So, where did we leave off? Right…

Once we received the news that Scuttles was negative for both lymphoma and IBD, we thought that we were in the clear and that he would begin to get better. Unfortunately for all of us, that did not happen. At first, the prescribed combination of prednisone (to bring down the inflammation in his intestines), clavamox (to help with the infection), metronidazole (to help with the infection and reduce the inflammation), and ondansetron (to reduce the vomiting) seemed to help; by the end of January, the size of Scuttles’ lymph node swellings had decreased by half and he had gained back a few pounds. His blood protein levels were a little high, but it was assumed that was because of the infection. Halfway through February, however, Scuttlebutt took a turn for the worse. He stopped responding to the ondansetron, which in turn caused him to start throwing up again. The constant vomiting prevented him from absorbing the nutrients in his food, which stressed his body further, causing his infection to get worse and his lymph nodes to become enlarged again. In matter of a week, he lost all the weight he had gained back and became lethargic again.

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Lordy loo, our poor little blog has been grossly neglected since the wedding! Guess it’s about time we got to ‘splainin’ why. Be warned… This is going to be a very long post.

The explanation (in super fun list format!)
June, 2009

• We get married and go on an amazing honeymoon (pictures available here and here)


• We begin revamping the original M&T website (which was solely devoted to the wedding) to make it serve as sort of a portal for all of our different sites (i.e., this blog, our recipes site, our photo gallery, etc.). We compile all of the wedding information into a separate site and begin updating it with pictures from the wedding and vendor reviews.

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California judge rejects same-sex marriage ban.

(We’ll return to blogging soon… Promise!)

And now, part two of our wedding day recap!

What M(ike) remembers
It was great, they had a little room set aside for the wedding party to hang out and brought us appetizers while we waited for the grand entrance. How thoughtful of them! And they kept bringing tray after tray of appetizers, it was great. I was starving! I didn’t want to eat too much though, because I was nervous about our first dance.

Pretty soon it was time for the grand entrance, and it was really fun. The DJ played Sexxlaws by Beck which is a really fun upbeat tune, and called people in one at a time. We finally made our grand entrance, and pretty much went right into our first dance.


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You asked for it… Enjoy our (very long) two-part recap of the big day! We’ll post more pictures once we get our proofs from the photographers.

What M(ike) remembers
On the day of our wedding (tee hee!) I remember waking up a little bit before the wakeup call we had scheduled. I stayed in bed figuring I would need the rest. Once the wakeup call came at 7am, I hopped out of bed and took a shower. After taking a shower, I consulted the checklist I made that many people have heard rumors about. Here is a screenshot of the full checklist. Each column is for a different vendor or person in the wedding party and it indicates which of the items are applicable to them. In the words of Moose, “NERD!”

And as one person put it, “He has it to the minute!” Here is a zoomed-in view of part of it.

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In the morning, M(ike) and I had our last group dance rehearsal. For those of you who don’t know, we danced a rueda for the reception with some family members and friends from our studio. Our rehearsal was a little shaky, but we managed to get it together by the end. (We also danced the hell out of it at the reception. Go us!). After practicing, it was time for us to head to our hotel in Redondo Beach. Take a looksie at our totally bitchin’ hotel room…

View of the hallway

What’s that I see?

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