Two Chicks and...a Mouse!~ADRs, a wedding, and Property Virgins? 9.25.09

Ok, my room is clean, it did not eat me, no worries. It didn't actually take all weekend, but I've been pretty busy!

Oklahoma Weekend part 2!

When last we left off, it was Thursday night and we were all going to bed after a long night of Bacheloretting it up.

We all slept in until about 9:30 or 10, which (for me at least, is like a vacation!). Showered, cleaned up, and cleaned up the room, checking out around lunch time. After checking out, we went to the last restaurant that was on our list to go to before leaving Stillwater. Hideaway Pizza! No pics, but I had grilled chicken and cheddar pizza, it was just as good as I remembered.
After lunch, we wandered around Chris's Spirit Store for a while, and stocked up on some new OSU essentials. I got an OSU lisence plate frame that says OSU Alumni on it.
Oh, forgot to mention that at this point it was just Kelly, Cortney, Paula and I. Lacy had already headed back to Tulsa because she had some things to get done. Then after we left Chris's, Paula went to go pick up a few things, and Cortney, Kelly and I walked back over to campus. As we are passing the new Alumni Center, I realize that I have never seen it completed. So we decide to take a detour and go check it out. It was beautiful. OSU already has a beautiful campus, but this was just great. I am so proud to be an alumni.
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This was hanging up just outside the women's restroom. Pistol Pete is our mascot. And yes, I realize he is creepy, but I want to make a replica of this soooo bad.
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Go POKES!!
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This is what the main seating area looks like. So pretty!! While we were there, Kelly applied for her and Brad's joint alumni membership. She wasn't sure she could since they aren't married yet, but both of their dues were up, and the woman working there let her. I also renewed my membership, because I knew my dues were up.
After that, we bolt to the car, because we have like, an hour and a half before the rehearsal starts and Tulsa is an hour drive away!

Little did I realize that, yes, Tulsa is an hour drive away, but the chapel is further than that! We hop in the car and start driving along. Finally, somewhere between Tulsa and Stillwater we realize that there is no way we are going to make it in time to go to the hotel and change and then go to the chapel, so we figure that we will just change at the chapel. Actually, Paula starts changing in the back seat.

Oh, but wait, another slight problem...the gas light comes on. That's right, I had a quarter of a tank of gas, which should have been fine no problem, but with all the backdragging from the wind, I was out of gas. So Paula is fully changed, we need to be at the chapel in about 30 minutes, and we still aren't quite to Tulsa yet! We zip into this gas station, Kelly and I yank our clothes out of our suitcases in the back and run into the gas station to change in the bathroom while Cortney and Paula put gas in the car. Have you ever had to change clothes in a gas station bathroom? Not a cool thing...the floor was grody, and we are trying to stand on our shoes while putting on dresses....just not something I would recommend. Back at the car, finally changed, Paula offers to drive, cause she has been able to fix her make up and brush her hair and everything, and I graciously accept. She also knows her way around Tulsa better than the rest of us as the rest of us are from TX.
Then at 4:32, we bust into the chapel, tripping over ourselves and laughing at the craze that has been the past hour and a half. And we are only 2 minutes late. Much to my amazement, Lacy is totally calm.
"Hey you guys. I see you found it all right." Yup, sure did, Lace, thanks.

Come to find out, the officiant, the piano player, and one of the groomsmen is stuck in traffic. None of them are coming together, they are just all in traffic.

So I am sitting with Cortney talking to her about Lacy's concern about not filling the chapel.
C: "I don't know what she is worried about. It isn't really that big."
C PM: "That's what she said."
HAHA. Memorable quote from the weekend. The rehearsal gets under way, and I have a few pics, none of them good. Cort was taking the pictures. Not that I intend for those sentences to be misconstrued to mean that she takes bad photos.
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After the rehearsal we head to dinner at Famous Dave's. From here on out, I have no photos until we are at the chapel trying to get Lacy dressed.
That night was pretty calm. We watched a movie, and went to sleep around 11. The next morning (the day of the wedding!) we get up and head downstairs because the hotel has free breakfast. This was all very stealth, because we didn't want Lacy and Zach to see each other again until she was walking down the aisle, and we were staying on the same floor in the hotel. Go down, get breakfast and get back upstairs in a hurry. Then we watched RENT. Not a very wedding-y movie, but it was Lacy's choice. And watching a movie on the day of her wedding. We were trying to keep everything low-key and chill. When the movie was over, Lacy starts gathering up her things, because we are delivering her suitcase to Zach, who was going to take everything over to the hotel they were staying in that night. She was about to go get her hair done when she can't find her headband.
L: "I think I it is in with Zach's stuff. Will you call him and ask?"
C: "Sure." *calls Zach* "He doesn't have your headband."
L: "Then the wedding is off!" Total joke, but it was funny.
Fast forward about 5 hours (nothing exciting happens in these hours, save for my curling iron dying when I have 3/4 of my hair curled. Grrr....)
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Putting Lacy in her dress.
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"Wait, stop, it's caught on something!"
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Tying up the corset back. I am a pro at these. Kelly's dress is a corset back too. :)
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Sitting and remaining calm. I think she looks like a cupcake.
Ok, so about this time I am in the middle of writing my toast (yes, I waited until the last minute) and trying to talk Lacy out of her jitters, Kelly hears from someone (maybe Brad?) "Why is this groomsman wearing a pinstripe suit and checkered tie?"
So she races off to save the day. Turns out Shane (the same groomsman who was so late the day before) had his tux messed up at the tux place, but being so last minute, he didn't get to fix it. So Kelly, being awesome as she is, finds Lacy's cousin who isn't quite the same size as Shane, but he will do. He is wearing a black suit, black tie, which is what the groomsmen's tuxes looked like. She has them swapping clothes like no body's business. Shane still had to wear the pinstrip pants, but at least he had the right tie and suit coat. The pinstripes were so small you could hardly see them. I think that was the major crisis of the wedding, and Kelly solved it without even bringing Lacy into it. I have like, three pics of the ceremony, because...it took longer for us to walk down the aisle than it did for them to get married. There wasn't time to take photos!
But reception photos, I have those!
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The cake!
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The groom's cake. You heard the story of how they met, right?
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First dance as Mr. and Mrs.!
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BFFs!
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More BFFs!
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And still more BFFs.
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Cutting the cake.
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Throwing the bouquet...and here you can see the tables and chairs too.
I have to add another side story to this. Kelly and I have been getting irritated with Paula all weekend. She has decided to make this all about her instead of Lacy. So right after Lacy and Zach make their grand entrance (to Hail to the Chief!), Paula asks Kelly, "Do you think I can ask Lacy if I can go change? I am really uncomfortable." And Kelly reminds her that this is Lacy's day, not hers, and Lacy wants us in our dresses until they leave, and plus, it's not even appropriate to change clothes. Paula gets mad. Then she decides to leave. Leave the reception and go back to Stillwater. Before Lacy has even thrown the bouquet. I would say I am in disbelief, but I am really not. I warned Lacy about this back when she said she was going to ask Paula to be a b-maid, and I said..."You know how Paula is, I think you should ask Cortney." But she didn't, and she told us that she regretted that. She even told Cortney that.
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Garter toss!
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After the happy couple has left!
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The bmaids, and the honorary bmaid!

After Lacy and Zach left, most everyone else starts leaving too, so the girls and I start gathering up our things and packing it into the car. Kelly and I decide that we are going to go back to the hotel when it dawns on us, there is tons of left over champagne! So I run into Lacy's parents who are pretty well hammered at this point. "Where is the leftover booze, and can we have some?"
"Well, sure!" they say. I'm pretty sure that they wouldn't have denied us anything at that moment. Kelly and I get a bottle of champagne each, and we head back to the hotel. *It is important to note that I drove, and had had only one glass of champagne at this point, and that was for my toast*
Back at the hotel, we goofed off, drank champagne, and watched Sex and the City, the movie. And Brad was with us. Poor thing. It was a total girl-fest. He was a great sport.

That's pretty much it for the weekend. We had a blast. Kelly decided that she was going to fly home, to spend a little more time in Tulsa with her future in-laws, so it was just Cortney and I on the drive home. We had got matching shirts while we were in Stillwater, and we both wore them for the roadtrip. :)
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We also stopped at this roadside fruit stand and bought jam and tomatoes. I love stopping at stands like that. :)

It was great fun! I have a ton of other things to update you all on, mostly Disney stuff, but since this has been a very long update, I am going to wait until later to do it! :)
Hope you've all had a great weekend!
 
Awww looks like a wonderful wedding!!! Lacy's dress is gorgeous and so are the b-maids dresses! You guys all look wonderful! I really love that black and pink combo. Thanks for sharing your OK weekend with us!
 
Courtney, I loved your story and the photos. You look like you had a whole bucket of fun at the wedding! You also look great in your BM's dress!
 
Ahhh, everyone looks adorable in their wedding finery! Love the groom's cake!!!

I love stopping at roadside stands as well -- there is one on the way to Disney that I always make us stop at on our way home!
 

Sounds like y'all had a great time!! I'm so glad the wedding went off without too much drama! ;) My cousin's wedding is less than 2 weeks away :scared1: just hope no one makes a scene, hehe!
Can't wait to hear about the other updates!!
 
Awww looks like a wonderful wedding!!! Lacy's dress is gorgeous and so are the b-maids dresses! You guys all look wonderful! I really love that black and pink combo. Thanks for sharing your OK weekend with us!

Thanks! I loved the dress too! The black and pink combo was pretty perfect for what she wanted!

Courtney, I loved your story and the photos. You look like you had a whole bucket of fun at the wedding! You also look great in your BM's dress!

We did have a lot of fun! And thanks!

Ahhh, everyone looks adorable in their wedding finery! Love the groom's cake!!!

I love stopping at roadside stands as well -- there is one on the way to Disney that I always make us stop at on our way home!

Don't things just taste better when they come from a roadside stand? Thanks! The groom's cake was very funny!

Sounds like y'all had a great time!! I'm so glad the wedding went off without too much drama! ;) My cousin's wedding is less than 2 weeks away :scared1: just hope no one makes a scene, hehe!
Can't wait to hear about the other updates!!

We did have a great time, and there was no more drama than I think it to be expected! Don't worry about you're cousin's wedding. I'm sure everything will be fine, and after it's all over, anything that might occur will just be a funny story that you tell later! :)
 
Disney update! Kelly and I have booked our flights for our trip!! We were hanging out Thursday night, reliving our college Thursday nights which consisted of chinese food and watching Ugly Betty and Grey's Anatomy in our sweats (yeah, awesome!), and we decided to check out flights online again. Well, we found the absolute perfect flight, and at a really great price.
We will be leaving Dallas at 9:15 am and arriving in Orlando at 12:40pm, which means we have plenty of time for parks on the first day! Especially since, if this year is similar to last year, on a Saturday, MK should be open til midnight! :)

Then when we have to leave :( we will leave Orlando at 6:40pm, and arrive back in Dallas at 8:25pm. So plenty of time for parks that day too!!

It might sound silly, but having our flights booked, albeit still so far in advance, makes the trip just feel a little closer!:wizard:
 
Yes, things always taste better from roadside stands!

I have to comment on the watching Grey's with Chinese food -- PERFECT! Of course that is my favorite show on the air right now!

Hurray for flights -- makes it seem that much more real, doesn't it?
 
YAY for booking your flights! :cheer2::thumbsup2

And it looks like you had such a great time at the wedding! I just love weddings. But I think I might be wedding-ed out after these next few months. On the 16th starts 5 weddings in 6 weeks! :scared1: But it'll be good. I'm glad you had such a great time!!
 
Lots of catching up! Your birthday looked tre fabu! You are a few months older than me. ;) Your OK weekend looked wonderful too. :cutie: Great pictures! What a beautiful wedding! :bride:

Congrats on the pin code and flights! That rocks! I can't believe you were able to upgrade and save! :woohoo: :wizard: I understand about the flights too... that's a great big thing to check off! Good job! :thumbsup2
 
Wooohoooo!!!!! How exciting you guys booked your flights!!!!!!! :woohoo::banana::cool1::dance3::yay:

:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana: -> me

Yes, things always taste better from roadside stands!

I have to comment on the watching Grey's with Chinese food -- PERFECT! Of course that is my favorite show on the air right now!

Hurray for flights -- makes it seem that much more real, doesn't it?

I know! How could Grey's Anatomy and chinese food be better? Well. I guess Grey's Anatomy, chinese food from a room at AKL after a long day at Disney is probably better. ;)

YAY for booking your flights! :cheer2::thumbsup2

And it looks like you had such a great time at the wedding! I just love weddings. But I think I might be wedding-ed out after these next few months. On the 16th starts 5 weddings in 6 weeks! :scared1: But it'll be good. I'm glad you had such a great time!!

Wow, 5 in six weeks? You have me beat, girl! I thought I had the most weddings!

Lots of catching up! Your birthday looked tre fabu! You are a few months older than me. ;) Your OK weekend looked wonderful too. :cutie: Great pictures! What a beautiful wedding! :bride:

Congrats on the pin code and flights! That rocks! I can't believe you were able to upgrade and save! :woohoo: :wizard: I understand about the flights too... that's a great big thing to check off! Good job! :thumbsup2

Hey Tarah! I am glad you are back, and I am looking forward to reading your TR! Thanks, we had a blast at the wedding, and I am way excited about my pin code. I was :banana: when I found out!
 
So, remember my vintage TR that I was writing? Yeah....I have one more installment, and I am FINALLY getting back to it. (I had other things to talk about!)

10/10/99

Today we got up and went to MGM. We watched the Indiana Jones Show. Then we ate breakfast at Hollywood and Vine. It was a character breakfast and the characters that were there were Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Pluto and Chip & Dale. Kelsey & Ryan had fun getting their autographs. Then we rode the Rock n' Roller Coaster. That is the coolest ride in the world. I loved it. Then we went to the Beauty and the Beast Show. We were a little late, so we missed some if it, but it was good. Then Ryan wanted to see Doug Live!, so we had to go to that. It was okay. Then we shopped for a little while, and rode Rock 'n' Roller Coaster 2 more times, with a fast pass. Then we did the tour of the Disney Animation Studio. Ryan wanted to go to Innoventions at Epcot after that, so Mom, Nanny, Kelsey and I came back to the hotel. We rested and ate some ice cream. Then we went to Miss Vera's condo and ate pizza-

-and that's where is stops, ladies and gentlemen. Yup, that's right. I definitely didn't finish it. Hm...I promise I will be better about this next one. :)
A few comments:
1) I've never been a big fan of the Indiana Jones show.
2) We ate at Hollywood & Vine when I was there in September this year, and it felt completely new to me. I didn't even remember eating there before.
3) I STILL think Rock n' Roller Coaster is "the coolest ride in the world."
4) Beauty and the Beast - love this one. This was around the same time that Christie Carlson Romano (from the Disney Channel's Even Stevens!) was playing Belle, but she wasn't there when we watched it. Yes, I still remember that.
5) Doug Live! ? Seriously? Ryan is going to be getting some major grief about that one AS SOON as he gets home for the semester. :)
6) I'm a true Southern girl, and despite being 24 years old and having consumed alcoholic beverages with Miss Vera, I still, and forever will, refer to her as Miss Vera.

Hope you all have a terrific night! Tomorrow is Friday! Wahoo!!!
 
Thanks, Redlight!

Happy Late Mother's Day to all the moms out there! I didn't have much time for Dis'ing this weekend, for reasons I am about to explain! So, this weekend (Sat. night) was Kelsey's choir banquet. Pretty much all the organizations at the high school have a end of the year formal, and choir is one of the biggest and fanciest. My Mom is the President of the Choir Booster Club, so she was very involved with the planning and everything. Well, Friday night, they were going to make the centerpieces, and she asked me to help, so I agreed. The theme was Masquerade, so we were making these masquerade masks to put on dowel rods as a part of the centerpiece. We were working from 7pm to 3am on them, and I think they turned out pretty good.
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Working on the masks.
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Here is what the full centerpiece looked like, except there was a little light in the vase that shined light up on the mask. They were very pretty, and we made them so tall so that they weren't in the kids' faces, and they could still talk across the table.
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This is one of the ones I made.
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And this one.
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Mom made this one.
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She also made this one.
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This is the one we made for the "administrator's table" - the directors, the vice principals...
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This one Mom and I made specially for Kelsey's table.
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This is another one of the ones I made. We made 20 all together, but I didn't want to post all the photos...it was a lot of fun, and I am already trying to come up with something else I can have a masquerade themed party for!
Here is a pic of Kelsey with her mask. I made her mask for her to match her dress!
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Being silly!
Kelsey and her date, David.
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Kelsey and her friend Rachel.
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From what I've heard, everyone had a great time and gushed over the centerpieces!

Sunday, we went to Mother's Day brunch with my mom's parents and my dad's mom. Then, Sunday night, Kelly, Joey and I went to see...RENT! With Adam Pascal (original cast, also from the movie as Roger) and Anthony Rapp (original cast, also from the movie as Mark). It was sooooooo good! We had great seats, especially for what we paid for them, and afterwards, we got to see the cast!! I have a few photos, but as I am short, we only got a few good ones (when I handed the camera to my taller friends!)
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Adam Pascal (Roger Davis)
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Anthony Rapp (Mark Cohen)
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More Adam Pascal (I LOOOOVE the way this guy sings!)
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More Anthony Rapp! He looks down to sign autographs, so it was hard to get a photo other than the top of his head!
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Both! Wish they would have looked over at me!
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Justin Johnston (Angel) Seriously, I have seen RENT on Broadway in NY, and this was way better. It just was. :)
Hope you all had a great weekend!!
 
Wow, those masks are awesome!! You guys did an amazing job on them. I love them!

Really cute pictures of your sister and her friends. Pretty dresses!princess:

That is too cool that you got to meet the actors from RENT. How on earth did you manage that?! Did you have backstage passes or something?:cool2:
 
Beautiful centerpieces!!! I would love to think of some sort of party where I could do masks like that!

Rent sounds like a lot of fun! How cool to see the cast afterwards!
 
Hi again!! I'll go back and read your TR but I like what I see so far! :goodvibes Talk to you later!

Katie
 
OH MY GOODNESS! Those masks are incredible! :thumbsup2 I'm trying to figure out something I could make them for! So beautiful!! I'm glad you had fun at RENT too! :)
 
Wow, those masks are awesome!! You guys did an amazing job on them. I love them!

Really cute pictures of your sister and her friends. Pretty dresses!princess:

That is too cool that you got to meet the actors from RENT. How on earth did you manage that?! Did you have backstage passes or something?:cool2:

Thanks! No backstage passes or anything, they actually came out front for a while and signed autographs and stuff. No posing for pics, or I would have gotton my pic taken with them!

Beautiful centerpieces!!! I would love to think of some sort of party where I could do masks like that!

Rent sounds like a lot of fun! How cool to see the cast afterwards!

Thanks! I am trying to convince my sister that we should have a masquerade theme for her graduation party next year, but she wasn't too excited.

Rent was a lot of fun, and it was made even better by the fact that we got to see the cast!

Hi again!! I'll go back and read your TR but I like what I see so far! :goodvibes Talk to you later!

Katie

Hi Katie! Thanks for joining! :)

OH MY GOODNESS! Those masks are incredible! :thumbsup2 I'm trying to figure out something I could make them for! So beautiful!! I'm glad you had fun at RENT too! :)

Thanks, Staci! I'm glad you like the masks. We had fun making them, with only minor hot glue gun incidents. I am still trying to come up with another party I can have with masquerade masks, incase Kelsey doesn't let me do that theme for her graduation party next year! We did have a blast at RENT. I love musicals!
 




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