Christian and Mara's Wedding

There are two Annikas, or perhaps Annikae, who will be flower girls at our wedding. Annika #1 is Annika Julien, 4-year-old daughter of our friends Doug and Miyoung. Annika is smart, beautiful, and a big girl! Annika #2 is my niece Annika Cooper, age (currently) 6 months! She's a very big baby for six months with big, curious blue eyes and a great deal of vocal projection.

The Annikae shall be dressed in Us Angels:
Style 228: Spaghetti strap dress with Silk bodice and embroidered Organza party skirt. Colors: Kiwi/Pink.

We ordered them last night at Priscilla of Boston. You know, outfitters of famous brides such as Jackie Kennedy. They really do have some beautiful dresses. Some of their dresses look similar to the one that I chose, so I was happy. There was a beautiful veil on display - WAIT! This is about the Annikae! Okay, refocusing.

The Annikae. Yes. Well, Niece Annika is still a little too little to walk, so she'll be pushed along in a stroller by my sister (if you couldn't figure it out, my sister is Annika's mother). Or maybe the other Annika could help her out? Hmmm... I didn't think about this. They'll have some manner of throwable thing to toss down on the floor at Byblos. You know, like petals! Hee! Imagine that! They'll also get to wield some manner of fresh flower, probably in the form of circlets worn on one's head.

It's me! I am the printer of envelopes! It wasn't easy, either. Actually, it was not at all easy and it involved me receiving zero help from Hewlett-Packard tech support (who is suprised? Not me!) and then remembered that my people (on my mom's side) are a people of intuitive troubleshooting, a proud tradition that spans generations of Ukrainians on my mother's side. They are a people who will not settle for a barely-English response received from HP tech support! Not possible? Not supported? We seldom accept "no" as an answer. We dare to dream the impossible. We never give up! We will exhaust every possible solution to a problem until we find it!

For example, we can try loading the envelopes in a different direction. Victory!

As such, Christian and I printed about 40 envelopes this morning. We still need to get some more addresses together (mainly from Christian's friends, boo!) and then we can send these bastards out. We also need stamps. I'm hoping for rad Star Wars stamps.

I revised my flower list for the wedding, opting instead for a more streamlined assortment of the following:

• green and yellow cymbidium orchids
• peach roses
• jade roses
• white gerberas with black centers
• palest pink roses
• Another white/ivory flower, but damned if I can remember what kind and I think I left the receipt in the car
• green hypericum berries
• wax flowers
• a yellowy filler flower

Want to learn about the wedding party? Sure you do? Go on, read!

Christian was supposed to post this, but instead he is snoring.

Hey, does anyone actually, uh, you know, read this on a regular basis? I ask because I want to take a quick, informal poll of who's interested in a harbor cruise on Friday? I'm going to make a group reservation for 30, and will post more details here.