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Whadya say? Our wedding vows

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

After our ceremony, someone asked me for a clarification of one part of our wedding covenants, so I thought I would post my vow for you to read (or use if you are in that season of life).
Stephen’s Vow
In the presence of God, our family and friends, I, Stephen, take you, Rachel, to be my [...]

It’s doesn’t make the wife happy if you’re gone when you can still feel the wedding band

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Yeah, so I’m not as frequent of a blog poster as I used to be. The reason is the HDV tapes that were sitting my desk (well, counter actually) when I returned to work two Wednesdays ago. HDV (High-Definition Video) is very intensive on my Dual G5. This Apple doesn’t feel as tricked out as [...]

Post from a married man

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

It’s all over. . .er. . . I mean it’s just begun– anyway, we are back from our honeymoon in Ireland. It was cold, windy, and wet, but we loved it–well, all but being stranded by our rental car’s transmission going out. Other than that a little more sunshine, I’m not sure how much better [...]

Wedding information for Rachel Steely and Stephen James

Saturday, January 6th, 2007

The wedding party needs to be at the church before or at 10:00 am to help out with last minute setup.
Wedding photography will begin at 10:30 am.
The wedding will be on January 6th, 2007 at 1:00 at Faith Missionary Church in Indianapolis, IN. A light reception will follow.
The church’s address is:
9125 N. College Ave.
Indianapolis, IN [...]

Wedding errata

Sunday, December 31st, 2006

I asked the workers at the marriage license branch last week what the busiest time of the year for marriages is. They said it was this week, the week between Christmas and New Years. Maybe it’s the opposite of mutual funds distributions and you want to wait till the end of the year, so you [...]

Wedding vow and Victoria Secret

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

I am researching possible wedding vows at About.com’s Wedding section. All the ads in this section are for Victora Secret.
All of them aren’t for underwear, but at least half of them are. Now I know that the reason they are there are because the company’s media buyer’s discerned that the demographic viewing the Wedding section [...]

King vs. Queen?

Sunday, November 5th, 2006

Both of my siblings have bought king-sized mattresses, since having kids, and have told me that I should save money and go ahead and buy a king-sized mattress from the start, because I will want one when Rachel and I have children, anyway. I’ve told them both that I had to talk Rachel into letting [...]

To Be Married Means to Be Outnumbered?

Monday, October 16th, 2006

David Blankenhorn, president of the marriage advocacy group the Institute for American Values, said married couples had become a minority largely because of the growing number of households made up of people who planned to marry or who used to be married.
“Cohabitating is our choice, and we have no intention to be married,” Ms. Lynch [...]

Wedding photography and videography

Saturday, September 16th, 2006

So it’s a few months till our wedding and I have no idea what to do about a photographer. Part of the problem is that I have shot weddings of friends (not paid, but as a gift) and then I also work in advertising which makes it worse. It’ so stressful, I think I’m not [...]

Pre-marital counseling: session one

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

Well, our first session of pre-marital counseling with our pastor, Tom Macy, was last night. I thought it went well. We managed to contradict ourselves with the relationship inventory test (similar to a personality test). If I heard right, it said we both had realistic perceptions of what marriage would be like (no rose-colored glasses) [...]


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