The Averys.

Last night’s timeline:
10pm- arrive home, see large box for me waiting in hallway
10:01pm- Announcement made to room mates “my wedding dress is here!” Followed by requests to try it on for them. Duly agreed to.
10:08pm- After gingerly stepping into the crinoline monster, I realize it does not fit. I put on […]

After reading through the highly recommended The Hard Questions: 100 Questions To Ask Before Saying I Do, Mele and I came up with a financial plan that seems to work for us. Basically, there are three accounts: hers, mine, and ours. The “Ours” account is used for rent, home repair, necessary travel, and whatever both […]

One of the largest - and most overly-romanticized - aspects of married life is the married bed, a magical place where everyone arrives at the same time and sleeps soundly in eachothers’ arms. Not so, say many married couples afflicted with insomniac spouses, differing routines, and incompatible sleep patterns. It’s nice to see articles like […]

The offishul wedding wallpaper. Or something. This is basically an iStock template with new little icons on it that represent stuffs about us. There aren’t a lot of icons now, but I’ll add more as I think of them. This pattern will play an important role in the invites (WHICH I AM WORKING ON I […]

When I announced that Mele and I were engaged, my mother offered to make a quilt for us. That was like 20 months ago, but I am happy to announce that I have finished my first draft of the design.

It’s got leaves and stuff. I hope she can do it. We shall see.

Things are moving along smoother than we expected.  At the current rate we should have most of the big things taken care of in 2 months.  I just ordered my dress this weekend and it should be ready in late March.  We have started looking into the hotel situation for our many out of town […]