More travel stories

On our trip to Brasília Fran and I made a side trip to Pirenópolis - a little town in the state of Goiás. It was fantastic. We stayed at a nice little pousada with a stream that crept along the back of the property. You can read about it here - http://curtislarimer.blogspot.com/2010/06/piri.html

Registry listings

I have updated the registry page of our wedding site with the places where we registered. Please feel free to take a look. We really appreciate it!

https://sites.google.com/site/franciscaandcurtis/registry-1

A little history

While we are busy making preparations for the wedding we also wanted to share some more of our story. You can follow the link below to read a post from the blog I was writing while I was in Brazil. It is about the trip that Francisca and I made to Brasília. Enjoy!

http://curtislarimer.blogspot.com/2010/06/brasilia-modern-capital.html

Please send your addresses

If you haven't done so yet please send me your address. You can send me an email or you can do so on the RSVP page.

An unexpected delivery

Fran got home from school yesterday and found her dress waiting for her at the front door. We had ordered it last Friday and got notice that it shipped on Monday. I was expecting that it would take about a week to arrive. But by coincidence it was being shipped from nearby Harrisburg, PA. Overnight shipping is pretty easy from that close. Fran tried it on before I got home and she says that with a little adjustment it will be perfect. I'm not sure how she managed to get the thing on and the zipper closed all by herself but she did it. Next thing we are working on is invitations. So if you  haven't sent me your address yet, now would be a good time.

Just like that we have a dress

Over the weekend Fran made a decision on the dress. Whew, that is one less thing to worry about. We even lucked out that it went on sale just before we bought it. So maybe a little indecision was actually a good thing. Won't see the dress until the big day but I have been assured that it will be beautiful (as if I had any doubts). We are also looking around for photographers in the Colorado Springs area. If you have any ideas let me know.

Indecision 2011

Yesterday was another dress day. At this point I am pretty far from the decision making, just where I want to be. Francisca is talking with her friends and her sister and coordinating with my mom and my sister to find a dress. I'm just the guy who finds the bus to get us to the store, then waits while the shopping and trying on happens. I'm not allowed to see the dress before the big day and that gives me a certain distance, which is OK. That said, I will be happy when the decision is final. It will be one less thing to worry about. Going to a bridal store is strange. Every woman speaks as though she is being constantly tickled - lot's of giggles and smiles. Every guy (the few, the brave) embraces a library voice that is quieter and more reserved than their actual library voices. Tomorrow is Fran's birthday and we are going to the symphony. I am hoping that we will have a dress picked out by then, too.

Thank you for responding

I have received a lot of nice messages after our announcement. Thank you! I think the best one was the one I got from Zach. I had mixed up the phone number and sent a message addressed to "Mike". No problem, he responded with a correction, a hearty congratulations and a "who's this?" at the end. So despite the fact that he got a message from an unknown number addressed to the wrong person that was asking for his email address he still said congratulations. We got it all sorted out. Thanks Zach.