Ed and Elaine: Wedding Website

July 29, 2005 | Leave a Comment

I have some ideas for our website.
We haven’t done anything to the site, yet, but we will!

Ideas:

Guestbook where our friends and family can share their wishes for us and vows to support our marriage.
Two separate style sheets, one for his domain and one for mine. Same content.
Cute ticker for wedding and for reception.
Reception details.
Places to stay and things to do for our guests.
“Wedding Weekend” - group activities for guests who want to participate (hike, show, movie/potluck at sister’s house)
registries - charity registry, store registries
Time line of our lives
story of how we met
family tree

We bought our domain name at OtisWorks.com and we’re creating the site with DreamWeaver.

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hi

July 27, 2005 | Leave a Comment

nothing much to report. I should be doing homework.

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updates

July 26, 2005 | 1 Comment

Lots has happened in the last year. Here’s the CliffNotes:

-bought condo last November
-did New Year’s in SF
-Ed met my parents
-not longer working at LVI
-went to New York in Feb.
-turned 29 last March, doing it again next March
-went to London
-Ed’s second book came out: Getting Started in Hold ‘Em
-went to New Orleans, met Ed’s parents
-set up temporary website for Ed: www.notedpokerauthority.com
-going to law school full time starting next month: Criminal Law, Property, Civil Procedure, and Taxes
-selling condo (hopefully to my mother)
-worked for Westlaw over the Summer
-took Summer classes: Conflicts of Law, Legal Drafting
-did required community service: Bankruptcy
-Ed’s cat, Dapple, moved in with me and my cats, Bogart and Bacall
-fish is still alive, changed name from Groucho to orange fish when he lost his black markings
-going to Seattle next week to visit Ed’s longtime best friend
-moving into apartment with Ed next month
-doing a 10K run in Pismo Beach next month
-celebrating Ed’s birthday next month
-getting married in October: Costa Rica, Baby!
-having post wedding party in November: our mothers are planning
-currently training for Las Vegas Marathon: December 4th
-plan is to buy a house around March
-plan is to finish law school and then flee the country? at least flee Vegas.

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Ed and Elaine: The Wedding Gown

July 23, 2005 | Leave a Comment

I’m not too impressed with how the sleeveless gowns look on me, not the sleeved gowns. The sales people keep urging sleeveless, but I just don’t like it. I tried on quite a few sleeved gowns because originally that’s what I wanted. But they made me look too formal and old. They don’t match the idea of our wedding enough. Also, I tried on some beautiful 1920 style dresses that are kind of boxy with some flare at the bottom. They didn’t suit me at all - they would look good on a petite woman with smaller tits. I have also tried on many other similar dresses to these but I can’t find them on the web. They are, in general, a bit more revealing with lower cut necklines and backs. Same idea, though. I have determined that my perfect dress should be - halter top - chiffon and/or lace or tulle - some beading and/or lace - short train or no train - zipper (so I can do it myself without help) - ivory, pearl, champagne or gold (pure white isn’t as flattering on me)

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Ed and Elaine: Engagement

July 21, 2005 | Leave a Comment

ceremnoy pic Well, nothing is set yet. We’ve just been doing our research. We’ve figured out airfare costs & hotel costs.

I have been trying on gowns.
At first I wanted a gown with long sleeves and lace. But after trying a few of those on, I decided they were too “matrimonial” and decided to go for something a little more youthful and sexy. I’m still not digging the sleeveless/ topless gowns and so I am mostly looking at halter tops. I’ve determined that ivory or gold looks best on me and white is too drastic for my complexion and style. I still love lace, but now I am also fond of crystal and glass beads. I may soon post some pictures of my trials or some of my favorite gowns.

I keep imagining the perfect gown and I am wondering if I should talk to a dressmaker to see if someone could sew it for me…

We’ve been trying on bands.
At first we wanted matching bands but now we think we will each get the band that suits us best. We are thinking we want antique platinum or white gold bands. I think I may get something decorative or with diamonds or emeralds similar to an eternity band. No matter what I’d still like to engrave them.

Ed just reminded me that the day we met was also a lunar eclipse.

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