Joe and I spent a ton of money on our wedding, but...the vast majority of it was on food and hotel rooms for our friends/family since they all had to fly out to Washington state. (They all lived in the midwest or east coast.) I think most of the family was there from Wednesday to Sunday.

We also spent a lot on the photographer, but I was very happy with how it all turned out. Our friends and family had a great time and we have lots of fun pictures to remember it all.

ION, I wish it was Friday!

hi, vw! sorry your bear got hung, although in the house is better than attached to the outside of a car!

Stephanie! Mwah!

Oh, it was all in good fun. It was kind of a joke anyways.

One more post before I actually start working -

Ellie is in New Mexico with my parents this week. My mom teaches second grade and since it's a very small school (my mom's class is the only 2nd grade in the district), Ellie got to be a 2nd grader for the day.

Part way through the day, they had a fire drill. The second graders were apparently a bit unnerved by the loud bells, but apparently Ellie was walking around telling everyone, "Team up! Team up!" (which I can only guess is what they do for her daycare fire drills. I know they do them every month, althoughI've never seen one.)

Oh, it was all in good fun.

I assumed so, but it's still good to hear. Sounds like you are having lots of fun on your trip so far.

but apparently Ellie was walking around telling everyone, "Team up! Team up!"

Bwah!

Good sign of leadership skills, there. Should help out quite a bit, when the second generation of Buffistas take over the world.

Susan, perhaps a sign that says "John doesn't work here any more"?

And love the bear - hanging seems a bit extreme, but, yes, better than tied to the back of the van. Under that license plate.

Gronk. At 10:30, I tell Tom, "OK, we'll just watch the rest of the 5th inning and then go to bed." (The Sox were up something like 6?8?-1 at this point). A half hour later, at 13-1 and a pitcher that was walking batters home, I had to go to bed. It was a train wreck and I was exhausted. They'd batted everyone in the lineup and gone through 3 pitchers. Mostly with 2 outs. So it was still the 5th inning.

Yikes!

considers how awesome an extra 10K would have been when buying the house.

Ten grand is cheap? I am way, way out of touch with the wedding culture. I just... I, um, never mind.

when the second generation of Buffistas take over the world.

armed with a stash of Lush products, sparkly shoes, and... [come on, who's awake?]