Holy Shit I Got Married!!!

I got married! 

That’s right on Kate and I went to the Gardiner City Hall and tied the knot on Thursday June 27, 2013. 

But let’s back it up a bit shall we.  On Wednesday the 26^th after Kate got out of work we went to City Hall to pick up our marriage license.  After the clerk gave it to us I made the comment, “now we can get married whenever we want!”  And the Clerk says, “I can do it right now for $25.”  According to Kate it we almost did right then and there.  Apparently the temptation was too much because just 20 short hours later we returned and with the Gardiner Animal Control/Safety Officer Jamie Dacyczyn and Kate’s good friend Meaghan who happened to be nearby, we got married on the side lawn of City Hall.  It was perfect!  With the aid of two cellphones and some mighty fine multi-tasking skills, Meagan was our photographer and videographer all in one!

Our wedding party

 Having a tradition wedding was something that Kate was always on the fence about, she never really wanted one but felt that it was something that we should do because, that’s what you’re supposed to do.  Traditional is not my firebug, not by a long shot! 

We are still going to have our reception on September 14^th with the honeymoon to follow.  For the most part, people don’t go to a wedding for the ceremony, they go for the party!  So we’re going to give them the party!

In other news, Canaan is now a brown belt and can break a board with his fist, awesome!

I’ve decided to watch the X-Files all over again from the beginning.   The first season debuted 20 years ago this September, I’m 10 episodes in to the first season, and it still holds up!! Although the technology is quite comical at times.  Now a-days Mulder wouldn’t have to worry about someone ruining his pictures by exposing the film in his camera, he would probably be uploading to his cloud drive whilst he was taking the photos.

Recently watched a solid flick at home entitled, No One Lives, worth watching.  Speaking of worth watching, Man of Steel was phenomenal!!!

 

Can’t believe I forgot to blog this, Kate, Canaan, and I attended the WWE House Show at the Augusta Civic Center June 2^nd.  It was Canaan’s 3^rd WWE event, Kate’s 1^st, and my, well let’s just says it’s a big number.  It wasn’t the best show I’ve ever been too, but it wasn’t the worst.  A couple good matches Canaan really like the Sheamus vs. Wade Barrett match and Cena vs. Ryback in a tables match.  I had to go to work directly after.  I really wish The Shield had been on the card.

I’ve been itching to get another tattoo for a long time.   I wanted to get one when I got my retirement pay out, but it wasn’t to be.  I’ve got a few designs printed up and I pretty much know where I want them.  I’ve been meaning to stop in a couple places and get quotes so I know what I’d been in for cost wise.  I really like Wright Tattoo, but he charges $100 an hour and that includes the set up time.  Obviously I’m not going to go someplace just because it’s cheaper, I know people who have had work done there before and I like it.

At home we watch an excessive amount of Gordon Ramsey watching Kitchen Nightmares, Hell’s Kitchen, and Master Chef.  Canaan loves him some Master Chef.  I like his rampages when he get’s angry at the Chef’s for doing a lousy job.  It’s great!

I guess that’s it for now…check you guys later!

A Weekend of Musical Enjoyment

The weekend of June 8th & 9th was quite a fun weekend indeed!  I was off thanks to some shift swapping with Rood because he needed time off for a Disney trip and I did for a concert, a birthday present from Kate!

We headed out Saturday afternoon with Emma and Caleb to Meadowbrook in Gilford, New Hampshire for Old Crow Medicine Show and Avett Brothers.

It was overcast, but he weather was nice and the drive there was excellent.  We stopped enroute at a Honey Dew doughnut place for a snack and bathroom break.  I'd never been to one before so I sampled the donuts.  They were pretty good, better than Dunks, but Bolley's is still my favorite. 

We arrived at the venue with plenty of time to spare and staked out our place on the lawn.  We were surrounded by hippies and boy did they like to dance during Old Crow, it was like nothing I'd seen before!  We were sitting on the ground at first, but after I got stepped on and then fell upon we decided that standing was the only option. 

I would like to note that the drunk, pot smoking, and very apologetic hippie that fell on me never touched the ground as I caught him and then raised him back to his feet. 

Boy those hippies sure did like their Old Crow and didn't seem to care much for the Avett Brothers as when they took the stage it was a completely different type of audience around us.

My main reason for going was to see the Avett Brothers, but I enjoyed Old Crow a lot more! Kate says that Avett is much better in a small intimate environment like The State Theatre.  It was great to hear my favorite Avett Brothers songs live, but they didn't sing January Wedding which surprised me.

We had a great time! Here are some clips on your tube from the show while they last!

 On Sunday Kate and I went to the Old Port Festival in Portland and to attend the Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zero's concert at the State Theatre. 

Neither of us had been to the Old Port Festival before and were surprised that they close down so many streets, such a large portion of the area and those streets are packed with food and merchandise vendors, to mention the local businesses having sales and events.  In total there are 6 stages with 4 - 5 lives acts on each through out the day. 

Due to the Facade falling on the side of the building at the State Theatre there was a fear that the concert would be cancelled.  In the end the start time of the show was pushed back and hour, which would cause a headache all it's own later.

We walked every street and looked at every booth and caught a song or two at most all stages.  We had a cupcake at East End Cupcake, as seen on Cupcake Wars, I had a NEHI Orange Soda finally, it was so good!  Ice cold glass bottle!  Best of all we found that there is a Cabot Cheese Annex store where I can buy White Cheddar Shake!!!!  They have a dozen cheese's for sample, some dips, the cheddar shake, and a root beer and we sampled them all. 

At the WCLZ stage we watched the whole set of Charlie Mars, he was great!  I would see him again that's for sure!

He told very entertaining monotone stories before each song. It was great!

Other acts we caught at various stages, Northern Lands, Sha Sha Sha, The Pete Kilpatrick Band, Vicci Martinez, Morgan Frazier, Eric Paslay, and Enter the Haggis.

Kate's best friend Erin and her boyfriend Chase joined us for the Edward Sharpe concert. It was a good show but I've got more than just a few complaints.  The show was supposed to start at 8pm, but was pushed back until 9pm, and they didn't come on stage until 915pm.  They were their own opening act singing and acoustic set of cover songs for half an hour with the audio all messed up so we couldn't even hear them.  Then after their set they took a half hour break and came back on stage with their songs at 1015pm. 

Finally the show got good and the audio was perfect.  But as the night wore on the concert was getting later and later, bad for us because the garage we parked in closes at midnight.  Finally at 1150pm we decided to leave, but Kate couldn't go because we still hadn't heard Home or Om Nashi Me, our favorite songs. 

So Erin and Kate stayed while Chase and I went and got the cars and pulled them around parking near the State and waited for the girls, where at least Kate got to hear them perform those songs.  Click the link below for a you tube video of Home, I couldn't get it to embed.

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros at the State Theatre Portland

All in all it was a good show, there was just some very frustrating parts like every song being extended and not getting to hear Home or Om Nashi Me.  I did get to hear some wonderful versions of Man on Fire and Fiyi Wata.

It was a wonderful weekend with two very long days and some great music! 

Later Readers