Weddingbee Blog

Hive, it is with great honor, excitement, and a tiny bit of disbelief that I introduce myself to you! Last night was a night like any other - we were making dinner with old Seinfeld reruns playing in the background, when I decided to check my email on my iPhone. You know, nonchalantly… it’s not like I was waiting for a response to my Weddingbee application or anything.

(Ha, yeah right! Every time I checked my email, I was hoping for a “1” icon next to that little white envelope on my phone. When it would be there, my stomach would clench up a little bit and I would hope that it was a response from the ‘bee. 9 times out of 10, it would be an-auto generated junk email offering 2% off at one of my favorite stores, and my stomach clenching would be for naught.)

Anyway, back to our story. So I picked up my phone, and there it was — that little envelope icon, taunting me with a bright red “1” in its top right corner. So, I went into my email, expecting the aforementioned spam. I started reading what the email was about… and who it was from… and, well, let’s just say there was squealing. And jumping up and down in a counter-clockwise direction (why counter-clockwise? Not sure. It felt right at the time). Our dogs started going nuts, the cat ran under the dining room table to take cover, and I started talking about 500 miles an hour to Mr. French Fry about what was going on.

So! After the initial shock and excitement wore off (and after I checked the email to make sure they really meant to send it to me), I started trying to figure out how to introduce myself to a hive full of bees who have inspired me so much throughout our 13 month engagement (when we finally do get married, we’ll have been engaged just 3 months shy of 2 years!).

A little bit about us: we’re two animal lovers living in the Milwaukee area with our two dogs and our one cat (this many animals in one house might make us slightly insane, this we know). And yes, for those of you who are thinking, “Hmm…Milwaukee… they must like beer. And cheese!” I can confirm that we do like both of those things.

We’re planning a somewhat “traditional” wedding with some non-traditional flair, and dealing with all of the twists and turns along the way. Trust me, there have been many. I don’t know if not being able to make a decision and stick with it is a sign of a Scorpio (me), or a Cancer (Mr. French Fry), but we’ve changed our mind about 3,492 times so far. And even though this has caused a fair bit of stress in our little French Fry home, I’d say that the old adage is true: ”That which hasn’t killed the French Fries will make them stronger.”

When we’re not ensconced in planning our wedding, we love playing with our furbabies, watching HGTV for ideas to spruce up our humble abode (and competing to see who picks the right house on “House Hunters”), traveling to get away from the Wisconsin winters, and making spontaneous McDonald’s runs (the French Fry moniker is no joke!).

I’m so excited to be here and to share the details of our wedding with you all. Fasten your seat belt, and make sure your tray tables are in their upright and locked positions: it’s going to an interesting ride!