Mark and Ros

I caught part of “The Wedding Singer” on QTV and I was reminded of how much I love this film. It so happens that the song “Grow Old With You” was one of the first songs that Mark sang to me with his guitar. On our first anniversary, he gave me a gift that had the lyrics of the song printed on it.*sigh*

So here are the lyrics that made my heart a-flutter many, many moons ago!

I wanna make you smile whenever you’re sad
Carry you around when your arthritis is bad
All I wanna do is grow old with you

I’ll get your medicine when your tummy aches
Build you a fire if the furnace breaks
Oh it could be so nice, growing old with you

I’ll miss you
Kiss you
Give you my coat when you are cold

Need you
Feed you
Even let ya hold the remote control

So let me do the dishes in our kitchen sink
Put you to bed if you’ve had too much to drink
I could be the man who grows old with you
I wanna grow old with you

This means so much more to me now. Positively gushing about it!

Hugs to all our friends who have helped or offered their help in our preparations:

• Iya for helping us secure the reception venue, I haven’t contacted you yet ulit kasi maraming diskusyon ang nangyayari;
• Karina for reminding me about the bridal fair plus giving the recommendation on the invitation supplier as well as offering to be an extra helping hand;
• Mommy Hermie for tolerating our kakulitan in looking for an alternative reception venue and offering to take us around Camp Aguinaldo;
• Levi and Bogs for the photo and video recommendations, mga bagong kasal din kaya maraming inputs! Sobrang mga hands-on grooms pala kayo in your respective weddings! ;
• Josh for agreeing to be an emcee despite the fact na magulo kang kausap nung mga panahong iyon, I’m going to hold you to that commitment;
• Clare and Paolo for offering to get in touch with another reception venue;
• Kumareng Thea for committing the chocolate fountain! Sabi na nga ba good choice na pastry bar na lang yung libre from the caterer dahil uulan ng chocolate fountain sa amin ;
• Eleo para sa walang sawang pag-oo tuwing naiisipan naming magpasama papuntang Quinta Market na hanggang ngayon ay hindi pa rin natutuloy. Balang-araw makakarating din tayo ng Quiapo; at si
• Mygold na todo-todong suporta mula’t sapul, buti na lang pumayag ka agad maging maid of honor at hindi mo ako binitin katulad nung iba nating kakilala! hahaha

So many people to be thankful for pa rin, sorry for those I haven’t mentioned above I’ll be sure to thank you as the wedding gets nearer.

God is so good for giving us friends like you!

The momentum for our preparations nearly came to a grinding halt because of the Christmas holidays plus some uncertainties coming from different sources. By Christmas, we still have not been able to inform my parents about our plans.

Now that we have, it’s now time for us to put our noses to the grindstone and really be serious about the preparations. With less than 8 months to go, our checklist is still a mile-long but we are slowly getting there.

So far, we have accomplished the following:

• Reserved with our caterer
• Reserved the venue
• Pencil-booked with the Church (long story for another post)
• Shortlisted our P/V vendor

As you can see, there still is a lot to do which basically is setting my internal alarms off. Panic mode!!!

We now have an ongoing discussion on when the wedding will actually take place. Initially, we talked about having it on Mark’s birthday, September 5, 2009 which works since it’s a Saturday.

Now since we are trying to keep the budget low on this thing, I floated the idea of having it on September 9, a Wednesday. Venue rates are cheaper on weekdays plus some vendors are giving more freebies on weekday bookings. And it being 2009, it has a nice 09.09.09 = once in a lifetime feel to it.

When MIL got wind of the dates we are considering, she put forth the idea of having it on September 8, Mama Mary’s birthday. My concern with this date is that the parish we’re eying has special masses for the schools in the vicinity and might not agree to the time that we want for the ceremony.

Mark is not much help since his reply is always, “Kahit ano, ok lang.

So, instead of the firm answer of September 5 that we used to give, we now have to check with the church what their availability is.

I didn’t expect that planning a wedding starting with looking for suppliers will immerse me into a whole different world.

They have their own language with the GFTs, h2b, HMU, and the like. Instead of dealing with choices that equal the number of fingers on one hand, I’m sifting through hundreds of fliers and brochures. My head is spinning with all the information that I’m getting from different sources.

It was actually enough to make me contemplate on simply just eloping.

For the lost:
* GFT – grand food tasting
* h2b – husband-to-be
* HMU – hair and make up