Ready or not, there's to be a wedding in my life in 15 days. And no, I really don't have time to blog, but here I sit.
I do have a dress. The Dress. Yes, the dress Catherine said made me look like a 51 year old mother-of-the-bride. That's OK. I still love it. Now to get shoes. I want red. Catherine wants the two of us to wear matching shoes so red probably won't do. I am going to Sumter this week-end for a shower at her church and to do our shoe shopping. This will be interesting. One of us will cry.
Things really seem to be falling into place. Had a little scare at the florist today. I had called her last week to order a corsage for a shower the bridesmaids were doing (umm, I forgot to go pick it up) and told her I would come by one day this week to discuss details. We had already met a couple times but need to finalize stuff. I didn't go so I stopped by today and her comment to me was, "I didn't really realize the wedding was the Saturday after Thanksgiving." I just stared at her then reminded her that that was the first thing I had told her to be sure she could handle it. She assured me she could but had just not realized when it was. Whew, anyway, I am going on Tuesday after school and finalize what we need.
It has been crazy. Altering the wedding dress has been amazing. She is wearing my wedding dress which has been butchered and rebuilt to modernize it. It is finished and beautiful. Catherine says it is everything she wanted it to be. Good. Don't know what we would have done at this late date if it had not been what she wanted. The flower girl dresses had to have a little work and a couple of the bridesmaid dresses had to have a few alterations. I did the bridesmaid dresses and they turned out great. I have also made 10 precious aprons for the ladies helping me at the wedding. I finished all the truffles and hope I never see another one. In the beginning I was eating one every now and then. I soon tired of the nasty things. Yuck. Hate truffles.
Thank God for family and friends who have helped me so much. Some things just get frustrating and somebody always steps up to the plate for me. Blessed beyond measure. Got all the bows made, all the jars wrapped with burlap, all my orders have arrived, and my freezers are full. Every spare inch in every room of my house is stacked with .....stuff. Hitting Sams again Tuesday night and finishing my duct tape water bottles. I am making gift bags for all my helpers and am spending a lot of time with those handmade projects. I love to give and receive handmade things. They are so special and I want these gifts to be special and personal.
I have done a lot of antique shopping. I spent the night in the mountains last Thursday and went to a thousand shops on Friday. I found this place deep in the woods where a lady was having a "Barn Sale". Oh my gosh. I feel in love with her. She opens her "barn" about 6 times a year. I sat on one of her beautiful antique sofas for about an hour and a half drinking cider and talking. I felt like I had known her forever. What an amazing day it was. I love days like that. My good friend calls those days "dumb days". Days where you do something totally unexpected and unplanned. Amazing.
Catherine has had 3 showers and another one in Sumter this week-end. My aunt, Ethel Lee Crocker, gave her a fabulous "Around the Clock" shower. It was indescribably amazing. The flowers, the decorations, the food....amazing. The bridesmaids, (with the help of Shearra Miller, my mom and me) gave her a "Months of the Year" shower and my cousin gave her a drop-in shower. So she has already been thoroughly "showered". I know this one in Sumter will be fabulous.
They are going to Disney on their honeymoon. How fun. They can only stay a few days because of work but I know it will be great.
I am feeling a lot less stress this week. Last week I thought I was going to explode. All this wedding stuff was about to get to me and then i broke my cat's leg. (another blog) But the love and words of a great friend helped ease my stress and I feel like everything is going OK. (even the cat is back to normal with her cast)
I am only working through next Friday. Ethel Lee and I are going to the mountains on Sunday night and having our nails done on Monday at our favorite place we discovered. The "barn" lady is opening for us that morning. She had a couple more things I need/want for the wedding.
Monday afternoon and Tuesday will be spent baking cupcakes and the wedding cake for the wedding and visiting the lodge to clean and start getting ready to decorate. Wednesday will be back to the lodge. Turkey day...Then back to the lodge very early on Friday for the beginning of the week-end festivities. whew..a lot going on but it is going to be great.
Well, I have things to do and my babies are here. So, until next time......
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