General Update

Posted by: Dan on Jun 18, 2008

Well there’s been a lot going on lately as we get closer and closer to the wedding date. Which is why I’ve been pretty bad lately about keeping this blog up to date – sorry about that. Really, I am sorry.

I’m happy to report that thanks to Brooke and her mother we now have a new caterer for our reception. Who’s the new caterer? Ellen Zilli’s Catering – at least I’m pretty sure that’s the place. Brooke told me the name an the only thing I can keep in my head is “Ellen’s Catering” so when I did a search that came up.

Here’s a quick run down of how we got to this point (with the caterer anyway)…

As mentioned before we found out that the IRS was after Woody’s Steak House. We were told that instead of paying Woody we’d pay the IRS. But how can Woody’s afford food if he’s not getting any money? So we decided to look for a new place.

We found that out on Saturday night. I called Woody’s but no one answered. Left a message for the catering department but no one called back. That next Monday Brooke called Woody’s and the IRS with little help or information from either. I believe that Monday Brooke and her mom went searching for a new caterer. They found Ellen Zilli’s Catering and started talking with them.

Wednesday I officially canceled with Woody’s – which at the time I was told he would send our deposit back to us. Which is nice if two things happen – 1. He actually sends it. 2. The check clears.

Saturday Brooke and her mom met with the Ellen Zilli’s Catering and pretty much took care of everything.

There’s more to the story but Brooke would be better at filling in that information. Plus my short rundown was getting long.

With a new caterer secured we’ve been working on a number of other things. I finished the Moo MiniCards which will be part of the wedding favors. I placed the order last Tuesday and we received the shipment this past Monday – they turned out pretty well too!

Both Brooke and I took care of the seating chart – at least how the people will be grouped. Now we have to assign tables and I have to make the actual chart.

And then today… yes today we headed down to the court house for our fishing license. Okay that was my little joke… I told Brooke when we got inside I was going to tell them, “I’m here to get my fishing license” and see what they’d say. Anyway we had all the necessary documents and the cash (which one of the couples there didn’t have – ONLY CASH, NO CHECKS!). Everything was filled out and we were on our way.

In the mean time we’ve been… okay I should only speak for myself here… I’ve been stressing out a lot. I’ve been short tempered, very short and moody. Which is not like me at all. I really hope that a week on the beach will cure me of that. If not I know having the most beautiful wife at my side surely will!