OT: waaaaaaay OT....

[Randy T.]

Playing catch up at work after SES. And only 14 days until OES!!
And a 4 day weekend starting tomorrow to go ice fishing.

[Michelle]

Playing catch up at work after SES.

Me Too!

[ncermak]

The wedding is officially booked. 5/30/2010. we have a place...now we need to start making the cuts for the guest list

[Michelle]

OMG Congrats! Very cool.....

"They" say the first thing you do as a married couple is plan your wedding Good Luck!

[Neil Gendzwill]

The wedding is officially booked. 5/30/2010. we have a place...now we need to start making the cuts for the guest list

Congratulations!

What we did was to make the dinner and the dance separate. We had a nice restaurant meal with the wedding party and close family (about 40 people) and then later on had the party with a band. Never had a single complaint - most people seemed please to do their own thing for dinner, avoid the rubber chicken and endless speeches. We saved a lot of cash, too - not only did we avoid paying for dinner for 150 people or so, the dance venue let us do the liquor ourselves for a modest corkage.

Hotels are the devil - they want to get you for everything.

[Allee]

Tell us about toga parties and consumming absynthe with the greeks!

I can tell you that the Greek boys are lovely, but they're not really in to toga parties and absinthe. In fact, they were very shy. They did enjoy the prime rib and chargrilled vegetables for dinner though.

The ouzo was nowhere to be seen ... which suits me fine, I can't stand the stuff (and this coming from someone who rarely met a drink she didn't like.)

Noah, I hope you have a wonderful wedding. Mine was a s&$t show the first time around, and I'd rather poke myself in the eye with a stick than repeat the experience ...

[carverchick]

Yes the Greek boys were very lovely.....Especially Panos ! They were indeed very shy but we had fun with them nonetheless. I still think about that prime rib dinner and of course Shrederjen's "crack"! Demmit, I miss Aspen or being in Basalt!!!

Congrats on the wedding!

I can tell you that the Greek boys are lovely, but they're not really in to toga parties and absinthe. In fact, they were very shy. They did enjoy the prime rib and chargrilled vegetables for dinner though.

The ouzo was nowhere to be seen ... which suits me fine, I can't stand the stuff (and this coming from someone who rarely met a drink she didn't like.)

Noah, I hope you have a wonderful wedding. Mine was a s&$t show the first time around, and I'd rather poke myself in the eye with a stick than repeat the experience ...

[Blue Bird]

I can tell you that the Greek boys are lovely, but they're not really in to toga parties and absinthe. In fact, they were very shy. They did enjoy the prime rib and chargrilled vegetables for dinner though.

The ouzo was nowhere to be seen ... which suits me fine, I can't stand the stuff (and this coming from someone who rarely met a drink she didn't like.)

Noah, I hope you have a wonderful wedding. Mine was a s&$t show the first time around, and I'd rather poke myself in the eye with a stick than repeat the experience ...

I'm fine with you making up a story...

[Michelle]

I'm fine with you making up a story...

Isn't that what this thread is about?

[dantheman0177]

What's going on after the SES? Anyone?

I managed to have a week of awesome weather and 20 degree (Celcius) water to swim in when I went back home. However now back in cold and miserable London while Vanessa calls me every day to tell me how good the weather is back home (she had an extra 10 days there but I had to get back for work).

The wedding is officially booked. 5/30/2010. we have a place...now we need to start making the cuts for the guest list

Noah that's great to hear. All the hard part is coming up now. But I'm sure you will make it work out to be a great day.

[Michelle]

I'm going to Europe! But not to London....sorry Dan. Will you be in Germany or Italy anytime soon?

[dantheman0177]

I'm going to Europe! But not to London....sorry Dan. Will you be in Germany or Italy anytime soon?

Um, possibly but really not sure. I have just got back from Kuwait and have to go to Beirut next week, so it seems most of our work at the moment is in the Middle East. But we might go over to Italy for a long weekend at some stage. You have my email, so let me know when you have your plans finalised and I'll see what we can swing.

[Aisling]

I'm going to Europe! But not to London....sorry Dan. Will you be in Germany or Italy anytime soon?

when are you going?

[Michelle]

I leave a week from Thursday!!!!!!

[Aisling]

woohoo! so jealous!! i'm counting down the days til south africa on my end!

[Michelle]

Counting the days.....6 days left!

[Michelle]

one day left - yahoooooo!

[ncermak]

will you be back in time for nationals?

[Michelle]

Are you kidding? I wouldn't miss you guys for ANYTHING!

[dantheman0177]

Michelle I think I am going to miss you. I'm all over the Middle East at the moment (Kuwait last week, Beirut this week - got back tonight, Bahrain then Kuwait then Dubai then Abu Dhabi next week, Libya in a few weeks) so I won't have a chance to chase you around Europe unfortunately.

[cail]

so what are everyone's plans for the summer?

[Blue Bird]

working, racing and listening to my gal plan a wedding for the fall. I have a feeling that this will seriously cut down on my racing. I'm sure it will be worth it. I'll let you know as the summer continues and give a full report in a year. Must continually remind her of the budget. I know it will be blown, but lets keep it to a minimum....please!

[Aisling]

you guys really need to work harder at keeping hope.. i mean... this thread.. alive while i'm studying for exams

[dingbat]

so what are everyone's plans for the summer?

I'm going to be looking for work. Didn't really plan on it, but it appears to be what I'll be doing.

[cail]

ahhhH! really? i thought the BEast was snowmaking year-round now

we should do some longboarding/bbq-ing this summer.

you guys really need to work harder at keeping hope.. i mean... this thread.. alive while i'm studying for exams

EXAMS! what are those?

[Michelle]

Searching for my next destination. Europe was awesome, and sparked the travel bug for me again. Anyone in Europe want to marry me so I can move overseas?

[dantheman0177]

Searching for my next destination. Europe was awesome, and sparked the travel bug for me again. Anyone in Europe want to marry me so I can move overseas?

I would, but you know I hear that divorce is rather costly and bigamy is not legal in any of the countries I'm allowed to live in.

[Michelle]

I guess I should have forwarded that with "any SINGLE guys". Vanessa would have my head!

[dantheman0177]

Yes, you are probably right.

But on a completely different note, we have some big news. There's a reason she was so tired at SES....she's pregnant! Lucky me, I'm going to be a dad at the end of October!

[Randy T.]

Whoop Whoop congratulations Dan!
Another little carver on the way.