For those of you planning to be outdoors in Carlinville between the hours of 7 and 11 p.m., I and my itchy legs recommend you take mosquito and horsefly precautions. Last night someone asked me if I had chicken pox. I'm not joking.
Oh yeah, and do all the other things that make sense if you're going to be camping in a quasi-woodland meadow: don't leave food around that's going to attract the raccoon hordes, don't leave your flashlight at home because you assume there'll be moonlight, and consider brushing up on your medieval French. Also, check the weather one last time before you leave. It's definitely getting warmer, and last night there was a thirty-second thunderstorm.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Monday, July 2, 2007
Friday Night Accomodations
While it may be possible for those of you attending Friday night's rehearsal/out-of-towner dinner to latch onto someone with a couch to sleep on, do keep in mind that the camping we've offered near the Beasley's house is for Saturday night only. Those who are currently without places to rest their heads on Friday night may want to mention this in an email to the whatmemarry@gmail.com address, in case some kind soul who reads it has an extra space or bed available. Also, depending on your comfort level, you may find an individual or a couple who would be interested in sharing a motel room with you. After all, wouldn't your money be better spent on a Chuck E. Cheese suit that you could wear to the ceremony on Saturday?
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In case it helps anyone to have the information available online, here's the irreducible essence of the invitation you (hopefully) received a while back:
* the Kramp-Beasley wedding will begin with a "couple's shower" at the Best Western Carlinville Inn on Thursday at 8 p.m. Some of us know what "couple's shower" means better than others. The groom is personally terrified of what this term could mean.
* Friday morning will deal in some classic gender division: men inclined toward frustration in beautiful landscapes will leave the Best Western at 9:30 a.m. to play in the Mad Squirrel Invitational golf tournament. Women and less manly men (including the groom) will enter a berserker frenzy of colorful decoration.
* Friday from 3:30-5 p.m. we will hold a wedding rehearsal in the Clegg Chapel on the Blackburn campus. (You should already know about this if your presence will be required.)
* Friday night at 6 p.m. there will be a rehearsal and out-of-town-guest dinner at the Beasley residence on Shipman Road. This will not, repeat, will not go past midnight, so don't even try.
* The wedding proper will begin with a dinner at 6 p.m. at the Demuzio Dining Room at Blackburn College, which is near the campus's west entrance, just down the hill behind the Clegg Chapel. Guests are invited to arrive at 5:45 or thereabouts to get their bearings before the chaos begins.
* After dinner, between 7:30 and 8 p.m., the wedding party will move up the hill to the chapel for the wedding ceremony.
* After the wedding ceremony, we will move to the Beasley property (16194 Shipman Rd., Carlinville, IL 62626) for a reception that will include drinks, dancing, tents, and a cake that might well be heavier than you'd think.
With all that said (again), we refuse to retype directions to all these places. If you're absolutely incapable of bringing the invitation with you or using Internet map services, consider getting the info tattooed in a clearly visible area. In fact, this might be another prize we'll have to give: best wedding-related tattoo. And yes, tattoos received during the wedding itself will be eligible.
* the Kramp-Beasley wedding will begin with a "couple's shower" at the Best Western Carlinville Inn on Thursday at 8 p.m. Some of us know what "couple's shower" means better than others. The groom is personally terrified of what this term could mean.
* Friday morning will deal in some classic gender division: men inclined toward frustration in beautiful landscapes will leave the Best Western at 9:30 a.m. to play in the Mad Squirrel Invitational golf tournament. Women and less manly men (including the groom) will enter a berserker frenzy of colorful decoration.
* Friday from 3:30-5 p.m. we will hold a wedding rehearsal in the Clegg Chapel on the Blackburn campus. (You should already know about this if your presence will be required.)
* Friday night at 6 p.m. there will be a rehearsal and out-of-town-guest dinner at the Beasley residence on Shipman Road. This will not, repeat, will not go past midnight, so don't even try.
* The wedding proper will begin with a dinner at 6 p.m. at the Demuzio Dining Room at Blackburn College, which is near the campus's west entrance, just down the hill behind the Clegg Chapel. Guests are invited to arrive at 5:45 or thereabouts to get their bearings before the chaos begins.
* After dinner, between 7:30 and 8 p.m., the wedding party will move up the hill to the chapel for the wedding ceremony.
* After the wedding ceremony, we will move to the Beasley property (16194 Shipman Rd., Carlinville, IL 62626) for a reception that will include drinks, dancing, tents, and a cake that might well be heavier than you'd think.
With all that said (again), we refuse to retype directions to all these places. If you're absolutely incapable of bringing the invitation with you or using Internet map services, consider getting the info tattooed in a clearly visible area. In fact, this might be another prize we'll have to give: best wedding-related tattoo. And yes, tattoos received during the wedding itself will be eligible.
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