Our non-shotgun shotgun :)

The demand has come in regarding my supposed new marital status. Ok, so it’s not “supposed”, it’s for real. *gasp* Corinne Pernisie is finally married…much to the disbelief of many, I’m sure! lol Anyways, here’s the deal. It was actually planned all along. Seeing as I’ve bitten the bullet and agreed to become a local resident in our friendly neighbouring country, there’s this wierd concept called “immigration”. Funny that. We were warned that this process can take up to 9 months to complete, and during that 9 months, I am unable to legally live, much less work in the US. I continue to find it amusing how difficult the States make it for Canadians to come into their country. And the best part is, their fear is that we’re just going to waltz in, use a partner to get our citizenship and then ditch them. As if we’re just DYING to be American. At any rate, I can’t comment on whether it’s much easier for them to come to Canada so I better be nice!

I digress…

So it just made most sense to get married and get the paper work started. Our original plan was to be all coy and keep it a secret until our formal wedding in April. But for those of you already married, I’m sure you can agree that it’s the happiest day of your life and the LAST thing you want to do is keep it a secret. (Besides the fact I’m TERRIBLE at keeping secrets) Our official date was Friday, August 29th, and it was absolutly perfect. We had it at my parents place in front of the fire with my puppy at our feet. Mom and dad, Heather and Kyle and Granny were there. So intimate, so memorable.

Our wedding in April will still go ahead as planned. I am, of course, your typical female. I want the dress, the flowers, the dinner…everything a girl has always dreamed of. It’s going to be in Osoyoos at Nk’Mip winery and resort but again, we’re keeping it small and intimate with pretty much just family. I am still so excited to get everyone together and it’ll be great to be up in the Okanagan one last time before I leave the country!

Thanks so much for all your love and wishes. We are so happy to have started our lives together…the only thing that would have made it better is if we could have done it “normally” and already be co-habiting, but hey! normal is so over rated right?!