APB: Video Footage of the Wedding!!!

Calling all units!!

Calling all units!!

This is an All Points Bulletin. We are searching for anyone who has video footage of the wedding. If you or someone you know has some, please share it with Wendie and Chris!!

Why?

Well, evidently....our 'professional' (and I use that term very loosely) videographer didn't arrive to the big event until after the ceremony.

Yep. You read that correctly: after the ceremony. Now, perhaps he got lost. Glen Ellen Country Club is out there in the boonies, afterall. But, as a 'professional', don't you think you'd double check MapQuest's accuracy for directions?!

Bad News vs. Good News

Bad: The videographer completely missed the entire ceremony. This includes the mothers being seated, the bridesmaids whizzing down the aisle and Wendie and Dad's proud walk. Also, it includes the vows (we have no proof!), Chris's funny cringing faces as he accepted his fate and Wendie's smiling-almost-giggling as she becomes Mrs. Martin.

Good: The videographer managed to get some footage of the photography session where the wedding party was chugging champagne and ordering other drinks two at a time. There may be some footage of the abnormally large mass of dragonflies in the air during the photo session since I specifically asked the videographer to try to capture it on film. I do believe there's some footage of the reception. (Let's hope there's none of yours truly on the dance floor! That would cause blindness!!)

Better Than Good: The videographer is giving them a full refund and all the footage he did manage to get. On top of that, he told them if they could track down anyone with footage who would be willing to make a copy of it, the videographer would splice their footage in with the footage he has. I think that's pretty cool! NICE SAVE, DUDE!!!

Sooooo....if you or anyone you know has any video footage of the blessed event, please contact Wendie and Chris ASAP!! Rather than post their digits on the blog, if you don't know how to reach them....use the blog!!!

WEDDING PICTURES!!!!

Hi Everyone!!!

What a wonderful night we had, huh? I don't know about yours, but my dogs are still barking from dancing the night away!!

Our professional photographers - Stephenson Studios Photography - passed out some business cards with information on how to access the pictures they took from the wedding. Just in case you didn't get a card or had a few too many bevvies last night and can't remember where the hell you put it, here's the info you need:

Go to this web site any time after August 25: www.WeddingPrints.com

Enter the event name to view their pictures: Wendie and Chris

The password: Seacal

You'll be able to view and purchase pictures from this site. Woohoo!!!!

Hope to see you all soon!!!

:)
Terri

The Bed is Made

I'm sitting upstairs in Wendie's old bedroom. The place has been cleaned and redecorated for Wendie's short-lived homecoming that will take place tomorrow night after the rehearsal dinner. Mom went out and got new curtains, new sheets, new bedspread, new everything for the occasion. One more sleep at home before going off to live her happily-ever-after as a married woman.

I'm looking forward to that last night. I don't know what we'll do, but I imagine we'll have a good chat about a lot of nothingness. Sister stuff. Maybe we'll watch Steve Martin' s "Father of the Bride" and go through a box or two of Puffs Extra Strength With Aloe!!

The curtains Mom got for Wendie's room are long, white gauzey material. The kind that you'd see in old romantic movies blowing in the wind coming through the open windows. Very romantic looking. Her wedding dress is still carefully packed in its plastic zippered dress house. Tomorrow Mom will come in here and take it out of the bag and fluff it out. She'll probably even add tissue paper to the inside of it to "keep its shape". It's a mother thing, I guess.

I've already seen Wendie in the dress on two or three occasions, but it won't be the same as seeing her in it on the actual day of her wedding. She'll be a breath-takingly beautiful bride, this I know for sure.

Ask her if she's nervous and she'll tell you she's not. This I don't understand. Aren't all brides nervous right before their wedding day? Wendie says she's more excited than nervous...she's been with Chris for over nine years, afterall. What's to be nervous about? I guess I can see her point.

Well, as far as I can see from my point of view...the bed has been made and it's just about time to sleep in it. I know it'll be a great sleep full of wonderful, happy dreams come true.

Pleasant dreams to all!

TIMELINE & DIRECTIONS

Friday, August 19

Menfolk: p/u tuxes early in day

**DOUBLE CHECK THAT EVERYTHING IS INCLUDED!!**

5:45pm
ALL ATTEND Wedding Rehearsal at Glenn Ellen Country Club (Directions Below) ALL ATTEND
7:30pm
ALL ATTEND Rehearsal Dinner at Mickey Cassidy's in Medway (Directions Below) ALL ATTEND
Midnight & After
Bride to sleep in Ashland


Saturday, August 20th

7:30am
Golf @ GECC for Chris, Bob, Billy & Jim
10:30am
MOB Hair, Nails & Makeup @ Concepts
11:00am
Bride & Bridesmaids to Richard Francis Salon (Directions Below) for Hair & Makeup (unless other arrangements have been made)
2:00pm
Flowers arriving in Ashland
2:30pm
Bride, Bridesmaids, MOB & FOB in Ashland dressed and ready for formal pictures in Ashland
3:00pm
Photographer arriving in Ashland
3:45pm
Groomsmen & FOG @ GECC, fully dressed, ready to go; p/u your flowers or boutineres in the main office
4:00pm
Limo p/u Bridesmaids & MOB
4:15pm
Limo p/u Bride & FOB; MOG arrival @ GECC & p/u flowers in office

5:00pm
Ceremony begins
5:30pm
Cocktail Hour
Formal group pictures around Glen Ellen Country Club of the Wedding Party
6:30pm
Reception begins
P A R T Y T I M E ! ! !

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DIRECTIONS TO GECC

From Natick/Framingham: Take 27S to Route 115S. Follow 115S for 2 miles. Bear right just before the island and then take your immediate right onto Middlesex Street. Follow Middlesex Street for 1.1 miles. Take your 3rd left onto Bullard Street. Bear to the right at the fork and take your next right onto Orchard Street. Glen Ellen Country Club is .5 miles down on your right.
From Holliston: Follow Route 16W to the center of Holliston. Take a left just before the yellow blinking light onto Central Street. Take your second right at the blinking yellow light onto Norfolk Street. Continue on Norfolk Street for approximately 1.5 miles. Take a left onto Goulding Street. Glen Ellen is 1 mile down on your left.

DIRECTIONS TO MICKEY CASSIDY'S

From Rte. 495 (about 4 miles): Take Exit 19 to route 109 East. Go straight through the lights across route 126. Take a left at the next set of lights to stay on 109 East. Turn left into Drybridge crossing plaza (Just before the shopping center and across from the car wash). Mickey Cassidy's is at the rear of the building.
From Rte. 128/I95: Take Exit 16 to route 109 West. Follow 109 West through Westwood, Medfield, and Millis into Medway. Once in Medway you'll go straight through one set of lights (Texaco on your left). Turn right into Drybridge crossing plaza (just after the shopping center and across from the car wash). Mickey Cassidy's is at the rear of the building.

DIRECTIONS TO RICHARD FRANCIS SALON

From Natick Route 9: Follow Route 9 West. Turn right onto Route 30/Route 126 (Concord Street Overpass). Follow Route 126. Turn right onto Route 135. Richard Francis Salon will be on the right, across the street from Honey Dew Donuts and Tasty Treat.

Murphy's Law...NO PROBLEM!!

Murphy's Law states that IF something can go wrong, it WILL go wrong. Any professional wedding coordinator will tell you that something will ALWAYS go wrong at a wedding, no matter how well-planned the event may be. These facts may freak me and you out, but the bride and groom have decided to take their Jamaican lessons to heart:

When one of our groomsmen was forced to step down from his ceremony services, I freaked out over the uneven-ness of the wedding party and wondered if someone would step in as a replacement usher. Wendie and Chris said, "No problem!" One lucky groomsman would have two lovely ladies on his arm. (Whatta stud!)

When my dyed-to-match shoes came back looking like a rusty old toilet (a strange orangey-brown hue, watermarks and all) instead of the Apple Red they were supposed to be, I had a small temper tantrum. The bride, standing next to me at the time of the unveiling, only backed away and told me, "No problem!" New shoes were bought and 911-dyed at the source, and the bad shoes were sold full price to the person who dyed them orangey-brown.

The final writing on the wedding programs hasn't even been finished - never mind getting the silly things printed! They have to be at Glen Ellen by Thursday afternoon. The bride doesn't seem to feel the hurry-up-ness of this though and tells me, "No problem!" They'll get done though....somehow.

Looking out the window right now, I see darkness and rain. I have to wonder about what the weather will be like on Saturday. The ceremony itself is scheduled to be outdoors under a tent. If the rains holds up, we'll be forced to move the ceremony inside! I say that sucks!! Wendie and Chris agree that it would suck, but then add: "No problem!" They just want their family and friends around them when they trade their 'I do's'.

Say it with me now: "Awwwwwwww!!!"

IF YOU ARE IN THE WEDDING....

If you are in the wedding, this is already be on your calendar:

THE REHEARSAL DINNER IS ON

AUGUST 19TH AT 5:45pm

Right?! If not, better add it in. In ink!!!

All of us - with our significant others in tow - will meet at Glen Ellen Country Club at 5:45pm for a practice session with our wedding coordinator, Bill Ransom. How long the actual rehearsal lasts all depends on us and how fast we get what Bill tells us to do, where to stand (over there, over here) and when to smile (ALWAYS...you never know when someone might be taking a picture of you, afterall!!).

As stated before (see earlier blog entry on this subject), we'll be dining at Mickey Cassidy's with Chris's parents, Patti Hoey and Billy Martin, as our gracious hosts.

Send me your questions about the rehearsal and/or the rehearsal dinner. Just like your old teachers used to say: "There's no such thing a stupid question."

Request Pictures!!

Don't think the men folk would be interested in these, but I wanted to extend an invitation to viewing pictures from both Wendie's Bridal Shower and her Bachelorette Party. I've already sent the link to those who I thought would be interested and whose email addresses I had.

If interested, drop me a note at terrpisms@yahoo.com and I will provide you a link to www.shutterfly.com where a shared photo album exists for each event.

In case you're not counting....only 18 more days!!