Meg's Musings

Birthday at Grandma's

2007-05-02T16:53:00.000-05:00

So this weekend was Mike's mother's 65th Birthday. We had a party for her with all her friends and family. So of course I got to see my favourite little boy Colin. If you've been to my FaceBook site you would have seen all my photos of him:) But on this site I'm going to post a couple of videos I took with my camera....just cos I can :P

His Humps...

2007-04-25T19:37:00.000-05:00

...you have to check out this video from YouTube of a little kid singing "My Humps"

Superstition...

2007-04-19T19:00:00.000-05:00

<su·per·sti·tion /ˌsupərˈstɪʃən/ [soo-per-stish-uhn] –noun

An irrational belief that an object, action, or circumstance not logically related to a course of events influences its outcome.

So over the last few months I've been told many about what I can and can't wear to the wedding ... what I have to do the next day... etc..etc...

I knew about the ..something old..something new..something borrowed..something blue. But some of these new ones are strange..I can't wear open toe shoes (bad luck), have to hope for rain (suppose to be good luck....but I'm having an out door wedding..so how can that work)...and I have to go swimming the next day (to prevent twins!!)

So my question is are they true?? And if they are what other ones should I be aware of??

A night to remember

2007-04-17T18:56:00.000-05:00

So Mike and I went to see Loreena McKinnett last night at Massey Hall...and all I can say is WOW! It was quite the night. Definitely one our top 5 best Date Nights;)
Loreena McKinnett has long been one of my favorite musicians and last night I was not disappointed at all. In fact I was quite surprised at times. At one point there was a duel between an electric guitar and electric violin.
All my favourites were played...Bonny Portmore, The Lady of Shalott, The Old Ways, The Bonny Swans, The Mummers' Dance, The Highwayman, Penelope's Song...and soo many more...THREE ENCORES!!!
I encourage anyone who has never listen to her to look her up. There are several of her songs on YouTube.
It is my love of her music that made me want to have a Celtic Harpist for my wedding and I am more excited about now then ever!!

Memories of Yesteryears

2007-04-02T20:17:00.000-05:00

So I joined Facebook about a month ago and didn't think it was all that exciting. The only people that I knew that were on it were from work, and I see and talk to them everyday, so seeing them online was not super exciting (don't get me wrong I love all my friends at work, but I do see them everyday). Well, two days ago an old friend, Gabby, from University found me. This was my bestfriends for four years. We did everything together, she lived with me and we travelled to England together...one prof used to asked where the umbilical cord was that connected us. Well, something happened that strained and eventually ended the friendship...looking back I feel this huge amount of regret that I let that happen. I feel this emptiness.

And over the past 48 hours since reconnecting with her there have been other faces popping up..Heidi..Jennifer..Lori...Diane....all these people who where huge parts of my life and then things happened and they were no longer there.

I look over their profiles and I see all these things that I missed..marriages...babies... and feel this huge pang in my heart that I should have tried harder to be a better friend, I shouldn't have let things go the way they did. I miss them..I miss the time with them......I miss who I was with them.

And now as I plan for the most important day of my life I realize that they won't be there...... somehow that to me feels strange.... I have this huge feeling of regret right now. These were people who were my best friends and I let them go and I don't know why. I'm sure I did something wrong..I can't even remember what caused things to go the way they did.....

Regardless I hope that this has opened the doors again to allow them to let me back in their lives and rebuild friendships that should never have been lost in the first place....

Welcome Back Letter

2007-04-01T11:07:00.000-05:00

At work if we have an advisor who has more then 5 absents from work we give them a Welcome Back Letter....it's a friendly reminder to show up for work.
So I've decided to issue myself a Welcome Back letter to this blog:) I've been absent, I know and I have no excuse really. Well it is hard to share a computer with someone who's whole work is based on the Internet;) I'm back to nights this weeks so there should be some activity since I don't have to wait for Mike to finish his emails and web updates.

So wedding updates:
We went to Picton on Saturday and checked out the winery (Waupoos Winery) and things look great. It's right on the lake and the vows will be said in the dock and then dinner and dancing will be in an open tent overlooking the lake on one side and the vineyard on the other.

I picked out my flowers. I've choose lavender hydrangeas and lavender freesia with an accent of white from a lily. Very simple, but very nice. Mike and his guys are going to have the freesia with brown woodcock feather. Mike just likes the idea of being able to tell people that there woodcock feather...sheesh guys!

Looked at all the hotels and those look good. very happy that everyone is going to be is large groups. I was worried that I'd have people scattered at various B&B. As it is now the breakup is:

Miller/Bethune - Angeline's Spa and Inn
Parks/Jessup - Picton Harbour Inn
Friends - Queen's Inn
Me and Mike - Merrill Inn

So thing are going smoothly and well. I'm a little scared that things are going to well. So far there has only been a few things that I'm not that happy about. One is that it looks like people will be standing for the ceremony. This is how they do it at the site. I can't say I'm too keen on that, but maybe if I complain enough I'll get my chairs.

Final note: I've gotten a lot of comments about the dresses. I've had a few break downs, so I'm going to put it out there since Mike doesn't read this site any ways. I did not get the v-necks. I got the spaghetti strap one. I know many of you loved the two v-necks in the photo, but one was not a comfortable dress and made me very self conscious of my stomach and the other was too expensive and the staff was rude.
The spaghetti strap one was the one I tried on first and I loved it. I compared all the others to it and kept going back to it.

So I hope that post made up for the last month of no commets :)

Check List is getting Smaller

2007-02-17T02:59:00.000-05:00

So this week I got two more things off the list. The DJ and a harpist. So happy that I have a harpist. I can thank Ann for that. Ann is the lady who waxes me :) So while she's inflicts pain every month at least I can get some benefit out of it.
The blog has been pretty slow. Sorry for that. It's due to this crappy shift I'm on at work - 430pm-1am...only one more week to go. Can't wait I have a months worth of TV to catch up on.

Stress

2007-02-09T14:38:00.000-05:00

So this event is becoming way more stressful then I thought. I thought decision would be so much easier. I thought that when I choose my dress it would be a relief. But it's just caused me more stress. I keep second guessing myself. When I made the choice it was so easy..I knew it was 'the one.' But now.....ARGH!!!
Other things have workout easily..the photographer..the harpist...
I keep reminding myself to just enjoy the ride...I just wish the ride was cheaper!!
So next on the list is to get dresses for Crystal and my sisters. This is going to be the hardest part...not the choice...the emotion. I'm here in Ontario and they are in Newfoundland. So I'm not going to be there for the whole 'trying of the dresses' days...and that makes me so sad. I know that it will all work out...and they will have a blast, I just wish I could be there.

How's this for the "First Dance?"

2007-02-09T14:35:00.000-05:00

I got my Dress!

2007-02-03T15:44:00.000-05:00

Well....I did it! I pick out and ordered my dress today. Thanks Christina for all your help today. This was a decision I couldn't have made without you and Megan.

I'm not going to post to the choice I made :) Those that don't know will have to wait :)

So here is the list:
Photographer - check
Tents - check
Hair - check
Dress - check and check
Reception - check

still need:
DJ
Tuxedos
Flowers
Cake

So if you have suggestions for the things I still need...suggest away...

Strange Bumps in the night

2007-02-02T12:34:00.000-05:00

Do you ever have that same recurring dream...not necessary a nightmare..but it stands out. For the past 5 years I dream at least once a month that I have to get a final paper done so I can graduate. Even as the dream is happening I know it's strange because I graduated over 6 years ago but the panic is there..the scrambling feeling..the dread. When I wake up there is still the moment where I have to really think..ok..there is not paper...right?...
Well that dream is now no longer occurring...you would think that is a good think, but it's not!
Now I'm having wedding dreams. Last night I dreamt my wedding was this Sunday and everyone was bowing out to watch the supper bowl game. I had no dress, no hair...nothing. It was so bizarre, because I keep thinking why is my wedding Sunday and outside in the middle of winter. So even though I knew something was wrong the panic and scrabbling and dread were all still there. And when I woke up I had to ask Mike..it's in September right? He thought I was nuts.
Married women out there...Please tell me this is not going to happen every month..please say I can have my late paper dream back.

Another Option

2007-01-27T18:18:00.000-05:00

Here is another option. My friend Megan found this one with me, but we were not allowed to take photos. It's a taffeta dress that looks like raw silk.

Happy Birthday Cherie and Musings on Turning 30

2007-01-27T16:16:00.000-05:00

It's my friend Cherie's 30th Birthday today. She been through a rough few months so I hope she has a great day!
Turning 30 was a rough day for me. Mike and I were not in a good place at the time so there was no really big celebration. He more then made up for it for my 31st.
It's amazing how time creeps up on you. I always thought by the time I was 30 I would be married with many kids and have a successful career. After all my parents were like that.
Well now I'm 32.....I've just started what I would call my career and I just got engaged. ..the wedding is the day after my 33rd birthday.
So I'm three years behind on my life plan. But you know what, I'm ok with that. I see many people get married young and have kids young and it doesn't always work. So i'm glad I took my time made sure the Mike and I were solid and that I have started a good career path. Mind you if Mike had awaited any longer I'm not sure I would have gone for the whole formal wedding idea...the thought of being over 34 in a white wedding dress wasn't sitting right with me!

Dress 1 - The Classic

2007-01-27T16:10:00.000-05:00

This is me in dress #1 - (all try and have pics of dress 2 tomorrow ..i'll need to go up and get them)

The Dress

2007-01-27T15:17:00.000-05:00

Ok...so the biggest thing on my mind right now is what dress to pick...do I go classic or unique.

So I've decided to post a two of the ones that I have looked at so far (there will be more to come) to see what you think....oh...it's an outdoor wedding at a winery.

Dress 1 - The Classic Empire Waist - raw silk:

Dress 2 - Unique - textured silk

I have arrived

2007-01-27T14:25:00.000-05:00

ok...I'm Finally here. After seeing what Barry, Cherie and Chris have done I have decided to jump on the bandwagon. I have a few reason for this....first is I have to copy everything Barry does..sorry but I do. Seriously though I do have my reasons. This year is going to be a crazy year. I'm getting married in less then 8 months and I need an outlet for my stress. I need to loose 15 pounds..so I need something to keep me honest and on track.

So that being said I'm not sure what this Blog will evolve into...possible a diet tracker...polls on what dress to pick...general thoughts about life as I see it.
So enjoy and visit often :)