EXCITED!!!

[Dodi 69]

We decided to forego the "big" wedding till our first anniversary and just have a vow renewal when we can afford it. By then we'll have had two incomes for several months, so we should be more settled and have time to plan it together, etc.

So when Peter gets here, we're going to go to the courthouse for a little ceremony with a judge and then have about 10 to 12 friends and family members join us at a nice restaurant for dinner and cake/champagne.

We picked out the restaurant today!!! Bellini's has a private room that seats 12 for no extra fees, and they'll let us bring in a little cake for dessert. A few people at work recommended them, and the girl I spoke to at the reservation desk was really nice, so we're tentatively booked for Friday, October 22, at 6:30pm for dinner & drinks!! We're thinking of booking a room in the hotel for 2 nights for a "mini-moon" since my mom is going to keep the kids for the weekend for us.

I'm so excited!!! We have PLANS!!!! I know plans can change if something goes wrong... knock on wood but we're hoping that the 17th will continue our luck and he'll be here October 15th. Finally. 2 years of waiting coming to a close. SINGLE DIGITS TILL OUR INTERVIEW!!!!

[ameribrit 37]

Good luck for the interview, and your future married life together

[TBoneTX 45,381]

On the 17th, which I (a mere Colonist) understand to be St. Patrick's Day, I'll go out beating the bushes looking for leprechauns, si man.

[Pooky 3,795]

On the 17th, which I (a mere Colonist) understand to be St. Patrick's Day, I'll go out beating the bushes looking for leprechauns, si man.

Umm, St. Patrick's Day is in March

Go looking for leprechauns in October and they be laughing at you

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

We had a small ceremony with about the same number of guests, and went for a restaurant celebration afterwards. We did go to the trouble of having a "real" (small) wedding cake brought in, though. Loads of lovely memories from it all.

Never bothered spending money on a "big" to-do later on.

[Janine&Scott 5]

That's awesome so nice to see someone excited and happy Good luck with your interview I'm sure it will all go fine!

Have a wonderful wedding day for all of us still awaiting news of our interview dates.

[Dodi 69]

Peter's parents left for Chile today for three months. He's sad because he's very close to them and just said a tearful goodbye to them for a year. We're getting married on his mother's birthday, so next year when she comes for the bigger wedding it'll be her 70th. He's never been married before, so it's going to be bittersweet that we're doing this without them there, but they planned their trip knowing when we were getting married, so there's not much we can do. His mother actually asked him to wait till they got back in December to come to the US, because she said she didn't think he'd remember to turn the heat or the lights off and lock the door. He's 39 years old for cryin out loud!!! We're not putting off our plans for 2 months just because she's paranoid. It's bad enough they knowingly planned their trip when they'd be missing him getting married. Their loss.

[Gemmie 142]

So excited to see you excited.

We had a small ceremony too with just 5 of us. We were going to do a bigger one later but now we're not bothered. It was special enough.

[TBoneTX 45,381]

Umm, St. Patrick's Day is in March

I admitted that I'm a mere Colonist, si man.

Go looking for leprechauns in October and they be laughing at you

Oh contrairy (that's French, Morticia), no man: I'll have a better chance of finding them because everyone else thinks that they're out-of-season, si man! And I'm not waiting till October, no man -- for me, St. Patrick's Day is this month, begorra man!

Back on topic: In regard to weddings, si man: The most dangerous food is Wedding Cake.

I once dated two girls during the same time period. Their names were Katherine and Edie. I wanted to have my Kate and Edith too, si man.

Edited September 9, 2010 by TBoneTX

[Rob and Jill 82]

5 days left until our interview!!!

[Dodi 69]

8 days for us!!!

I'm ready for it to be over, to buy his plane ticket, and get the show on the road!! I keep checking the flight prices every day just to see if they change. Why are round-trip flights less expensive than one-way? I've never understood that. You'd think it'd be more because you're taking up seats on TWO different flights!!! Not that travel has ever been logical.

[Nik+Heather 121]

8 days for us!!!

I'm ready for it to be over, to buy his plane ticket, and get the show on the road!! I keep checking the flight prices every day just to see if they change. Why are round-trip flights less expensive than one-way? I've never understood that. You'd think it'd be more because you're taking up seats on TWO different flights!!! Not that travel has ever been logical.

I always thought it was because people who buy 1 way tickets were on sort of an imperative travel situation - so since they HAVE to travel, they HAVE to pay whatever they can squeeze out of them.

Just be sure that you cancel the return portion of the ticket ASAP, because there was recently a couple who ran into a problem with their AOS being DENIED because they thought he left the country on the return portion!

[marlea 84]

Check Aer Lingus. I have found some one way flights with them that are super cheap. Though we are looking at flights in later December, so I don't know if they would be cheaper now. And they also go through Dublin, which means he would do his POE stuff there instead of here in the US, so he wouldn't have to go though immigration when the plane lands in the US.

19 days to our interview, but three and a half months until his arrival. But we'll be happy once he has his visa in hand!

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

United used to run a route to Dublin that had cheaper one-way fares. Don't know if that still exists.