Wow. It was an absolutely amazing weekend. most of the memories I have are more flashes — moments and emotions more than perfect recall. What I do remember entirely clearly, though, are two things. One, the incredible outpouring of love and happiness. Two, the fact that everyone seemed to have an amazing time. Really, those [...]

It’s done! The handfasting went very well, and the marriage license is signed and sent. We’ll do a full writeup tomorrow, and will post pictures later, but here’s a few numbers to whet your appetite
Total $ spent: $3,945 — $145 over budget. This included everything from the rings to the clothing to the [...]

Well, it’s coming up. The crazy idea of paying for our wedding with cans looks like it might just work — with six weeks to go until the wedding, we’re almost at 89% and have a few big can pickups planned for next week. We’re going to be trying to get the recyclers over to [...]

The countdown has started. There are 59 days before the wedding, and our can total is sitting at (almost) the even number of 88.5% of our goal. The date (and 400,000 cans) is getting so close we can practically taste it!
Of course, the wedding planning is now in full swing too. We did find and [...]

With 83 days left before our wedding, we’ve reached 86 percent of our can-collection goal. We are both incredibly excited about the wedding, and there are lots of plans that are being settled. Over the last week, however, we have encountered a hiccup in wedding planning that is proving quite significant. In short, our very-loved [...]

After another round of weighing cans and we finally got over 85% today! 85.3%, to be exact. That means we’ve only got 15% left to go – about 1,500 pounds. Under a ton! YAY!
To add to the excitement, we’re making progress on wedding plans. We’ve started sending out invitations, and are still trying to track [...]

Wow, when they say life hits…. it really hits. In the last few weeks, we’ve not only been moving forward with many of our wedding plans, but we’ve also been trying to catch back up to our “normal lives.” What is normal anymore, I’m not sure, since every time I look out our back window [...]

Yesterday, thanks to all of the wonderful support and cans we have been getting, we were able to put a deposit in on our venue – The Idaho Castle.
We chose this castle for a few reasons – first of all, because renting this vacation home for 3-4 days is less expensive than renting most reception [...]