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Anniversary Celebration

September 30, 2011 by Mayde | Leave a comment

Dan and I celebrated our one year anniversary the same way we celebrated our wedding – with friends and family.

King and Queen at Medieval TimesWe were originally hoping to attend the last weekend of the annual New York Renaissance Faire, but since it was supposed to rain all day, we opted to go to Medieval Times instead. Dan and I have been to Medieval Times several times over the last ten years, but it’s still one of our favorite places to go on special occasions. Sunday afternoon, we drove two hours south to New Jersey and made it there early enough to hang out before the show actually started. (Anyone who’s been to Medieval Times knows that the hour before the show is the best part. You get to hang out in the lobby, take pictures, buy stuff, drink beer, and visit the torture museum.) Dan’s sister went with us and, once there, we met up with a few of Dan’s new coworkers.

The last time we went to Medieval Times was a few years ago, so some things had changed since our previous visit. This made the experience all the better, since there were new things for us to see and do. Once the show actually started, it was the same routine we’ve come to expect and love, so I can honestly say we weren’t disappointed. Especially when, at the end of the tournament, our knight was declared the winner!

Black and White Knight

When we got home that night, we stuck with tradition and pulled out the top tier of our wedding cake, saved in the freezer since our wedding day. (We actually pulled it out that morning so it had time to thaw, but that’s beside the point.) Despite some hesitation and fear of food poisoning, we cut slices for Dan and I, as well as for his sister and parents. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I took the first bite, and…

 Year-Old Wedding Cake

Slice of Cake

…it was pretty gross. The frosting had some freezer burn, the cake was stale, and it tasted very gritty. But despite how bad it might have been, and despite the fact that no one actually finished their piece of cake, I’m still glad we followed through on this tradition. It was fun to see our cake again, and it was a sweet reminder of our actual wedding day.

Thanks again to Ellie-gant Cakes for our wedding cake (which tasted delicious when it was fresh!), and a special thank you to all our friends and family who celebrated with us, or who wished us a happy anniversary!

One Year

September 25, 2011 by Mayde | Leave a comment

Today is me and my husband’s first wedding anniversary. This time last year, I was waking up with butterflies in my stomach, excited and nervous about marrying the man of my dreams. Fortunately, we had a perfect wedding day, which set the tone for our entire marriage thus far.

I can’t believe how fast this past year has gone by, and how much we’ve accomplished in our first twelve months of being husband and wife. Being married has definitely been different than just dating, but in the best way possible. My husband is my best friend and the love of my life, and I’m so lucky to be able to celebrate this special day with him.

* Photo by Marcia Ciriello.

Back to Reality

October 24, 2010 by Mayde | Leave a comment

The wedding is over and it’s now time to get back to reality. Our thank you notes have been written, we’ve started to use our gifts, and we’ve caught up on all the work we missed while we were gone.

While I’ve heard tales of some women feeling depressed, empty or lost right after their wedding because they no longer feel like the center of attention or because they can no longer spend their time analyzing and planning every minute detail of their big day, I feel absolutely fantastic. I feel ecstatic and overjoyed that the wedding planning is done and the day has passed.

The process itself was fun. Planning a wedding gave me something to do on the weekends and was my de-stressor after a long day of work (even though weddings can, themselves, be quite stressful at times). I felt like everything had to be perfect, so I spent hours upon hours tweaking every little thing, over and over and over again. No expense was spared, and our bills were often neglected because we just had to have that very important and expensive item for our wedding day! Sure, it gave Dan and I reason to bicker from time to time, but it also gave us something to look forward to and something to be excited about. And it the end, it really was everything that we had hoped for and more. All the time and money and effort we put into it was worth it.

But now that it’s all over, I couldn’t be more relieved. Finally, we can go back to living a normal life. We no longer have to tip-toe around our apartment to avoid the boxes of wedding paraphernalia. We can finally pay our rent and bills on time – and still have money left over! – because we no longer have an added expense to worry about. We can finally spend our days off relaxing and watching TV, with no added responsibility. We no longer have to spend our lunch breaks making dreaded phone calls to businesses we don’t really want to be dealing with.

But, most importantly, this return to normalcy has given us a chance to actually enjoy and appreciate our relationship again. We can spend our time and money doing fun things together, going on dates and creating new memories, rather than focusing all of our efforts on a single day. There were so many times during the wedding planning process when I felt like we couldn’t do things we really wanted to do because we had already made plans to do wedding stuff that day or because our money had already been allocated for the wedding.

I know that this is the case with most big things in life, but after a 22-month engagement, I was ready for it all to be over. I had the time of my life at my wedding and our honeymoon could not have been better, but I think my favorite day in the last few weeks was the day we came home from the airport and settled back into our apartment and were reunited with our dogs after being away for so long. If these are the kinds of days that make me the happiest in life, I think I’ve got a lot to look forward to.

What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas – Except for when I post about it on my blog

October 14, 2010 by Mayde | Leave a comment

Las Vegas was far more unbelievable and incredible than anything I had ever imagined. The best description I can come up with for Vegas is sensory overload. Everywhere you go, there’s a million things to see and do and hear.

One of the coolest things about Vegas is that no matter where you go in the city – whether you’re in a casino, eating at a restaurant, taking in the sights, or just walking the Strip – there’s always music playing. Half the time, Dan and I couldn’t even figure out where it was coming from. There were just ominous, easy-listening tunes following us around everywhere we went. It felt like we had our very own soundtrack for the week.

Of course, there were other neat things in Vegas besides the ever-present music. During our time there, we walked through most of the big hotels, spent a couple of days by the pool, ordered lots and lots of room service, gambled a little money, rode the monorail, saw Zumanity, spent a day at The Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth, and took a helicopter ride down into the Grand Canyon. It seems like we did it all, and yet, there is still so much left to do. We didn’t get a chance to eat at In-N-Out Burger, visit the pinball museum, experience the nightlife or visit the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop. Looks like we’ll have to take another trip back there next year!

To save you from too many boring details, I’ll skip the play-by-play and just show you some photos from our trip:

So, what do you think? Have you ever been to Vegas? If not, do you want to go? If so, what did you love/hate about it? Would you go back? What would you recommend Dan and I do on our next visit to Sin City?

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