Runaway Bride ... Reversal of Decision

Runaway Bride changed her mind and decided to go back to her husband. He agreed to quit his job so he could stay home with their son and take him to school.

This can't be the reason she had decided to leave the state. If we hear the real story, we will pass it on.

She is back at work and has rescinded her resignation.

Runaway Bride's Wedding

Cat's Day at the Wedding

I didn't get any sleep the night before the wedding due to taking pictures at my niece's slumber party and making DVD slideshows for each of the girls to take home that morning. So... some of the crazy stuff probably helped keep me awake!

I was told that the church was across the street from "the big church" in town, but was never given an address or even a street name. They told me that "the big church" was just a plain old Christian church. I did some Googling for information because it's about 40-50 minutes from where I live.

There is a Townname Christian Church there - so I was looking for it, but should have been looking for the Methodist Church. Luckily, the town is smaller than 10 blocks by 10 blocks! I'm glad it was in town and not out in more rural areas where I would have had a harder time finding it.

I had been told to arrive at 1:30 ... since I didn't know exactly where I was going, I left home early. I found the church about 1:00 and sat outside waiting. When the bride and groom arrived at 1:40 (with their child) they were fighting. There were a few more spats before the wedding and at the reception.

Before the wedding I walked over to the (small) reception hall to get pictures of the cake. The bride's father and the groom were taking the cake tiers out of the boxes, putting them on the stands, and trying to figure out how to drape the fabric on the bottom and wind the ivy up the poles of the stands. The blind leading the blind. The cake came from Wally-World (WalMart) and was decorated with pink & blue roses - looked more like a baby shower cake when you don't know the gender of the baby yet.

Bride's father was wearing a baseball team's t-shirt under his white shirt - you could see the logo through the back. Thankfully he wore his jacket during the ceremony, which lasted all of 10 minutes.

Bride's mother (Stormy) wore black pants and a black top with a bright tropical shirt over the black top. You could barely see her corsage because of the bold print.

Minister who performed the ceremony wore a tie with bright colors. The design included a church.

We won't even go into details of jeans, shorts, etc.

Bride's sister had to get money from dad to buy gas to get back home. They stopped at Starbucks on the way to the wedding and spent their gas money.

I told the bride before the ceremony that when it was over we would do family pictures at the front of the church. All she wanted when it was over was a picture of them with the minister who performed the ceremony. As the reception was nearing its end, the groom's family started asking about family pictures. We took those outside the church. Runaway Bride wasn't interested in those shots earlier, so I wasn't forcing the issue with her before the reception.

Counting children, there were no more than 30 people at the wedding. If the children had not been there, there would not have been anyone to catch the bouquet or garter!

It was a crazy crazy day......

The Runaway Bride

Stormy, Jr. has earned herself a new name - The Runaway Bride. She got married nine days ago and I (The Cat) had the pleasure(?) of taking the wedding pictures. The wedding itself is another post which I have not gotten to yet.

Last week I uploaded the wedding pictures to the local camera shop lab for printing of the 3 full sets they had requested. I picked those up on Saturday and brought them in this morning to deliver them. I was greeted with the news from someone in our department that the bride has left her groom - and was at Stormy's house getting ready to leave for another state far far away. As I had only been paid the fee for the wedding, I left our department and went straight to Stormy with the pictures acting as if I knew nothing. She told me what was happeneing and assured me that if Stormy Jr./Runaway Bride didn't pay for the pictures that she would write me a check. I did this wedding as a last minute favor to them (they asked 3 days before) - and did it for a fraction of what would normally be charged because I knew they were on a budget. They had only been planning the wedding for 3 weeks.

Stormy was called home earlier today because the police were at her house. Runaway Bride and the groom have been together for 7 or 8 years and have a 5 or 6 year old son. The groom apparently found out about her intention of leaving the state and has called the police to keep her from leaving and taking their son with her. How bad was their honeymoon?????

We're waiting to see if Squirrel takes off for parts unknown, too, if Runaway Bride actually leaves. On June 14th we posted about the engagement - http://random-acts-of-stupidity.blogspot.com/2006/06/heartbroken-squirrel.html .... which was just days after Squirrel had mentioned an interest in her - http://random-acts-of-stupidity.blogspot.com/2006/06/squirrel-dodges-bullet-and-considers.html.

Like Mother, Like Daughter

It must be genetic, Stormy's daughter leaned over Mrs. C's desk to look at an Avon book.... the sounds that erupted weren't as loud as her mother but we know what she has to look forward to as she gets older....

http://random-acts-of-stupidity.blogspot.com/2006/03/storms-coming.html

Marilyn is a Child Care Expert???

Stormy's daughter came in talking about her child from h@!!. Marilyn was very quick to give child care advice. They discussed time outs, grounding, standing in the corner, and other forms of punishment for when the child hits his mother. Marilyn of course is more than happy to give out her opinion on child care since she is so "experienced" in these matters.

Ha Ha. Marilyn is CHILDLESS-by-choice. She has never wanted kids - that would interfere with her me-me-me syndrome.

Heartbroken Squirrel

If haven't read the backstory about Squirrel dodging a baby bullet ... read here http://random-acts-of-stupidity.blogspot.com/2006/06/squirrel-dodges-bullet-and-considers.html

It was announced today that the Stormy's daughter got engaged over the weekend. We thought that relationship was over but apparently they reunited.

Squirrel's going to have to stay with his current girlfriend or find another replacement because in his mind you can not go for more than one day without a girlfriend.

Squirrel Dodges a Bullet.... and Considers Jumping in Front of Another One

For the past couple of weeks Squirrel has been fretting over his girlfriend. (background ... they lived together for a couple of years & when he got custody of his children from previous relationship there were some conflicts so he made girlfriend move out ..... they broke up for a day but she did not move back in .... they have been living apart for a few months now...) The girlfriend went to the doctor and was told that she might be pregnant so she gave Squirrel an ultimatum ..... MARRIAGE!!!!

He has been freaking out and confiding in a couple people at work that he feels he can trust. (it's open knowledge now...) He even went to his tax advisor to see how getting married would affect his tax return. As it turns out, girlfriend's hormones were all messed up and she is not pregnant but now wants to try to have a baby.

Squirrel thinks that maybe he will get rid of her and find someone else. In fact, he thinks that Stormy's daughter, who also works here, is "HOT" .... (they say beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.) His current girlfriend is 10 years younger than him and Stormy's daughter is even younger. He's looking for trouble if he wants to date a co-worker, especially one whose mother AND father also work here! If that relationship fails he will have to face all three of them on a regular basis.

Our Cast of Characters

A quick synopsis of our characters follows. After the main characters - the others are in alphabetical order.

Marilyn thinks she's a blonde bombshell - and she's 50 and wears mini-skirts & low-cut tops!

Wilma has red hair and that's all we will say...

Clinton is the husband of our co-worker Hillary

Hillary is a co-worker whose husband, Clinton, is supposedly having an affair with Monica, our HR person.

Jessica (as in Simpson) can be one of those ditzy airheads.

JoeJack is Marilyn's "contractor" boyfriend (self-employed if that's what you call it because he has his "own company" - nothing illegal, but he sure isn't a real contractor - more of a handyman)

Limburger is a male co-worker who often stinks.

Monica is our HR person and is said to be having an affair with a co-worker's (Hillary) husband (Clinton)

Mr. Kotter is actually a she and an educator

Mrs. C is a sweet lovable mother

Nick doesn't work with us. He's Jessica's husband.

Roseanne - Need we say more?

Shaggy - Skinny dude with a scraggly beard

Squirrel is a short skinny squirrel of a man who thinks he is God's gift to women (only) and loves to flirt with Marilyn. (Don't tell JoeJack!)

Stormy emits thunderous sounds

Stormy, Jr. is Stormy's daughter and also emits thunderous sounds. She is also the Runaway Bride.