Reception @ MindSay

Here are the pictures of "My Oldest Son Wedding Day" October 7, 2006 at 5:00 p.m.

It was held at  Ft.McPherson Base in East Point, GA.  The reception was at the County Club

on the grounds of the base.  It was a beautiful day the sun was shining so brightly and we thank

the Lord for the weather.  This is a day I will cherish and remember forever.  Everything went

as planned. Can you believe that? Yes, you can if you met my new daughter-in-law.  Please do

enjoy the pictures.  We are born and raised in New Orleans, LA. And you can not celebrate

an occasion without the umbrellas, handerchiefs and second line music.  My family brought New Orleans

to GA.  We had such a good time!!!.. This is what we are know for. "Say Bah" means Good

 

You will have to put the link in your address to see the pictures. That is due to the pictures are on-line at

the photographer's site.  And I just cannot copy them and place them on my site.  Here is the first

link. They make such a beautiful couple.  Don't you think??? Let me know.

 

http://galleries.photocraftimaging.com/SC/index.cfm?fuseaction=PictureLogin&eid=899332&fn=kreativ&iCnt=381

 

My step brother is getting married.  I received the invitation today.  There was just one.  One stinking invite, nothing for a guest.  That is really rude.  I have gone to several weddings and I have never seen anything where there is just an invite for one person, no guest included.  Not to mention we were very close when we were younger.  When I heard about this I bitched to my father and stepmother that it is so rude considering I am supposively one of the family.  Perhaps I seem a little over the top about this.  Well, the frigging church thing is in NY (did I mention my stepbrother is Jewish too, not anymore) and the reception is in Connecticut.  Now I live in MA and I have a horrible sense of direction.  So I am supposed to travel the long ass way there and back while trying to find my way to each spot for the happy couple?  They sent something along with the invitation that looks like a discount for a hotel.  Well maybe that wouldn't be that bad but the hotel is a 4 star.  The only hotel I can afford is a nice motel 6.  Besides why should I have to put up my cash, my gas and all that to attend the wedding when I didn't even get another invite?  It is just common courtesy to send an invite with a guest included.  If I do go the whole shebang will probably cost me $100 with gas, present, misc expenses.  I think I will just not go.  Shit do I still have to send a gift?  There is a reason I am this spiteful.
You see, my stepbrother and I used to be very close.  Then he got too good for me.  I have tried to include him in my life- he never showed up.  Not at my graduation or my 21st birthday party.  I went to his engagement party.  I have gone to his events.  But this wedding seems to be asking too much.

Yesterday was the wedding of two of my friends. Random details from this:

Ben (the groom) looks amazing in all-white. Not like hot-amazing...more like an angel who just dropped by. And it's Ben, so he's a really laid-back angel. "Hey. Getting married. What's up?"

Miranda could be my cousin in terms of physical resemblance. And the fact that all of my cousins look like me but are absolutely gorgeous all the time - she was beautiful.

I'm thinking if I ever get married, I will not have a flower girl under the age of five. Munchkins are great, but you have a rough time keeping them organized. I believe the only reason that she stayed put for most of the ceremony was because the groom's mother had fruit snacks in her purse.

Wait, Heather already said she wants to be my flower girl. Very well, I will have a flower girl...who's a Good grief, girl, haven't you heard of bridesmaids?

Tony in a tux = very good thing.

Tony's best friend in a tux = opportunity for mischief.

Whilst harassing Adam about his pink waistcoat, I managed to 'astound him' to the point where he didn't have any rebuttal, and Tony said with a grin, "Isn't she awesome?" Oh yeah. I'm grinning now. :)

Mostly hanging out with Ariel. The two of us got chased across the lawn by Kent, who'd been hanging out with a bunch of the guys, working on recruiting one of them. Kent's in the Navy, Roc's planning on Air Force, and Chris is Kent's newest target.

Wearing Tony's coat = yay + warm. Kind of a chilly day for May.

I had to leave and miss part of the reception, on account of having work. I'd managed to get one of the guys to take about half my shift so that I could make the wedding (he's usually very agreeable and a likable chap), but it turned out that we were so short-staffed that we closed two hours early. So, effectively, I showed up and helped them close.

I can't dance. But I love to dance. I have to dance. And I'm pretty sure that the only reason Tony puts up with it is that he gets some entertainment out of it. He keeps threatening to make me foxtrot. If he does, I believe I will do a better job of embarassing him than I did with "Paradise By the Dashboard Lights" at the last one. Hehehe.

I don't know why I'm wired this way, but I have the need to flirt. Not to necessarily build a relationship, just something to do. I blame being in theater through high school - a rather show-offy bunch, you're always onstage, and you're always improvising and pushing limits. But, at some point, I was hanging out with guys more than girls (went through a phase where I didn't get along with any of the girls my age), and unfortunately misled a number of them. So, I reined it in a bit...but now when there's a friend around who's perfectly safe to flirt with, it's an instantaneous reaction.

The thing is, Tony doesn't care, he knows me too well. And Adam's not concerned about me hitting on him for real. But Adam's fiancee is a very short, very cute, very feisty little person - entirely lovable, but you really don't want to make her mad when you're in range. Sigh. So, he doesn't really flirt back. No fun whatsoever. :-P

Left the reception at one point to answer my cell, ran into short'n'feisty. She and Adam were watching one of the flower girls, to give her mom a break. Being one of the bridesmaids, she was looking lovely and freezing - full-length backless gown. Just standing together, talking, watching Adam walking with said flower girl falling asleep on his shoulder. Incredibly sweet.

Amanda + cigarette smoke + dancing = chest hurt. But just on my right side, for some reason.

At some point, we had "Baby Got Back" from the DJ - something about just the girls dancing and the guys watching. Still no comment from Tony on this one. Hehehe.

Drove two of the guys home, one of them being mine. Burlap to Cashmere to listen to - life is good.

My car is not cut out for the 'half-hour hug' Tony and I have started together. It's probably just as well - I had to get home, and he needed sleep.

Ben expressed at one point that he didn't see what the big deal was - it was just a wedding. :D