Mawwied?? Yes, Mawwied!!

As I mentioned, on June 6 Special K and I pledged we'd love each other for eternity (or at least until football season starts -- just kidding, you can't really be a "football widow" when you love it, too!) The wedding was hosted at the lovely home of our very dear friends, Craig and Dannie, in Encinitas, CA. We had a very small, intimate ceremony and dinner with our families and a few friends -- the day was absolutely perfect and a couple of days later, we were off to Ireland for our honeymoon. Spectacular.

Now, I know this is kind of cheating, but Special K wrote a great email to our wedding guests to recap some of the highlights of the day and of our trip to the Emerald Isle. So, I hereby annoint Special K as my guest blogger and invite you to enjoy his marvelous way with words and sense of humour. (I just may turn the whole blog over to him!)

Here goes:

“Hey, we just flew in from Dublin and – boy - our arms are tired!”
(bah-dah-bing!)

Wanted to send one final note to our wedding posse and share some quick post-ceremony behind the scenes tid-bits and honeymoon highlights:

Betcha didn’t know that Shari’s Dad and Craig had to make two runs to the store to pick up some ice minutes before the party bus pulled into the circular driveway!

Father Peter is actually the Bishop of California’s Catholic Ecumenical Church – and no, he is not one of the co-stars of the current box office hit “The Hangover.”

Pittsburgh Johnny was warming up in the bullpen with his Internet-certified minister certificate in case Father Peter got stuck on the 5 freeway.

In a close vote, Aunt Kathy’s cookies edged out the custom cupcakes and pudding to win the “best dessert” award.

Cincy Bob had a beautiful speech prepared about the bride and groom but was wise enough to recognize that NO ONE – not even Elvis-back-from-the-grave! - could follow Shari’s “red nose” improvisation.

Special thanks to Craig and Dannie McLaughlin for opening their home to us for our special night! As Aunt Audrey said, “This is like one of those places you see on those fancy home and garden cable TV shows!”

IRELAND Honeymoon facts:

Over / under on how long it takes an Irishman to praise Obama as “the second coming”: 47 seconds.

Would you believe: There are more cabs in Dublin than NYC! (look it up!)

What is on TV in Ireland as the Penguins were hoisting the Stanley Cup and the Lakers winning the NBA Championship?...Hurling! (seriously…)

Special K scorecard from piloting a right-hand-drive Hyundai across Ireland?
-1 popped curb speeding thru a roundabout
-2 pissed-off Irishmen from driving head-on into the wrong lane
-3 attempts to enter the car from the wrong side
-4 bruises on his left arm from his wife’s “encouragement” from the passenger seat
-5 maps used navigate across Ireland but – when we pulled back into Dublin we spent an hour trying to find our rental car return location – gave up – and paid $10 Euro to a cab driver to let us follow him there.

Average time the sun would set during our trip: 10pm!

Zero! (the number of clock radios found in our 6 different hotel rooms.)

True or False: The green card bride spent some time in jail during her honeymoon.

TRUE: http://www.kilmainham-gaol.com/

True or False: Special K enjoyed a Galway Hooker during his honeymoon!

TRUE! http://www.galwayhooker.ie/
(it’s a beer, people!)

Thanks again, everyone! And to those who have shared their photos, thank you & stand by – Shari will create “something” with the official wedding and honeymoon photos and forward a link.

Love & Laughs-
-K&S