So.... We thought we had everything covered, self addressed and stamped RSVP's with invatations. but today my mail carrier tells me she asked on the RSVP cards, she brought me a couple their sorting machine "ate" the belt seems the combination of the paper type, size, and finish, causes the belt to snag the RSVP, so since its past the RSVP due date, Ive been calling, texting, and emailing to get a correct guest list and enough food and drink from the caterer as well as filling out form for the security gate to actually get them entry past gate 10 to arrive at Clubhouse 6.

Do we get another honeymoon ? 

Well everyone knows you cant get married without going on a Honeymoon even if its the 2nd one. Get married, Go on vacation, great rule....... We dont want to break any rules now so.....

We had a 3 state whirlwind tour and honeymoon, we landed in Atlanta Georgia, and had a leisurely drive through Georgia, the countryside once we got out of Atlanta was so beautiful and green. We stayed in Anderson South Carolina visiting family and seeing the sights, and celebrated our wedding and Dad's birthday, and then we drove off to visit Ashville North Carolina. Had to do the Smokey Mountains so we took the Blue Ridge Parkway. Tunnels and Lookout views were awsome...... got some very nice spectacular photos.

Smokeys were named as such for the clouds as in you drive right through them visibility down to zero, only time the wipers couldent keep up with the downpour of rain that afternoon. We did make it to the lodge for lunch... hot soup hit the spot. Did not plan on the rain so no jackets not that it was needed I can say one thing about the Carolinas HUMID..... give me California heat and earthquakes if I need to make a choice   

We did it once again, got married this afternoon at 2:00 p.m. same bride, and surprise same dress, thats o.k. she got the saame groom and tux suit. Beth's father Mike (Manuel) was very proud to walk his daughter down the isle.

We celebrated with "Dad" on the occasion of his 90th Birthday along with our wedding we enjoyed seeing the Krupsaw side of the family who live in the midwest or eastern side of the united states.

Sam & Patty made Wedding #2, Kim & Susie, Ben & Jane, (Krupsaw side) all made the trek down to be with us and Dad as well as the Rosen side (Beth's Mom) also came in to celebrate with us.

Met new family and visited with ones I already met over the past 25 years, it was a very nice ceremony and reception. another memorable date in our history to remember with love & respect

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We had a wonderful once in a lifetime wedding ceremony officiated by Capt. Todd McBain along with my new brother & sister in law Sam & Patty, and our very dear friends Debbie & Jim in attendance. The photos were all so amazing the ships photographers captured the moment and feeling of our special day and the time following taking us to pose from stem to stern, forward, aft, port & starboard, inside and out, decks including private photo session on the bridge. Easily several hundred photos. We registered for photos on our wedding at sea website with Princess and our extended family Chris, Pam, Shelby, and Kristy made that possible so we were gifted the all inclusive photo package, you know.... boarding, eating, formal, green screen, every port, and various sizes and backgrounds. We have in excess of 50 of those. between what we took, the ship took, the professional photographers, friends, and relitives, we have 1000 plus memories saved.  The ship gave us a cerimonial wedding certificate, and our wedding coordinator even had the ships vows, along with our own vows to each other transcribed onto nice ships stationary that was delivered to our cabin.... thank you Eric, you did a fantastic job onboard, we can't thank you enough. 

The countdown begins for final preperations. Today Beth and her neice Karyn went make up shopping, and thanks Karyn for no purple hair. Beth finished off her day with a hair trim and nails. Beth "Honey you look marvelous"

Seriously, East Coast invitations..... right day wrong date, this is what happens when you get married three times, 1st wedding at sea is the 28th, second wedding in South Carolina is the 29th so why does the South Carolina invitation say the 28th....? OOPS............ as we say..... "the third time is the charm" good thing our printing company is quick and reasonable. We both swear we read it back to each other and neither of us caught it, so we need to do it right this last time. 

Thanks to Debbie and Jim. Deb and Beth went for the final fitting. No I didnt get to see, Yes Deb took a picture, No she won't share. I will be surprised. but I did get to carry it to the car.  We all had a drink to toast to our wedding and our upcoming cruise that these friends are taking with us, and we had a nice dinner after the fitting. A very nice way to spend the afternoon.  

Yes we went to Lucky Feet Shoes to finish the foot fitting. Thanks again Rachel. So helpfull and patient, with the heel spacers or without, and how thick add 1, add 2, now take 1 away, let's try a different material. Soft or hard, is this good, better, or the best. Thank you once again. Yes we will stop by after the wedding to share a few of our wedding feet pictures.    

Yes it was shoes. We went to Lucky Feet Shoes again. They're not sales associates to us anymore..... Rachel and Jackie are more like family. We took a test walk with the wedding shoes. Beth is having them fine tuned to her feet like a Corvette. A little more time on the stretcher and a final glue down of some custom cut inserts. maybe Beth will be hiking in Alaska in them after all. This place is as close as you can come to custom made shoes without a Shoemaker, and Beth and I give them kuddos and high recommendations with anyone with sensitive hard to fit tootsies.   

So we are figuring clothing beyond the wedding in preperation for the cruise. Problem is Alaska weather, really don't know how to pack, so let's go in layers. Dress and Strip as required based on mother nature's whims for the day and where in Alaska we will be..... Now shoes, whew we didn't buy any more.... we are now fine tuning the latest and greatest pair Beth bought online. They fit but need a little tweaking in the toe area. Again Lucky Feet Shoe Store to the rescue. We took them in today and they are able to help. Industrial type shoe stretcher and a softer toe box lining to be installed so Beth can wear them longer than 15 minutes. Still a good thing. On the way back we hit a couple stores and returned some not the best fit but they did in the dressing room, and 2 of the 4 pair of wedding shoes found there way back in stock.    

The Wedding ceremony is the easy part. try everything on your going to wear. Last minute suspenders buttons get sewn in on the inside, no clip on bow ties no clip on suspenders. Alterations, tailor shop, cleaners, where is that list to make sure we dont forget anything. Passports, luggage tags, the cruise ship printed luggage tags, the cruise ticket, shore excursions. Packing for hot, cold, rainy weather ? Oh and lets not forget the shoes, shoes, and more shoes..... but two pair havent yet showed up ? We always have back up plan. 

O.K. Davids Bridal. Right dress...right size.  Right foundation...right size so just a final stitch here, a stitch there a few minor adjustments to make the dress just perfect. Cutting it close to the wedding departure date, so cross your fingers, no oops at this point. remember the rule of a carpenter measure twice... cut once.

Manuel the man VS. Manual the book. guess which one spell check chose and printer used. Well we have enough time to fix it. 

Guess what we did tonight, hint has something to do with covering the human foot. Beth has tried the shoe stretcher, the just wear them around the house method, and even the darn you attempt to talk the shoe into fitting her foot better all to no avail. I can help. No good deed goes unpunished. Found a site nothing but wedding shoes. set some filters and still Beth and I looked at 209 pairs of shoes. We ordered 2 and I hope they fit. really. no seriously I want Beth to be happy but if I need to look at another pair of shoes........ dont go there. Sweetheart I love you. even your feet.

Beth and I decided amd picked out our stamps for the new invatation, reception RSVP, and party cards for friends and family on the East Coast.

Sunday was another shopping day. We didn't plan it I went to grab a package of good old plain white T Shirts, no logo, no screen printing, just new shirts for under a dress shirt.  What is it about the word sale.... I know Beth is not a "shopper" and she will wear everything she bought, she did need to replace alot of cloths for work and casual. She dosen't do it often, so another basketfull and a visit to the fitting rooms to try them on, whittles down the pile. How better to wind up the day Coffee and doughnuts at Krispy Kreeme

So if you spend the day shopping you break for lunch after the shoes and hit the next store on the list. We did, and we hit it hard. tops, pants, dresses, stockings and even knee highs. We even bought some accessories to the new cloths. I think we covered the basic clothing groups for females and Beth is a happy girl today.

So I didnt expect Beth to climb mount McKinley in Alaska in her wedding shoes, so guess what we did today.... Who said buy more shoes, you in the third row, yep. We did however find a hidden gem in shoe stores. Lucky Feet Shoes in Long Beach.... Wow, if you know Beth you know that isint her sexy walk, and that shoe shopping is down at the bottom of her list of favorite passtimes, she never finds shoes that fits well, looks good, and are comfortable. She settles for they are on my feet so O.K.  Must give credit where credit is due. Thank you so much Rachel. Shoe shopping the way it used to be. Rachel helped Beth buy 5 pairs of shoes, that in itself is a win win situation. Beth was actually happy to buy shoes and Rachel was terrific, she knew her inventory, how to size up a foot, insole selection, modification, and even making good suggestions based on watching Beths' feet when walking..... she even taught me Ive been lacing and tying my shoes wrong for over 50 years. That 2nd hole at the top of the New Balance shoes... its for a runners knot.... who knew, never too old to learn... right Rachel ? again thanks, Beth has work shoes, casual shoes, and even a pair of New Balance for her, so she is set.  

Rent or buy that is the question. found out how much it would cost to rent a tux three times, so I bought a nice tailored black formal suit today. I started with off the rack, and let the tailor go to work. So with alterations, measurements, suit cuff measured from my fingers to wrist ? huh ? o.k. i am not doing the sewing think he starts at the zipper on the pants and buttons on the coat and works his way out jacket and pants marked up with so much chalk or whatever it is, it looks like a black and white suit. looking forward to wearing the final product. Got it at Mens Warehouse and no I didnt go on a spending spree. Good advise from my little brother, true how many times would I wear a tux ?

Davids called Beth. Dress is in, foundation is not, cant do alterations without whats holding her in and the dress up......

Beth........ please dont panic sweetheart. I see they wrote a new pick up date as March 5th, and claim it was supposed to be March 25th, still gives you a month to get it altered. let's think positive that they reordered the right everything style, size, and please no stress. 

Princess is still offering special wedding package passage pricing on this voyage, please use the RSVP button on our website and contact Princess direct. Mention the Krupsaw or Rosoff wedding party 

We have some tuxedo sizes to try on this Sunday. getting sized up at Firar Tux rentals then sending the form to Princess Formal Wear. Full tux and white dinner jacket, shirt, shoes, and bowtie, the entire package will be waiting in our stateroom on the first night. I try on and any other minor alterations the Princess tailors will make. Ready and delivered for the next morning. Use the package for the entire cruise. Wear is cleaned and pressed whenever I want it included for the entire length of the cruise. Turn it in after last formal night and at least 1 day before the cruise ends. How easy...... socks and under shorts ummm no thanks on rental

O.K. I hear its "bad luck" to see your bride in her wedding dress before the wedding. Does it count for shoes too ? Love makes you do strange things. Today I rediscovered the Brea Mall and ladies shoes. Guys feet 1 size and you buy it. Womens feet ? Style, then you get the size your feet are and try on the next size down and the next size up. so calculate times evey style shoe tried on by 3. and the colors, seriously how many discriptions can be used for the color "white" with or without embelishments, straps, heels, flats and the prices, why does a shoe with less material cost more ? Then once you have the shoes, you buy a different pair to change into once the ceremony is concluded so you can walk in them. What did I miss here ?     

Save the date..... For those of our family and friends residing on the Eastern part of the United states Beth and I have a Wedding date, and reception following the ceremony planned for Sunday July 29, 2018, at Temple B'nai Israel in Anderson South Carolina at 2:00 p.m. We are looking forward to sharing our special day with the celebration of Beths' father Mike Krupsaw on the occasion of his 90th Birthday.  We will be sending out invatations and RSVP cards soon. 

Save the date..... Sunday October 7, 2018 we will be having a wedding reception luncheon at 1:30 p.m. in Laguna Woods California.  We will be sending out invatations and RSVP cards soon. We are looking forward to seeing you all there to help celebrate in our joy.

Looks like we're going to make a trip back east to Anderson South Carolina to celebrate Beths' dads 90th birthday and looks like were going through a Jewish ceremony and reception for the family and friends on the East Coast.

We have also started plans for the West Coast reception looks like in October. More news to come if your following our blog

Beth went in for her fitting..... and right dress... wrong size she gets a "do over" they will order dress and foundation and do the fitting one more time....

So Beth did say yes to the dress on her 2nd fitting, and no I dont know what it looks like...... Our thanks again to Jonie and Karyn.

So Beth is going out tomorrow with friend Jonie, and neice Karyn to try on wedding dresses. So nice just to get measured, and rent a Tux. Just need to color cooridnate my hanky for showing not for blowing.

Just like a social media account the RSVP tab is where you can say yes or no and include a note if you like. thanks again to you all

I was just informed that the zip code on return address label is wrong - we didnt notice... but it is indeed incorrect the correct zip code for Norwalk is 90650

Say what you want about the U.S. Post Office.... but we mailed the invatations out on Saturday afternoon and we already received phone calls of congratulations on our pending upcomng vows at sea.

legal in the USA. marriage abroad in the country of Bermuda