{"id":2283,"date":"2013-10-17T14:38:38","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T18:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/?p=2283"},"modified":"2013-10-17T14:50:51","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T18:50:51","slug":"things-i-love-thursday-wedded-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/things-i-love-thursday-wedded-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Things I Love Thursday: Wedded Edition."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are in the beautiful North Bruce Peninsula this week for a little break after the excitement, stress, and fun of planning, then having our wedding last weekend. I&#8217;d like to post a more detailed update about the wedding soon, but for now &#8211; I (and JC) had a lovely time. I went in thinking whatever will happen will happen, and no matter what I would be leaving married to an amazing partner, lover, and friend, and that&#8217;s what it was all about.<\/p>\n<p>Everything else was just icing on a tasty vegan wedding cake.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/instagram.com\/p\/fc3w8HTUCk\/embed\/\" height=\"710\" width=\"612\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I loved seeing friends and family I hadn&#8217;t seen in a while and meeting new people and some of my new family for the first time. Unfortunately it was a tough year for some of my family\/friends and several pairs couldn&#8217;t make it due to illness, but they were in my thoughts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m still left with this lingering wish I had invited more people that were important to me &#8211; but didn&#8217;t invite because I thought they wouldn&#8217;t\/couldn&#8217;t come, or it wouldn&#8217;t work out some how. Because there were some invites I sent out, with no expectation of attendance, where I was pleasantly surprised.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I also wish RSVPs and Invitations didn&#8217;t get lost. We mailed out about 70-80 envelopes, and it turns out some still haven&#8217;t arrived. This doesn&#8217;t completely shake my love of the postal system, but I do wonder if my terrible printing had something to do with cards never arriving. I&#8217;ll try and keep that in mind for the thank you cards.<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of thank you cards&#8230; I love the excuse to buy a bunch of stamps and mail cards out to friends and family again.<\/li>\n<li>I loved that we had invited some wedding crashers. It seemed a bit weird to post an invite online, but it also seemed awfully fitting for JC and I as a couple (and not just to us).<\/li>\n<li>I love being close to the water, in the North Bruce Peninsula, surrounded by the beautiful colours of autumn, while still having wireless internet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/instagram.com\/p\/fjC_opzUJ5\/embed\/\" height=\"710\" width=\"612\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I love that I&#8217;ve given Magic The Gathering another shot. JC and I played again last night while it was pouring rain, and I&#8217;m pretty sure he let me win a couple of times. The game is actually pretty fun and interesting once you learn the fundamentals, I&#8217;m still kind of confused, and don&#8217;t understand some aspects of the game, but considering JC&#8217;s played this game since it came out (&#8230; as in&#8230; 20 years), I don&#8217;t feel that terrible when I do lose against him.<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of nerdy honeymoon activities&#8230; I also signed up to be part of<a style=\"font-family: sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-style: normal;\" href=\"http:\/\/fs24.formsite.com\/geekgirlpenpal\/form21\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"> this month&#8217;s International Geek Girl Pen Pal Club<\/a>. I&#8217;ve tried to sign up in the past, but always signed up a little too late. I made it this time! I love that such a thing exists!<\/li>\n<li>Our Wedding Photographers. We had really fantastic photographers &#8211; I don&#8217;t actually know how great the photos are yet &#8211; but they made us feel totally at ease, and as a person that usually hates getting her picture taken, that was a huge positive experience. (I can&#8217;t wait to see and share photos!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ultimately, I&#8217;m thankful that we mostly had the day we dreamed of, and I am looking forward to talking about the things that went really well, and also some of the things that didn&#8217;t quite go as planned.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2287\" alt=\"Things I Love Thursday 2\" src=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Logomaker-Getting-a-logo-has-never-been-easier-Google-Chrome-17102013-24709-PM.bmp-300x186.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Logomaker-Getting-a-logo-has-never-been-easier-Google-Chrome-17102013-24709-PM.bmp-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Logomaker-Getting-a-logo-has-never-been-easier-Google-Chrome-17102013-24709-PM.bmp.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m happy JC and I are hiding out in a nice cottage and reading books, playing magic, and still enjoying the great outdoors. I hope you are having a lovely week too.<\/p>\n<p>What do you love this week?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are in the beautiful North Bruce Peninsula this week for a little break after the excitement, stress, and fun of planning, then having our wedding last weekend. 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