Wedding update

There always seems to be more wedding stuff to do, even when you think you’re done.  I know that we won’t be done till after the wedding is over, but most stuff is finished.

Anyway… for those who are interested, the wedding website has been recently updated to include tuxedo rental information, new vendor info, and hopefully, by the end of the day today, all of the hotel rental information will be there as well.  Geoff called to schedule an appointment with the hotel but we haven’t heard back yet whether or  not the sales manager is available to meet with us today or later this week.  Hopefully we’ll be able to get the room block info up there by the end of this week.

For those of you who might be looking to share a room at the hotel to cut down on expenses, please feel free to use the guest book feature on the wedding website to post that you are looking.  Don’t post any personally identifiable information other than your name, I’ll know who you are.  Cousins on my side of the family, you might want to talk it over on Facebook.

Some folks have asked if we have room at our apartment for guests for the weekend of the wedding.  The answer to that is that as much as we all love you, no.  The Inn is closed for the weekend.  We are happy to match people up to share rooms, but that weekend is going to be too hectic to have house guests and pets underfoot.

Also, some folks have asked about the Save The Date Cards.  I am still waiting on a couple of addresses.  I am hoping those will go in the mail by this weekend.

Questions?  Post them in the comments, please.

~Kelly

At least today was pretty constructive

Today Kelly and I managed to:  take Rerun to the vet (he had a problem with one of his paws); take care of the details at the tuxedo rental place (details to come later for those renting tuxes) ; take Kelly to an interview (which went well); do some research on things to do this summer and fall with visiting family; picked up some prescriptions; picked up some clothes from our tailor, Mr. Sordillo, and dropped off two more pairs of pants of mine to be hemmed; and stopped at the hardware store to pick up a few odds and ends we needed.  So all in all, a pretty constructive day for a Monday.  – Geoff

So.. about that university job…

Yeah, I don’t have it any more.  I completed my 90 day probationary period, and they decided not to keep me.  Needless to say I was stunned.  The general consensus seems to be that there was some sort of personality conflict.  Certainly my boss never warmed to me at all.

So anyway, now I am back to looking for work again, and as you can imagine, I am just thrilled about it (not).  At least Kelly has had a lot of good interviews lately.  I am going to try to keep working on more certifications, and personal networking, and whatever else I can do to keep me busy and constructive.

-Geoff

Art so irrationally funny, I’m not sure how to describe it

This was sent to us by the super funny JJ yesterday.  It is a link to art by this guy James.  He calls it “Relentlessly Cheerful Art.”  I can’t say I disagree.  The artist is someone who clearly knows his Geek Culture (yes, there is such a thing) and who also is ridiculously talented.  The art is actually really, really beautiful.  But the subject matter is so strikingly funny I was actually sitting here yesterday, Geoff right along with me, laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes.

It does require a certain understanding of things like Star Wars, Firefly, and Dr. Who, but it also mixes in Winnie the Poo, Where the Wild Things Are (my favorite childhood book), and Edvard Munch’s The Scream.  Oh, and the Muppets.  Lots of Muppets.  Go, take a look.  You won’t regret it.

~Kelly

Free Museum Admission This Summer

Ok, I know I’ve been posting a lot today.  Oh well, it’s my our blog, so 😛  This is important.

Free Fun Fridays 2011
Free Museum Admission all summer long!

Have summer Fridays at work and looking to up your cultural quotient?  Looking for something to do with the kids?  Find your way to a Free Friday at one of the institutions listed above.  Feel free to spread this around, email, repost, tweet, etc.  Leave a comment if you want a copy of the original pdf poster.

~Kelly

Another totally self serving shopping post

Ideeli is having a sale starting today on Orrefors.  One of the things on sale are the Champagne flutes we’re registered for, at half the price that they cost at Bloomingdales, which is where we’re registered.

Just, you know, FYI.  If you don’t have an invite to Ideeli there is one in the blogroll to the right of the screen.  The sale lasts for 3 days.

~Kelly

So, ecards.

Some of you may have heard that today is my Birthday.  I have received some nice phone calls and a couple of nice emails and ecards.

Leave it to my brother to send me this.  My brother is the best.

http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/7clWWHieJGp9P2Mv

Kinda makes me wonder what else the day will bring?

~Kelly

If only this was more common

Geoff here – obviously there are a lot of problems with the Catholic Church these days, and it is because of many of these problems that I left the church and became Episcopalian.  That being said, I think it is highly encouraging that not all Catholics agree with the rampant homophobic prejudice that is running throughout the Church.  An article today on Boston.com talks about one priest who is taking a stand for inclusion, and good for him.  Remember, the arguments made against integrating the races in Catholic churches were just as flawed.  History was not kind to the racial bigots in the Catholic ranks, and it is not going to be kind to the homophobic bigots.

Phew, that’s a relief.

It looks like the job hunt is picking back up for me.  I had an interview on May 27th that I thought went really well but I hadn’t heard back from them so I sort of assumed that nothing was to come of it.  Then yesterday they called and asked to see me next Monday for an interview with the President of the company.  That was cool.  Sort of out of the blue, but cool.

This was very much on the heels of last week when I applied for a job with the Federal Government (!) and the day after I applied I got a call from the singularly nicest individual I have ever worked with in all of the job interviews I have ever had.  Ever.  She arranged a phone interview for me for today.  I just finished with the phone interview/teleconference.  They actually told me in the interview that I had all the qualifications that they were looking for.  All of them.  That’s never happened to me before.

And, this job sounds like fun.  Well, fun in the sense that it would have me doing the analytical and people interactive stuff that I like to do.  Most people would probably hate it, but I’m weird that way.  Oh, and they told me in the interview that I’d hear by the end of the week about the next step.  Very exciting, I love a hard and fast deadline.

I’m going to go ahead and apply to some other things this afternoon and tomorrow anyway.  But I am hoping this one comes through.  Being a Federal employee would NOT suck.

~Kelly