New Series: Wedding Wednesdays!

Hi gang! Things have been a little quiet around here while we've been getting unpacked and a little-thing-called-Christmas happened. So while the merry spirit of working overtime took over our suburban haven, we've been secretly planning some awesomeness to do around the house. We are SO close to fully unpacked and once we are, we're gonna open a bit ol' can of whoopa$$ paint on this house! Who's excited!? Just us? That's okay.

But while the plans start coming to fruition I thought I'd populate our blog land with some gratuitous wedding photos. There have been some great photos on Facebook for a while now but our photographer extraordinaire Zlatko Batistich graced us with a whole lotta amazing pictures. So every Wednesday, we'll share some of our favorites! Today's photos are all pre-ceremony.

1. ''First Look'': a lot of couples these days are opting to see each other before the ceremony, thus allowing a beautiful, private moment and also to better facilitate the schedule of the day. This was the right choice for us and it was one of my favorite moments.

2. This is my favorite photo of my then-hubby-to-be. Isn't he handsome?

I mean, who doesn't want to have someone look at you like that!? Swoon.

3. The hem of my dress against the oh-so-classy hotel carpet.

4. Yes, I wore flats and yes, they were gold and sparkly :-)

5. My dad helping me cross the street in the rain. What a champ.

(Notice, if you will, the Masters umbrella- he's classy like that.)

That's all for today! Again, all pictures are to the credit of Zlatko Batistich (find him here), whom we HIGHLY recommend to anyone. He was so easy to work with and made taking pictures very easy (and we are very camera shy!)

 

Baptism by Mitre

Pop quiz:

It's your first service as the newly-appointed Director of Music and Organist of a major Cathedral in the Episcopal Church. Your first service, no less, is a Diocesan service for the ordination of two Deacons. The Bishops and every important official in the Diocese are there. The first thing you conduct in the service is the Psalm (mind you, from a completely different translation of the Psalter than you are used to). At the appropriate point of the service, you walk up to the conductor's stand only to discover that one of the acolytes (not from the Cathedral) has placed the Assistant Bishop's mitre *on* your stand.

What do you do?

You conduct the Psalm from memory. *That's* what you do!

Thankfully, the Bishop realized what had happened, mumbled a few words to the acolyte, and made sure it was not there for the Offertory Anthem. Needless to say, I was grateful to him for rectifying the matter.

Re-entry

Good morning, faithful readers. That is, if you're still there. It's been a long while since my last post, and my posts seem to coincide with waiting in airport terminals. I hope you'll forgive me for the lapse in communication. Things have been busy to say the least.

Much has happened since my last post: starting a brand new job right before one of the busiest seasons of the year; unpacking (gradually); setting up our wonderful new home (more gradually); Thanksgiving and beyond with a small, uneven (read: loathsome) oven; Christmas Eve; Christmas Day; the world's stickiest toffee pudding; New Year's; more travel woes en route to recitals; bishop's mitres; affordable boutique burgers; hissing cats; failed Beef Wellington (damn oven) but successful roast duck and mediocre first stab at capon (can't blame the oven this time...twas my own carelessness); new cars; and much, much more.

I promise to be better about keeping you posted. I really, really do.

Stay tuned.