Playing Catch Up

My youngest sister is now officially married! She looked absolutely stunning, both her and her new husband seem truly happy.I can’t wait to see the pictures. It was a small wedding, but she had a wicked pair of emcees – they did a wonderful job and looked great, if I do say so myself! The marital advice went over will, especially when husband decoded the words of women. I even managed to sneak in a bit about the priest and needing 16 husbands.

A week in St. John’s allowed me to get a bunch of stuff crossed off my bucket list too. We went to Moo Moos for ice cream – the turtle cheesecake was divine and my brother in law is still talking about the English Butter.

I ate French Fries on George Street, when we had the rehersal dinner at O'Rielly's Pub on kiddo’s birthday. There was live entertainment and they played her a birthday song as we danced to her turning 13 and to the happy couple.

I wore a dress, and high heels. My emcee abilities made more than 1 stranger laugh (although they are strangers to me no more). I danced until the wee hours of the morning after the reception.

We went out to breakfast at Cora’s with my parents, my sister and her family.

We attended the Newfoundland Folk Festival where we watched The Once in concert, from the third row. I even braved the men’s port-a-potty!

We went on a boat tour, on one of the hottest days of the summer, where the whales put on a show for us, leaping in front of the boat. I laughed and joked with the captain.

We hiked around Signal Hill with my niece and nephew, and picked some delicious blueberries.

All in all, I couldn’t have asked for a better week of family, friends and fun. Now I need a vacation!

please take your seats and turn off your cell phone...

I've been asked to be the master of ceremonies at my sister's wedding on August 3rd. It's not the first time I have been asked to MC, (I did it for another sister 5 years ago) and its not the second time I wrote up a "script" for it (husband has also MC'd in the past with my help).

I have a few ideas I'm working on, the first being advice for the new couple...

For the bride:
Don’t let him plan your summer vacation, unless you really like bar-b-qing in your back yard.

If you ask his opinion on something and he says “I don’t know” or “I don’t care” it really means that he does not know or does not care.

Let him pretend he’s in charge, it will take him 4 or 5 years to realize the difference and by then it will be too late.

For the groom:
There is no right answer to “do this make me look fat?” if she thought it looked ok, she wouldn’t be asking.

If you go shopping together and she leaves you alone in the bra and underwear section, do not browse.

The second being the shoe game, where you sit the bride and groom back to back, and ask them to remove their shoes, then ask a series of questions that answer by holding up the shoe of the person who best fits the answer...

Who is up first in the morning?
Who takes longer to get ready?
Who apologizes first after an argument?
Who said "i love you" first?
Who mentioned marriage first?
Who makes all the decisions?

So, I'm looking for more advice... wedding advice that it. If you could offer up 1 piece of marriage gold to the new couple, what would it be?

If you have any great jokes or 1 liners, I'll take those too!