our Table Numbers!

just to advise, my fiance' is not exactly the best fountain of wedding ideas :) on our way home from church yesterday i was telling him about a new idea i had for the Table Numbers.. told him it would be romantic if we use our families' wedding pics, like his mom and dad's wedding pic, my lolo and lola's.. like this:

nice diba? .. but he was so against it it was so funny! hahah:P


then he asked why we had to do that, told him it's fun and more personalized that way :) then i told him about how other couples would name their table numbers after the places they've visited.. such as this couple whose names are also Sarah and Eric hehe :P

but since we are not exactly one of the most traveled couples, we ditched that thought (otherwise we might just have two tables: DUBAI AND MANILA haha! :P


then i asked him for his ideas. he suggested why not use the names of the places where we love to eat.. i was indignant! hello?! we're gonna have Chili's, Chowking, Pizza Hut, McDo for table numbers?! i don't think so! grrr.... :)


finally he said, then what about the movies we have watched together. and it clicked! it's so perfect! after all , we can still remember our first date was watching Revenge of the Sith.. followed by Mr. and Mrs. Smith on the second date.. i still remember the reason i gave him a Human Torch collectible on our 6th monthsary was because Fantastic 4 was another one of our fave movie that we watched during those first 6 blissful months together..:)

honey's idea was simply perfect. after all, isn't watching a movie (whether in the cinemas or at home) one of everyone's topmost faves on their things-to-do-when-it-rains??! still keeping up with the theme! and we definitely would not have made it without those weekly movie dates on our first year together (Year 2005 :D).. we had so much fun reminiscing about the movies we have seen on those constant cozy first dates! :D it was so difficult to narrow them down to just 12!


it's just a bit funny though coz most of those movies are horror/suspense films which would not be entirely appropriate to put as wedding table numbers. Here's a couple of our all-time fave movies which did not make the list (sorry guys!)...

my fave Corpse Bride (i love Tim Burton!), for very obvious reasons:


and his fave Silent Hill:(may be too gory for our guests hehe :P)


anyway there you go guys.. we are gonna have our First Films on our First Year (2005) as Table Numbers. we already downloaded the pics.. yahoo! :D

how prayers can move mountains :)

REPOSTING FROM MY W@W E-GROUP.. :D retelling this blessing will not give it anymore justice than the way i poured my heart out on this one. just a quick note, h2b is Husband To Be :) w@w is my beloved group Weddings At Work. so here goes :


hi girls :)

remember me? your w@wie sis who asked you for prayers for us ng h2b ko a few weeks ago, coz he is having some problems na payagan mag-leave for our wedding? well, just to give u some updates, i think your prayers for us are working! :)

just today h2b and i incidentally had the same rest day. we decided to give it a shot and go to his HR office to ask for some help. i'm not sure anymore what was h2bs status when i posted here to ask for prayers, but up until a week ago h2b was able to talk to his Area Manager directly asking for the leave and he was advised na impossible daw syang makauwi jan sa Pinas since wala pa syang 1 year with his company and if (which he emphasized as a BIG ÏF") payagan man sya, max na ung one week kc emergency leave daw. actually he even asked h2b why he never mentioned he was getting married during his interview, to which i was so indignant tlg and upset na tipong, OK LNG SYA?? bkt mangdidiscriminate sya if you're getting married?? at sang part naman ng interview questions mo isisingit ung engagement mo aber?! anyway h2b was disheartened so i tried to make him (us) look at the bright side na at least nasabi n tlg namen sa in charge and in progress n tlg if papayagan sya or not.

but we decided today nga to ask for some info or guidance with HR. thankfully we were referred to another Filipina HR who confirmed my long-standing belief: she confirmed na since h2b will finish his 6th month probationary status on March, then there is no reason for him not to be allowed to go on leave :D he will be entitled to 14days at least, and if he needs more like 10 more days he can ask for approval from his Line Manager. :D

h2b told me all this as soon as we stepped out of the building. i was kidding around, sabi ko, ÖK HIT ME ;) as in parang hit me with the good or bad news hehe :P then un nga sinabi nya what HR said.. and OMG mga sis, i couldn't say anything at first, i waited for him to finish the whole kwento ng pinagusapan nila ng HR, just to make sure i was hearing everything correctly and walang BUT sa dulo.. pero un na nga. he should be allowed to go home daw. there is no 11month rule with his company. it's a common wrong notion. or maybe nagpPower trip lng ung boss ni honey. we don't know.

but when he finished.. ang lola nio.. di napigilan ang HAGULGOL. and when i say hagulgol, i mean iyak with nerve-wrecking sobs tlg.. can u imagine?! we were walking sa desert with our shades on and i covered my mouth with my two hands shaking my head na di din me tlg makapaniwala..and i was CRYING MY HEART OUT! nakakaloka to! di ko tlg mapigilian! humihikbi hikbi p tlg ko, ewan ko ba! cgro kc nilabas ko finally lahat ng anguish and worries and fears ko.. and i felt so so humbled by God's ways! His presence then was SO SO REAL kaya lalo kong napapaiyak.. all i could say tlg was THANK U LORD THANK U LORD.. no more words can say more with the gratitude na naramdaman ko knina.. it was such a blessing!

nung una niloloko ako ni h2b to stop kc bk daw may makakita hulihin pa sya sabihin kung ano ginagawa niya saken.. :) in the end pati sya naiiyak na din, altho he kept on reminding me na di pa talaga sya approved. but i told him, hon can't u see?? eto na un.. all i was praying for was ONE PERSON, one person in the right position from his work who will say, yes it's ok he can go on leave. for weeks even our families and friends tlgng sinasabi malabo yan, bk 1 week lng.. but then eto na nga.. somebody else is saying otherwise. and sobrang unexplainable ung nararamdaman kong amazement sa galing ni Lord.. how He takes care of us.. how faithful He is as a God, kahit undeserving kame with His love.. and once again He proved how prayers can indeed move mountains.

so i am writing this long update to give my warmest thanks again to you girls.. sobrang you're like sisters to me n tlg, kahit di pa tayo nagkikita kita.. the love and support here in this group is so tangible, not seeing one another in person is just semantics ;)a minor inconvenience. i love this group so much.. :*

sana nga tuloy tuloy na tong approval ni h2b.. konting dasal nlng to! aja aja! :D

muah!


sarah * erick
april 16, 2010
caleruega/royale tagaytay

http://coffeehappybride.blogspot.com
http://mywedding.com/erickandyais


here's some of our pics on our way to the HR Office (parang disyerto lng tlg noh?! haha!)

soaked with blessings :)

have you ever felt like sometimes you have all these Blessings showered down on you?? i have been having the same feeling for the past week now.. :) it all started when we had to cancel our Back Up Photographer (with a huge regret of course :().. that was a big step for us.. we prayed for it and in the end we had to let it go.. we are still open to the possibility that maybe we will be able to afford it.. but for now we have to focus on our must-haves.. we just gotta keep trusting God that He has better plans for us..

and then with that one little step back of Faith.. all these blessings suddenly came to us!

then came our On The day Coordinator. God blessed her to us for free :)

then came an offer for Back Up by a good friend's hubby.. he's new to the Photography biz but his works are good! we couldn't believe it :)

then we had proposal for a florist who can adjust to our budget.

then came our free rental of our couple's sofa and coffee table from the nice people of Royale Tagaytay (yey!)

then came the possiblity of us having our dream cake topper. :)

it's the little things but if you open your eyes.. all the blessings are all around you. you just gotta keep the faith. and stop whining. and start looking with your heart.

God showers us with blessings all the time! i feel like he's been showering it on us incessantly, we're soaked to the bones! i love it!

thank you Papa God! :D