Happy blog-iversary

Wow, today marks the one-year anniversary of my little blog!

 I don't have a ton of readers but the ones who have stuck around are pretty faithful! Thanks to all of you who come back week after week to hear about our adventures of living in Alaska with an animal menagerie. A lot of events, both happy and not, have occurred over the past year but it's been good overall (and cathartic) to use this blog to let everything out. Here's to another year!

Money, honey

Yet again I have realized that I am working in the wrong line of business. After getting price quotes for day-of wedding coordination it has occurred to me that people are correct when they say the wedding business is quite the profitable little racket. One woman wants $1,200 to oversee the wedding day. Another charges $125 per hour, plus travel expenses. I think I work pretty dang hard but I don't make $125 per hour! I'm thinking we'll do without the day-of coordinator. I'm organizing everything else, but thought it would be nice to heave the mantle of responsibility and stress on someone else for the big day. :-)

On a happier note, my permanent fund dividend (PFD) check arrived today! It was deposited straight into my bank account, where it will promptly be applied towards car insurance and various wedding items on my checklist.

Wedding details

Hi blog readers -- D and I have decided on a date and location for the wedding. I know it's impossible to make the circumstances work for everyone, but please know that we put a lot of thought into this celebration and we would never intentionally want to leave anyone out. We hope everyone invited to the wedding can make it up, but totally understand if you are unable to join us. Maybe between now and June we'll hit the jackpot and can charter private jets to fly everyone up!

Save-the-dates and formal invites to follow, but here are the basics:

Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Location: Inn at Tern Lake

D and I love the outdoors -- big surpise, right? :-) So we picked a location that we think reflects our personalities and my vision for this wedding. It is 90 minutes from Anchorage, off of the main highway. The closest town is Moose Pass, with Cooper Landing 15 minutes away and Seward about 35 minutes down the road.

Looking towards the back of the Inn -- the Seward Highway is beyond the building.

The property has a large lagoon for kayaking, canoeing and fishing.

Bridge from the Inn to the ceremony location.

Putting green / ceremony location

Keeping a level head

Currently really enjoying this website -- A Practical Wedding  With an abundance of wedding-related sites out there, this one is refreshing!