The past week, Rob and I got a chance to give married life a shot. Sarah's mom took a little vacation and we jumped at the chance to dog-sit. The big bonus is that we not only got the biggest storm this winter, but we got to experience it with the same drive that we'll have when we move into the new house. Now, in no way will I say the drive is the same as it is from our parents houses. But it's completely doable.
We went grocery shopping, shovelled the driveway, did laundry, shovelled the driveway, cooked dinner shovelled the driveway, washed dishes and shovelled the driveway. All in all, our week turned out really well. Contrary to popular belief, Rob actually enjoys my cooking! Either that or he pretends really well so that he doesn't hurt my feelings!
Monday night, I made porkchops with corn and scalloped potatoes for dinner. Considering we couldn't find any of Kathy's pots and pans, dinner turned out really well! We were finally able to find all the pots and pans - after we cleaned up of course.
Tuesday, Rob made dinner. Let me explain what Rob's idea of dinner was: he stopped at his house and took one of his mom's Costco pizza's. He popped it in the oven and ta-da! Dinner.
The one things that I figured out during this experience was that making a roast beef dinner will probably be saved for when we have company over! I made a full roastbeef dinner on Thursday night, complete with roasted potatoes, corn and gravy. After rob and I ate dinner, we started to clean up and noticed that we had barely eaten half the roast!! Let me know when you'll be dropping by because I think roast will become a delicasy in our house!
Tonight is our last night, we'll be heading back home after dinner. Looks like we'll be able to handle this after all!
The wedding is still on.
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Friday, February 09, 2007
Mini Me... Stop humping the "Laser"!
Our appointment at Platinum went well enough, they were a very professional DJ service and Alex was very friendly and helpful. We went through everything, from the actual service right down to the lights and haze. When we put together a package, Rob and I were stunned!
The first concern was that they charge overtime. So if you want them to play a second past 1am (we know you party animals will be up much later, still dancing) there is a $50/half hour fee. The second concern was that the lighting options they offered were probably older than we are... The effect was ALMOST the same as some of the others, but not quite. On top of being dated, they didn't offer a couple of options that we were interested in. Rob's main conern here was the lasers. Apparently you can't, and I mean CAN'T play Scissor Sisters without a slow-mo laser.
Alex put a quote together for us and gave us a couple of minutes to look everything over. When I looked at the quote, I was sure I could get Good Vibrations to come down to the same number, and we'd be getting more! We took a drive over to GV and spoke with Cristina, part owner. She hammered out a price for us that was more than reasonable, considering we'll have a whole nightclub at our fingertips on our wedding night! So be booked with them and now we have the final BIG thing out of the way..... now I can focus on the mind numbing details.
And who knows.... maybe someone will try to hump the laser!
The first concern was that they charge overtime. So if you want them to play a second past 1am (we know you party animals will be up much later, still dancing) there is a $50/half hour fee. The second concern was that the lighting options they offered were probably older than we are... The effect was ALMOST the same as some of the others, but not quite. On top of being dated, they didn't offer a couple of options that we were interested in. Rob's main conern here was the lasers. Apparently you can't, and I mean CAN'T play Scissor Sisters without a slow-mo laser.
Alex put a quote together for us and gave us a couple of minutes to look everything over. When I looked at the quote, I was sure I could get Good Vibrations to come down to the same number, and we'd be getting more! We took a drive over to GV and spoke with Cristina, part owner. She hammered out a price for us that was more than reasonable, considering we'll have a whole nightclub at our fingertips on our wedding night! So be booked with them and now we have the final BIG thing out of the way..... now I can focus on the mind numbing details.
And who knows.... maybe someone will try to hump the laser!
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Race... to the Music!
What’s a party without someone to play the music, right? And no, mom you can’t control the iPod…
That being said, Rob and I needed to begin our search for the perfect DJ. But where do you start?? Well, it’s always a good idea to start where the free stuff is, and we won that free dry ice show with Good Vibrations. So, we’ll start there.
Thursday night, we stayed late after work, had some dinner at Shoeless Joes, and drove around a bit. We made it to Hwy 7 and 27 for our 8pm appointment and went in to meet Joe. We went in for our consult and everything seemed to go fairly well. Joe was very personable, he answered all our questions in a very professional manner and gave us a great first impression of the company. Rob, however, remained bored.
When the time came for us to be shown all the different “a la carte’s” you can purchase with your DJ package, we were hauled off to a little room, painted black. Joe showed us the one light you get with the ‘basic’ package. Nothing spectacular… Then, he showed us the semi-intelligent lights. Well, don’t Rob’s eyes light up like a little boy getting his first bike! I mean, the lights, the mirror ball, the smoke effects, he wants it ALL!!
When the demonstration is over, Joe brings us back into the office and goes over prices with us. I’m not surprised to see the prices, they’re fairly uniform across the board (I think). But I am surprised that we went from: “Just the DJ, no bells and whistles, we’re fairly simple people” all the way to: “We want everything. What’s your biggest package?? Perfect!”
Needless to say, we knew we needed some cool down time. We were clearly blinded by the lasers and we needed to take a couple days to decide. Lasers aren’t cheap you know LOL
When we tell Joe that we want a couple days to think about it, he lays it on SUPER thick. I mean, really… you’re telling me you have 9 weddings booked for my day, 17 months from now? You only book 10 weddings a night? The DJ you were thinking of for us is still available?? How wonderful a coincidence! Wow…. We better hurry!
Funny how up until now, all we’ve heard is: “you guys have LOTS of time” and now, it’s a race to book or we may lose them! Well, we’re taking our chances… we booked another couple of appointments with different DJ’s. Tonight we’re going to go see Platinum Music, highly recommended by a couple girls on CB and of course Amanda. At least if we book with these guys… we can see what kind of job they’ll do at Amanda’s wedding! Then we’ve got DJ Emporium next week on Tuesday and Veriation Music the following week.
I hope we can wait that long…. We don’t want to be left without a DJ….
That being said, Rob and I needed to begin our search for the perfect DJ. But where do you start?? Well, it’s always a good idea to start where the free stuff is, and we won that free dry ice show with Good Vibrations. So, we’ll start there.
Thursday night, we stayed late after work, had some dinner at Shoeless Joes, and drove around a bit. We made it to Hwy 7 and 27 for our 8pm appointment and went in to meet Joe. We went in for our consult and everything seemed to go fairly well. Joe was very personable, he answered all our questions in a very professional manner and gave us a great first impression of the company. Rob, however, remained bored.
When the time came for us to be shown all the different “a la carte’s” you can purchase with your DJ package, we were hauled off to a little room, painted black. Joe showed us the one light you get with the ‘basic’ package. Nothing spectacular… Then, he showed us the semi-intelligent lights. Well, don’t Rob’s eyes light up like a little boy getting his first bike! I mean, the lights, the mirror ball, the smoke effects, he wants it ALL!!
When the demonstration is over, Joe brings us back into the office and goes over prices with us. I’m not surprised to see the prices, they’re fairly uniform across the board (I think). But I am surprised that we went from: “Just the DJ, no bells and whistles, we’re fairly simple people” all the way to: “We want everything. What’s your biggest package?? Perfect!”
Needless to say, we knew we needed some cool down time. We were clearly blinded by the lasers and we needed to take a couple days to decide. Lasers aren’t cheap you know LOL
When we tell Joe that we want a couple days to think about it, he lays it on SUPER thick. I mean, really… you’re telling me you have 9 weddings booked for my day, 17 months from now? You only book 10 weddings a night? The DJ you were thinking of for us is still available?? How wonderful a coincidence! Wow…. We better hurry!
Funny how up until now, all we’ve heard is: “you guys have LOTS of time” and now, it’s a race to book or we may lose them! Well, we’re taking our chances… we booked another couple of appointments with different DJ’s. Tonight we’re going to go see Platinum Music, highly recommended by a couple girls on CB and of course Amanda. At least if we book with these guys… we can see what kind of job they’ll do at Amanda’s wedding! Then we’ve got DJ Emporium next week on Tuesday and Veriation Music the following week.
I hope we can wait that long…. We don’t want to be left without a DJ….
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