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Lucky for us, the nasty weather held off during our ceremony with the sun cracking through the clouds as we exchanged rings. And as for our guests, they dealt with the muddy conditions like pros, many of them stripping off their shoes and tromping around in the squishy grass like hippies at Woodstock.

At the end of the night, the buffet and the bar were cleaned out, everyone was sweaty and bug bitten. The dance floor and my dress were smeared with mud, but we couldn’t have had a better time. At 2 A.M. we had to actually kick the last of the guests (my friends, naturally) out, as they were so prepared to stay until the sun came up.
Anyway, I will be back to share all the dirty little details (and I do mean dirty), but for now three little words.

Best. Wedding. Ever.

*Funny little side note: Because we are currently honeymooning up by Algonquin Park, the Internet here is dodgy to say the least. We have a bit of a connection in our room, but that comes and goes depending on whether or not the people in the room next to ours are inhaling or exhaling. So for the last couple of days, like Miranda from Sex and the City’s honeymoon obsession with her cell phone, I have been tromping around the grounds here trying to pick up wireless internet so that I can access my e-mail. I am such a slave to technology.

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Basically, the dream consisted of me sitting in a canoe being paddled out onto a crystal clear lake. Because the sun was shining from behind the person who was paddling’s head, I could not see his face or what he truly looked like, but I felt so warm and safe and happy that I knew that this was someone that I loved.

A couple of years passed and the dream faded to the back of my mind, but I never forgot about it and always kind of wondered what it meant and what its significance was. At the time I had it, I was very single and I had never been in a canoe before, so it seemed kind of like an odd thing for my brain to come up with.

In the Summer of 2004, I met Mr. Hum by chance online. Having just had two kind of crappy relationships back to back, I told myself that if I was going to get back into the dating game, I would keep things casual and just date a bunch of people until I felt like I was ready for a relationship again.

Of course, this did not end up being the case since, on our third date, Mr. Hum invited me to go up North with him to meet his entire family. Not only was I nervous to meet thirteen of his relatives all at once, but the idea of going up North and somewhere woodsy was a little daunting since it had been years since I’d been camping.

Lucky for me, the place we were staying was a house and was gorgeous, so in lieu of setting up the tent and doing camp chores, we got to do fun things like play bocce ball and go fishing. We’d been there for a while when Mr. Hum invited me out on the lake for a spin . . . in his dad’s canoe. When we hit the lake, all the sensations were so familiar, I was having major deja vu. It was official - this was the guy.

It’s been six years since I had that dream and four since Mr. Hum and I got together. He was the first person I said I love you to, the only person I have ever said I love you to, and tomorrow, I’m saying it again in front of everyone else I love. It’s a pretty awesome feeling.

See you on the other side, ladies.
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Check it out ladies- it’s the Mr. Hummingbird Wedding Gift pack!

Gift #1: The new Futurama movie!

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Mr. Hummingbird loved this show when it was on TV and was super bummed when it got cancelled. So, when they announced there would be new feature length movies released on DVD, it was like an awesome surprise. Much to my joy, the latest one came out this week on the 24th, so I popped by after work and grabbed a copy. Hooray for cartoons!

Gift #2: A celebratory cigar!

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In Mr. Hum’s family, any time there is a big family get together or a wedding, cigars are a complete necessity. So, not only did I pick up one for Mr. Hum, but I grabbed a few more for the rest of the guys as well so they could all do their manly smoking on the deck thing after the rehearsal dinner.

Gift #3: The letter!

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I already wrote about this, but the night before the wedding I am giving Mr. Hum a list of 366 reasons why I love him. I printed it out today and it ended up being 8 pages long, but I’m really proud I finished it and I’m excited for him to read it!

What did you get/what are you getting your honey for a wedding gift? Is it sentimental? Is it silly? It is sweet? Share your secret!

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Say Anything. It’s a predictable choice for me, considering my previously mentioned obsession with this movie, but it’s so good! It’s got a script by Cameron Crowe. It’s got the Cus at his most adorkably attractive (circa 1989). And it’s got all the trenchcoat wearing, boombox hoisting, Peter Gabriel love a girl can stand! What can I say? It’s totally made of win.

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Girls Just Want To Have Fun. A ridiculously young Helen Hunt and Sarah Jessica Parker play two girls who are obsessed with a TV dance show and long to audition. However, SJP’s father disapproves. Will they ever triumph against adversity? Well, if you’ve ever seen a movie before in your life, you know they will, but it’s still fun to watch. (Plus, for bonus girl points, it has Shannen Doherty prior to her bitchy Brenda days. Score!)

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Pretty In Pink. It’s a story as old as time. He’s a good-looking prepster with a ridiculous name and she’s a spunky free spirit from the wrong side of the tracks. Fate drew them together but will their friends keep them apart? Hint - Jon Cryer’s character is a dork** and Andrew McCarthy was considered hot in 1986. Do your own math.

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The Breakfast Club. All of the people in this movie have since dropped off the face of the planet, but I defy you not to pump your fist in triumph as the characters walk off into the sunset to the strains of “Don’t You Forget About Me.” (Especially Judd Nelson. He was harsh.)

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Better Off Dead. The Cus’ strikes again! This movie is definitely the most wacky of the bunch since, in addition to featuring a love story, it’s also filled with claymation, psychotic paperboys and exploding moms, but it makes me laugh. However, if you watch it, beware as my beloved John Cusack wears the shortest short shorts in the history of humanity. Seriously, they are so unattractive, when I watch the movie, much like the sun, I cannot look directly at him while he’s wearing them.

Anyway, I figure these titles will be pretty good for my purposes as they are all fun to watch and have cheesy romantic subplots. What do you think ladies? What 1980s flick would rock your socks for a girls movie night? Weigh in on these or suggest something new!

*Sorry boys, no pillow fights in underpants for the Hummingbird posse.
**I’m probably going to have virtual tomatoes thrown at me for saying this, but was I the only one who wanted her to end up with Duckie?

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My parents on their wedding day. My dad’s parents bought him a new suit for the occasion and my mom picked up her dress on sale for $100. Although she’s always said that she didn’t much like her outfit, I think my mom looked styling in her lace dress and little bolero jacket. This picture also features my uncle (the man in the grey suit) and my Godmother (the woman in the blue dress), who are both coming to my wedding this Saturday.

A picture of my parents with their parents (mom’s mom on the left, my dad’s parents on the right). While my grandfather will be at the wedding with his dancing shoes on, both of my grandmothers have since passed away. However, this picture provided me with a little bonus as I have taken the close ups of my grandmothers’ smiling faces and put them inside a locket I’m attaching to my bouquet like so . . .

Looking over the pictures with my mom, I can’t believe that in such a short time, Mr. Hum and I will have wedding pictures of our own to add to our family’s history.

Have you looked at your family’s old wedding pictures? Are you using any of them for any of your wedding related things? Tell me how.

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The first interior spread. In lieu of an editor’s note and a masthead, we put a thank you letter and little pictorial run down of our wedding party.
(Oh and the picture of the editor is actually a picture of our cat Bettie wearing a little chapeau.)

The second interior spread. We put our ceremony and rehearsal order and as a man-on-the-street type feature, we used the comments people wrote on their response cards to splice in some humour. It was harder to fill people’s least favourite things about us since a lot of our guests didn’t fill that part out in fear of being mean, but we got some good responses. One of my favourites came courtesy of an actor friend of ours who wrote “They’re so damn tall, which means tall babies and who wants a world filled with giant babies?” Classic.

The third interior spread. Because not everyone saw it at the time and because some of our older relatives don’t have internet access, we put in the proposal strip from Mr. Hum’s webcomic, as well as a little explanation as to why it was significant and how it came about.

The fourth interior spread. With our unconventional tables we wanted to give people the heads up about what they were going to need to be looking for, so we put a quick explanation and included a table map with a legend.

The fifth interior spread. I love movies, so as a silly little thing, I modified my Weddingbee entry about romantic movies and included it on one page and the other page is a list of the loved ones who are no longer with us.

The back cover. As a fun little activity for people while they waited for the ceremony to begin, we made up a list of 15 trivia questions about us and our relationship.

It took us a solid weekend to put everything together content-wise and we had a crazy time getting them printed*, but after all our hard work, I think that they turned out pretty well.

What do your programs look like? Did you do anything crazy or creative with them? Tell me about it!

*On Friday night, a little over an hour before the stores were going to close, for the second time that week, our printer ran out of ink, so Mr. Hum and I had to run to the subway and scoot our butts down to the Eaton Centre to get a replacement cartridge. Thankfully, we made it with half an hour to spare and managed to pick up a bottle of wine, which we polished off after we were finished with our handy work.
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