The wedding is 180 days from now. Yes, the date is that close. It does not feel like I have been engaged for six months, but I have. When I said this to Kate yesterday she was shocked. Time has a way of doing this to you.
There is a lot of planning we have yet to do. I think we can do it, but there is a lot of work for us. With both of use having new jobs, it is going to be hard. We need to get on it.
See you in 180 days
Monday, September 22, 2008
Saturday, September 20, 2008
In the first months...
When I moved out of the house, it was months before I graduated from high school. I moved in with a then boyfriend one on further wiser thought I had no business moving in with. Five months the whole thing was over. I had then entered college for the first time and gotten a job at Acme Comics. I started writing poetry and listening to Tori Amos. I was majoring in English Lit. and looking forward to becoming a poet. All in all taking myself way too seriously, and learning little to nothing about the secrets about being a woman. Ah, yes there was also D&D, coffee shops,open mics and copper-red hair dye. All intermingled with drama class, and brooding, confused gentle boys. We were all trying to figure the world out at the same time it created way too much static for one coffee shop. Ah, the clove smoking headache days.
Years later...(too many to count and feel good about)
Someone with brownish hair and green eyes messages you on Yahoo! Personals of all places. A place she thought she would never have to use. She messages you because you are the only one with a witty yet sensitive subject line. Shes tired of dealing with nonsense. And by nonsense she means those things that should have been glaringly obvious to her in the first place. She blames herself for a lot of what has happened to her, with her and around her. No longer owning the words "All I Ever Wanted Was An Al Pacino" one of her poems she used to quietly scream. She thinks that you are one of the most beautiful people she has ever seen and one of the most gentle low voices she has ever talked to. You take a chance and go out with this seemingly bright woman to a coffee shop. A woman comes out of the gate, but you can tell in someways she still thinks of herself as a girl. She doesn't have any idea what to do so she hugs you. This is the first real conversation she has had with anyone in a long time. She observes looks into your eyes while you talk to her about your being one of eight. A fact that she finds rather astounding and respects your Mom and Dad for. She talks about the trials of being a Catholic girl in public school. You understand, in fact she is finding you over time understand her more than anyone ever. You talk about politics and she doesn't even bat an eyelash when you say your a Republican...well maybe one eyelash. Two at most. You and she play around with the idea of holding hands, leaving them loose on the table between the two of you. Both of you looking to see if it is the right time...
It feels like you have known each other for a very long time now...
Shes at your kitchen table in the mornings. You smile over at her, she thinks you are the most glorious thing in the world. Both of you listen to each other. Both of you understand. Something she has dreamed of but thought she would never find. She holds you to her heart like a piece of fragile glass, knowing you will be careful. Knowing you will be there for a very long time.
Years later...(too many to count and feel good about)
Someone with brownish hair and green eyes messages you on Yahoo! Personals of all places. A place she thought she would never have to use. She messages you because you are the only one with a witty yet sensitive subject line. Shes tired of dealing with nonsense. And by nonsense she means those things that should have been glaringly obvious to her in the first place. She blames herself for a lot of what has happened to her, with her and around her. No longer owning the words "All I Ever Wanted Was An Al Pacino" one of her poems she used to quietly scream. She thinks that you are one of the most beautiful people she has ever seen and one of the most gentle low voices she has ever talked to. You take a chance and go out with this seemingly bright woman to a coffee shop. A woman comes out of the gate, but you can tell in someways she still thinks of herself as a girl. She doesn't have any idea what to do so she hugs you. This is the first real conversation she has had with anyone in a long time. She observes looks into your eyes while you talk to her about your being one of eight. A fact that she finds rather astounding and respects your Mom and Dad for. She talks about the trials of being a Catholic girl in public school. You understand, in fact she is finding you over time understand her more than anyone ever. You talk about politics and she doesn't even bat an eyelash when you say your a Republican...well maybe one eyelash. Two at most. You and she play around with the idea of holding hands, leaving them loose on the table between the two of you. Both of you looking to see if it is the right time...
It feels like you have known each other for a very long time now...
Shes at your kitchen table in the mornings. You smile over at her, she thinks you are the most glorious thing in the world. Both of you listen to each other. Both of you understand. Something she has dreamed of but thought she would never find. She holds you to her heart like a piece of fragile glass, knowing you will be careful. Knowing you will be there for a very long time.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Twitter at the Ceremony
I will admit that I want to have someone as the designated Twitter'er at the wedding. (Or is that tweeter?) For those who do not know, Twitter is a social text messaging/micro blogging service. Living in Silicon Valley, of course I am a big twitter user. I have a bunch of friends who I keep in contact mostly through twitter now a days. I know that lots of people do not use twitter and many do not even know what it is. There is a good video that explains Twitter in plain English.
I think it would be cool to set up an account just for the wedding. We would have one of our Twitter using friends at the wedding tweeting to that account. This way we could have a play by play of what happened at the ceremony in 140 character chunks. I think it would be a cool thing to have to look back on. It is a 21st century addition to the wedding album.
To say the list Kate does not like this idea. She thinks it is tacky and classless. She does not see it as something fun that we could do. I am hoping that other people can help me convince her that it would be a fun thing to do.
I think it would be cool to set up an account just for the wedding. We would have one of our Twitter using friends at the wedding tweeting to that account. This way we could have a play by play of what happened at the ceremony in 140 character chunks. I think it would be a cool thing to have to look back on. It is a 21st century addition to the wedding album.
To say the list Kate does not like this idea. She thinks it is tacky and classless. She does not see it as something fun that we could do. I am hoping that other people can help me convince her that it would be a fun thing to do.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Date and Location
The wedding is planned for March 21, 2009. We will be getting married at Sanborn County Park in Saratoga, California. It is about a 30 minute drive away from where we live in San Jose. Both the ceremony and the reception will be there. There is more information to come about the time of the wedding.
We picked Sanborn Park because it is a beautiful outdoor park. We are having the ceremony Sequoia-Peterson Grove. It is an amazing grove of trees. The reception will be at the picnic site next to the grove.
We are encouraging people to car pool to the wedding. There is a $6 per car parking fee for the park.
The address is
16055 Sanborn Rd
Saratoga, CA 95070
Please check back for more information to come.
We picked Sanborn Park because it is a beautiful outdoor park. We are having the ceremony Sequoia-Peterson Grove. It is an amazing grove of trees. The reception will be at the picnic site next to the grove.
We are encouraging people to car pool to the wedding. There is a $6 per car parking fee for the park.
The address is
16055 Sanborn Rd
Saratoga, CA 95070
Please check back for more information to come.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Welcome to the Wedding Blog
I am starting a new wedding blog. I know that I have been meaning to get this up and running a while ago. The point of this web site is to give information and a little bit of insight about the Kate Stadille - Rich Thomas wedding. We are planning on posting links to all the important web information about the wedding. Please watch this site to see more.
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