I'm so excited, I just can't hide it...

Ian here...and this is my blog!

We were told that it is hard to tell who is posting the blogs because our usernames are too ambiguous, so we are opening each blog with a "Ryan Seacreast" sort of intro. I don't think that either of us really idolize him, but his iconic status is strangely catchy.

Dara came home with a dress last night, because apparently UPS thinks that she is a desperate house wife who stays at home all day waiting for her prince charming dressed in brown to arrive. I think not. We are teachers, and being paid by boxes of oranges may be more lucrative, but whatever. I digress.

It became more apparent over the past week and a half that reading is not a job requirement of the UPS drivers because she signed the back of the little slip that they left on the front porch three times. I guess that doesn’t count for dresses, it is possible that one of the little old ladies here in the Country Club has nothing else better to do except go door-to-door looking for left boxes on the doorsteps of young people like us who pay their social security?

Anyways, it was exciting to see one of the girls dresses on, live in person. Since in my last blog, I wrote about how guys and David's Bridal is a toxic mix-i guess in my own home it does not count.

Yeah for a dress, yeah for another day closer, it is 99 days and 22 hours til WE are married. Cool.

Ian, out.

wedding nightmare!

Last night I had my first in a series of "bad wedding" dreams!!!! After sharing my dream with other family members, I have come to find out that others have had bad dreams about my wedding as well!! :::::gasp:::::

HERE goes my dream. The reason it is so vivid is because I had it in the last 10 minutes of my snooze cycle.

First of all, the wedding was at 5:00 and I still wasn't ready by 6:00. This is why:

I forgot to get my dress steamed, so it was wrinkly for the wedding.

Ian forgot to buy my wedding ring, so all I had was my engagement ring. We had to try to find some fake ring to go with it!

Ian forgot to do the music, (something I know he would NEVER do) so we had no idea what we were dancing our first dance to, what we were entering the reception to, and all that jazz.

I had the biggest zit ever in my entire life on my chin, and makeup wasn't even beginning to cover it. The more make up I applied, the bigger and redder it got.

I was driving on Eastern AWAY from the church and I turned down Hall to take a short-cut to my "Grand Rapids house." (If you are from Grand Rapids, you know this is not a shortcut to the house I grew up in.) The reason we took this "short cut" is because we had to drive to David's Bridal at 4:00 to try to find Kim a bridesmaid dress because she didn't have hers yet??? And we couldn't find anything in pool, and it was a very unorganized David's Bridal, with dresses thrown all over the place.

You all might not think this part is a nightmare, but seeing as I'm convinced I currently match my wedding dress in all it's whiteness, i was pale as a ghost in my dream, as I "forgot" to go tanning before the wedding.

My favorite part of my dream is that I decided to walk down the aisle wearing my favorite shoes:

Ring bearer & Flower Girl!

After a very long draft process, we have selected our ring bearer & flower girl.

Evan Stewart (dara's lil' brother)

Ally Jo McKenna (Ian's mom used to be her nanny)

Ian's first time at David's Bridal...

In my last blog I wrote about Scott and I's escapade to MW Tux. The experience was (for the most part) short, and quick. We were only held up by the lack of qualified people working at the time that we arrived.

Now, yesterday I went to the "other side" for only a brief moment, and my world quickly became a thunderstorm of confusion. The older man and his son sitting outside, who appeared to be waiting on their wives, was probably my sign.

Let me explain.

Laura and I went to Orlando to get lunch and visit Universal Studios, where we have season passes. It is a great time, and we never feel bad about only riding one ride (side note: the new "upgrades" to the ride Disaster, formally Earthquake, is simply amazing!) On the way to the Mall at Millennia, Laura mentioned that we needed a swatch of the color that we had chosen, and David's Bridal was across the street. After a long sigh, Laura told be me that the swatch was for my Mom, so I went ahead with the plan...and I was allowed to stay in the car!

Laura went in, and I parked. Seriously, I had no intension of going in; in fact I'm not sure what sane man would want to go in. I presume that they too felt it was not a place for "the men."

BEEP - BEEP Laura called out to the car, and was short a dollar. My luck had ran out-- I now had to enter a land of brides-to-be and prom-going women.

Immediately when I entered I got looks from all the ladies who were greeting the guests. Thank goodness my BlackBerry was glued to my ear as I frantically was looking for Laura, and I did not have to tell those ladies what I was up to. I certainly hope they did not think that I was there to try on dresses. :(

I am so glad that I did not have to dress shop. There are so many dresses-the racks were exploding with bright white fabrics, and lightning bolts of color splashed random hues throughout. I can only imagine the horror of having to pick out from those racks. For the woman it was like a human doll house, I presume. Did I mention how loud it was? "Ohhh" "Ahhh"

Now, in contrast, MW Tux was quite quiet, and the conversation with the other two guys in there about golf and $1 draft beer was much more delightful.


In closing, I'll stick to golf and my penguin suit. :)