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The wedding was set for 10 am, July 8th 2006.\u00a0 I was actually ON TIME.\u00a0 It’s a first in Kristine history.\u00a0 I have been told that I will be late for my own funeral, so the fact that I was on time just tells me, this isn’t the end for me.<\/p>\n

We woke up the kids to, “Who wants to be in a wedding?”
\nAlyx jumped up and was ready to go. The two younger ones had gotten dressed the night before and just fell asleep in the clothes they were going to wear over to the place we were getting married.
\nTyler came out and sat on the end of the couch wondering WHY in God’s name did we have to be up so early.\u00a0 He didn’t have hair and make-up that needed to be done so why couldn’t he just go back to sleep until 9:30?<\/p>\n

After we got to The Victorian, I went upstairs where my sister in law, Terrie was already getting the dresses ready.\u00a0 You know that question, “If you were stranded on a deserted island, what would you bring?”\u00a0 I now can honestly say, “Terrie”.\u00a0 She could build a hut, spear a fish, cook it and clean up the whole island in the time it would take for me to figure out I had no cellular coverage.\u00a0 Did I mention she has had 2 hip replacements? Yeah, she’s the friggin’ Terminator.<\/p>\n

I’m doing a wedding next month for Kimmy and Nick and since I’m doing fora very low, low price, Kimmy did my make up for free.\u00a0 You will NEVER see me with my make up done so perfectly again.\u00a0 Enjoy he\u00a0 pictures while you can because once you see the honeymoon pictures, you’ll be laughing.\u00a0 I can go from Paris Hilton to Tammy Faye in just hours.<\/p>\n

Kathy, my most awesomest sister, did my hair.\u00a0 We were trying to figure out if we liked it minues before I walked down the stairs.\u00a0 She said to me, “Kristine…don’t flip your hair. Don’t fluff your hair. In fact, don’t touch it. AT.ALL”\u00a0 and I didn’t. I resisted the urge for 80’s hair for my wedding.
\nIt was weird standing at the foot of the stair case waiting to go down.\u00a0 The dozen of times I had walked those stairs I said to myself that the squeeking was going to be so loud that everyone was going to laugh.\u00a0 I never heard the squeeking. I didn’t hear anything, but the wedding march.
\nAs I rounded the second part of the stairs I could see Shaun in his tux.\u00a0 It was breath taking.\u00a0 I started to walk towards him without any thought in my head.\u00a0 I felt my dad grab my arm and start walking with me.\u00a0 I looked into the crowd of friends and family.\u00a0 Some were already teary.\u00a0 My friend, Ruka was there with her baby boy.\u00a0 Her beautiful step daughter had gotten all dressed up for the occation and I wanted to remember to tell her thank you for that, but I couldn’t remember anything a second after I got to Shaun.<\/p>\n

The ceremony was painless.\u00a0 Before the wedding I thought about every single word that was going to be said.\u00a0 I didn’t want Dan (my ex) and Tabitha (Shaun’s ex) to be uncomfortable at any point so we omitted some things and added others.\u00a0 I didn’t want anyone to feel left out of this day. I wanted the girls to be so much a part of the wedding that if I could I would have put them all in front of me and hugged them close.\u00a0\u00a0 It’s weird thinking about all this now as I type it because I didn’t think about anything, but Shaun’s hands in mine.\u00a0 Every second we listened and spoke we were seconds closer to being husband and wife.<\/p>\n

He said the words, “I do.” and\u00a0 I couldn’t wait to say, “I do” back.
\nAs I was standing there I remembered when we first met.\u00a0 “This guy is marrying me.” is what I wanted to say out loud.<\/p>\n

When it was over and we turned to the crowd I thought, “perfect.”\u00a0 It was perfect.\u00a0 My wedding was just PERFECT for us.<\/p>\n


\nBeing the Best Man, Tyler’s job was to give a toast.\u00a0 He was so mature, funny and nervous all at the same time.\u00a0 His dad was so proud as he cracked jokes and made everyone laugh.
\nI was watching him in his tux and I thought, ‘He’s a man now.’
\nWe’ve known this for awhile, but as he stood there with the speech in one hand and his mic in the other, smiling and just playing the crowd with his smile and humor…he just was…just…a man.<\/p>\n

The things he said about his dad made me so proud.\u00a0 When he said I was a great mother I almost lost it.\u00a0 I could feel the tears coming, but he ended it just in time.<\/p>\n

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Kara stood up for her part of the speech and she got through the first line and started to tear up.\u00a0 This of course had a ripple effect through the whole place.\u00a0 I never took my leaky eyes off of her as she spoke.<\/p>\n

I have seen Shaun cry once before and it was painful.\u00a0 We cried together when we thought it was the end of our relationship and we would be parting ways.\u00a0 I never wanted to see him cry again.\u00a0 Last week when he stayed home sick he was playing on the computer and after 5 minutes of watchin UTube where people were being scared he fell into a fit of laughter that gave him the giggles so bad he burst into tears.\u00a0 That was painful to watch too, but not as painful as watching him fight off tears as Kara said her toast.
\nI couldn’t take it. I cried. I cried some more.\u00a0 The whole place was tearing up.<\/p>\n

I couldn’t have been more proud of her as she sat down and wiped off her own tears of happiness.<\/p>\n

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After the ceremony we slipped outside to get all the pictures. I was finally relaxed and the blood started to circulate again.
\nOur families decided to chip in and pay for someone to take pictures.\u00a0\u00a0 When he came upstairs to get the first few pictures I didn’t see him because I was having this stuff called, ‘foundation’ put on.\u00a0 I heard a ‘click’ and I said without missing a beat, “I hear a Nikon D2X.”\u00a0 He laughed at me and told me that he had already gotten the guys in their tuxes and they looked great.\u00a0 It was real now.<\/p>\n

My family gathered outside and we got all the pictures taken.\u00a0 My most awesome brother, Jerry (who is now my favorite) had our professional like pictures taken with his CAT hat on.\u00a0 You’ve wondered how Red Neck are we?\u00a0 This should answer your question; He was holding a Budweiser can in a beer can cooly DURING the pictures.\u00a0 The best part is…he brought his OWN\u00a0 BEER!<\/p>\n

My dad came in a polo shirt and turned off his hearing aides because ‘Everyone is talking too damn loud.’\u00a0 He had to ask me what we were dancing to during our Father\/Daughter dance.<\/p>\n

My mother, at the end of the day pulled her hair up into a clippy and put on her slippers.\u00a0 I was so hot and sweaty I offered her a hundred bucks for her hair clip.\u00a0 The bitch that she is said, “Never.”<\/p>\n


\nI don’t remember if I have ever mentioned my mother’s sister, Auntie Joanne or not.\u00a0 As cool as my mom is, Auntie Joanne surpasses it.\u00a0\u00a0 She is my mother’s best friend and when that woman managed to get her old ass up the stairs while I was getting dressed and I saw her face, I almost lost it.
\nMy Auntie Joanne, who we have called ‘Lucy’ for as many years as I can remember was standing there smiling that smile that just made me want to throw her into a car and take her to Vegas because even though she is about 3 days older than dirt now, she could probably out run me and have everyone from the hotel clerk to the casino managers in tears of laughter.<\/p>\n

When my mom heard her voice, “Nannnncy.”\u00a0 my mom’s voice cracked as she tried to get to her and pull her into her arms for a hug. “Jooooannnne!”.\u00a0 I cry thinking about it.\u00a0 I swear those two women are me and my sister in about 40 years.\u00a0 I don’t think a day will come when the sight of my sister doesn’t make me feel safe and happy.<\/p>\n

It was the small moments like this one that made my wedding perfect.\u00a0 The topper was having my aunt and uncle who have been married for over 50 years be my witnesses and sign my certificate as witnesses.\u00a0 Being that they are 3 days older than dirt, it took about a good 30 minutes to convince my uncle that he just had to sign and put his address on the paper.
\n“Ohhhh, I don’t have email.\u00a0 I don’t have a computer.”\u00a0 My aunt who is use to him by now just kept saying, “FRITZ, FILL OUT THE PAPER!”\u00a0 She then would turn and wink at me and say, “He can’t hear a damn thing.\u00a0 Stupid hearing aids.”<\/p>\n

Did I mention we danced?\u00a0 Kathy filmed it and her husband put together a video for us. (Check he bottom of this post for a link)<\/p>\n

After it was over I\u00a0 found my friend, ‘Cita who, I swear is going to heaven, was one of my right arms during my wedding.\u00a0 She looked WORN OUT.\u00a0 I told her I was going upstairs to get something when I knew if I made it up the stairs I would be putting back on the clothes I came in. Sweats and a tank top.\u00a0 Yes, this girl is still a damn redneck!<\/p>\n

Ten minutes later I waddled to the top of the stairs and called out her name.\u00a0 I was STUCK IN MY DRESS!\u00a0 I mean, STUCK.\u00a0 The dress was a zippy from the side type and the hooks that the you use to hang it on the hanger was stuck in the zipper.<\/p>\n

She had to almost RIP the zipper out.\u00a0 The bra was like a bullet proof vest that was now about 60lbs heavier because I was sweating.<\/p>\n

When it came off I was sooooo happy!!<\/p>\n

Okay, this is my Looped on Excedrin PM post.\u00a0 I’ll answer all your questions from the last post soon!
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The wedding was set for 10 am, July 8th 2006.\u00a0 I was actually ON TIME.\u00a0 It’s a first in Kristine history.\u00a0 I have been told that I will be late for my own funeral, so the fact that I was on time just tells me, this isn’t the end for me. We woke up the kids to, “Who wants to be in a wedding?” Alyx jumped up and was ready to go. The two younger ones had gotten dressed the night before and just fell asleep in the clothes they were going to wear over to the place we were getting married. Tyler came out and sat on the end of the couch wondering WHY in God’s name did we have to be up so early.\u00a0 He didn’t have hair and make-up that needed to be done so why couldn’t he just go back to sleep until 9:30? After we got to The Victorian, I went upstairs where my sister in law, Terrie was already getting the dresses ready.\u00a0 You know that question, “If you were stranded on a deserted island, what would you bring?”\u00a0 I now can honestly say, “Terrie”.\u00a0 She could build a hut, spear a fish, cook it and clean up the whole island in the time it would take for me to figure out I had no cellular coverage.\u00a0 Did I mention she has had 2 hip replacements? Yeah, she’s the friggin’ Terminator. I’m doing a wedding next month for Kimmy and Nick and since I’m doing fora very low, low price, Kimmy did my make up for free.\u00a0 You will NEVER see me with my make up done so perfectly again.\u00a0 Enjoy he\u00a0 pictures while you can because once you see the honeymoon pictures, you’ll be laughing.\u00a0 I can go from Paris Hilton to Tammy Faye in just hours. Kathy, my most awesomest sister, did my hair.\u00a0 We were trying to figure out if we liked it minues before I walked down the stairs.\u00a0 She said to me, “Kristine…don’t flip your hair. Don’t fluff your hair. In fact, don’t touch it. AT.ALL”\u00a0 and I didn’t. I resisted the urge for 80’s hair for my wedding. It was weird standing at the foot of the stair case waiting to go down.\u00a0 The dozen of times I had walked those stairs I said to myself that the squeeking was going to be so loud that everyone was going to laugh.\u00a0 I never heard the squeeking. I didn’t hear anything, but the wedding march. As I rounded the second part of the stairs I could see Shaun in his tux.\u00a0 It was breath taking.\u00a0 I started to walk towards him without any thought in my head.\u00a0 I felt my dad grab my arm and start walking with me.\u00a0 I looked into the crowd of friends and family.\u00a0 Some were already teary.\u00a0 My friend, Ruka was there with her baby boy.\u00a0 Her beautiful step daughter had gotten all dressed up for the occation and I wanted to remember to tell her thank you for that, but I couldn’t remember anything a second after I got to Shaun. The ceremony was painless.\u00a0 Before the wedding I thought about every single word that was going to be said.\u00a0 I didn’t want Dan (my ex) and Tabitha (Shaun’s ex) to be uncomfortable at any point so we omitted some things and added others.\u00a0 I didn’t want anyone to feel left out of this day. I wanted the girls to be so much a part of the wedding that if I could I would have put them all in front of me and hugged them close.\u00a0\u00a0 It’s weird thinking about all this now as I type it because I didn’t think about anything, but Shaun’s hands in mine.\u00a0 Every second we listened and spoke we were seconds closer to being husband and wife. He said the words, “I do.” and\u00a0 I couldn’t wait to say, “I do” back. As I was standing there I remembered when we first met.\u00a0 “This guy is marrying me.” is what I wanted to say out loud. When it was over and we turned to the crowd I thought, “perfect.”\u00a0 It was perfect.\u00a0 My wedding was just PERFECT for us. Being the Best Man, Tyler’s job was to give a toast.\u00a0 He was so mature, funny and nervous all at the same time.\u00a0 His dad was so proud as he cracked jokes and made everyone laugh. I was watching him in his tux and I thought, ‘He’s a man now.’ We’ve known this for awhile, but as he stood there with the speech in one hand and his mic in the other, smiling and just playing the crowd with his smile and humor…he just was…just…a man. The things he said about his dad made me so proud.\u00a0 When he said I was a great mother I almost lost it.\u00a0 I could feel the tears coming, but he ended it just in time. Kara stood up for her part of the speech and she got through the first line and started to tear up.\u00a0 This of course had a ripple effect through the whole place.\u00a0 I never took my leaky eyes off of her as she spoke. I have seen Shaun cry once before and it was painful.\u00a0 We cried together when we thought it was the end of our relationship and we would be parting ways.\u00a0 I never wanted to see him cry again.\u00a0 Last week when he stayed home sick he was playing on the computer and after 5 minutes of watchin UTube where people were being scared he fell into a fit of laughter that gave him the giggles so bad he burst into tears.\u00a0 That was painful to watch too, but not as painful as watching him fight off tears as Kara said her toast. I couldn’t take it. I cried. I cried some more.\u00a0 The whole place was tearing up. I couldn’t have been more proud of her as she sat down and wiped off her own tears of happiness. After the ceremony we slipped outside to get all the pictures. I was finally relaxed and the blood started to circulate again. Our families decided to chip in and pay for someone to take pictures.\u00a0\u00a0 When he came upstairs to get the first few pictures I didn’t see him because I was having this stuff called, ‘foundation’ put on.\u00a0 I heard a ‘click’ and I said without missing a beat, “I hear a Nikon D2X.”\u00a0 He laughed at me and told me that he had already gotten the guys in their tuxes and they looked great.\u00a0 It was real now. My family gathered outside and we got all the pictures taken.\u00a0 My most awesome brother, Jerry (who is now my favorite) had our professional like pictures taken with his CAT hat on.\u00a0 You’ve wondered how Red Neck are we?\u00a0 This should answer your question; He was holding a Budweiser can in a beer can cooly DURING the pictures.\u00a0 The best part is…he brought his OWN\u00a0 BEER! My dad came in a polo shirt and turned off his hearing aides because ‘Everyone is talking too damn loud.’\u00a0 He had to ask me what we were dancing to during our Father\/Daughter dance. My mother, at the end of the day pulled her hair up into a clippy and put on her slippers.\u00a0 I was so hot and sweaty I offered her a hundred bucks for her hair clip.\u00a0 The bitch that she is said, “Never.” I don’t remember if I have ever mentioned my mother’s sister, Auntie Joanne or not.\u00a0 As cool as my mom is, Auntie Joanne surpasses it.\u00a0\u00a0 She is my mother’s best friend and when that woman managed to get her old ass up the stairs while I was getting dressed and I saw her face, I almost lost it. My Auntie Joanne, who we have called ‘Lucy’ for as many years as I can remember was standing there smiling that smile that just made me want to throw her into a car and take her to Vegas because even though she is about 3 days older than dirt now, she could probably out run me and have everyone from the hotel clerk to the casino managers in tears of laughter. When my mom heard her voice, “Nannnncy.”\u00a0 my mom’s voice cracked as she tried to get to her and pull her into her arms for a hug. “Jooooannnne!”.\u00a0 I cry thinking about it.\u00a0 I swear those two women are me and my sister in about 40 years.\u00a0 I don’t think a day will come when the sight of my sister doesn’t make me feel safe and happy. It was the small moments like this one that made my wedding perfect.\u00a0 The topper was having my aunt and uncle who have been married for over 50 years be my witnesses and sign my certificate as witnesses.\u00a0 Being that they are 3 days older than dirt, it took about a good 30 minutes to convince my uncle that he just had to sign and put his address on the paper. “Ohhhh, I don’t have email.\u00a0 I don’t have a computer.”\u00a0 My aunt who is use to him by now just kept saying, “FRITZ, FILL OUT THE PAPER!”\u00a0 She then would turn and wink at me and say, “He can’t hear a damn thing.\u00a0 Stupid hearing aids.” Did I mention we danced?\u00a0 Kathy filmed it and her husband put together a video for us. (Check he bottom of this post for a link) After it was over I\u00a0 found my friend, ‘Cita who, I swear is going to heaven, was one of my right arms during my wedding.\u00a0 She looked WORN OUT.\u00a0 I told her I was going upstairs to get something when I knew if I made it up the stairs I would be putting back on the clothes I came in. Sweats and a tank top.\u00a0 Yes, this girl is still a damn redneck! Ten minutes later I waddled to the top of the stairs and called out her name.\u00a0 I was STUCK IN MY DRESS!\u00a0 I mean, STUCK.\u00a0 The dress was a zippy from the side type and the hooks that the you use to hang it on the hanger was stuck in the zipper. She had to almost RIP the zipper out.\u00a0 The bra was like a bullet proof vest that was now about 60lbs heavier because I was sweating. When it came off I was sooooo happy!! Okay, this is my Looped on Excedrin PM post.\u00a0 I’ll answer all your questions from the last post soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}