The 3-day Countdown

Glancing at the countdown timer just a few lines below this post is a reminder of how many hours before I surrender my father's legacy - his last name. Although I would have wanted to keep it forever and make him proud of whatever it is that I have and will accomplish, I couldn't do anything to stop the alleged "big event".

So far within this week - this fast-paced, busy, irking, sweaty and nostalgic week, several things and mini-events have bothered, excited, blessed, and quaked my life for the time being:

1. We went to Chateau de Busay to take pictures to use during the ceremony practice, so nobody gets lost during the ceremony - including ourselves - it is our first time, you know. (I really would have wanted to post pictures, but the lack of connectivity is currently an issue.)
   
2. Several more invitations are being taken away from our hands going to several other people's hands, with the never-ending reminder of "Jehovah Jireh" {God our provider}. This almost always takes me to the brink of dark thoughts. Just don't ask me why and how.
3. At least 2 more people came to realize that responding to the "RSVP re-worded" note on our invitation is polite.
4. More people are being emotional over being invited verbally. They all want an invitation. If only they come cheap!
5. Lechon confirmations have come in.
6. "Red carpet" sponsorship set-up has been printed already. (Just think, what kind of wedding is this, really?!)
7. My maid of honor is flying in tomorrow early early morning.
8. Mom and dad are "floating" in on the 27th, early morning too.
9. The office has been a living hell for people on leave preparing for their wedding - like me - just because of an over-reacting person who wants "justice".
10. The office will be a living hell to those who wants to take a leave just to go away from the living hell it already is.
11. More people in the office will believe in hell after those meetings we were talking about over the phone a while ago.
12. Crap - I will contribute to making them believe in hell tomorrow - I'll take a time off from my leave meant for my wedding preparations just to attend the meetings we were talking about over the phone.
13. Crap again, because I really had to attend the meetings or else my two angels will be in hell during the meetings. Right, Matet and Maddy?
14. Jitters over matters that jitters are not needed for is currently coming up, and will probably continue coming up until the time every thing gets packed up after the entire reception thing.
15. Tom is practicing the wedding march with our good friend and musician-by-blood Dave Sibonga. {Dave! See you and I'm n ow confident over the march... lol!}

So that's it? Maybe I'll update more tomorrow when Timothy and Tom are, again, either fed up with playing counter strike or are busy with other things.

Mom, What are you Wearing?

The other day, I browsed thru the net and decided to look for a dress that Mommy can wear to the wedding, and we both liked this one:



Hopefully, her seamstress can get the exact thing... :)

Also, we got to see all the gowns last night, I also tried on my wedding dress - which shall be the buzz of all my sectarian friends and acquaintances because most of them believe that superstition that the bride should not try on her wedding dress except when she finally should wear it on the wedding day. Well, for the record - I don't believe that. POint driven, case closed.

And! I really, really loved it! The dress was really lovely... although there were some final touches that needed to be done, still, it was good to go.

And just an update, Matet has tried her gown on, and she decided to officially go on diet until the wedding.

;)

To my Dear Guests

This post has been revised.

To all my dear guests, please go ahead and read below:

1. Please read through all the details on your invitation.
2. Kindly SMS or in other words, text Sam (her number is also on the invitation) if you are coming to the wedding.
   
3. Text Sam also if you are NOT coming. This is the idea behind the acronym RSVP, répondez, s'il vous plaît, meaning "please respond". If RSVP is written on an invitation it means the invited guest must tell the host whether or not they plan to attend the party. It does not mean to respond only if you're coming, and it does not mean respond only if you're not coming (the expression "regrets only" is reserved for that instance). It means the host needs a definite head count for the planned event, and needs it by the date specified on the invitation. (quoted from The Meaning of RSVP.)
   
4. Praise God we did not choose to just write RSVP, or else no one might actually decide to text us either way. BTW, thanks to Atty. Fer and Don S. for the prompt confirmation! Thumbs up to you guys for not waiting for the deadline!
5. Do not wait for the deadline. Just inform us immediately so we can invite others who really wants to come in your place. And so that we can update our reservations for the reception as early as possible.
   
6. As many of you have read in my previous posts, we have two (2) kinds of invitation, a white one and a blue one. There are actual and rational reasons for those two, but just leave those to us. If you received the white one, well and good - it doesn't necessarily mean that you are special. If you received the blue one, still good - it also does not necessarily mean that you are special.
   
7. All are invited guests are important and special to us, so there's no need to fret over which invite you received. And can I personally ask a favor? Please just don't tell us to our face that you wanted the blue one if you received the white invite. It kinda irks sometimes and a bit hurting, hearing that you were invited (it's already something to be thankful for!), and you still wanted to choose which invitation you should have received because you "like" it better than the other. Please, it's getting ridiculously annoying.
   
8. As I said in the first item of this list, please read the details on the invitation. We can answer questions with absurdly obvious answers (which were actually in the invite if you could have just read it) at the moment we handed the invite to you, but please, if you could just stop asking the same question again and again every time we see each other, it will be such a big help and we'd truly appreciate it!
   
9. Again, RSVP!
   

Thank you for taking the time to read these, I just had to post it.
{It's driving me crazy. (^_^) }

The Rings

Yes, I have seen the rings already and would like to thank the Pulmones Family for their help. It almost looked like this, but so much nicer!
Note: They are also missionaries of our church, so if anyone also wants to support them, you can contact them directly or via Bible Baptist Church in Katipunan, Cebu City or thru me. :)


By the way, in the photo is DD, one of our cute flower girls, the bestfriend of EJ, who's shown in the next photo with her Kuya Tom.

The Pulmones Family

kinda pangag, but still cute! she's talking to Barbie, so hush!

Anyway, other preparations are still ongoing, plus we've already started giving out the invitations and so far, only 2 or 3 people has responded to the most coherent, understandable and simple RSVP note ever invented. I was just wondering, what's so difficult about it? they can even SMS their confirmation, just P1.00 and yet...

Oh well.

Cheers.

PS: Please help us pray for the loveliest weather that anyone can have for a garden wedding - not too sunny, not too windy, not humid, and certainly no drizzles nor rain!

Thanks!

:)

Preparing the Pouches

Sam suggested we use pouches instead of the packaging material itself - and we all knew she had the nicest of ideas ever.

And so here we are, fumbling with the pouches, trying to change the string from gold to the navy blue ribbons that we were supposed to use for the formal invitations.

This is Sam (at least half of her..)

This is the ramble of the pouches, strings, and ribbons.

and this is Tom (look at his expression - seems seriously busy, right?)

Multi-tasker Sam. Watching tv as we work.

this will be the finished product. :)

And oh, in case you missed the updates, here are the links to the RSVP page and the online gift registry (if you opt not to give us cash - lol!).

1. GIFT REGISTRY
2. RSVP
   

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