i'm back from my wedding and the four subsequent days relaxing at edgefield. it's kind of hard to pay attention to work (as you can see by the fact that i'm posting a blog at 2 pm). the wedding and reception themselves were gorgeous and everything that i wanted them to be. except for long enough. i'm sure they were long enough for the other people who participated, but i felt like they day went by in a big, happy blur and i didn't get to sit down and spend enough time with everyone who was there as much as i would have liked.
after the reception we went to and then got kicked very politely out of tp and as's room and downstairs into the pool hall. one poor guest had fallen asleep/passed out at one of the tables and all of a sudden, right when someone was saying "it's called a honeymoon because it's sweet and you get to see each other's butts," i looked over and there was a full moon in the form of jk's butt getting it's picture taken next to the sleeping c.
the rest of the week was so nice. we stayed out at edgefield for three more days. it rained on monday, so we stayed in, did honeymoon things (wink wink), watched oceans 13 in the theater there, sat on the porch with a bottle of champagne and played cards, etc. tuesday we tried to play golf on edgefield's 17-hole golf course. we sucked. i kept trying to hit the ball and ending up swinging at air or tearing up the grass instead. we both lost several balls to the blackberry bushes. we got frustrated and gave up to go get a beer about half way through. then we went wine tasting in the little winery where matt proposed a year and a half ago. we had breakfast every morning and dinner tuesday night at the black rabbit restaurant, which has amazing 5-star food and is nothing like a mcmenamin's pub. we ate more meat and drank more wine than we have all year--i'm sure i've gained back the 13 pounds i lost for the wedding! on tuesday night there was an irish band playing in the garden outside the little red shed. it was so perfect. wednesday morning, we got up and got our dog (who had made friends with an adorable little 6 month old border collie, and who also was returned to us with a piece of tape over his id tag saying that his name was "satan" and that his phone number was "666-6666"...), and headed back to normal life.
thank you everyone who was able to come celebrate with us--you made it the beautiful day and great time that it was. :)
4 comments:
I had such a lovely time at all the events that weekend and I'm thrilled you did, too!
I have the photo of the full-moon, rest assured! Would you like it sent to you?
I wish I had A.not lost track of everyone who scurried away to other places after the reception and B.not had to work the next day, so that I could have stayed and partied with you guys a lot longer. The whole thing was fantastic, and I wish I could have stayed longer.
MJ, glad that your after wedding stuff went well, sounds dreamy. : ) However, I got a little confused at the end of the blog: when you say "who was also returned to us" did you mean you given the border collie named Satan? Sorry, I'm a little desne this week...
the border collie is named maxwell and he belongs to our friends, otis stayed there and was returned to us with a "new name". apparently he was quite a handfull. he got all the way up on their kitchen counter! they also started caling maxwell "satan's little helper." they got along great, but i guess they egged each other on into bad-puppy-dom all week.
That sounds hilarious!! I was begginging to picture two dogs, a collie and an Otis running around your yard with nuttria on their noses (when I thoguht you had received another dog). I don't believe Otis's "new name" for a second; he is too lovable.
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