so fun to see Jenny & Danica together -- they just love each other!!! Tonight = bachelor/bachelorette party in Hess Village!!!!

School: I am actually somewhat looking forward to going back to school... I guess mostly so that I can be done and be a graduate!!! :) I think this year is going to be great... school, lessons, life... it will be great! I am also really looking forward to the Society for Music Theory's conference at the end of October in Montreal! It will be so fun!!! The preliminary programme for the conference is up on the SMT website! There are about 3 sessions that I am really looking forward to -- two on early music and one on Sonata theory (which will be really helpful since I'll *hopefully* be doing a directed study on Sonata theory in the fall!!!).

Work: D.O.N.E. until August 27th! :)

Me: I'm doing well.... I REALLY need to start packing... I am heading to the mall as soon as this post is over to pick up a few last minute things (and get my ring shined!!) and then coming home to do piles of laundry and begin ye-olde packing process!!!!

Looking forward to: going out tonight and getting a chance to introduce everyone to everyone!!! It's going to be great!!!!!

Contemplating: How beautiful our wedding is going to be and just how much I really love Greg and am so happy to be marrying him :)

T-minus two shifts to go!

Quote of the Day: "Maybe I've been here before; I know this room, I've walked this floor, I used to live alone before I knew you. I've seen your flag on the Marble Arch, love is not a victory march; it's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah..." -- Leonard Cohen, Hallelujah

The Countdown: So we're down to counting in number of days now!!!! 5 more days to go!!!!! I woke up this morning and suddenly started to feel like I haven't done ANYTHING and that there is SO MUCH I have to do -- but I can't really think of what these "things to do" are. It's rather annoying... Hopefully my brain comes up with things I have to do or else it realizes I have nothing left to do and just relaxes!!!!

School: I am actually somewhat looking forward to going back to school... I guess mostly so that I can be done and be a graduate!!! :) I think this year is going to be great... school, lessons, life... it will be great! I am also really looking forward to the Society for Music Theory's conference at the end of October in Montreal! It will be so fun!!! The preliminary programme for the conference is up on the SMT website! There are about 3 sessions that I am really looking forward to -- two on early music and one on Sonata theory (which will be really helpful since I'll *hopefully* be doing a directed study on Sonata theory in the fall!!!).

Work: Last night was actually a pretty good shift! It was fun to be the manager again but I'm just as happy being a server without all of the responsibility!!!! I'm working a split today at KC then off for almost three weeks!!!!!

Me: 2 more shifts to go!!! Huzzah!!! Those two shifts will actually be done TODAY so awesome!!! :) Tomorrow, I'm getting my hair done in the morning and then Greg's family arrives from out west tomorrow evening!!!! I think once people start arriving it will all become a reality!!!!!

Looking forward to: SPAIN and the Big Day!!! I can't wait to see everything all come together!!! SPAIN SPAIN SPAIN!!! I just can't wait...!!

Contemplating: How much better I DID feel after a full night's rest :)

One week!!!!

Quote of the Day: "Maybe I've been here before; I know this room, I've walked this floor, I used to live alone before I knew you. I've seen your flag on the Marble Arch, love is not a victory march; it's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah..." -- Leonard Cohen, Hallelujah

The Countdown: Under one week to go!!!! This time next week, we will be at my mum's house for the morning-after brunch!!!!! It's hard to believe that in one week it will all be OVER. Crazy. I have two more days of work and then I am off so I can really get going on the final plans!!!!

School: I am actually somewhat looking forward to going back to school... I guess mostly so that I can be done and be a graduate!!! :) I think this year is going to be great... school, lessons, life... it will be great! I am also really looking forward to the Society for Music Theory's conference at the end of October in Montreal! It will be so fun!!! The preliminary programme for the conference is up on the SMT website! There are about 3 sessions that I am really looking forward to -- two on early music and one on Sonata theory (which will be really helpful since I'll *hopefully* be doing a directed study on Sonata theory in the fall!!!).

Work: Two more days of work left!!!! :-) I am working 2:30-Close today as the manager...that could be fun!! It's raining so hopefully I wont have to open the patio!!!! :P

Me: 3 more shifts until my holiday!!!!! I'm so excited.... I need a few days off -- I have a strange rash on my arms which I am attributing to stress....I don't feel stressed out but maybe I am!!!! :P 3 more shifts....3 more shifts.... Allan and Colleen's wedding was AMAZING!!!! She looked SO beautiful and Allan and the boys looked great in their tuxes from Ludlow's!!!!! The party was...well...two words: open bar. Oh man. Church people...we are so CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!

Looking forward to: SPAIN and the Big Day!!! I can't wait to see everything all come together!!! SPAIN SPAIN SPAIN!!! I just can't wait...!!

Contemplating: How much better I feel today after a full nights rest....

And so begins the Month of Weddings..

Quote of the Day:

Robbie Hart from The Wedding Singer (performed by Adam Sandler)

I wanna make you smile whenever you are sad
Carry you around when your arthritis is bad
All I wanna do is grow old with you

I'll get your medicine when your tummy aches
Build you a fire if the furnace breaks
Oh it could be so nice, growing old with you

I'll miss you
I'll kiss you
Give you my coat when you are cold

I'll need you
I'll feed you
Even let ya hold the remote control

So let me do the dishes in our kitchen sink
Put you to bed if you've had too much to drink
I could be the man who grows old with you
I wanna grow old with you.

The Countdown: Almost down to the "one week" marker!!! SO EXCITED!!!! Everything starts rolling today with Allan and Colleen's wedding in Newmarket!!! I am heading to Brantford shortly to get my hair done -- using their wedding as a trial for my wedding hair!!! The dress FITS! FINALLY!!!! It is so beautiful...I just can't wait to wear it allllllllll day!!!! :) :) We got a lot of other things done on Wednesday, aka Craft Day, aka Longest Shopping Day Ever!!!! We re-did the seating chart which I wasn't too thrilled about at first but finally saw the potential for the new idea my mum had -- she's right sometimes!! :P

School: I am actually somewhat looking forward to going back to school... I guess mostly so that I can be done and be a graduate!!! :) I think this year is going to be great... school, lessons, life... it will be great! I am also really looking forward to the Society for Music Theory's conference at the end of October in Montreal! It will be so fun!!! The preliminary programme for the conference is up on the SMT website! There are about 3 sessions that I am really looking forward to -- two on early music and one on Sonata theory (which will be really helpful since I'll *hopefully* be doing a directed study on Sonata theory in the fall!!!).

Work: Have been working a bit this week but it hardly feels like it because it has been SO slow.... yay August!!!! I'm off tonight -- haven't had a Friday off in AGES!!!!

Me: 3 days until vacation.... yay yay YAY! THREE DAYS!!!! That's so sooooooon!!!! I enjoyed my day off SO much Sunday... but am quickly realizing my vacation doesn't REALLY start until next Sunday... but I can pretend it's Tuesday!!! ;)

Looking forward to: SPAIN and the Big Day!!! I can't wait to see everything all come together!!! SPAIN SPAIN SPAIN!!! I just can't wait...!! I'm also really looking forward to Allan & Colleen's wedding TODAY!!! I get to sing some pretty songs and also get to test drive the wedding hair!!!! It will be fun to party with RCMP officers, bikers and church people!!!

Contemplating: What it will be like to party with RCMP officers, bikers and church people.... WE'LL SEE!!!!!

It's a Holiday???

Quote of the Day: "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; And I'm not sure about the universe." -- Einstein

The Countdown: Less than two weeks to go!!! So, against my better judgment, I checked the weather network's long-range forecast again today and... now there is NO rain forecast for the wedding day!!!! It will be entertaining to see how many times this changes between now and next Saturday!!! Have my FINAL dress fitting on Wednesday... *fingers crossed*.

School: I am actually somewhat looking forward to going back to school... I guess mostly so that I can be done and be a graduate!!! :) I think this year is going to be great... school, lessons, life... it will be great! I am also really looking forward to the Society for Music Theory's conference at the end of October in Montreal! It will be so fun!!! The preliminary programme for the conference is up on the SMT website! There are about 3 sessions that I am really looking forward to -- two on early music and one on Sonata theory (which will be really helpful since I'll *hopefully* be doing a directed study on Sonata theory in the fall!!!).

Work: Turns out my close was pretty decent on Friday night...even though the door was stuck shut the next day (probably due to my OCD when it comes to making sure the doors are locked!)! Easily opened with a little force but I had a small heart attack when Kevin called me in the early afternoon!!!! Had a wonderful day off yesterday and am working again tonight at 5... if you're looking for something to do on this holiday Monday, come to King Street Trio for 1/2 price apps and salads!!!!

Me: 7 days until vacation.... yay yay YAY! SEVEN DAYS!!!! That's so sooooooon!!!! I enjoyed my day off SO much yesterday....we did absolutely NOTHING. Drank beer, made tasty food, drank more beer, watched movies, drank wine, made more tasty food and watched more movies. It. Was. Fabulous.

Looking forward to: SPAIN and the Big Day!!! I can't wait to see everything all come together!!! SPAIN SPAIN SPAIN!!! I just can't wait...!! I'm also really looking forward to Allan & Colleen's wedding next weekend!!! I get to sing some pretty songs and also get to test drive the wedding hair!!!! It will be fun to party with RCMP officers, bikers and church people!!!

Contemplating: Phase Two of the rumba lessons....steps are taught...now we need to try them together!! Also contemplating the fun that will be had on Friday at Allan & Colleen's wedding!!!!! :-)

Spain in T-minus Two Weeks!!!

Quote of the Day: "My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference." -- Harry S. Truman

The Countdown: Less than two weeks to go!!! I'm not really all that impressed with the long-range forecast for the 15th - RAIN! However, I've learned not to trust the Weather Network because they are almost always wrong, especially with their long-range forecasts. And really, there isn't much I can do about the weather. As much as I want it to be a beautiful, sunny day, I don't think a little rain will ruin the day -- it should just rain at 5:01 after everyone has arrived and settled in for the reception!!!!!

School: I am actually somewhat looking forward to going back to school... I guess mostly so that I can be done and be a graduate!!! :) I think this year is going to be great... school, lessons, life... it will be great! I am also really looking forward to the Society for Music Theory's conference at the end of October in Montreal! It will be so fun!!! The preliminary programme for the conference is up on the SMT website! There are about 3 sessions that I am really looking forward to -- two on early music and one on Sonata theory (which will be really helpful since I'll *hopefully* be doing a directed study on Sonata theory in the fall!!!).

Work: Turns out my close was pretty decent on Friday night...even though the door was stuck shut the next day (probably due to my OCD when it comes to making sure the doors are locked!)! Easily opened with a little force but I had a small heart attack when Kevin called me in the early afternoon!!!! Worked last night -- it was pretty busy but mostly because we cut down to two servers...perfect! The new manager was there doing some training and she is going to be AWESOME! :)

Me: 8 days until vacation.... yay yay YAY! I have the ENTIRE day off today! So exciting...I have nothing to do (well... I do have a few things I could do but I could also do them tomorrow...!!!)!!! So I might find a book and head outside to soak up some of this sun we finally seem to be getting!!!!

Looking forward to: Sunday off, SPAIN and the Big Day!!! I can't wait to see everything all come together!!! SPAIN SPAIN SPAIN!!! I just can't wait...!! I'm also really looking forward to Allan & Colleen's wedding next weekend!!! I get to sing some pretty songs and also get to test drive the wedding hair!!!! It will be fun to party with RCMP officers, bikers and church people!!!

Contemplating: the fact that the wedding is less than two weeks away!!! I think it's going to be an absolutely wonderful day and I'm really looking forward to marrying the best man in the entire world!!! :) :) :)