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Here's the view from my recent jump:
In other words, I passed my Comps exam!!!! I was jumping up and down so high that I could see this aerial shot of Denver! It's celebration time now. (Actually probably Saturday, but I do have a few beers chilling in the fridge.) YAY!
Obviously, with the wedding being just 30 days away, we've been getting a lot of questions.
THat's because you're as excited about our wedding as we are! (Well, maybe not as excited, but we're glad that you're excited and we're glad to have you in our lives!)
So, this quick post is to let you know that you can find most of the information about the wedding by clicking above on Wedding.
And then, here are the links you'll probably want to visit to find what you're looking for...
Wedding Party
Registry Information
Travel Information
If these links don't answer your questions, please let us know (you can even do it using the comments below if you want) and we'll be happy to answer!
Thank-you, and we're looking forward to seeing all of you!
People have been asking where to stay in Colorado Springs. Jonathan and I did look into blocking rooms at hotels, but it was generally more expensive for guests than if they went and reserved rooms themselves. So, we decided to set up this link instead. Book at the Embassy Suites in Colorado Springs.
7290 Commerce Center Dr, Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States 80919
Tel: 1-719-599-9100 Fax: 1-719-599-4644
This is the hotel where we will be staying, and most of our guests will be staying here as well. It won't cost you any more to stay here, but Jonathan and I will get 2% back of whatever your room rate is by booking through the above link. If you want to though, you can also check at www.embassysuites.com to see if the rate is different.
Here are a couple of other available hotels as well.
Bradford Homesuites Colorado Springs
(Carrie and Jonathan stayed here in March 2007, and thought that these suites were very nice - about 5 miles away from the church).
Antlers Hilton
(In downtown Colorado Springs - closer to where we're getting married - also more expensive)
Hope this helps everyone, and we look forward to seeing you at the wedding!
----- Update September 18th ---
Someone asked this question:
Hi Jonathan,
I am trying to book our hotel with the link you sent, but that link doesn't work. So... then I researched that hotel specifically on Hotels.com, but it's only giving me the option to book under your name from 10/9 - 10/11. Obviously we want to stay the evening of 9/28. I can just book something entirely out of your equation, but you might as well get the 2%. Can you check into your affiliate link and see what's going on?
For anyone who has this question, here's what you do:
I know it comes up with an error message (don't know why that's happening), but if you just change the dates on the left panel to September 28th, and do a search for "embassy",
you'll get the right hotel, and because you're cookied from clicking the link at http://www.carrieandjonathan.com/wedding/hotel_in_colorado_springs.html, your order will still go through as tracked to us.
(You'll see it listed as carrieandjonathan on the order confirmation page.)
Hope that helps!
Jonathan
----- End of Update September 18th ---
I was reading this article about the "mysteries of the brain" and decided to share one small part of it here.
Hundred-yard dashes begin with a gunshot rather than a strobe light because your brain can react more quickly to a bang than to a flash. Yet as soon as we get outside the realm of motor reactions and into the realm of perception (what you report that you saw and heard), the story changes. When it comes to awareness, the brain goes through a good deal of trouble to synchronize incoming signals that are processed at very different speeds.
For example, snap your fingers in front of you. Although your auditory system processes information about the snap about 30 milliseconds faster than your visual system, the sight of your fingers and the sound of the snap seem simultaneous. Your brain is employing fancy editing tricks to make simultaneous events in the world feel simultaneous to you, even when the different senses processing the information would individually swear otherwise.
For a simple example of how your brain plays tricks with time, look in the mirror at your left eye. Now shift your gaze to your right eye. Your eye movements take time, of course, but you do not see your eyes move. It is as if the world instantly made the transition from one view to the next. What happened to that little gap in time? For that matter, what happens to the 80 milliseconds of darkness you should see every time you blink your eyes? Bottom line: Your notion of the smooth passage of time is a construction of the brain. Clarifying the picture of how the brain normally solves timing problems should give insight into what happens when temporal calibration goes wrong, as may happen in the brains of people with dyslexia. Sensory inputs that are out of sync also contribute to the risk of falls in elderly patients.
It's a totally fascinating article if you want to read the whole thing at Mind Power News
I steal a lot of ideas from my sister Michelle. I saw this idea on her blog and thought I'd try it. Do a google search where you type in (your name) needs. So, the results for Carrie needs are...
1. Carrie needs a nice hot bath (no kidding)
2. Carrie needs some care herself (doesn't that come with the bath?)
3. Carrie needs help...please (Why yes I do. Anyone want to take a test for me next week?)
4. Carrie needs a boyfriend who she wants (Nope, I have one of those thank you)
5. Carrie needs a Stanford (Depends on what is meant by a Stanford, but I don't think I do)
6. Carrie needs to go back to school (NO WAY!)
7. Carrie needs to eat (Actually, I just ate dinner. Thanks Jonathan!)
8. Carrie needs more than deep-breathing (uhhhh ok ???)
9. Carrie needs to speak to her superordinate (about what?)
10. Carrie needs to do what is best for HER (Yer darn skippy)
Try it out with your name and post it in the comments section. (PLEASE, it's fun!) What do you need?
Bonus:
Carrie needs a mike that works with both fiddle and voice (Now if only I played the fiddle...or sang in front of people)
Thanks Michelle!
While thinking about whether or not to change my name after we get married, the idea of hyphenating came up. Around that same time, I received an email with the following examples of when to avoid hyphenating your name. Here they are.
and my own personal favorite:
After working with Michelle at Biondi for months designing and honing my ring for months, she finally called with the news I've been waiting for. It's ready! Jonathan and I went to take a look at it today. Michelle took pictures of us seeing it for the first time. It's absolutely gorgeous, and I can't wait to wear it (in less than two months now). I love it. Thank you Michelle and all teh Biondi team!
Sorry, you'll have to wait until the wedding to see what the ring looks like.