Tropical times

After that last post I got on a roll and put the honeymoon photos on Flickr. This new computer is definitely helping me achieve my tentative plans.

Hawaiians don't flush sticks down the toilet

I think this sign...


...is more effective than this sign...

More wedding photos, but still no reflection

You (Lydia) asked for more photos, and now you've got 'em.

You can find my Flickr photos here. I took some of these photos, but really we have my mom and my Uncle Stephen to thank for most of them. Shannon is going to upload some of her photos to my account in the near future, so keep your eye out for some updates.

You can find Shane's Flickr photos here. In addition to being a generous friend by letting us have our wedding in his beautiful coffee shop, he also takes a great photo, including some dance floor shots from the balcony.

You can find Lydia's Flickr photos here. Lydia was super smart and took photos of the food and decorations, which no one else thought to take. Thanks again buddy!

We didn't have a photographer, as you might have figured out, and I'm happy with that choice. That said, I'm bummed that certain people didn't turn up in more photos, especially those people that left early because their babies weren't up for the dancing. Also, our posed family photos leave something to be desired, but they are in character, and maybe that's best.

Now that I'm back on the Flickr bandwagon, we'll see about actually posting the honeymoon photos, and maybe even the Europe photos from last August. Yes, that is still on my list of tentative plans.

Summer album of 2009?

A new album from Camera Obscura is out tomorrow. What a lovely surprise! Also, it's fun that I've been to some of those Parisian locales featured in the video.

Aloha

We arrived at our cottage on Kauai yesterday afternoon, and I'm still marveling about how all of the windows are open, were open all night long. It's the most pleasant temperature inside and out. Did I tell you that the shower is outside? Along with a bathtub? Can you guess what I plan to do after writing this post?

Since the windows were open all night, it was also pretty noisy in here, what with the palms blowing in the wind, the periodic rain showers and the crickets (or the cricket-like creatures) followed by the myriad of birds early this morning (including more than a few crowing roosters).

Michael slept through the beautiful racket, but not me. I was busy adding my own sounds to the chorus: coughing and nose blowing. I never mentioned in my last post that as soon as we left the wedding I came down with a cold. Seriously, it hit me the second we left Habit, and Michael ended up buying me cold medication in the middle of the night (he's got the in sickness part down). I'm feeling better than that first night, and you know what? I don't really mind being sick in Hawaii.

Michael and I got married!

The wedding ceremony and the following cocktail party were both more amazing (this word was chosen deliberately) than we could have imagined possible, but I don't have time to write about it before we leave for our holiday in Hawaii. There will be more photos and some reflection soon, I promise.

I haven't named it, yet

Friends, meet my new computer:

I haven't had my very own computer for over 11 years, and the only reason why I had that first laptop was because I won it. I'm still not even sure how I won it, but the University of Alberta gave it to me, and I remember watching the complimentary Weezer video for Buddy Holly and thinking wow, technology is incredible. The computer was almost as good as a TV!

Anyway, it's 2009 and I decided to invest my tax refund in a computer/my relationship. Now I won't be annoyed with Michael when he uses his computer for work, god forbid, and he won't be annoyed with me when I take his computer to my car co-op meetings. Or when I play Scramble while he waits to watch an episode of 30 Rock. That sort of thing.*

Also, I can take more photos of this nature:

Hopefully these photos get more flattering as time goes on, but I like this one because it captures my fear of learning how to use a Mac.

*I jest.