Black and White

Knowing that we have to either pay for plating or bring our own since Stoney Creek does not 'house' enough for 65 people, I started looking at prices and it looks like Dollar Tree is going to be my best bet: http://www.dollartree.com/party-supplies/Solid-Colors-Seasonal/Solid-Colors-Seasonal/Midnight-Black-Party-Supplies/207c343c343e28/index.ens

Durty Gurts

Galena has a fun Burger Joint, or as they call it, a Burger Joynt, called Durty Gurts where you can order a Woo Wop the Bam Burger which is four patties; i.e. 2 lbs of meat, and when you order it, you get a free t-shirt with it, as it costs $24.00! Here is a link of a guy attempting it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OddAwgTuCl4

Needless to say, Chris did not go for this option, but he did go for it's younger brother, the Hulk which is 3 patties at 1.5 lbs. Since Chris did finish the hulk, we are going to offer guest who meet us early for our Celebration, the challenge of devouring the Woo Wop the Bam Burger, and if they do, we will pick up their tab! Who is up for the challenge on Friday Night?!?!?!

And the place is...Stoney Creek Inn

We booked it! September 15th 2012 - Stoney Creek Inn! The conference room can hold only 65 people; 8 round tables however we will make it work. Plan on tons of food and goofiness! 

Photographer Visit

Attempting to kill 2 birds with one stone while visiting Galena this weekend; booked a visit with Luminous Life Portraits as I posted before that I like her style: http://www.luminousportraits.com/ or http://www.facebook.com/luminouslife?ref=ts

Flooding in Galena

Well not too sure if our trip to Galena is going to happen this weekend: Galena/JO Davies County Saturated - Officials agree, it's the worst flood in years; many roads closed; Jo-Carroll Energy working to restore power
http://galenagazette.com/main.asp?SectionID=142&SubSectionID=344&ArticleID=16614

Reception Visit?

I just got a voice mail from Dena at the Stoney Creek Inn, the place we want to have our reception, saying that next weekend, July 29th, which is when we had temporarily scheduled our visit for, they are hosting a wedding so it would coincide nicely as we would get to see how they set up for such an event. Let's cross our fingers that it works out as we know my luck this summer hasn't not been the greatest.

No Skydiving, No Galena

At first we were planning to go to Galena this upcoming weekend; it was our first open weekend all summer in which all things worked out in our favor allowing us to go. Then we got the tickets for skydiving so we thought otherwise. Just a few minutes ago, we find out that we cannot go Skydiving so I called the venue we want to set up a tour this weekend, and our 'planner' that we've been working with, won't be around this weekend. Grr...something is telling us just to say home!

Dress Avatars

Doll Divine is a website I use with my students to make digital animals however they also have a wedding dress 'game' as they like to call it. I played with it back in May but since I was bored and didn't want to head to bed just yet, I played a little more tonight. Here are my two designs I like

Here is the website if you want to play yourself: http://dolldivine.com/glamorous-wedding.php