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Wedded Bliss

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Murray

Well, my good and fluffy gophers, where to pick up the thread. How to start anew while picking up from before.

I suppose it is best to begin in the middle. smiley - winkeye
When we last left our intrepid and internally irrational icon, I had proposed to my beloved, who graciously accepted, and had spent a lovely Xmas with my little family.
The wedding took place the following April (yes my little lawn ornaments, I do remember my anniversary. In fact I remember when I first met my beloved, she doesn't smiley - tongueout )

The ceremony was held in a restaurant in Duxbery, Ma, we being entirely nonreligious. This is an old establishment with exposed beams and wide panel wood floors, which they graciously allowed us to rent for our purposes and provided the food for the event.
Her gown was custom made from the same lovely people who made one of her Renaissance outfits. and the sweet topping on the creamy nougat of a beautiful dress was that it cost about 1/4 of what I am given to understand what normal wedding attire goes for. There was even enough fabric left over for her (and her artsy craftsy cousin) to create a matching vest for yours truly to wear under my Tux.
An interesting side note, they were apparently unaware that the buttons for male attire are on the opposite side as womens.

We narrowed the guest list down to about 50, much to the chagrin of many an acquaintance; but budgetary and spatial limits applied. So I waited by a picture window, while the selected guests sat patiently; and the first time I actually saw my wifes dress was when she walked down the isle to me.
We wrote our own vows, and mine included my Step-Daughter. I figured that she was as much a part of my life until then, and forward, as my beloved; so I made Promises to her and Vows to my wife.
I wasn't aware of it at the time, being rather caught up in the moment, but I've been told there wasn't a dry eye in the house after I spoke; the JP included smiley - winkeyesmiley - biggrin

Vows exchanged, as well as rings, we then sat down for a wonderful meal, while my nephew walked around with a video camera and conducted impromptu interviews from all those attending. We have a DVD of the event, from the same camera, so I was aware of much of this only after the fact. When we were formally announced as a couple, my brother-in-law had the most prideful look, puffed out his chest and introduced Mr and Mrs....well it is his only sister.

I would love to say we were whisked away directly to our Honeymoon, but we left of our own accord later in the evening to go home and sleep in our own bed, which was now OFFICIALLY our marriage bed. The next morning we were away to the ferry, which would bring us to Martha's Vineyard and 4 days of honeymoonal bliss; I had never been there before, so this was entirely new to me all around.
I could go into explicit and excruciating detain of our time there, but there are rules against such explanations here smiley - winkeye as well as the possibility, indeed probability, of incurring wrath from my wife. So I leave the details to your fertile growing grounds of the imagination....

Murray


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