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Just a quick entry to let people know that Matt and I have gotten our wedding bands this past weekend. They’re BEAUTIFUL!
I know that its a superficial thing, but it has made me so happy to be able to check that task off of our list.
I can’t wait to be able to wear it all of the time!

Now to my rant.
I ordered a long-line bra from a company online to wear under my wedding dress. I did about three evening’s worth of research and price comparing before making a decision. I ordered it earlier this month and then scheduled my first dress alteration appointment for this past Saturday (the 25th). I was provided a tracking number and order number from this particular company. They followed through on their end of things and the package was delivered to our local post office on OCTOBER 18TH.

I called the post office on Thursday ( the 23rd… a full five days after the tracking page said that the package had been delivered), and they didn’t have a package there for me) . After about three different phone calls, the consensus was that my package had been stolen, but that it HAD been delivered.

So what am I supposed to do now? I’ve contacted the company to see if they’ll take pity on me and resend the package (with signature required, I hope!), but I’m not really holding my breath. I’ve asked the postal worker who does our route to deliver ALL packages from here on in to the apartment office. There’s really nothing i CAN do, but sit and see what happens, I guess. Here’s my advice: ALWAYS send packages where a signature of some sort required!

By the way:  Matt has disabled comments on the “July Update” blog entry.  We were getting tons of spam on that one that he had to wade through each time he logged on.  If you have a comment on that blog entry, just post to one of the other blog entries.

Matt Jess

I had heard back from one of my friends asking about whether or not she could invite her boyfriend.  I suppose Jess and I dropped the ball on that issue.  Our intention was to invite the “immediate family” of the person invited, so if the invitation went to parents, the children are invited.  Significant others are invited.  We don’t want to turn it into a sitcom teenage party with the parents out of town or anything but you are free to bring along guests.  We want you to be with your loved ones, especially considering the time of year the wedding is at.  You can always contact the mother/s of the bride/groom or us to get clarification.

Hope to see you in a few months!

Matt Matt

Welcome to those who haven’t been here yet and thank you to those who have been here (and have left comments!). 
Things are getting down to the wire at this point and I’m more than excited about it. I went and got a haircut this evening, since my last one was about 6-9 months ago (oops), and one of the things the stylist asked me was: “Are you nervous about your wedding day?” I simply replied “No”. 
I am excited, anxious, stressed a little (about all the plans), and even scared about forgetting something, but about the actual ceremony, I’m not afraid one bit. Matt and I have been together over two years at this point, and while I know this isn’t the longest relationship in the world, I think that we’re both ready at this point. I’m not going to make people “Puke Rainbows” (my sister’s expression, thanks Mary!) with how sappy I could get with things, but suffice it to say, I’m in love and my head and heart agree on it. 

Please take a minute to check out the pictures that Matt posted (in one of the navigation tabs). I think they’re pretty cute, but leave us a comment and let us know what you think! 
The first 5 were taken by Pete Taylor, one of my co-workers, and the second set of 5 were taken by Sarah Bilotti, who will be the photographer for the wedding. 

Let me know if there’s anything else you’d like to see on the site, or if there’s a topic you’d like me to cover in the blog. My goal is to do a blog every week to week and a half from here on out. Let’s hope I can do that! 

Take care everyone and I look forward to hearing from you!

Matt Jess