The Bride
Maria is a middle school guidance counselor and worked for a little over 3 years until she was "abolished" due to the budget, she loved her job on most days, just not the ones where you were expected to be a miracle worker! She comes from an old school Italian family with parents right "off the boat," her biggest support system along with her best friend and big sister all in one.
She loves being healthy and active at all times with her favorites being running, a Woman's self defense/fitness class that involves all sorts of obstacle jumping and any form of torture as well as rocking out in her basement to workout DVD s where no one can see her. Close friends have called her their personal Richard Simmons, minus the short shorts. This past winter she attempted snowboarding for the 2nd time but has yet to leave the bunny hill=(
In her spare time she enjoys puzzles, taking pictures or as the fiance calls it: "the paparazzi is here" hence the attempt at the art of scrap booking she has recently taken up to help her non-craftiness. She is hoping some of it will rub off into some wedding DIY project and not a big waste of money.
She is not only planning a wedding, but just purchased a house, so will be spending time furnishing and decorating it, oy!
The Groom
Joseph (Joe, Joey, Frankie) has been a full time student for many years currently studying civil engineering at NJIT. He will graduate in the Spring of 2012 but continue with his dual enrollment in the master's program. Joe already has an associate's degree in Architectural Technology, has dabbled with selling real estate in NJ and has been doing construction/carpentry with his father and on his own since he was about 14, helping to run the family business. He is currently employed as a union journeyman down in NYC.
Joe also loves to be active, stay in shape, run outside on the trails, snowboard in the Winter and play soccer whenever he can. He loves the Big Bang Theory, mostly because he is Sheldon, and tries to get Maria to watch National Geographic but that may never happen. In his spare time Joe is currently working on the perfect excuse for being late and how much he can eat before he ends up in the emergency room with heartburn.
(Bio by the Bride to Be)
How they met??
Joe and Maria met early in September of 2005 through a mutual friend/family member. At first glance Maria thought he was a stuck up Jersey boy who made her cousin show up late because he was making himself pretty. They were introduced, chatted and spent the next couple hours smiling and flirting with each other and Maria's perceptions quickly changed.
At the end of the night during some chit chat it came about Maria had a wedding to go to in a month, she asked, he accepted and so the story began.
They spoke a couple times here and there, saw each other once or twice. Then on October 1st they attended the wedding where Joe, a busy construction worker with a hectic schedule said "Maria was someone he definitely wanted to make time for"
To this day Joe claims "I was set up" and Maria still sticks to her story "I just asked my cousin if he had any cute friends"
Maria is a middle school guidance counselor and worked for a little over 3 years until she was "abolished" due to the budget, she loved her job on most days, just not the ones where you were expected to be a miracle worker! She comes from an old school Italian family with parents right "off the boat," her biggest support system along with her best friend and big sister all in one.
She loves being healthy and active at all times with her favorites being running, a Woman's self defense/fitness class that involves all sorts of obstacle jumping and any form of torture as well as rocking out in her basement to workout DVD s where no one can see her. Close friends have called her their personal Richard Simmons, minus the short shorts. This past winter she attempted snowboarding for the 2nd time but has yet to leave the bunny hill=(
In her spare time she enjoys puzzles, taking pictures or as the fiance calls it: "the paparazzi is here" hence the attempt at the art of scrap booking she has recently taken up to help her non-craftiness. She is hoping some of it will rub off into some wedding DIY project and not a big waste of money.
She is not only planning a wedding, but just purchased a house, so will be spending time furnishing and decorating it, oy!
The Groom
Joseph (Joe, Joey, Frankie) has been a full time student for many years currently studying civil engineering at NJIT. He will graduate in the Spring of 2012 but continue with his dual enrollment in the master's program. Joe already has an associate's degree in Architectural Technology, has dabbled with selling real estate in NJ and has been doing construction/carpentry with his father and on his own since he was about 14, helping to run the family business. He is currently employed as a union journeyman down in NYC.
Joe also loves to be active, stay in shape, run outside on the trails, snowboard in the Winter and play soccer whenever he can. He loves the Big Bang Theory, mostly because he is Sheldon, and tries to get Maria to watch National Geographic but that may never happen. In his spare time Joe is currently working on the perfect excuse for being late and how much he can eat before he ends up in the emergency room with heartburn.
(Bio by the Bride to Be)
How they met??
Joe and Maria met early in September of 2005 through a mutual friend/family member. At first glance Maria thought he was a stuck up Jersey boy who made her cousin show up late because he was making himself pretty. They were introduced, chatted and spent the next couple hours smiling and flirting with each other and Maria's perceptions quickly changed.
At the end of the night during some chit chat it came about Maria had a wedding to go to in a month, she asked, he accepted and so the story began.
They spoke a couple times here and there, saw each other once or twice. Then on October 1st they attended the wedding where Joe, a busy construction worker with a hectic schedule said "Maria was someone he definitely wanted to make time for"
To this day Joe claims "I was set up" and Maria still sticks to her story "I just asked my cousin if he had any cute friends"