River Cruise Wedding idea

OK, I just talked to Jon and my Dad between last night and this morning, and I think I might actually do this. I can get married and have my party all on a riverboat! (My dad and I were looking specifically at this one - The Anastasia) If you've never been on a riverboat cruise, they are REALLY fun. I am just a little concerned that the weather might be ugly on September 30th, and half the fun of a riverboat ride is enjoying the beautiful weather from an open upper deck.

But either way, even if the weather is ugly, the reception tables and everything would be set up in an enclosed area of the boat, so it would be manageable.

The other thing I really like about it is that I could just do a nice little 3-hour mid-afternoon reception with some hors d'oeuvres and cake, and then it would be done! No dinner to worry about, no open bar and embarrassing drunks lasting far too late into the night - just a nice fun time!

Financial Geekery

Jon installed Quicken on our network so we can use it from any of the computers here at home. I plugged in my 2 checking accounts, my money market account in Fargo, and my student loan so far. Then I started poking around because I've never used this program before and was curious to see how it works.

Under "About You" Jon has entered his name, his birthdate, and answered "Are you married?" with YES, and then put my name in as his "spouse" - only with his last name! I thought that was kind of cute. He had also answered "Do you own a home?" with YES. I'm so glad that he is really starting to look forward to the wedding and marriage and is getting excited about it all. What a big sweetie. ^_^ It's making it a lot more fun and easy for me!

It's weird, I can't tell if it seems like a long time or a short time, but 6 months, 6 days is only 190 days. And now that winter is starting to finally wind down, that just leaves spring and summer, at the end of which we will be getting married for real. FOR REAL!!

Counting down to September 23, 2006

Corelle dishes

I like Urban Red the best right now - matches my red kitchen stuff (and all the retro-red stuff I'm going to register for!)... but I also like Fresco, although not nearly as much.

I think before I make up my mind I should go to the Corelle store in the Albertville mall and look at patterns there, and see what kind of other pieces are available for all patterns.

Then again, I might just keep my Butterfly Gold set for a few years longer. It works just fine, it's nice and neutral, and I grew up with them so they are special to me. Plus I have something like 12 of every size plate, bowl, and cup (my brothers each have a few more settings of the same set), and 2 serving bowls and a nice platter. It's fun to have a relatively complete set of matching dishes, even if they are slightly dated. New "everyday" dishes can always wait.

And I am getting my great-grandmother's beautiful china, anyway. And a hutch to display it in! And my GOOD silverware, which I actually recieved for my high-school graduation, but my mom has kept it in storage for me since I really don't have any use for a fine set of silver anyway. I use the old set that used to belong to Grandma S., and hey, as long as it's all matching, I got no complaints. But I guess it will be nice to have a nice set of china and silver... in case I ever feel like I want to get all fancy and impress company or something.