http://www.sarahandmatthewjohnson.com Sarah and Matthew Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:52:37 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [img:kiss-Medium] Yesterday was our big day, and we're so happy that so many of our friends and family made it to celebrate the occasion with us. Thanks to all of you! We are so pleased with how everything worked out, including the weather, the food, th... http://www.sarahandmatthewjohnson.com/Blog/We-made-it Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:52:37 [img:portage249-Medium] The directions to the ceremony in the invitations say to exit I-94 at Crisman Road. While this is technically correct, the exit is not labeled Crisman Road. It is Exit 19, labeled Indiana 249, "Port of Indiana", and "Portage". We... http://www.sarahandmatthewjohnson.com/Blog/Getting-There Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:53:37 Elevenish days to go. We have worked on our vows and ceremony structure, finalized the head count, and paid all of our vendors. The last portion is to print the programs and place card names, finish up the gifts for the bridal party, figure out what t... http://www.sarahandmatthewjohnson.com/Blog/Are-you-excited-yet--I-am Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:56:58 The day is fast approaching. Sarah and I spent Labor Day weekend camping at Kettle Morraine in Wisconsin. We're now working on the final preparations for the wedding. RSVP's are in and we're finalizing the numbers with the caterer, the hall, the cake, t... http://www.sarahandmatthewjohnson.com/Blog/Counting-Down Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:00:01 So, you may have noticed that there are some crazy expensive stuff on our Macy's registry. The reason is that if no one buys those ridiculously priced items (and we are assuming no one will) that we can go after the wedding and get them for 40% off. P... http://www.sarahandmatthewjohnson.com/Blog/OMG-are-they-crazy Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:46:22 Umm, we forgot about label etiquette when sending out the invitations. So, if it isn't clear - your kids are welcome to come. Just make sure to send us the correct number OR enter in their names if you are RSVPing online. This wedding is kid friendly... http://www.sarahandmatthewjohnson.com/Blog/What-about-the-kids Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:14:43 [img:invitation-Medium] With some time spent coding and tweaking, the online RSVP is now available. We've handed out a couple of invitations. The rest should be in the mail in a couple of days. Please be sure to RSVP by September 1st. There is also a ... http://www.sarahandmatthewjohnson.com/Blog/RSVP-Online-is-Online Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:06:25 [img:scuba-Medium] This weekend Sarah and I took the written and confined water portion of Open Water SCUBA diving class. It was a lot of fun and really interesting. It's amazing to breath while at the bottom of a pool; I can't wait to try it in the se... http://www.sarahandmatthewjohnson.com/Blog/Scuba-Diving Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:50:44 [img:rsvp-Medium] Things are coming together. With the caterer on board and the florist quoted, we're working on our long list of little things. Sarah has a dress fitting on Thursday, we're looking into chairs for the ceremony, gifts for the wedding pa... http://www.sarahandmatthewjohnson.com/Blog/Invitations Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:03:40 We recently were having issues with our caterer. To sum up the problem, they wanted us to buy a lot more food than was needed. Having researched the appropriate percentage of extra food needed for a buffet, I wasn't about to cave in to their outrageou... http://www.sarahandmatthewjohnson.com/Blog/Abandon-Ship Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:07:56