Just Married!

Finally, right?

It was an amazing weekend in Chicago, and from the feedback I’ve received, everyone had a wonderful time.

Personally, it didn’t start out wonderfully, but a bad starter in an airplane, caused an extra, unexpected delay to my Bloomington connecting flight. That made it possible to make the trip in one day as my first flight was delayed many times over due to earlier weather issues.

Luckily enough, I was traveling well ahead of the wedding & to the best of my knowledge; no one else had any travel issues.

Another great story from the weekend is the 12:30 AM wedding day fire alarm. I have vague memories of it, but hey, it was my last night, err, early morning of freedom! The wedding party & family did a great job stepping in to ensure that bride and groom did not meet. My understanding is that Robin was less than thrilled about the interruption to her beauty sleep, but by the ceremony, you’d have never guessed she missed a wink!

On the more serious side, the weather was perfect, six months of planning fell perfectly into place, & all went well.

Thank you to everyone who was able to spend part of their weekend with us, it meant the world to us both.

We finished our weekend at the Lazy Cloud Bed & Breakfast. I’ll have more wonderful things to say about them in a future post, but just know that we completely expect to spend another fall or spring weekend there and completely recommend it as a great get-a-way location. (Tell them we said so if you go – I’m all for some marketing kick-back!!)

We do not feel that the World Wide Web is the appropriate location for our wedding photo album, but have no fear, pictures are still accessible to any of you who want to check them out. Please let me know via email or a comment to this post if you would like to be on the picture distribution list. (Many of you have, and if so, no need to do so twice, the list has already started.)

Also, if you have pictures to share, please send them my way. Along with doing so, let me know if you are just sharing with me or want me to pass them along to the distribution list mentioned above.



Finally, a thank you to Phil, Weezie, & Tom Pitts for making the wedding night all the more memorable! :o)

School Pictures

Ok, yes, these should have been up before the wedding, but, um, well, I was planning a wedding.....

Looking Ahead, Not Back....

Tonight I’m printing programs. Sometime this week I need to solve the mystery of printing vertical business cards to fill the place card holders. Together and via email we’re making a Santa-like RSVP list.

Sound like the tasks of the last 11 days before the wedding?! Who knew there was so much work!

(No joke, as I type, my iTunes on shuffle mode queues up “Eye of the Tiger.” What’s a guy to do?!)

All of this to say that Robin and I are focusing on the wonderful day in our near future. We both look forward to seeing friends and family, bringing everyone together, and most of all, publicly declaring our love for each other.

Keep an eye out here, because this will be your spot for photos. Robin & I will have our camera through the weekend, there will be disposables on every table, & a photographer too! Guess I need to clear some time in my schedule for sitting here posting things…

(iTunes has a real sense of humor tonight, now playing, Dr. Hook, “I’ve got a couple more years on you baby.” Sorry babe, but I’m thinking my old Gateway was sending that one out to you!)

More than likely, this is the last pre-wedding post. The next one will either be a celebration or a statement that she came to her senses. Keep your fingers crossed for me that she doesn’t.

(Final song for the posting time, Brooks & Dunn “More than a Margarita.” Not sure of the significance, but I had to keep the play by play going, I mean seriously, I couldn’t have made up the last two – or timed them better – if I tried.)

Again, no resolution

The stall tatics of the bad guys are well in play. Thank you to the many well wishes received today before, during, and after. I got the personal pleasure of two solid hours on the stand. We only had 2:30 of court time booked. We now have additional half days December 6th and 11th.

To those who Robin or I owed a call Wednesday night, our apologies, it wasn’t a night for long conversations or constant re-discussing it. More news to come obviously.

On a serious note....

Hello all -

Many of you know that Robin & I are apart due to more than just work and relocation issues. Firstly, I want to thank everyone for all of the positive thoughts, prayers, and kind words. I have definitely felt the positive energy that all of the above have created for us.

I’m confident that our actions have been just and honest at every step of the way over the last five months and we will be rewarded accordingly.

I do request a favor. Our court date is one week from today, Wednesday, October 10th. Your continued and amplified thoughts, prayers, and well wishes can only strengthen our cause.

The blessing that goes with all of this is that I’ll get five days with my family in the next week, and I do plan to make the most of this time.

I want to also let everyone know that I will post the verdict once it’s known. We do not expect to know something immediately, and minimal “how did it go?” questions would be appreciated.

I look forward to putting this behind us, focusing on the celebration that goes with our wedding 18 days after court, and all the last minute planning and re-planning that goes with it. :o)

Again, thank you all for your love and support.

(And, yes, Chris, I typed this from the living room, just because I could! Thanks for your help!!)


On a lighter note (no post is valid without at least one) – the Bears’ season may be over, but it’s ok, the Stars' first face off just happened, & the Cubs are in the playoffs, so I’m now fully distracted and need to sign off. More to come soon!