Dresses and Best Woman dresses!

more! woot! I'm sure I don't need to identify which dresses I like for Terri and which I like for me. ;o)

Kittens with lasers! Mew Mew!

It may be childish, but I can't wait to run around at the Bay with the little scanner gun pointing it at all the pretty things. *lol* I wish the travel agency we're registering at had like a book you could pick stuff from, that's not going to be nearly as much fun. ;o) Though it does seem funny that the first thing we're doing towards the wedding after picking the wedding party and doing TONS of reading is register. *grin* But! The $25 gift certificate we will get for registering NOW will help replace the two glasses and one pasta bowl that I broke in the last week.

Sheesh.

(edit: lookie this link! Hairstyles for all! be_byte6 photo album - Photobucket.com )

Maid of Honour

Here are some of the dresses I like. I am posting them in color, rather then black, so that you can see them better.

-Terri

hmmmm..

maybe a reading wouldn't be so bad.

Let there be space in your togetherness.
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
Love one another, but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other’s cup, but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread, but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone, though they quiver with the same music.
Give your hearts, but not into each other’s keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together, yet not too near together:
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other’s shadow.
-- Kahlil Gibran (from The Prophet, 1926)

The World Is Not A Pleasant Place To Be

the world is not a pleasant place
to be without
someone to hold and be held by

a river would stop
its flow if only
a stream were there
to receive it

an ocean would never laugh
if clouds weren't there
to kiss her tears

the world is not
a pleasant place to be without
someone
-Nikki Giovanni

I Wrote a Good Omelet

I wrote a good omelet...and ate a hot poem...
after loving you

Buttoned my car...and drove my coat home...in the rain...
after loving you

I goed on red...and stopped on green...floating
somewhere in between...
being here and being there
after loving you

I rolled my bed...turned down my hair...slightly
confused but...I don't care...
Laid out my teeth...and gargled my gown...then I stood
...and laid me down...
to sleep...
after loving you
-Nikki Giovanni

The Promise

The sun danced on the snow with a sparkling smile,
As two lovers sat quietly, alone for a while.
Then he turned and said, with a casual air
(Though he blushed from his chin to the tips of his hair),
"I think I might like to get married to you"

"Well then, she said, "Well there's a thought,
But what if we can't promise to be all that we ought,
If I'm late yet again, when we plan to go out.
For I know I can't promise, I'll learn to ignore
Dirty socks and damp towels strewn all over the floor.

So if we can't vow to be all that we should
I'm not sure what to do, though the idea's quite good".
But he gently smiled and tilted his head
Till his lips met her ear and softly he said

"I promise, to weave my dreams into your own,
That wherever you breathe will be my hearts home.
I promise, that whether with rags or with gold I am blessed
Your smile is the jewel I will treasure the best.

Do you think then, my love, we should marry - do you?"
"Yes" she said smiling "I do".
- Eileen Rafter

Us Two
Wherever I am, there's always Pooh,
There's always Pooh and Me.
Whatever I do, he wants to do,
"Where are you going today?" says Pooh:
"Well, that's very odd 'cos I was too.
Let's go together," says Pooh, says he.
"Let's go together," says Pooh.

"Let's look for dragons," I said to Pooh.
"Yes, let's," said Pooh to Me.
We crossed the river and found a few-
"Yes, those are dragons all right," said Pooh.
"As soon as I saw their beaks I knew.
That's what they are," said Pooh, said he.
"That's what they are," said Pooh.

"Let's frighten the dragons," I said to Pooh.
"That's right," said Pooh to Me.
"I'm not afraid," I said to Pooh,
And I held his paw and I shouted "Shoo!
Silly old dragons!"- and off they flew.
"I wasn't afraid," said Pooh, said he,
"I'm never afraid with you."

So wherever I am, there's always Pooh,
There's always Pooh and Me.
"What would I do?" I said to Pooh,
"If it wasn't for you," and Pooh said: "True,
It isn't much fun for One, but Two,
Can stick together, says Pooh, says he.
"That's how it is," says Pooh.
-by A.A. Milne

Teodoro Luna's Two Kisses
Mr. Teodoro Luna in his later years had taken to kissing
His wife
Not so much with his lips as with his brows.
This is not to say he put his forehead
Against her mouth--
Rather, he would lift his eyebrows, once, quickly:
Not so vigorously he might be confused with the villain
Famous in the theaters, but not so little as to be thought
A slight movement, one of accident. This way
He kissed her
Often and quietly, across tables and through doorways,
Sometimes in photographs, and so through the years themselves.
This was his passion, that only she might see. The chance
He might feel some movement on her lips
Toward laughter.

Flowers! 3

The Plan! (at least so far)

Okay. the plan as it stands now is to have the wedding in November 2007. That way, it's the off-season so accomodations should be cheaper and so will some of the wedding expenses. Plus there's nothing I hate more than getting all sweaty and yucky when I'm dressed up. ;o)

We'll start pictures around 5-6 with just the wedding party, and the party will start at 7. That way, around 8 we can have the ceremony and spend the rest of the night having fun. :o)

No cake mushing, no bouquet tossing, no gartering, yuck.

And a donation to charity instead of favours. :o)

and... what else. oh! Nibblies and some form of bar. *lol*

Oh, and the theme will be (we think) old Hollywood glamour meets Japanese minimalism. *lol*

Dress Ideas 1

The advantage of the first one is that it's available from J Crew for like $300, and it's all silk. *grin* Which even means I might be able to have it dyed afterwards.

Flowers 2

Flowers 1

okay, let's see. Here are some flower pictures I've collected.

The Engagement

I don't know why but I had my heart set on his asking me on December 29th, the day he moved to Canada. I had an inkling that might be in the works when he asked me if I wanted to go to Vancouver to stay in the B&B we stayed in then (I said no, I wanted to be home between Christmas and New Year because I was helping plan a big party and actually I'm glad he asked me at home.) Anyway, December 29th arrived and he went out before I woke up and brought me a dozen lovely long stemmed red roses... we had a quiet day at home and then went out for supper. All through dinner I was antsy because I thought he might ask! We went home and dragged our mattress into the living room so that we could curl up in front of the fire and watch a movie. Then we brushed our teeth and I went to bed thinking "well I guess it's not today!" and then he came around the corner, got down on one knee and said "well Kitten, the waiting is over. I love you, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you." and he had the NICEST ring I've ever seen! and I said "Yes! now are you going to put it on me?" and then I cried.

And because it was 11:30 at night I then made him get out of bed and go get the flashlight so I could admire it at any time during the night. ;o)

The ring means especially lots to me because I went to EVERY jewelry store in town, and I never saw anything at all, regardless of price, that was exactly what I wanted. But he knows what I like and he brought my best friend with him, and he had it custom made to be perfect. I am VERY spoiled and happy!

The wedding won't be until November 2007, because we're going to Australia for all of this coming June and we'll need that long to save up some money again, but I'm in full-on wedding pr0n mode. ;o)