Wedding Announcement Etiquette

My fiance and I are getting married in April. Since it's not our first marriage for either of us, we're going to have a simple ceremony with just a few family members and friends in attendance. The bride is not wearing a white wedding gown; I'm not wearing a tux. We just sent our few …

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An End of the Year Post — 2012

Last December 31st, I wrote an End of the Year Post where I wrote about highlights (and lowlights) of each month. I don't know that I'm going to do that this year, but I'm going to try to list some of the same types of things for 2012. In January, I was still recovering from …

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I’m Engaged!

I proposed to my girlfriend, Gretchen, around 10 AM today on Chattanooga's Walnut Street walking bridge over the Tennessee River. I did it on "our" bench, on a one year anniversary from her first visit to the bridge with me, and on her favorite holiday -- Independence Day. We sat down on the bench and …

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An End of the Year Post

As I sit here writing this blog entry, I am recovering from a very major surgery I had on December 5th. It was quite painful, I was in the hospital for awhile, I still am in discomfort, but I'm coming along quite well, IMO. It's supposed to take 6-8 more weeks for me to heal, …

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