Anniversary Weekend: Returning to the Scene of the Crime

A year ago on Sunday, I was doing this:

There was also a lot of this:

And this:

I put a TON of work into our wedding, including making all the flowers:

And the programs (and invitations, etc):

The ceremony was at the cathedral in Burlington, VT (no pictures, it's ugly) and the reception was at Snow Farm Winery and Vineyard in South Hero, VT. It was PERFECT.

We had a photobooth, so our guest book rocked:

I also have fantastic friends and family, who made the whole night crazy fun:

 Guess what song.

 That poor horse.

 Can you tell we're related?

 And now they're related too (brother and sister in law)

 Seriously, it's like we're from different planets.

The ring bearer. Clearly, he's got the same contaminated gene pool.

It was a great day. Literally everything went as planned (as far as I'm told), minus the ring bearer ditching the rings with his dad before he walked down the aisle with his hand up yelling "no pictures please!" But that's just a great memory. :-)

Anyway, this weekend, we went back to South Hero and stayed at the Allenholm B&B. The Allens are the very definition of "salt of the earth" people. They're just adorable.

Saturday morning we had breakfast and then took a bike ride back out to the winery.

 We tried this year's wines and Nick told me we needed to come back again next year...that way we can get a bottle of wine made with grapes that were on the vine when we were getting married. Love that boy. :-)

 Saturday night we went out to dinner at the North Hero House, which was wonderful. We were underdressed, but everyone was super nice. The wine was on the house, since we were friends of Pam (the hostess of the B&B - she's really that wonderful of a person; anyone who associates with her is automatically assumed to be wonderful too).

 Apparently across the lake there is Nick's hometown. He says.

On Sunday we went back to the church where it all started, but no one was there, so we had to take one of these shots to prove we were there.

So that was the weekend. Very low key, but it was just what we needed. A year later, I'm still crazy about him, and he doesn't seem to be regretting his choice either. :-P

Brain leaks

Not much to report here. Studying my butt off, trying to keep on top of classes. I've got 4 (yes, 4...I'm taking 4 classes) exams due this weekend, AND the GRE. So, you know, my brain's a little fried. I haven't been this completely maxed out since college, but for some reason this is different. I'm finding myself *wanting* to study, which is...foreign. I was always one of those students who got reasonably good grades without much effort. We called it the 80/20 principle...put in 20% effort, get 80% credit. That last 20% is going to take 80% effort, so why bother?

Anyway, I'm studying. Hard. I even have flash cards I bring with me to lunch (alone) and dinner (with hubs).  He studies with me by laughing at big words and telling me which ones he missed on his GRE last month.

My trainer cancelled, so I didn't get to do my animal workout the other night. I'll get pics next week, promise. I hope.

At the grocery store the other night, I saw this. Awesome.

Also, in case you ever wonder why I don't have a fabulous garden like everyone else in the goram world, this is why:

I kill things with roots. All of them. No joke, I put this rose there 3 minutes before this picture. It was beautiful and smelled lovely. Then, no lie, I looked at it for a while. And the petals fell off. I can't win.

Also, this new blogger layout...wtf?

What's your weekend looking like? I'm shirking cleaning duties to make my dreams happen.

Quick Post

I'll probably have more to say later, but for now I wanted to share how AWESOME my weekend was.

I got dressed up:

And then I FED A FREAKING GIRAFFE!!!

I learned that tortoises like strawberries...

...and then I fed Kronk some strawberries!!

Great great weekend, but I'm whooped and work is busy so I'll have to post more later. Congrats to Anna and Jared (isn't she gorgeous??)!!