Scott and I are slowly starting to ramp up on the wedding plans as we took some downtime from the kitchen renovation, a weekend in Ottawa, Toronto Pride and a freak thunderstorm. Personally, I’m waiting for the zombies to appear.
And that said, I realize we are completely way behind on updating our blog!
Pride week is a big week and weekend for Scott and me. We actually met on the Saturday of Toronto Pride 1997 as seen in the picture to the left.
Yes, that’s Scott with dyed blonde hair and a much younger version of myself – 26 (almost 27) and 23, respectively. We chose to re-create the picture at Pride this year. Much thanks to Paul Ciantar for taking the picture!
Pride Monday, though, is also a significant event for us. When Scott was working at The Hospital for Sick Children and I was working at Nortel, we worked across the road from each other. As such, we would attend the Pride Flag raising at Toronto City Hall each year – until 9 years ago when I started working in Mississauga and couldn’t attend, although I am contemplating making it a regular long weekend for Scott and me because…
…Monday was the day that we also picked up our marriage license! Not only that, but it was also 60 days to the actual wedding day.
It was a painless process and we had a nice surprise in that our friend Michel was the person that registered our paperwork and everything.
So needless to say, we have the paperwork.
Our Premier, Kalthleen Wynne, looked fabulous in her white dress. And yes, that is Dougie Ford with a pride flag in hand. It’s interesting seeing how gregarious he is relative to his brother who couldn’t get back to City Hall quick enough after reading the Pride Week proclamation.
Of course, the big news that week was that the Supreme Court of the United States rejected DOMA (Defence of Marriage Act) and dismissed Proposition 8 in California. While it doesn’t affect Scott and I directly, although I will feel considerably more comfortable and will with pride declare Scott as my husband when we go through US Customs, we do have a lot of affinity for marriage equality in the United States and feel for those fighting against all of the stupid and inane arguments that people come up with. We’ve had marriage equality in Canada for 10 years now, and we’re still together as a nation, lightning hasn’t struck us, etc…
So congratulations to our friends in the US. I already know of one wedding-related event Scott and I will be attending in the Bay Area this year.
Back to our planning:
- We’ve figured out clothing for what we and our groomsmen are wearing.
- We’ve figured out one reading and we’re looking at another.
- Our food planning is coming along and I am hoping to meet this week or next week on the food plans.
- We have one piece of clothing that is being made for us, for the reception, that we’re finalizing and should be done in about two weeks.
- We’re figuring out the bonboniere, which will most definitely be representative of us and our community of friends, family and coworkers. Like I said, this is going to be a different wedding.
- We’re slowly figuring out flowers.
- Tonight I spent time figuring out what music will be played and when during the ceremony.
- Our colours are blue, yellow and white.
And there you go! That’s out update.