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Details for Saskatchewan Party - Further updates!
Hi Everyone,
Sorry for the incredible delay in getting these posted. Things have been pretty crazy lately with recovering from the honeymoon and getting things finalized for the Belle River Reception. Since the RSVP date for the Saskatchewan Shin-dig is quickly approaching, I wanted to get some details up.
If you attended the Belle River Reception, you are more than welcome to make the trek out for the Saskatchewan one as well!
Details:
August 5, 2006
Bernie and Cheryl Kirstein's Farm
or if the weather doesn't co-operate:
Bulyea Community Hall
The party starts at around 8pm
Hot buffet at 9:30pm
Cake cutting at 10:30
Bar open from 8pm - 1am
The DJ will keep us dancing and having a good time until the wee hours of the morning.
Kyle will be decked out in full Scottish attire, and I'll be in my dress for one last time!
Hope everyone can make it, let us know by July 16th.
Cheers,
Jenn
Wedding Photos are Online
Head here to see them.
In-flight Lord of the Wings
Late night for Kyle. 4:58am to be exact. Cats to Essex, baby pacifying at Trevor's, and a drug mule for Greg.
Drunk at Hogstown Grille (again). No upgrade to 'elite' class - Air Canada rocks. Dinner was great, all 325 calories of it. Roast beef, we think, carrot balls. "Garcon!, may I have another house red? This is wine right?"
Ms. Gandalf maintained the exclusivity of the elite washroom from Jenn, "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!" Kyle the Bold made a direct line into Mordor (the other side of the plane) to avoid the washroom break. Managed to trip over the outstretched legs of an 'elite passenger', and evaded Gandalf.
Pearson (Stuck) Bound
We're sitting at Hogstown Grill in Pearson Terminal 1. Our plane leaves in 2.25 hours. I can't think of a better time to write our vows. Our first attempt at a seat upgrade has gone afoul but we will make second attempt.
[Update: No dice - "I could see my daughter saying the same thing about me" Followed up by "Sorry, all full up. You do have a lovely seat next to a screaming child though."
Hotel Information - Essex Reception
We have reserved a block of rooms at the Howard Johnson Express Inn in Windsor. They have offered us a reduced rate for the wedding, with further savings the longer you stay.
$95.00 for 1 night + tax
$89.95/night for 2 nights + tax
$89.95/night for 3 nights + tax
$79.00/night for 4 nights +tax
(based on 2 people sharing, additional person is $10)
They are blocked from June 28 - July 2.
Hopefully this will cover everyone's needs, if not, please let me know.
They are being held until June 1st - 1 month before the reception. You can call and book anytime, please just state that it is for the Martin-Kirstein wedding.
Howard Johnson Express Inn
2130 Division Road, Windsor Ontario N8W 2A1
(519) 250-4657
Registries (nearly) complete
In a feat of physical endurance most comparable to the Boston Marathon, Jenn and I have finally finished compiling the registries (sort of). I make this a conditional statement mainly because Jenn has spent the last few days pruning the lists (read: taking off Kyle's most-ridiculous choices).
Through a successful combination of inducement and intimidation, Jenn managed to convince me to man the laser scanner at Canadian Tire, Sears and Linens 'N Things. For those of you tracking such things, the total score is: (Not that it matters)
Kyle - 1
Jenn - 2
So without further ado, feel free to head to the registry page and take a look.
The Apprentice Tailor
Jenn learns the importance of having an apprentice by co-opting Kyle to sew some sample table runners. Jenn decides she likes the table runners and buys enough fabric to make 26 more runners. Kyle points out that there will only be approximately 15 tables. Jenn scowls, Kyle retreats, but lives to fight another day.
Hurricane MacLean?
We thought and thought, and finally have an answer for all of those who asked why we aren't going somewhere hot to get married. (What's in Scotland, anyway?)
I'll answer your questions with a question.
Are there Hurricanes in Scotland??
90 bottles of wine on the wall
After a couple grueling nights of wine bottle scrubbing (yellowtail shiraz is great wine, but their glue sucks!) we went back to Luscious and got the wine in the bottles. So there's 30 bottles of Merlot, Shiraz and, well, 29 of Chardonnay. Sorry, I was cooking and needed some white wine! Not to worry, while we were bottling we also made a Bardolino and a Soave, so soon there'll be 149 bottles of wine. That's more than a bottle each for the Essex reception, so I'm not too concerned we'll run out.
Cheers!
Plans thus far...
Well, Kristin and I both have dresses picked out and ordered, so what else matters really?
Right, that whole wedding thing...
In that case, Ladyburn is booked for the wedding party and parents for May 31, and the whole place is booked for bed and breakfast on June 1. The Registrar in Maybole who will be performing the ceremony is also booked, so the pretty stuff and the official stuff are taken care of.
The photographer is coming together (thanks Nic and Trent!) so we've just got to find a videographer that doesn't ask for our first-born as payment and we're all set.
Now all we need is to know who's coming! :)
Luscious Grape is on the Vine
Jenn and I headed over to Luscious Wines in Byron to bottle the first batches of wine for next year. We'll be bottling the vintages around the beginning of August, which means that the wine will be approximately 11 months old come the reception.
We've bottled a Merlot, Shiraz, and a Chardonnay. We probably round this out with a second white next month (suggestions?)