Weddingbee

Mrs. Lemon: Has it really been a year since we’ve been married?!?
Mr. Lemon: It seems so much longer than…wait, I mean, Happy Anniversary?!?

So a whole year has passed since that lucky day last year, and it certainly seems like the year has flown by us quicker than I ever could have imagined! In a way, our wedding was really just the kickoff party for the rest of our lives. We got to share our love with those closest to us, but also invite them to share in the rest of our crazy adventures as we try to make the best out of everyday. Sometimes we come close… and other times we fail miserably… but the attempt has been the part of a journey I wouldn’t trade for the world.

We decided to be quite daring and pack this year full of crazy things, such as: Read more…

The new All Heart stamp came out from USPS yesterday!
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On Saturday evening, Mr. Lemon and I found ourselves wandering amidst the foothills of Amador County, and just happened upon quite a celebration.

People were dressed in quite the attire (check out the gorgeous girl in white!)…
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What if… ..
your biggest fear about getting married wasn’t about fitting into your dress, or making sure all of the pew bows were tied properly, or that that you’d remember the choreographed dance steps to your first dance? I wish I could say that my mind was preoccupied with programs and favors and ribbons (oh my!) but unfortunately it wasn’t as simple… it was all about NOT being sick on my wedding day.

I was hesitant to write about this before the wedding, mainly because I wanted to avoid any sort of loyal attention to the subject. Certainly wishful thinking would come through on the big day as long as I kept happily not-thinking about the big “s” word happening… and I have a feeling that I’m not the only one out there to battle chronic illness and have the same thoughts floating in my head.

Just to clairfy, I, along with 3-6% of the US population, suffer from fibromyalgia. I was diagnosed 10 years ago when I was 17 when my athletic body melted into uncontrollable pain and spasms, and I’ve been fighting to ignore the pain everyday since then. My pain is mostly in my neck and upper back, and while everyday my muscles are rock hard and I’m constantly stretching and popping things, on bad days I can’t get out of bed as my pain migrates to other areas to inflict harm on new territory. Lots of other fun stuff comes along with the FMS, like tension migraines and IBS, but the suffering really comes from the day-to-day struggle to just keep moving and shrugging off the pain.
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If there’s anything that Mr. Lemon and I look forward to at a party… it’s dancing. We may not be the hippest cats in town, but we boogie like no other and notoriously stay on the dance floor long after the music has died down. We knew we’d be dancing all night long, and luckily for us, most of our guests were right there with us!

(p.s. these were stuck in my queue and I never noticed that I hadn’t posted them! Sorry for them being so tardy!)
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When Mr. Lemon and I visited our reception hall the first time we were simply fixated on the windows and the view. The second time around, we focused in on the details… and there was a glaring problem that we had right when you walked off of the elevator:

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The 1 cent stamp increase rumors have faded completely … as it seems that someone in the philatelic community read a memo incorrectly and set the collecting world all a flurry!

So mail your .41 cent invitations with pretty stamps without any fear!

(my apologies for any panic that was raised from my earlier post!!!)

So I was happily looking up the release date for the new LOVE stamp for someone on the bulletin board, when I realized something wasn’t right.

Every stamp past April 2008 was listed as being 42 cents… not the current 41 cents. Umm… uh oh? (I had to deal with the postal rate increase in May ’08 so I completely empathize with those that would have to wait and worry about cute stamps)

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Pennsylvania, January 2nd, 2008: Today’s our long awaited Broadway day in the city! We’re leaving in just a few minutes once I finish putting on my layers and grab my…. rings… “Hey honey, have you seen my engagement ring?” ….

It’s the 10th vacation day at my in-laws’ home and I’ve gone into a panic. It set in that morning as I realized my engagement ring, which had been sitting on top of my wedding band (which was still there) on the nightstand, was long gone. I scoured every inch of the hardwood floors, emptied the bed of sheets, moved furniture and raked my brain trying to think of where it could have gone.

Seriously… I took both rings off together. One was still there. And we have to leave by 10am and Mr. Lemon is starting to get really upset with my absent-mindedness. “Where on Earth did you disappear to you silly silly ring?!?!”

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If you’re in Southern California and wanted to get in on the “Trash the Dress” fun… here’s a great opportunity for you! Twenty-five photographers along with makeup artists will be having an all-day TTD shoot at the Salton Sea (near Palm Springs) on this Saturday (January 12, 2007) and they’re looking for a few more REAL brides. If you’re interested, e-mail chris@chrisaustinphotography.com ASAP for more information!

This event is very similar to the TTD event I went to in July (also with OSP photographers) where I had an absolute blast in Laguna Beach!