May 19, 2003

• Thank you all for the wedding advice and your support.

  
  

  The situation is a bit frustrating, BUT now that we’ve talked more about it…we’ve decided that we will just deal with it as it approaches.  So we are keeping the October wedding date and we will just figure something out between now and then.

  
  

  A friend of mine, who happens to have one of the most beautiful Japanese style gardens that I’ve ever seen, said that he’d be more than happy to let us get married there…so that’s an option.  I’m sure that it would be just as beautiful in the Fall as it is throughout the Summer.  He himself will be getting married there in July…so I will be able to get some ideas about how I’d want to set things up there from seeing their arrangement at that time…if we chose to go that route.

  
  

  We received our wedding bands in the mail over the weekend…and they are beautiful. We chose the Celtic Trinity Knot bands to honor our Irish heritage.  While I am mostly Italian/Sicilian (from my dad’s side)…I do have quite a bit of Irish and Scotch (from my Mom’s side of the family) and we thought it would be nice to have bands that were a bit more traditional according to that heritage. Jason’s ring is a bit different than mine, he has two celtic dragons on his along with the trinity knots…where I have just the knot work. However, it’s not apparent to anyone unless you look very closely.

  
  

  I also received my wedding gown right after we returned home from Atlanta.  That was a nice surprise after all that had occurred that week.  I tried it on and it is gorgeous!!  I won’t have to have too many alterations done to it…just a little bit taken in around the bust line and it will have to be shortened about a foot or so! It is VERY long…even with crinoline on underneath…it would still consume me!  My oldest daughter, Dora came in to help zip me up while I tried it on and she was just awe struck when I turned around and she could get a full view.  I asked her what she thought and all she could say was, “Mom…you look so beautiful!!  That dress was made for you.”  That was all I needed to hear!

  
  

  So…even though Jason knows what the dress looks like…he won’t see it on me until our wedding day and I think that he will be quite pleased when he does.

  
  

  Well…I suppose that I should be getting back to work now…considering that I’m AT work (oops).  I will visit your sites soon…

  
  

  Have a Happy Monday m’dears!

  
  

  ~Maria

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