Saturday, September 12, 2009
Blog
I don't want to create a wedding website, but those things are really quite helpful for guests, so I'm not sure what we'll do. This morning, we're going to register together at W-S. I'm not sure we'll go anywhere else...
Friday, July 3, 2009
We shoulda
We shoulda blogged about building this house. I'm remembering all these terrifying things that happened, like when the rain pounded as they were pouring the concrete floors or when the bamboo countertops all molded or when we had to carry up thousands of cubic feet of dirt onto the roof... lots of things to now laugh about. This place is wonderful. I have had the past week to just live here, as if on vacation and it has been wonderful. I'm a lucky girl...
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Well, I created this in hopes of winning a free wedding. But we didn't. Sad... but not really, because I wanted to be married at home, and if we won we would have been married in Atlanta. So, it's ok. I am actually quite bummed that the Free Wedding isn't coming through with their promises to us (the finalists). I guess they just weren't prepared for the hugeness of the competition, and honestly, neither was I. However, Heidi of Our Labor of Love, one of those super talented photographers, has agreed to do our wedding, with a bridal shoot for like half off. That's incredible! Seriously, incredible! Of course, now that it's half off, I'm kind of wanting to do a smilebooth, but that'd be too much, right? OK-back to work... data entry!!
Monday, April 6, 2009
and the winners are...
Kaitlyn and Sam and Jonah! Wonderful for you guys! We're so thankful to the NotWedding folks for helping to organize a little love for the rest of us! It's been a crazy week and totally worth it! Thanks for everyone's support and go TarHeels!!!
Friday, April 3, 2009
polls!
We're still wayy behind in the polls, but isn't it beautiful outside? It's been a wonderful day in the hospital, full of all the things that keep me here and happy! It started off with the cheeriest patient visit, followed by a number of fun conversations with women who are calling to tell me they are finally pregnant and are thrilled and want to schedule their ultrasound... right...now (in the most lovely of ways). And our lunch meeting regarding residency choices was full of other future ob/gyns that were so helpful and non-competitive and just, well, NICE! And, it's Friday, and, I have the WHOLE WEEKEND OFF! And, David and I will be working on the roof all day tomorrow and partly on Sunday... unless I go climbing Sunday. I haven't been climbing yet all Spring... and it's supposed to be 71 and sunny, and Elyse is going to Moore's. I think I'm going to go climb... it will help keep my mind off of the contest all day Sunday!!
PS--David and I and the contest were featured in our student newspaper today -- LOOK!
PS--David and I and the contest were featured in our student newspaper today -- LOOK!
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Data Entry
Today is a day of data entry... I wish I could send you a picture of my office, coded questionnaires are taped up everywhere, because, if memorized, it's easier to enter. I'm turning 155 8 page questionnaires into numerical data... it is time consuming and boring, but just difficult enough to keep you from being able to do anything else... exactly what I imagined cubicle work to be like... oh well, I guess that's the down side of clinical research :( The reward will be worth it! I'm trying to stay focused and ignore facebook and email and thenotwedding.blogspot.com polls! Love, Kirby
Polls!
We're doing a little bit better in the polls today! Thanks everybody! I never imagined that over 2000 people would vote for us! Two Thousand!!! Wow!
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
A few more pictures of us and some thoughts about this whole thing
this is me bouldering in linville gorge, i spashed in shortly after!
We were visiting our friends Richard and Molly and their son Walker for some eco-tourism. Richard and Molly run an organic farm outside of Asheveille, Maple Creek Farms on Lickskillet Rd. Well, it was a cold and rainy night and we'd headed into town to hear some bluegrass, but when we showed up, it was $15/ticket and everyone was just sitting in chairs listening to the music without moving a muscle. We'd promised Walker we were going to a party, and at $15/head and no dancin, it wasn't the kinda party we were hoping for. We bailed and on the way back through Burnsville, saw a sign for Saturday Night Roller Skating and pulled in. Ohmigoodness, I'd forgotton how much fun it is to be on eight wheels!
This is our paridise outside of Boone, NC
David and Greyson, she's 11 now and our baby
So as I'm reading the blogs of all the people we're competing against, I'm like, woah, these are just awesome people, I want to be friends with them! Notwedding, how about we just have a party for all of us to get to hang out? Well... ok, and still maybe get the free wedding thing. Anyway, I thought I'd add a few more pictures. David and I fell in love in the out of doors. I first knew I loved him when we were camping in our paridise outside of Boone, NC. I was just captivated by his knowledge of the trees and the plants we were living in, and the way he moves in the woods. His respect of nature is inspiring to me. And, he really does something about it. For the past 3 years, he has been heavily volunteering his time with the Green Building Council, hoping to change the way Americans live by changing the way we build our homes. I love him, and I love what he does!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Keeping it real...
Every time I start to get a little bit nervous about this wedding contest thing, I start to remember, Oh, yeah, wait a sec, whatever happens, I STILL GET TO MARRY DAVID!! and man, that settles my heart right down. Have a great day!
Monday, March 30, 2009
Answers to the Contest Questions!
I thought I'd paste the answers to the questions that got us into the finals in the first place, I'll get more pictures up soon!!
1. How long have you and your fiancee been together?
3 years 4 months 6 days
2. Do you know how to spell fiancee?
Maybe
3. How did you lovebirds meet?
I had a crush on my friend John's hot older brother for years, but we hadn't actually talked. Then one night I was out with friends, celebrating my entry into medical school. My friend John brought his hot older brother along and my sister caught the eye of said hot older brother. He starting chatting it up with her but ended up ditching my sister to chat with me. (He claims that was the plan all along). It was a nice conversation for sure, but he didn't ask for my number. 5 days later he got my number from his brother John and called to ask me out, saying... "Hey, Kirby, this is David, John's (hot older) brother... yeah, so, yeah, John tells me you climb and I was going to try to go to the wall this week and yeah, maybe you wanna go too? Well, um, yeah, just give me a call at 280-8900 if you want to, and then maybe we can grab dinner or something." I know that's what he said because I was in the library studying and I listened to it at least 4 times and I was just the happiest girl. About 2 hours later my little brother called me from the hospital in Raleigh to tell me the doctors thought he had cancer,, they were hoping it was Hodgkin's Disease. Words can't describe what it is like to hear that from your 19 year old brother. I happened to be alone while downtown Chapel Hill when I got that call, and I immediately started walking home. I saw John's car at the Trail Shop where he worked, and, seeing the shop was empty, I went in and said, "Hey John, Townsend has cancer. Tell David I'm flattered he called, but I can't call him back." John just hugged me while I cried and I went home to meet my Mom, who was driving into town. The next few weeks were blurry, between his cancer treatments and medical school, I hardly had time to fall in love with David. Somehow, he called again, and we went on more dates with my Mom and Townsend than we went on by ourselves in the first few months. David was a saint, really my angel that kept me happy and distracted us all. I'm such a lucky girl to have him. (PS--Townsend's doing great! Almost 2 years post-treatment!!)
4. Tell us the whole mushy story about how he or she proposed:
David is a green-builder, and, he recieves these incentive trips if he does enough business with the local lumber company. This year the trip was to Jamaica, at the RIU Montego Bay. David is not a planner, but, in January, he planned a camping trip for the two of us in March. I had my suspicions he'd propose there. However, he found a ring 3 days before Jamaica, and, in totally David style, he just couldn't wait. We arrived at this Purple Palace in Jamaica to wet, cold weather. There was nothing to do at the resort that catered to spring-breakers (think-liquor dispensers in the rooms) in 58 degree weather when it's raining. We ended up just cuddling and watching TV the first night and laughing about what we were going to do for the next 4 days in freezing Jamaica. He asked me to get up for the sunrise the next morning and I was adverse. However, when he was bouncing around the next morning like a 3 year old, I let him drag me out there. The beach was totally artificial, with concrete poured everywhere and a thin dusting of sand on top. I was like, omg, this is terrible, but we couldn't stop laughing about it all... and then, he was being all sentimental and I was all tired and I was like, oh baby, let's go back to bed, and I walked up behind him while he was crouched down, looking out to sea (honestly, slightly annoyed that I was up this early on a vacation), and I put my hand on his shoulder and he turned around on one knee and my heart did a couple double back flips, and then I fell to my knees too and then I was like, oh no, I've already ruined it, but then I just started crying and I was in shock and I was like, oh baby, wow, ohmigosh... is it insured? Because I lose all nice jewelery. Anyway, it was crazy... and then, I was like, we have to call our familes!! So, I spent $37 on a 7 minute phone call home. Then, this Jamaician guy was like, 'I have free minutes to America, if you come on my tour, you can use my cell phone the whole way there and the whole way back!" and we were like, OK, great! We got on the bus, without thinking much, and discovered we were going on an all day trip to Bob Marley's birthplace... not exactly what I would like to do on my engagement day. But David likes Bob and I like talking on the phone, so it worked out kinda ok... actually, it sucked, but whatever, I was in bliss, couldn't stop staring at the ring, and was able to at least call everybody.
5. Do you consider yourself a free spirit? Explain why or why not.
No. David is my free spirit. I am the grounded one. I think I'm too high-strung to be a free spirit...but I'm getting better. Dave is so like, whatever about everything that it frustrates me, but, I realize it's actually quite good, because otherwise I'd be such a square for the rest of my life. He rounds my corners and helps set my spirit free.
6. What inspires you?
The passionate physicians I have the wonderful opportunity to work with everyday. I would love to be able to dedicate my life to my patients the way they do. It is indescribable, really. I want to be smarter, more knowledgable and harder working and somehow fit in my family, my friends and my life-hobbies... some of these physicians can really do it all.
7. Pretend for just a moment that you won this contest, and we are allowing you to pick only one aspect of the wedding to have control of. What would that be?
My dress...assuming I get the groom and the guest list to be my choice by default. Oops, and, actually, I would not be happy if there were skulls and crossbones at my wedding... I don't like that style, so that's controlling too many things I think. If I had to choose from the above, the groom is what I care about most.
8. In your mind, what are the three most important aspects of a wedding?
The vows, the people, the love.
9. Do you have a Myspace or a Facebook? If so, please attach the link. We'd like to make sure we haven't seen you on Cops.
ooh, I'm not sure the link will go through... but I'm Kirby Tanner on Facebook and I promise I'll friend you as long as you're not a patient I recognize from the psych ward ....http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=2716812&ref=profile
10. If you were to get a tattoo for your wedding, what would it be?
A heart on the bottom of my foot. Actually, that's cheating, because I've always wanted that. I know, BORING, but I have the perfect place for it.
12. If there is anything else you think that we should know, or if you'd like to use this space to mercilessly sell yourself to us, then go ahead:
Don't give me the wedding because my brother had cancer. He's fine now. Otherwise, the only chance I have of getting married in the next year is you guys, otherwise, the Mother is taking over (because she's paying for it) and we will seriously have monogram city. I think we may opt for the courthouse, David said he'd do that any day.
1. How long have you and your fiancee been together?
3 years 4 months 6 days
2. Do you know how to spell fiancee?
Maybe
3. How did you lovebirds meet?
I had a crush on my friend John's hot older brother for years, but we hadn't actually talked. Then one night I was out with friends, celebrating my entry into medical school. My friend John brought his hot older brother along and my sister caught the eye of said hot older brother. He starting chatting it up with her but ended up ditching my sister to chat with me. (He claims that was the plan all along). It was a nice conversation for sure, but he didn't ask for my number. 5 days later he got my number from his brother John and called to ask me out, saying... "Hey, Kirby, this is David, John's (hot older) brother... yeah, so, yeah, John tells me you climb and I was going to try to go to the wall this week and yeah, maybe you wanna go too? Well, um, yeah, just give me a call at 280-8900 if you want to, and then maybe we can grab dinner or something." I know that's what he said because I was in the library studying and I listened to it at least 4 times and I was just the happiest girl. About 2 hours later my little brother called me from the hospital in Raleigh to tell me the doctors thought he had cancer,, they were hoping it was Hodgkin's Disease. Words can't describe what it is like to hear that from your 19 year old brother. I happened to be alone while downtown Chapel Hill when I got that call, and I immediately started walking home. I saw John's car at the Trail Shop where he worked, and, seeing the shop was empty, I went in and said, "Hey John, Townsend has cancer. Tell David I'm flattered he called, but I can't call him back." John just hugged me while I cried and I went home to meet my Mom, who was driving into town. The next few weeks were blurry, between his cancer treatments and medical school, I hardly had time to fall in love with David. Somehow, he called again, and we went on more dates with my Mom and Townsend than we went on by ourselves in the first few months. David was a saint, really my angel that kept me happy and distracted us all. I'm such a lucky girl to have him. (PS--Townsend's doing great! Almost 2 years post-treatment!!)
4. Tell us the whole mushy story about how he or she proposed:
David is a green-builder, and, he recieves these incentive trips if he does enough business with the local lumber company. This year the trip was to Jamaica, at the RIU Montego Bay. David is not a planner, but, in January, he planned a camping trip for the two of us in March. I had my suspicions he'd propose there. However, he found a ring 3 days before Jamaica, and, in totally David style, he just couldn't wait. We arrived at this Purple Palace in Jamaica to wet, cold weather. There was nothing to do at the resort that catered to spring-breakers (think-liquor dispensers in the rooms) in 58 degree weather when it's raining. We ended up just cuddling and watching TV the first night and laughing about what we were going to do for the next 4 days in freezing Jamaica. He asked me to get up for the sunrise the next morning and I was adverse. However, when he was bouncing around the next morning like a 3 year old, I let him drag me out there. The beach was totally artificial, with concrete poured everywhere and a thin dusting of sand on top. I was like, omg, this is terrible, but we couldn't stop laughing about it all... and then, he was being all sentimental and I was all tired and I was like, oh baby, let's go back to bed, and I walked up behind him while he was crouched down, looking out to sea (honestly, slightly annoyed that I was up this early on a vacation), and I put my hand on his shoulder and he turned around on one knee and my heart did a couple double back flips, and then I fell to my knees too and then I was like, oh no, I've already ruined it, but then I just started crying and I was in shock and I was like, oh baby, wow, ohmigosh... is it insured? Because I lose all nice jewelery. Anyway, it was crazy... and then, I was like, we have to call our familes!! So, I spent $37 on a 7 minute phone call home. Then, this Jamaician guy was like, 'I have free minutes to America, if you come on my tour, you can use my cell phone the whole way there and the whole way back!" and we were like, OK, great! We got on the bus, without thinking much, and discovered we were going on an all day trip to Bob Marley's birthplace... not exactly what I would like to do on my engagement day. But David likes Bob and I like talking on the phone, so it worked out kinda ok... actually, it sucked, but whatever, I was in bliss, couldn't stop staring at the ring, and was able to at least call everybody.
5. Do you consider yourself a free spirit? Explain why or why not.
No. David is my free spirit. I am the grounded one. I think I'm too high-strung to be a free spirit...but I'm getting better. Dave is so like, whatever about everything that it frustrates me, but, I realize it's actually quite good, because otherwise I'd be such a square for the rest of my life. He rounds my corners and helps set my spirit free.
6. What inspires you?
The passionate physicians I have the wonderful opportunity to work with everyday. I would love to be able to dedicate my life to my patients the way they do. It is indescribable, really. I want to be smarter, more knowledgable and harder working and somehow fit in my family, my friends and my life-hobbies... some of these physicians can really do it all.
7. Pretend for just a moment that you won this contest, and we are allowing you to pick only one aspect of the wedding to have control of. What would that be?
My dress...assuming I get the groom and the guest list to be my choice by default. Oops, and, actually, I would not be happy if there were skulls and crossbones at my wedding... I don't like that style, so that's controlling too many things I think. If I had to choose from the above, the groom is what I care about most.
8. In your mind, what are the three most important aspects of a wedding?
The vows, the people, the love.
9. Do you have a Myspace or a Facebook? If so, please attach the link. We'd like to make sure we haven't seen you on Cops.
ooh, I'm not sure the link will go through... but I'm Kirby Tanner on Facebook and I promise I'll friend you as long as you're not a patient I recognize from the psych ward ....http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=2716812&ref=profile
10. If you were to get a tattoo for your wedding, what would it be?
A heart on the bottom of my foot. Actually, that's cheating, because I've always wanted that. I know, BORING, but I have the perfect place for it.
12. If there is anything else you think that we should know, or if you'd like to use this space to mercilessly sell yourself to us, then go ahead:
Don't give me the wedding because my brother had cancer. He's fine now. Otherwise, the only chance I have of getting married in the next year is you guys, otherwise, the Mother is taking over (because she's paying for it) and we will seriously have monogram city. I think we may opt for the courthouse, David said he'd do that any day.
We need your help! Vote!!
Dear Friends, Family, and those who've stumbled upon this blog,
David (fiancé) and I applied for a free wedding through www.thenotwedding.blogspot.com. We've made it to the finals, and the winner will be determined through an online blog vote. We need your help!! Go to www.thenotwedding.blogspot.com and vote for us on the right hand column. Every vote counts, so please copy and send this link to anyone who might vote! You only have until Sunday, April 5 to vote and we really need everyone's help! We're so excited to have this opportunity and thank you all for your support!
Love, Kirby (and David)
David (fiancé) and I applied for a free wedding through www.thenotwedding.blogspot.com. We've made it to the finals, and the winner will be determined through an online blog vote. We need your help!! Go to www.thenotwedding.blogspot.com and vote for us on the right hand column. Every vote counts, so please copy and send this link to anyone who might vote! You only have until Sunday, April 5 to vote and we really need everyone's help! We're so excited to have this opportunity and thank you all for your support!
Love, Kirby (and David)
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