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I’ve come across a severe love of corned beef as of late. I’m not sure why (aside from the fact that it’s just friggin’ awesome), especially considering how much I’ve avoided it prior. I mean, I’ve had the corned beef hash at the Gold Star Diner and it was ok (better than the canned crap), but it didn’t really fill me with joy.

Then Karen and I made corned beef ourselves, and oh God was it good. Since then I’ve been ordering it at the Boytnon nearly constantly and we’ve cooked it ourselves a few times. The important thing to note here is that as a result of making our own, we’ve always had leftovers. And, of course, that means making corned beef hash. Apparently I’m quite good at making it, according to Karen. That just makes me want to make it more.

On a separate note, March is coming up. Karen’s going to be out of the country for a large portion of that (and I will be, as well, but for a small portion, as I will be joining her in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for a few days). She gets to go to Scotland over Easter during her business trip to Cambridge, which is friggin cool. I wish I could go with her, but I’m glad she’ll get to go even if I’m not there.

On another separate note, we’ve booked the photographer for the wedding. Her samples were really really nice, so we’re optimistic about it turning out well. I’m getting excited about this already.

... to get married in. And I say this because Karen and I have decided upon a time and place (which, really wasn’t all that hard a search. The first place we looked at was stunning). Set your calendars (and for the more forgetful among us, your watches) for October 4, 2008, probably nearing dusk. It’s going to be a friggin’ blast.

We’ve already secured the presence of a few people for the wedding party, and the rest will be coming into place shortly. What’s funny is that two of the people we picked have just recently started dating, which is odd in a wonderful kind of way. Well, not really odd since both Karen and I saw it coming a mile off. :)

We have to send out “Save the Date” cards now, since apparently invitations don’t get sent out nearly as far in advance as I thought. I could have sworn they get sent out like 6 months prior, but I’d never heard of “Save the Date” cards either until recently, so I guess that’s just something different they did when I was a kid? Maybe? And we need to get on to making the favors. The current idea is to etch video game characters and stuff onto wine glasses or champagne flutes. We spent a whole night at the Boynton a while back coming up with ideas. One my mother came up with is, instead of the glasses, we give bottles of real maple syrup in various grades. They both look good (according to Mom) and they’ll taste good (though I don’t care much for the “Real” stuff—I know, I know…).

God I’m excited about this now. :)

So this weekend we’ve attended another wedding. Last weekend it was up in Vermont, and this weekend it was in upstate NY. Both were very nice, if a bit out in the middle of nowhere. I suppose I can’t really complain, since Karen and I are kinda planning on having ours in the middle of nowhere, so if we can’t handle travelling, how can we expect our guests to? Well, aside from the fact that they all love us because we’re awesome… of course.

We’re also about halfway through our whirlwind July experience. Every weekend, we’ve got a weekend-long trip planned out. Two weddings, next week is camping in VT, and the week after is one of the extended birthday parties Karen’s friends are famous for PLUS a bad movie party. Craziness.

Next weekend will be great, though, because we’ve got an entire weekend of nothing but relaxing in the middle of nowhere. :)

Umm, yeah. I’m a bad blogger.

Ok, here’s a rundown of the important things since we got back from Iceland.

Number One I’m totally friggin’ engaged! How’s that for awesome?! It was 456 days since I’d first laid eyes on Karen, and I asked her to marry me in the middle of Harvard Square with a (cherry) Ring Pop. This is it on the right. Sadly, it was not long for this world, and she ate it the next day. But that’s cool, because I bought 3, so we had more when we went to tell our respective parents. Apparently after I asked, Karen had to make sure afterwards that she actually said yes, because the moment was a blur. We’ve tenatively set a date for the 4th for October, 2008. We’ve also tentatively planned for having it up north somewhere where the foliage is at its peak right in time for the ceremony.

Number Two thoughtbot’s moved! We ditched the place on Cambridge St. and now we’re rockin’ the Downtown Crossing. It’s really coo, because now I get to take the T every day and Karen can bike to work. This is good for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that it gets me out and walking more.

Number Three Karen and I are experimenting with Gluten Free baking. Karen’s got this idea for a business, and I happen to think it’s pretty awesome, so I’m helping. We’re doing it all scientifically, so I started recording everything in a notebook. Apparently this is ridiculously cute, because I was getting some squee-age afterwards. :)

Number Four Chad moved! Chad (my partner at thoughtbot) moved down to the Philly area because his wife, Rachel, finished her PhD and got a job down there. They’re blogging the experience of moving which is pretty cool.

Number Five I have no pants on!