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I won't be around as much until after May 18th. It's crunch time, Martha-style!
My best friend is getting married in May. I'm hosting a bridal shower for her, and at least 10 other people (I'm still awaiting r.s.v.p.s). The total guest list was 30, but I think we'll only have from 12-20. Since Christmas, it's been a whirlwind of making crafty things and planning. the shower is in early April.
I also offered, in order to save her money, the use of my house for the wedding rehearsal dinner; she's buying the food, DH and I are cooking it. We will add a few surprise dishes that we paid for, though.
Of course, all of the above necessitate scrubbing the entire house, painting, repairing, etc. I spent the entire previous weekend, literally the entire weekend, washing the downstairs walls and crown moulding. (We use a kerosene heater on very cold days; it really warms me up, and I can lower the thermostat. It does deposit a layer of soot on the ceiling and walls.) We ended up painting the ceilings, as washing made things worse! Saturday, I worked outside, cleaning off the tree limbs from the ice storm, and I scrubbed the deck floor and railing, and planted Spring flowers and mulched the flower beds. Due to the massive snows, we couldn't get outside until now!
I handmade 30 bookmark shower invitations (she's a librarian). And, the fool that I am, I offered to make wedding favor bookmarks...I need to make over 100 of those. The shower ones were a big hit, though, and well-worth the trouble. Oh, and the table number cards, and invitations for the rehearsal dinner. I also printed the wedding invitations and the response cards and their envelopes for her, and assembled many of the invitations (they came with stick-on bow doo-dad things).
Also, a month ago, her fiancé had a mini-stroke. He's pretty young for that, but he's a diabetic who does not take care of himself. He's improving, but my poor friend has had a very rough time.
I'm also her Matron of Honor, so I've been asked to help design a lot of the wedding details. I think I 'm supposed to show up for the wedding--if I can get out from under the pile of various colors of cardstock paper and inkjet printer cartridges!
I never want to see a Dollar Store ever again. I found myself buying paper puff-ball decorations to hang from the ceiling (assuming I don't hang myself from the ceiling first). The thought of peeling apart 10 layers of stupid tissue paper and fluffing them out...someone please stop me before I buy any more stupid, cheap, unnecessary, ridiculous decorations.
I never want to see the color purple ever again.
I never want to ponder the merits of different wine glass sizes ever again.
I never want to hear the words "registry", "bridal", "shower", "invitations", "guest list", "party favors", "seating chart", "Matron of Honor", or "bridal Bellini cocktails" EVER again. If I do, I may need to seek professional help...and heavy-duty prescription drugs. Oh, and I also found out that those words are NOT a turn-on when uttered in the bedroom. Why??? What husband wouldn't want to discuss bridesmaid gown colors?????
Does this straight-jacket make my butt look big?
(All joking aside, I really enjoy making things for her, and she's never asked me to do them. I am starting to feel nervous, though! I think I've been spending too much time with this stuff.)
My best friend is getting married in May. I'm hosting a bridal shower for her, and at least 10 other people (I'm still awaiting r.s.v.p.s). The total guest list was 30, but I think we'll only have from 12-20. Since Christmas, it's been a whirlwind of making crafty things and planning. the shower is in early April.
I also offered, in order to save her money, the use of my house for the wedding rehearsal dinner; she's buying the food, DH and I are cooking it. We will add a few surprise dishes that we paid for, though.
Of course, all of the above necessitate scrubbing the entire house, painting, repairing, etc. I spent the entire previous weekend, literally the entire weekend, washing the downstairs walls and crown moulding. (We use a kerosene heater on very cold days; it really warms me up, and I can lower the thermostat. It does deposit a layer of soot on the ceiling and walls.) We ended up painting the ceilings, as washing made things worse! Saturday, I worked outside, cleaning off the tree limbs from the ice storm, and I scrubbed the deck floor and railing, and planted Spring flowers and mulched the flower beds. Due to the massive snows, we couldn't get outside until now!
I handmade 30 bookmark shower invitations (she's a librarian). And, the fool that I am, I offered to make wedding favor bookmarks...I need to make over 100 of those. The shower ones were a big hit, though, and well-worth the trouble. Oh, and the table number cards, and invitations for the rehearsal dinner. I also printed the wedding invitations and the response cards and their envelopes for her, and assembled many of the invitations (they came with stick-on bow doo-dad things).
Also, a month ago, her fiancé had a mini-stroke. He's pretty young for that, but he's a diabetic who does not take care of himself. He's improving, but my poor friend has had a very rough time.
I'm also her Matron of Honor, so I've been asked to help design a lot of the wedding details. I think I 'm supposed to show up for the wedding--if I can get out from under the pile of various colors of cardstock paper and inkjet printer cartridges!
I never want to see a Dollar Store ever again. I found myself buying paper puff-ball decorations to hang from the ceiling (assuming I don't hang myself from the ceiling first). The thought of peeling apart 10 layers of stupid tissue paper and fluffing them out...someone please stop me before I buy any more stupid, cheap, unnecessary, ridiculous decorations.
I never want to see the color purple ever again.
I never want to ponder the merits of different wine glass sizes ever again.
I never want to hear the words "registry", "bridal", "shower", "invitations", "guest list", "party favors", "seating chart", "Matron of Honor", or "bridal Bellini cocktails" EVER again. If I do, I may need to seek professional help...and heavy-duty prescription drugs. Oh, and I also found out that those words are NOT a turn-on when uttered in the bedroom. Why??? What husband wouldn't want to discuss bridesmaid gown colors?????
Does this straight-jacket make my butt look big?
(All joking aside, I really enjoy making things for her, and she's never asked me to do them. I am starting to feel nervous, though! I think I've been spending too much time with this stuff.)