weekend

Well, Aaron and I did go and look at the Theodore Wirth Fireplace Room on Saturday. I took some pictures, which I will post below. The Fireplace Room is very cozy, and I do believe would hold everyone for the reception. It's not large enough to have the ceremony AND the reception both, but the Theodore Wirth parkway also has something called Wedding Hill, but we didn't go look at it because to reserve it, it's through a different number, and just getting someone to let us up to the Fireplace Room took about 10 minutes, I wasn't going to hold my breath in the guy behind the counter telling us how to get to Wedding Hill. I'll call on Monday.

So pros about the Fireplace Room: It's cozy, it will hold the people we'd like to come (we only have about 70 people on the guest list currently, and I think many won't be able to actually make it due to the distance that they live from here), it's inexpensive, beautiful building, would look great with the fall colors, has a balcony, and is close to where we live.

Cons about the Fireplace Room: It's a little dark, as you will see by the pictures. It's a little beat up, but I think most of the woodwork is original, and the building is quite old. All decorations must be free-standing. No using the rafters for decorations, no using tap, tacks, pins, etc., to keep decorations up. That could prove to be difficult, especially with such a high ceiling, you'd like the decorations to go up higher. There were golfers everywhere. But, it was a beautiful summer day in August when we visited. Who knows what it would look like in September or October.

Oh, speaking of that, Aaron had thought that maybe we could push it back to September or October, due to heat. If we had it at the Fireplace Room, there is no air conditioning there, it's on the second floor, and with it being as cozy as it is, it would get quite warm filled with people. Maybe later in the year would be better, as it would be cooler.

If the Wedding Hill is close to the Fireplace Room, I was thinking we could do the ceremony itself at the Hill, and the reception at the Fireplace Room. I'd like to have them as close together as possible, to eliminate people having to drive back and forth and finding parking and all that crap.

Here are the pictures of the Fireplace Room. We didn't turn the lights on while I was taking them, so the only lighting is from outside, or the flash of my camera.









After we looked at the Fireplace Room, we went for a walk at the Bird Sanctuary again. I remembered to take a Claratin before we left, which either helped tremendously, or there were different pollens out from the last time we went, which I wasn't allergic to. Either way, I wasn't sneezing and snuffly.

We've had a very relaxing weekend so far. We've been watching Olympics, watched the Twins lose to Kansas City (and go back to second place for the American League), did some cleaning, gave Odin a bath, as he was starting to look a little grimy. His white wasn't as white as it should be. It paid off, he's now much softer and smells better now. And he doesn't hate us. At least, I don't think so, but I haven't tried on all my shoes to see if he pooped in them...

Well, I think that's about it for me today. Back to the grind tomorrow. I will be so happy to be doing just my own work and no on else's. Until tomorrow!