Archive for August, 2008

Meme #1: Kit’s meme

Kasia August 5th, 2008

Kit tagged me for the Ten Things I’d Like to See in Action meme. How could I argue? – the poor woman has a family wedding and then a visit to her mother in the same week. Anything to distract her… ;-)

So. Ten things I’d like to see in action. This has been a challenging one…not just to come up with ten things, but only ten things, ten things that no one else has mentioned, and also to hopefully not have to confess anything on the list when I’m next celebrating the Sacrament of Reconciliation. I’m not sure I did so well on the last part…

1) Paris Hilton as a deckhand on The Deadliest Catch. Preferably with her inheritance being contingent on a favorable review from the captain and the rest of the crew. And automatic failure if anyone gets washed overboard as a result of her incompetence. Even if she’s the one who gets washed overboard.

2) A reality show wherein our elected leaders (bare minimum: House, Senate, and President, though state and local leaders and the SCOTUS members would be a welcome addition) have to survive for three months on the average U.S. salary and in an average-sized U.S. home. No credit cards, no HELOC. TBS got mad at me because that was originally her idea. Nothing in the meme says it has to be my original idea. But in the spirit of fair play, and since I didn’t think to give her credit, I change this to: “How fast Congress would jump to fix Social Security if they and their loved ones had to live on it.”

3) Stephen Harper and Barack Obama cage-fighting. Yes, I’m being facetious. But it would be interesting to watch their techniques and see who ultimately won…Tell you what: I’d settle for watching them debate each other on the merits of Canada’s social welfare system. Hint: in this case, the Canadian is going to be less enamored of it than the American.

4) Sara and her beloved actually going through with that Inquisition-themed wedding reception.

5) Kit’s middle child doing one of her Fatima impressions. (Too cute!)

6) Fr. Erik’s skate-punk trap. (Schadenfreude…)

7) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s face when Christ returns in glory. Ideally with a slo-mo freeze-frame option.

It isn’t so much that I want him to go to Hell or anything – I pretty much have to hope that everyone will be saved. I just want to see him realize that the Jews are still “the apple of God’s eye” (as Casper ten Boom so aptly put it). Oh, and it would be nice if God granted him a vision that confirmed that yes, the Holocaust actually happened. And that it was wrong. [wry smile]

8 ) Mac’s infamous worst-hair day. I just am having trouble wrapping my brain around how awful it must truly have been.

9) Jesus saying to me “Well done, thou good and faithful servant…” (As opposed to “Begone from me, you wicked servant,” of course.) Hey, there had to be something serious in this list!

10) A Catholic bloggers’ convention. Bring your dog(s). Lots of liquor, ice cream, Land Shark lagers, chocolate, salt licks, and brown sugar bacon snacks. Mmm. Kit can come up with the menu, provided Wiley doesn’t eat it first. We can make commemorative rosaries with the Exterminatrix of Heresies as the centerpiece… ;-)

Let’s see…who hasn’t done this? I tag TBS, Canuck, Foxfier, and Heather Siekierski. And anyone else who wants to play.

More about the dresses

Kasia August 4th, 2008

OK, so the weekend got away from me. BUT – I am SO geeked about these dresses!

We had been going to go with Coco Myles dresses. They were modest and affordable – my two biggest criteria – and since I knew of no other options, it seemed like a slam dunk. So I’d e-mailed the information out to the three lovely ladies attending at the wedding.

Did you realize that footwear could be controversial? I hadn’t realized that.

A massive e-discussion ensued about the relative merits of dyed shoes, metallic shoes, and the dreaded (insert ominous music) Black Shoes of Fashion Death. Shortly before the point where my head would have exploded from information overload (fashionistas, be warned: I was the one who suggested black shoes), I suggested that everyone hold off and not order the dresses yet.

I am SO glad I did that!!!

My stepmother and I went shopping for dresses a few weeks ago. We found Alfred Angelo separates that are a modest bride’s dream, at least in comparison to the bulk of what’s available through regular retail bridal stores. (I wish I’d known about them when I was looking for MY dress…but that’s OK.) Then, the other night, TBS, Jill, my stepmother and I all went back to the shop to finalize the color. I was debating between Berry and Indigo. Well, Indigo was every bit as gorgeous as I’d remembered it; but it also made both TBS and Jill look like the walking dead – and hey, much as I’d like to outshine every woman in the room, that’s just sadistic and wrong.  :-p 

So, Berry it is. (If you’re wondering just which berry, I would say they’re closest to a mulberry color.) The tops are a soft satin jacket style with 3/4 sleeves and rhinestone buttons. The bottoms are georgette cocktail length A-line skirts. Simply lovely.

And best of all, we’ve already established that they will be wearing silver shoes. Boo-yah!!!  :-)

Hallelujah!!!

Kasia August 1st, 2008

The bridesmaid dresses are settled!!!!!!!!

I will post more about this over the weekend, but suffice it to say, for now, that I am downright thrilled. They’re modest, they’re pretty, they’re re-wearable…and they’re ORDERED!!!  :-)

Well, except for the one for my Canadian bridesmaid. But I’ve sent her the information.

In addition to a longer post on this, expect me to post the meme Kit tagged me with in the next day or two…I’ve been a’percolatin’…

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