{"id":52,"date":"2008-03-09T16:03:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-09T16:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bluetablepainting.com\/blog\/?p=52"},"modified":"2008-03-09T16:03:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-09T16:03:00","slug":"saturday-march-8-2008-eric-and-elizabeths-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bluetablepainting.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/saturday-march-8-2008-eric-and-elizabeths-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday March 8 2008 Eric and Elizabeth&#8217;s Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_XxdgU-mVbm0\/R9QLZNVUQwI\/AAAAAAAAAJ8\/69DHfX71w0Q\/s1600-h\/Wedding-Cake.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175774399459246850\" style=\"CURSOR: hand\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_XxdgU-mVbm0\/R9QLZNVUQwI\/AAAAAAAAAJ8\/69DHfX71w0Q\/s320\/Wedding-Cake.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today was the wedding of my wife&#8217;s brother, Eric. In my wife&#8217;s family there are three sisters (I call them &#8220;the Furies&#8221;) and the little brother. So, at long last he is married.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why I was completely incommunicado on Saturday. I apologize for not warning you. If you are waiting on a response from me, I plan on catching up on Monday (and Tuesday).<\/p>\n<p>The wedding was simple an beautiful. My daugher, Kenna, was a flower girl. She was brilliant; all in white with that little basket of flower petals. Afterwards we had a dinner and a dance. I danced with all the ladies (the older ones, not the young, hot wives) and of course my own eternal bride. What I lack in skill I make up for in enthusiasm.<\/p>\n<p>I gave a toast. That went better than I thought it would. It was an audience participation toast&#8211; the batman theme (ie na na na na na, batman!), except instead of &#8220;batman&#8221; it was &#8220;wed-DING!&#8221; I thought it would be completely retarded, but it went over well. Then the serious part.<\/p>\n<p>After a night in a lodge bed (we stayed the night up at &#8220;The Homestead&#8221; in Midway) I felt like someone had hit me in the back with a 20 lb sledge.  But there was an immense spread of unbelievable food in the main building.  In all it was great experience and I got to meet a ton of new people.<\/p>\n<p>Early Sunday morning we got news that Tamie&#8217;s grandma Ernie passed away (she had colon cancer). I didn&#8217;t think it would affect me, but I ran from the room sobbing and collapsed in the lodge kitchen. Well, that&#8217;s how it goes with me. I&#8217;m not very good at goodbyes. It hits me like a whallop then I&#8217;m done.<\/p>\n<p>Note: no need to send condolences or anything.  Just give someone  you love a big hug, if you must do something.<\/p>\n<p>As a side note: my mother-in-law is really great.  Stereotypes aside she stays out of our business and is only extremely helpful when asked.  She has three great skills: cooking, sewing and singing.  And we say that each of the three daughters inherited one of those things.  I got the &#8220;cooking&#8221; daughter (the eldest) so I think I got the better lot.  You can&#8217;t eat a song!   HAHAHAHAHA!<\/p>\n<p>I even shot some clips.   Here&#8217;s the first of them (I&#8217;ll be uploading more throughout the afternoon):<br \/><object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/YDeCu0ZxBFA\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/YDeCu0ZxBFA\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was the wedding of my wife&#8217;s brother, Eric. In my wife&#8217;s family there are three sisters (I call them &#8220;the Furies&#8221;) and the little brother. So, at long last he is married. That&#8217;s why I was completely incommunicado on Saturday. I apologize for not warning you. 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