Hi folks,
This is just a reminder. If you have not yet mailed in your RSVP card please do so now. This is especially true if you are a member of the Wedding Party *koff koff*. The due date for RSVP cards is Saturday, as in, this Saturday.
For all of you who have sent them in, Thank You.
Kelly & Geoff
Yesterday Kelly and I put Rerun and Thumbelina in the car, drove up to Lowell to pick up my Aunt Donna, and then drove to New Hampshire to see Liz, Dan, and the kids. Once again the dogs ran around with their cousin Ralph for a while, and poor little Ralph was so excited to see us that he literally peed everywhere. And I did not help keep a clean carpet either, as I accidentally tracked dirt and mud into the house myself. That’s because I am a genius. Really.
I just logged into Macy’s.com. It looks like ALL of our china is marked down substantially. I am actually slightly concerned that this means that it is marked for clearance, never to be seen again. I will check on that, but if you’re looking to save some money on a wedding gift, now’s the time.
If you buy a place setting, you get a free soup bowl. Soup bowls, regularly $95 are marked down to $76. The 15.25″ serving platter, regularly $255 is now $204. You get the idea.
Happy shopping,
~Kelly
ETA: You can also get $20 off any $100 purchase from a registry. Click here for the details. The special runs 9/14-9/27.
ETA the second: I think this sale may have crashed the Macy’s server. Heh.
ETA the third: I have been trying to check and see the Macy’s site all day and it looks like their gateway server is down. You can still get through via our registry link here. Guess this is punishment for stalking the registry… 😉
Noah just posted some photos from Sunday. This was the last one, it was taken by a guy sitting in the row in front of us right as the game ended. Yes, I look like a Dink-Dink. It was about 50 degrees out, the wind was blowing, and we were WAY up high.
~Kelly
I did not get that job I wanted. I just found out this afternoon. I do appreciate everyone’s support and encouragement during the long and somewhat stressful process. It is nice to know that some of the people I met with thought so highly of me that they are recommending me to some of the recruiters they know. So I guess that is something. I also found out that a few of them watched that video of my commencement speech and really loved it. So I am trying to keep my chin up and move on to whatever comes next.
-Geoff
Lately, Kelly and I have been having a pretty rough time in general. We have managed so far to keep our chins up, mainly due to our love for each other and our little furry kids. But it has also been encouraging that we have gotten a lot of emotional (and sometimes material) support from friends and family, and lately that has also helped us to keep our heads above water financially. So since I feel like I have not said thank you to all of those people nearly enough, I will say so again here. Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts. I honestly don’t know what we would do without all of you.
Continue reading “Sometimes, a little distraction is just what’s needed”
I think that’s better than a LOL.
Enjoy.
~Kelly
We found out earlier this afternoon that our awesome upstairs neighbors lost their cat, Sarge, earlier this week. He was young and it was totally unexpected and completely unpreventable. He essentially had a stroke. They were there for him in the end when the vet had to give him the shot to let him go and he didn’t linger, but it is terribly sad.
He was the only cat I’ve ever met who didn’t like me, but I’ll still miss the little bugger. We generally can’t hear much from upstairs, but we could hear Sarge when he’d leap from the bed and race across the hardwood floor to the front door whenever one of them would come home.
Rest in Peace little guy. We’ll see you at The Bridge, and I promise I’ll remember to bring treats.
~Kelly
Normally this would not be cause for celebration. In fact, we usually try to keep him from eating too much since he’s the largest animal in the house. But since Monday’s Thyroid Storm and all of the ensuing insanity, he’s actually smaller than Bucky now. I was actually amazed at how light he was when I picked him up last night to get his pills into him and give him his shot.
… is when you see a job you applied AND interviewed for posted again less than a year after you were rejected for it. This has happened multiple times to me in my career and it never fails to aggravate me. I want to reach out and email the hiring manager and tell them, “If you’d hired me I’d still be there!”
But I never do. Because I have manners.
~Kelly
