Honeymoon day 2 (9/26/2006)

Written In hotel room (9/27/2006 at 6:39 AM or so).

So we woke up bright and early on Tuesday September 26th and went down to the Maya grill for a breakfast buffet.

Written In hotel room (9/27/2006 at 9:54 PM or so).

It was decent, but no real standouts. I remember thinking that the sausage gravy for the biscuits and gravy was pretty weak (not enough sausage and the gravy wasn't near thick enough). Also that It'd be really nice if I could get some butter, rather then spread (70% vegetable oil), but that's just me.

After breakfast, we walked back to our room, got slathered in sunscreen and headed towards our bus stop (#2 of 4 at our resort) and waited to be picked up fro going to the Disney MGM park.

The bus ride there was a short one, and soon we were waiting in line to get into the park. Being that I've never been to the park before, I was confused as to how we get our tickets. Apparently our tickets are the same as our room keys, which makes sense, considering on it it says that the card is your key to the world...

So after being let into the park, they then proceeded to make you wait on the first street until it was time to actually go. There was a big mass of people, and with a 3, 2, 1, Action! they let us into the rest of the park.

We headed to the Tower of Terror first. In hopes to either get right in, or get the first "fast pass" of the day. We ended up getting right in. Our wait was pretty short and unlike some places (ex. Adventureland in Des Moines) they sort of dress up their lines so you have something to look at, other then the back of the person in front of you. We were quickly setup for our ride, and went through the intro and then proceeded to drop twice and then be told that there was a problem with the ride and that we would be shortly exiting the ride. Certainly not a great start to the day.

They slowly drove the car (I guess it was a car?) back to an area and then walked on the insides, took an elevator and were immediately put on the front of the line and actually got to ride the ride.

It was fun. They said at the beginning of the ride line area that the climbs and drops of the Tower of Terror had been randomized, so that the ride would never be the same twice, which was kind of cool.

We headed right next door to the Aerosmith Rockin' Roller Coaster, which was...pretty fun. Also, short line, little wait. Fun ride, lots of Aerosmith (could do without that, even though it did go with the ride).

We made our way around the park, missing a few things (back lot tour), and enjoying a few others (car stunt show was pretty cool), and getting rained out on another one (Indiana Jones got about 60% done before the rain stopped 'em), and feeling that one was very dated (Star Tours).

We ate lunch at another dining meal on the Disney dining. This was in no way equivalent to the meal that we had at the Maya Grill. Not even by a long shot (even though it cost the same against our dining plan). I've had better turkey sandwiches at mediocre deli style places. The only highlight of the meal was the actually seeing of the preview for Plan 9 from Outer Space. It also again, pointed out the flaw in the Disney Dining plan. If you are not that hungry, you feel like you are wasting money...Seeing the bill before the Disney Dining, I couldn't believe how much they were charging for this mediocre meal....even if it was in a theme park.

We wandered around for a bit after the rain, but Shannon was getting tired, so we decided to head back to the resort, for a nap. I typed, Shannon napped. So it all worked out in the wash. We ate dinner at the Pepper Market...which was...well...lets just say that my fajitas were not even close to the best that I've had...or even what I'm used to having. I don't know...smaller cuts of meat, maybe steak instead of some random cut of beef, is that too much to ask? How about separating my tortillas from my mean so they're not all soggy by the time I want to use them...Maybe I'm just being picky though.

We headed back to the bus stop. And back to the MGM park. It was quite the wait before we got a ride. We had planned to ride the tower of terror again or maybe the rockin' roller coaster, but by the time we got there it was about time to go in for their show. It involves lasers, and lights and projectors and live action and water. It was neat to watch, I took many pictures of it.

Slowly, afterwards, we headed out of the park, stopping at the shops (to miss the first way to the busses) and then back to the resort.

We decided to head out to the main pool this evening, which is a much longer walk. We thought that maybe the water slide would be open, but since there were no life guards, there was no waterslide. After cooling off in the pool, we headed back to our room, showered and called it a night.

We took 326 photos on the second day.

Honeymoon day 1 (9/25/2006)

Written In Atlanta waiting for the plane (9/25/2006 at 11:AM or so).

Atlanta Airport is the suck.

Written In hotel room (9/26/2006 at 6:19AM or so).

So we ate some sandwiches at Atlanta...I had some chicken and pesto and Shannon had turkey something or another.

The flight from Atlanta to Orlando was actually only an hour. so it didn't take to long.

We had trouble finding the Disney welcome center, but I really liked how the Orlando air port is designed. But once we did, we were guided to the bus we were to take to our resort.

This is where the fun started.

Written In hotel room (9/26/2006 at 3:32 PM or so).

So check in was relatively painless. The computer crashed once while she was setting us up. No big deal. We had a water facing room, like we asked for and it was all good. We did notice that there was a conference on "Offender Management"

We take the hike out to the room, and by the time we get there, get in the room, we already have a message waiting on the room phone. I'm thinking, hey, maybe it's just a welcome message, since they are trying to be friendly, but no, it's a message from the front desk, telling us that they had forgotten to add our meal plan to our room and we should call and have them either run us out to it, or we should come back. So I call back, I get someone else, I tell them what was going on, and then tell them the second thing I noticed.

Our room had double beds. two. double. beds. Far be it from me to complain about having double beds, however it is our honeymoon and I do like to have Shannon near me when I sleep, so I mention that to them.

They say they don't have any water facing rooms with king sized beds left, but they will get us one with a king size bed.

We head back to the front desk.

We get our new room keys, and head off to our parking lot facing room, with a king sized bed. Of the two things, I'm much happier to have the king sized bed.

After we were settled into our new room, we explored the rest of the resort (couple of swimming pools, buildings, etc).

So we were getting hungry. And it was around 5:PM local time, so we headed down to our Resort's (Coronado) fancy restaurant (Maya Grill). I was expecting something a bit dressed up and fakey, but basically average fare with a bit added to it.

I was a bit surprised by what we got. Not only did they have nice sounding food, but it was actually good. Not great or fantastic, mind you, but I wouldn't complain about going there again. With the Disney dining plan that we had, we were able to basically just give 'em our card, and we're done. fairly easy. But still a little obnoxious. Because to get the full value of the sit down meal, you get a drink (non-alcoholic), appetizer, meal, and dessert. So if you don't get it all, you are losing your own value...which is where I suspect they make their money...considering even I have trouble finishing the whole thing. The presentation was very good, the secondary sauce that we got with the gulf shrimp cocktail was very yummy although the crab appetizer that shannon had (which was basically a crab cake) was ok, nothing worth writing home about. Shannon had chicken and I had filet mignon for dinner, along with fresh (not from a box) mashed potatoes and garnish. Again, very nice presentation.

The desserts were very good too. I had fried cheese cake, which was...well...interesting... I think I had gotten it because of my relatively recent experience with fried foods at the state fair, but all and all it was good. Shannon had this chocolate thing with layers of mouse with a very light and crisp cookie. Also very good.

Another issue with the disney dining, is that it assumes that your server lived up to a 18% gratuity. I am not saying that our server didn't, but if a large number of people have this, where is the incentive to give excellent service?

We decided to head down to Downtown Disney. This is basically an outdoor mall full of disney items (and others) ranging from the cheap to the very expensive. We looked, we bought a few things here and there...I found it kind of boring, since I don't much like shopping and when you see a few items in the same stores, it kinda makes you think that they don't have enough stuff to fit all of their category stores. There where a few other shops (Gherideli) that looked interesting, but were so packed, that we went in, looked, and left. Besides, with the heat, what would be the point of buying the chocolate if it will most likely melt before you get it back to your room.

We headed on to Pleasure Island (part of Downtown disney), and there were several dance clubs and restaurants, and that sort of thing, however, by the time we got there, we were pretty tired (being that it was nearing 10:PM central and we had been up since 2:AM Central, I was on maybe 3 hours of sleep, I think Shannon was on 5 or 6 hours).

So we headed back to the hotel (via disney bus).

We decided to do something that I haven't done in years (due to my fatness). We went swimming. Let me tell you, I love swimming. I've always loved swimming. I'm just a bit self conscious about my rolls of fat. But who cares? I'll never see these people again. It was a great end of the day...cool, the suns not out....oh so nice. We swam around for a little while and then headed back to the room, took showers, and called it a night.

We took 180 pictures the first day.

Wedding day and the day after (9/23-24/2006)

Written still waiting for the plane (9/25/2006 at 6:22 AM or so, the plane is running an hour late (or so they say)).

So we get up bright and early, Shannon got in the shower first, quickly followed by me. Shannon had to leave first for her and her sister's, mom's and niece's hair appointments (at Blondies). My parents came and we loaded up their car with the items for the reception. They ran off. I was to follow, after I picked up Nathan at the hotel.

Shannon's Mom and crew were running a little behind (but not to much), but I waited for them, just to make sure they got there. And after she was off, I headed over to pick up Nathan and we headed over to the reception.

My parents actually had a problem, but they fixed it before I even got there. For the big picture of us, they had accidently broken the glass of it, but they ran off to a hardware store and replaced the glass. So it wasn't even an issue.

We got the tables and chairs setup and started with the decorations that we could.

Around 10:AM (as promised) the caterer showed up, along with my siblings and siblings in law to help with the setup. It went pretty smoothly. The caterers had the wrong sized linens for the tables, but quickly replaced them with ones that worked and worked well. And then I showed Cara how we wanted the decorations setup (as far as Shannon told me and that I could remember) and then told her that she should use her best judgment with what was there. After a bit of help (hanging up the flower balls, etc), it was 11 and we needed to head over to Candle Lit Way to get ready for pictures. So Brandon, Nathan and I headed over there.

I got dressed up in my rented tuxedo, got the things tightened and loosened and tied and strapped in. I'm not a huge fan of monkey suits. So we got ready...The Photographer was quite pleasant and took the pictures that we wanted both in digital and film, which was kind of nice, but again what I love the most, is that we OWN the negatives, no asking for rights to print off pictures, no silliness with copyrights or anything.

We did the first look outside...with me standing next to the church's tool shed (Which looks like a mini-church). I gotta say that I was stunned. Shannon was gorgeous. The dress (made by Shannon's Mom) was awe inspiring too. It took a long time to get to that point where I saw her like that, but every moment was worth it.

She said I looked handsome too...but you know...

More pictures. Us, us with family, us with wedding party, etc.

Then we all hid, especially Shannon.

I saw a group of my friends outside, so I went out there to say hello. Jenny, Richard and Elena, Cameron, etc. It was nice to talk about. Richard and Cameron went on a very geeky rant about their cameras to each other, talking about the versions and the lenses.

After a while, Dan (from Candle Lit way) came in and got me, because he was gonna lock the back door, because people kept coming in there. So I headed in. I waved at a few people entering the doors. Co-workers, my cousin Mike and other people I recognized.

So the wedding was short and sweet, which is pretty much just how we wanted it. I had trouble keeping it together and Shannon told me that I couldn't cry because I'd make her cry, so I tried my best, but I don't think it worked very well.

We headed out the back to greet people, and the weather was still holding up. I met lots of Shannon's Family (for the first time) and I hope they will forgive me, but I forgot most of them :-( Oh well, I'm awful with names, so, what can you expect?

the line got down, people had their bubbles, and we were ready to go, except for pinning up Shannon's dress. Kim came over to try to help, but couldn't find the hooks, so we sent someone off to find Shannon's mom and then we got the dress all fixed up and good to go.

So we walked through the bubbles, and in trying to get to the Audi, we had to have Elana (Richard's wife) get our of our way so we could get out...but I guess I could've changed where we parked too (since Josh got the prime parking place). And then we headed off.

We drove over to Raccoon River. We went a little slow, and when we got there, a few people were there, so we we parked behind Drew's car and told him to turn on the iPod...we got a call from him later to confirm that he got the right play list with both Andrew Bird and the Gorrillaz on it. So we drove around for a bit more and came back to make our entrance.

So the Reception went pretty well. The cheese was amazing, the food was very good, We even got a comment from one of my friends to say that this was, by far and away, the best food he's ever had at a wedding, which made me feel good. But the props really go to Chef and Kristi Little at Chef's Kitchen/Winston for there wonderful catering ability. It was just fantastic. I told Kristi that I wanted a list of the cheeses that she had on the table, so we'll be getting that here in due time.

We went out and took more pictures around the area of the park.

Nathan gave a speech, much later my Dad did, both were very nice, both made me tear up a bit...

My sister Alissa got the bouquet, Shannon's Nephew got the garter.

The cakes!

The Cakes were freakin awesome! The orange cake was amazing! They looked great and tasted great too, I was very happy with how that turned out...it was great great great!

We stayed later then I think most people do...we even changed back into our regular clothes.

The car got decorated a bit...Nathan told me it was Proctor approved and it wasn't too bad...apparently they were having trouble keeping streamers off the back of the car, so they tied them to my tennis shoes...so when I put them on, I had streamers coming off of my feet.

By the time it came to it, everything was mostly cleaned up, we did have a bit of a problem getting rid of the cake, since we couldn't' take it (leaving on monday) and others didn't want that much cake..we ended up giving it to the caterers to do with as they will.

Then we went home.

(record skips a bit)

So we were sitting up talking and we had all these gifts downstairs, so we decided to open up the cards and keep them all together...so we did that...then opened up a couple presents.

Then we went to bed.

The next day was opening presents, recording who gave us what, getting things setup for the trip, buying a new carryon for Shannon (used most of the Target Gift Cards we had) and some other things. It was just a lot of prep...

Day before the Wedding (9/22/2006)

Written waiting for the plane (9/25/2006 at 5:AM or so).

So on Friday, September 22, 2006, We ran around like madmen. I got up a bit before 6:AM and basically went all day, with only a little break, until when the rehearsal dinner ended around 9:PM

The first thing of the day was taking the kitties to Jordan Creek Animal Hospital (Shannon's Work) to board. We were planning on doing it later then we did, but when Gracie came up to join us for breakfast, it seemed an opportune time (since she is generally the hardest to get). So we stuck Gracie in her new carrier (only used once before), and George in the carrier that Shannon's had for quite a while and took Shannon's car over to JCAH. Gracie hunkered down to "hide" as she normally does. Her carrier was sitting on Shannon's lap and she could see through the top at Shannon, so I think she was comforted by that. George was in the back, and had little mews every 5 or 10 seconds the entire drive.

It was uneventful enough.

Then we took 'em in. Gracie went in her place with little problem, again, hunkering down to "hide" like she does. But when George went in his cage, he freaked out. Now if you've ever taken a behavioral psychology class and have seen the films where they have the mice or rats or something in the electrified cages, and they play a sound before they electrify the floor, then you can understand how serious George reacted. This was quite the surprise, since George is generally the more friendly kitty. He was jumping all over the cage, off the walls and then he pissed over everything in there...it was Stunning to watch. I mean absolutely shocking.

He got out of his cage into the cat room (they had lots of toys there), and he went to hide behind one of the toys, near the door to where the dogs are kept. And sounded quite pissed. I went to pet him, but he was having none of that. His pupils were huge. We went out and picked out a toy for him and I tried to play with him...and he calmed down a little.

While they were cleaning out the cage, two students from the West Des Moines School District came in to pet him and we left him in their hands.

I have to say that it was harder to leave them then I thought, especially since George freaked out.

After we left, we headed down to the capitol building.

We traded Shannon's 2001 Toyota Corolla for my Boss's Audi A6...certainly a fair trade in my book. :-) We met Chad (Proctor's boyfriend) down there and gave him the keys to Shannon's car and we took the Audi.

Then Tuxedoes in West Des Moines. We picked up all the tuxedos for people...and I tried on me. Then we found out that they got my tuxedo right, and Shannon's Dad's, but no one else. All the ushers and Best Man's tuxes were supposed to have Silver vests, and they were black. The Ring bearer's was white (like mine), where it was supposed to be silver, and Shannon's dad's was silver...like it was supposed to be. Randall's told us that they could have the vests to us by noon on Saturday, but since we were to start taking pictures at noon, it didn't make much sense. It also didn't make much sense to get angry about what was going on, since there was nothing we could really do about it. I'm still deciding what we want to do...but this is the first part. If you rent tuxedos, don't go there. Not that a ton of people read this, but enough do that it'll be something I guess.

We loaded the tuxedos in the car, and I took Shannon to her nail appointment at Jordan Creek Mall in West Des Moines. I dropped off the tuxedos at home, and went out to Mr. Carwash to get Proctor's car washed, waxed and cleaned inside and out. I had brought along my book to read. Now they don't do an awesome job, but they do a good job, and you don't need to make an appointment. I got their top package, which includes conditioning the leather, cleaning the carpets and etc. Normally this takes a while, but since they weren't very busy, they had two and sometimes three people working on it. Nathan (best man) called and told me that they were near town and asked if we wanted to have lunch together, I said sure, but I wouldn't know for certain until they got into town, since they were working on the car.

Lucky for me, they finished up, just as the Mattas pulled into Mr Carwash. Shannon had called me and told me that she was done with her nails, so we headed out there to have lunch at Jordan Creek. Shannon and I had lunch at Chik-ful-Lay (sp?). So we had a nice lunch with Nathan, Jenny, Taylor, and Cali. The Mattas then headed off to get settled into their hotel and we headed over to pay for the PA (Brandon was picking it up, since it wouldn't' fit in our cars). We were running a bit late, so Brandon had to wait for us a bit (sorry :-/ ). There were just setting up in their new place, so they didn't even really have a card machine yet, so they wrote down my numbers, and we loaded the equipment in Brandon's Scion xB. We then Headed home.

We kept thinking that we had more things to do, but we read the list that I had posted, and we were pretty much done with the errands. Ben called, and he came over. Shannon's Parents came over too.

Ben and I took off in the Audi, so he could get a ride in it. We headed east on Hickman, and I saw a few things that I knew existed, but wasn't really sure where they were. We drove by a QuickTrip (probably the closest one to our house), then by Broadlawns Hospital (no clue that it was over there), and we decided to head back and got lost in a fake hood sort of Des Moines place. We were driving up a street, and saw a gaggle of kids, and then one ran off. As we passed the kids we both got a huge smell of weed smoke...Just traveled right through the car...it was quite funny. We decided that we were...not in the right place, so we quickly found out where we were and headed back to my house.

We had Ben help load the stuff going to the Chapel into Shannon's Parent's car, and then they headed off to the hotel.

A bit later, we all headed to Candle Lit way for the Rehearsal.

The Audi A6 is quite the car, and even though it's not sporty like my RSX Type S, it's still a lot of fun to drive and has a lot of get up and go (not that I can really test that, since I have been on my best behavior, since I've been pressing my luck on that third ticket this year). But the ride is smooth, the stereo is great...The only thing that took me a bit to figure out was how to set cruise control (I didn't figure out how to resume and accelerate on the cruise until shortly before I gave the car up on Sunday).

We went through the rehearsal pretty quickly and easily. There really isn't much to it. Sit some people down, get set yourself, follow the pastor's guides and that's about it. I told Dan of Candle Lit Way how the music would work. First CD for people sitting and bringing in the parents. Second CD for wedding parts (Wedding march, Always with You, Always with me for the lighting of the unity candle). Third CD for our exit and the exit of the people.

The church got all the decorations setup and we headed over to Raccoon River Brew Pub for the rehearsal dinner. We were tailed by my parents and Shannon's Parents and drove down towards downtown Des Moines. There were quite a few cars parked down there (being a Friday night, and also Oktoberfest weekend (the first time I've missed it since it began in Des Moines).

We ended up parking pretty close to RRBP, and the parents parked in the parking garage just down the street.

We grabbed the presents for people and waited for our parents.

We headed in and had appetizers and drinks. I had already set it up so that my dad would get the food and non-alcoholic beverages (as not to trample on their beliefs), and I would get all the alcoholic ones. They were very nice about setting that up.

So we had 3 choices for dinner, on the limited menu. Niman Ranch Pork Chops, Marinated Chicken, and Yankee Pot Roast. We had also selected to have the New York Style Cheese Cake and white chocolate brownies as the desserts. I think they went over really well. I was happy with how the food tasted. Josh told me that he liked it too.

Before dinner came, we passed out presents. Alcohol for my friends (except Ben, who's dry right now (giving the liver a break)). Rum for Josh (I bought a bottle of the same rum for myself), and then scotch for Brandon and Nathan. They discussed who should get what, and left me with the Oban 14 year old (which was probably the best reviewed, Nathan had heard good things about it too).

I actually tried the Oban last night. It was really good. It's not peaty like the Laphroig (which I love), but it was warm and comforting in an entirely different way. Starting of with flavor and slowly warming on the tongue. Not an instant blast of heat, like some alcohols. Quite something.

There weren't any real speeches cause I didn't really ask for them...I just wanted people to have a nice dinner.

So we went home.

We were both tired...so we headed home, washed up the pewter for the wedding and went to bed.

I had a bit of trouble falling asleep, but not too much, and we set the alarms to go off early.

things...

things went much better today...(other then George, and a bump on the head for Shannon's Niece). The anexity and paranoia are gone, for the most part, and the day went smoothly (other then time wise) and even that righted itself.

I'd write more, but tomorrow starts early. There are a few funny and a few sad stories for the day. George, Taking the Audi into the hood.

Good Stuffs.

Anyways...good night and I'll see a lot of you tomorrow.

gah

So it's been good so far...but today...I've been in this sort of general paranoia and anxiety that's just been silly.

I used Shannon's body wash this morning, since we ran out (along with a new face wash, cause I've had a dry spot between my eyebrows), and I just could not get over the fact that I thought the bathroom was on fire. No extra signs, but even after I figured out that it was the two scents mixing together in my nose. It's just crazy.

And it's getting worse too.

I'm not worried about getting married, it's all the other crap that may be coming together, the photographer, and music and PA and this and that and the other thing, it's just crazy.

Anyways, more work to do, and scotch seems to be helping a little.

Schedule

• Get Courtie setup with wireless access for her laptop and key to house (she's baby sitting the house) *poke Courtie*


• Airport Shuttle/Taxi RSVP? Called one cab company and they said we can RSVP 1-2 days in advance


• Board kitties on Friday 9/22 We'll do this in Shannon's car first, then trade Procto for his.


• Get PA system (or get Brandon to get it)...Nathan's offered to help too...

Friday Schedule:

AM:

Take cats in.
Pick up Proctor's Car, drop off Shannon's
Wash and Wax Proctor's Car
Pick up Tuxedo's

Shannon has nail appointment at noon.

Anytime:

Load Snacks & Water into Shannon's Mom's Car.

Find out if anyone wants to load certain items for the wedding and (if it's ok) bring them to setup for the rehersal.

Load presents into car.

6:PM Candle Lit way for Rehersal
7:PM Rehersal Dinner

Saturday:

8:30 AM Shannon's, Kim's, etc Hair Appointment
8:45 AM Have to have EVERYTHING out of the house
10:AM Caterers Show up at reception place, along with Family for setup
11:AM Sam/Wedding Party Should be getting ready by now.
Noon ready and in place for Photos
2:PM Wedding
3:PM Reception (and more Photos), Cop Should be there, needs to be paid...

Reception...Play by ear

9:PM, boot everyone out
10:PM Vauge Sense of Clean up done, turn in keys or what not...

List sent to wedding people and family...

First off, Dad, can you make sure Cara and Emily get a copy of this?
For those of my family that are going straight to the reception (with their kids). I have an envelope full of cash for the Cop, that needs to be there when they arrive (so if I could get that to Brent or Diane or etc to give to the Cop at uh...3 I think, that'd be great).

Friday Events:

For Brandon:

around 2:PM or so or a bit later, pick up speakers (with me)

Wedding Party:

6:PM at Candle Lit Way for Rehersal
Afterwards (~7:PM) Raccoon River Brew Pub for Rehersal Dinner

Saturday Events:

On Saturday we HAVE to be out of our house before 9:AM, due to the Beverdale Fall Festival Parade.

For Linda, Kim, neice (tried to spell name gave up)

8:AM Our House To meet/pick up Shannon to go down to get Hair Done at Blondie's

For Brandon and myself:

8:30 AM: Raccoon River Nature Lodge for getting of keys, setting up of PA and etc

For My mom, Cara, Emily, etc:

10:AM Setup of Reception Place (caterer should be there with table linnens)

For Wedding Party:

11:AM Can get in Candle Lit Way to get ready

Wedding Party + Parents:

Noon: Candle Lit Way for Photos

Everyone:
2:PM Candle Lit Way For Wedding
3:PM Raccoon River Nature Lodge for Reception

6 or 7 or 8 or so, take down for those who feel willing :)

I'll let you know if there are updates to this schedule, or outright mistakes (I'll have Shannon go over it).

Thanks for all your help during this!

Sam & Shannon (mostly sam, since Shannon had to go to work).

All I'm gonna say....

This is all I'm gonna say.

We had the max amount of Boots of Beer at the Hessen Haus.

Won't say what we did, or who was there...but I had a good time.

Thanks all that showed up.

more checky checky

1. Candle lit way Called...well...emailed (forgot to call).
2. Final count sent to Caterer
5. Decided on Life insurance
3. Rehersal dinner, check check check, need to sign the thing (why?, whatever) and fax it back
8. Cell phone charger in computer bag
12. Proctor said I could pick up his car on Friday (so I can get it washed and waxed)
15. Brandon will help me pick up speakers and take them back on monday (we'll be gone by then)

Called randall's at Shannon's mom's request, all tuxedoes will be delivered to the store in West Des Moines.