Lindsay has been super awesome and I don’t know if I would survive out here without. She is so sweet and so fun. I am truly lucky to have her in Corvallis!
How did I meet Lindsay? I guess you could say Brandy introduced us. Last year I asked Brandy about the internet forum she always talked about. I may update Facebook and check my email every 30 seconds, but I don’t really do much on the interweb outside of that. I’ll read my CNN and NYT online and look at funny webcomics, but other than that, I can’t spend hours on the interweb like some can. She would always talk about these people she knew, and it intrigued me. I wanted interweb friends, so I joined the forum. Great decision.
Everyone was very nice, and inviting. Members can post on various topics from the serious to the silly. I of course stay more in the silly threads. I don’t gravitate toward the politics threads. Not that I don’t know what’s going on in the world…It’s that others don’t, but still tend to talk about it….heatedly. I’d rather talk about LOLcats, because I’m a crazy cat lady in training.
I met Lindsay on the forum. I was interested in talking to her because she studied early childhood education and at the time I was working for ReadySetSoar, the Montgomery County Early Childhood Education Initiative. I knew she lived in Oregon, so when I set up to move here, I asked her if she knew anything about Corvallis…..she did, because she lives in Corvallis.
She was very helpful in helping me find a place to live and to tell me about the various quirks about Corvallis. She was so helpful and I was very gracious.
I met her for the first time in real life when she invited me to a local bar for a Deschutes promo night. It was a wonderful evening. I met some of her friends and her fiancé Eric. We bonded pretty quickly. As the weeks went by she would invite me out to various events and I would go if I was able. Having dysentery prevented me from doing too much.
I was truly honored when she invited me to her wedding. We had only just met in life, and already she invited me to one of the most important days of her life. I was very excited to be a part of it! I even offered to help with some things she needed to do before the wedding, but was more of a distraction than help.
Luckily our mutual forum friend Amy, who I had met in Chicago in January, would be there as well. Not only would she be attending, but she would be officiating as well. Amy had texted me that she was officiating the wedding. I was kind of out of it I guess, because I had no idea what she meant. She had to explain to me that she would be marrying the two since she beams ordained on the internet. Perfect considering how Amy and Lindsay met.
DJ Jazzy Jill
While out getting a gift card for Lindsay and Eric for their wedding, I got a text from Amy asking…well more like telling me that I would be doing the ceremonial music for the wedding. Confused again I thought they needed me to get music or horror of horrors, ask me to play the trumpet or sing! I hoped Lindsay and Eric liked Gangsta rap, jam bands and showtunes, because my iTunes was plagued with that sort of music. Luckily all they needed for to do was hit play. They had their processional music all picked out. I just had to man her iPod and the speakers at the wedding. No problem. I agreed to meet them before to go over the music.
Wedding Day
I went over to the Hotel where everyone was getting ready to meet with Amy to go over the music. There, I met Lindsay’s mother, father, brother, Maid of Honor and other random passer-bys. Amy showed me what to play when and I was ready to go! While the mother, bride and Maid of Honor were getting ready, Amy and I ran around for them, i.e. back and forth from various cars collecting things that they needed. We did get out of ironing duty though. (Lindsay's mother wanted us all to take a turn ironing portions of the gown in case something got ruined then the blame wouldn't fall all on one person. Her mother cracks me up!) Once they had everything they needed, we felt we were in the way, so we left. Amy needed some coffee, the bride needed her glasses screwed in tightly and we needed to pick up the wires for the ipod to the amp from the groom.
After picking up wires, grabbing some coffee and a muffin, and getting an eyeglass repair kit, Amy and I were off to the rose garden.
It was very beautiful. Small and intimate. I love those kinds of weddings. I got my own private little seat by an amplifier to be DJ Jazzy Jill.
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| DJ Jazzy Jill's Equipment |
Lindsay was SO gorgeous and Eric looked very dapper. The ceremony was beautiful and Amy did a wonderful job. She was a natural. I may have gotten a little teary eyed during the vows. Lindsay and Eric had written them and their words were testament to their commitment to each other.
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| Lindsay, Amy and Eric |
Reception
The reception was at Eric’s parents’ house in Corvallis. They have a beautiful home! It was outside and their garden was a wonderful backdrop. I had a nice introduction to Oregon Weddings as they had beer and wine from Oregon. No Miller Lite or Sutter Home farm for these folk! I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with Miller or Sutter, nor am I saying these people are snooty. Things are just different.
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| Amy doing the marriage paperwork to make it all official. |
I sat with Amy and Emily, a friend of Eric and Lindsay sat with us. I have met her a few times and like her. She’s cool. We had hors d’oeuvres and drinks while the bride and groom were having photos taken.
Soon after Lindsay and Eric joined the party, dinner was served. It was very tasty. Great Salad, both green and fruit. I was intrigued by the flower butter. Apparently it is butter with flowers in it. Tasty. Eric is a vegetarian too, so the main course was spinach lasagna. I had trouble eating it, not because it wasn’t good, but because spinach lasagna was the last meal I ate before I spent those 3 days hugging my toilet bowl earlier that year. I think I now sadly have an aversion toward spinach lasagna.
The reception was great. I had a lovely time. It was tasteful, elegant and simple…all about the couple, not the act itself. Nothing was overdone. Just perfect. Well not perfect. It was cold. I have never been to an Ohio wedding in August where a heat lamp was necessary. I did huddle around that sucker. I was told that it was unusually cool for an Oregon August.
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| The heat lamp. |
As things were winding down, Amy and I said our goodbyes and decided to go back to my apartment for a little bit.
My apartment.
I still don’t have a couch, so we sat on the floor and chatted.
The kitties love attention. Spike is not shy and loves company. He believes that all humans most love on him as much as I do. He loved snuggling up against Amy. Thomas took his fair share of pets from Amy, but isn’t the attention whore that Spike is.
We got onto my computer to check on TFP to say hello to our friends. We got in the chatroom where Brandy and her boyfriend Mike were amongst others. We talked about the wedding and silly things.
Lindsay’s parents bought Amy an Amtrak ticket to take her to Portland so she could catch her flight. Amy asked if I wanted to ride with her. I was delighted to spend more time with her. While online that evening, I purchased a roundtrip ticket to Portland. Her plane didn’t take off until 2pm, so we would have the opportunity to spend the morning with each other.
AS the minutes ticked by and we decided to call it a night since our train left at 6:13am the next morning. I took Amy to Lindsay’s. She was staying there and the newlyweds were staying at a hotel for the evening.
It was a wonderful day, and I am so thankful that I was a part of it.
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