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In case you’re catching up:

The Poms’ Minimoon Part I: Checking in and Culinary Delights
The Poms’ Minimoon Part II: The Sigur Ros Concert & a Massage
The Pom’s Minimoon Part III: Peanut Butter, Oreos, Comedians and a View

We woke up bright and early the next morning and headed out to wander around the town. We just wanted to walk around town and explore. We ended up sitting on a bench at a park near Portland State University - it was beautiful there. There were lots of people milling around and the trees were so green and lush.

Me and Mr. Pom cozy on our park bench together.

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Oopsie! I got a little distracted, as my pro photos have arrived! The wedding recap will begin shortly. Where were we? Oh yes!

The Poms’ Minimoon Part I: Checking in and Culinary Delights
The Poms’ Minimoon Part II: The Sigur Ros Concert & a Massage

After my semi-helpful deep-tissue massage and Mr. Pom’s man facial, we wandered around the Pearl District, checking out real estate, wandering into little shops (like the Recycled Chic Boutique) while heading towards one of Mr. Pom’s favorite places to eat in Portland: Henry’s 12th Street Tavern.

From the inside looking out.

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Hello! I have been busy catching up at home (nesting) and at work after the wedding craziness, but I wanted to stop by and say HAPPY HALLOWEEN to the hive! Mr. Pomegranate and I carved pumpkins last night (using some patterns we downloaded here), so we’re pretty much ready to spook the kidlets in the neighborhood and pass out candy.

Mr. Pom’s spooky pumpkin.

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After that fabulous dinner at Ten 01, we headed back to the hotel and relaxed a bit before leaving for the concert. Of course, this was what our whole Minimoon was planned around, as we are huge Sigur Ros fans. Our awesome DJ, Brandon, had sent us the tour dates long ago during the wedding planning process, so Mr. Pomegranate had managed to snag us some pretty amazing seats.

A quick timed-shot before heading to the concert!

It was perfect Pacific Northwestern weather as we walked to the show, drizzling a bit of rain, but not pouring. We headed inside, stood in line for a local micro brew, and then went to take our seats. The opening band, Parachutes, had already begun to perform and I was blown away by our seats. We were super close!
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Our flight to Portland didn’t leave until 6:45 PM on Sunday, so we had plenty of time to relax at home for a few hours and pack (no, we hadn’t packed yet). We caught up on Project Runway, did a few loads of laundry and filled our suitcases to the brim. Of course, as soon as our booties hit the plane seats, I began to take pictures using my iPhone, digital camera - whatever I could get my hands on to document our trip.

Our wedding rings on the plane. There are many of these, so I’ll only bother you with one - we were just too excited!

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I’ve been a bit absent since the wedding for two main reasons:

The Minimoon in Portland, Oregon

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Well—I officially have my MRS degree!

It. Was. Amazing. So amazing. I cannot even begin to describe how thankful I am to be a part of the Hive. See, I received a phone call about four hours prior to our ceremony. It was pouring down rain and Liz, the R.H. Phillips Tasting Room Manager, wanted me to make the call as to where we would be holding the reception: inside or outside. I was so anxious I felt like I was going to throw up.

This is where I was right when I received the phone call.

Then Liz told me that she had the hookup on a contact at the KCRA weather center. Fortunately, the weather lady had just been married a few months ago, so when she was asked, “if it were you, what would you do?” and she answered, “I’d put my reception outside,” I completely trusted her.
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I wish I could say this last week leading up until the wedding was easy, but it hasn’t been. No matter how much you plan, prepare, schedule, or organize, you just can’t control or predict the future. With a little rain on the horizon, a scramble to get the final payments together after a missing paycheck debacle, and the pure chaos (and pure love) of family - we’ve had it all. However, in the end it’s going to be okay - in fact, I still think it’s going to be pretty amazing.

Who cares if we didn’t rent tents for the outdoor ceremony and reception? A little rain never hurt anyone! Those final payments? We’ll get them paid; we just may have the scrimp a few days on our Portland Minimoon. As for the family, they always are there for you when you’re in a bind.

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This is what we’re up against.

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Mr. Pomegranate is a software developer and also specializes in web development, so I knew that the traditional Wedding Tracker, WedORama, or the plethora of other options offered on the web wouldn’t live up to his terms. This was a project that Mr. Pom would most definitely be taking an interest in. We sat down and decided on the minimal features that we’d want to offer our visitors. Once we had those features nailed down, Mr. Pom sat down to code out the design of the site and I sat down to populate the content.

The home page with our welcome note.
FOUR DAYS LEFT! Can you believe it!?

The Home Page starts out with the For Our Guests section extended to minimize the number of clicks it takes to get to the important information. In the letter, we linked to the top four pages that we thought people would want to access:
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We’ve reached the day where we can take a sneak peek at the 10-day forecast at Weather.com! I can see what it will be like for the rehearsal, but not the actual day of. However, AccuWeather does give a 15-day forecast—and they are not in 100% agreement.

Weather.com says 20% chance of precipitation the day before the wedding.


Accuweather.com says mostly cloudy the day before the wedding, and mostly sunny for the day of the wedding.

So which is it, Forecasting Professionals—
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