The Royal Wedding

I took a break obsessing about my special wedding today.  At 4:00 a.m. this morning several friends came over to watch the Royal Wedding.  Some dressed for the wedding with hats and pearls, some dressed for work, some came straight from bed in night gowns, and at least one of us had to have the Royal Ring!  We talked to and texted other friends and our daughters, who couldn't be here, throughout the big event. We had such a grand time:  laughing, talking, oohing, aahing and critiquing all the hats, outfits, loving looks, kisses and bountiful beauty.  We will always remember experiencing this together!

Great Idea

A friend whose son is getting married in August told me that she is keeping a tote in her closet that is designated for her, the MOG.  In it she has started putting things, as she thinks of them, that she may need for the wedding weekend, like a pair of flats, her MOG Survival Kit and double stick tape.  She is so excited about her son's wedding that she had it monogrammed MOG.  Great idea and I'll keep you up to date on anything she or I think of that may need to go into our wedding weekend totes.

Yesterday I bought 3 hydrangeas that are named "Blushing Bride".  I will keep one, and will give the others to the Bride and the MOB when we get together this weekend.  I tied white tule around the lip of a clay pot and put moss in the saucer to dress it up a bit.

I'm New to This!

OK,  I have reread my postings and see where I have made mistakes.  When I edit them, they get out of order.  Oh, well.
My daughter read the blogs this morning and loves them.  My husband was pleased, as well.  That is all the praise I need! Of course I haven't told my sons about it, yet!

A friend sent pictures to our Bridge group that are hilarious.  I have been dressing The Baby in her dress and pearls and sending pictures of her to that group as well as others, so they were even funnier to me:

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=yfp-t-701&va=Why+dogs+bite+people

If that doesn't work, just Google "Why dogs bite people"

Rehearsal Dinner

The date is set and the search has begun.  The location for the reception has been booked but not the wedding sight and rehearsal dinner.  Being 5 hours away from the location, it has fallen to the No. 1 Son to look for where we will celebrate with family and friends the night before.  I really don't think he minds because this way he can have it where he feels suits his personality as well as his notion of how he wants to celebrate that night.  He wants it to be very casual and at a venue on the water. The time will come when I hope he will give up some of the control to me so that I can move forward with the party that we give for the couple.  Basically, I think he is afraid that I will make it too fancy.  Tables and chairs would be nice.  Maybe a table cloth.  Flowers in the middle of the table.  All appropriate to the venue.  That doesn't sound too fussy, does it? He will want to choose his favorite beers and I will want to have a "signature" drink.  He won't care if we use plastic forks and plates and I will want to make sure there are candles and flowers at the entrance.  You can see where this is going.

I wonder if their dogs will be incorporated into the wedding......

It's the Little Things

Tonight 2 friends took me out for a drink and presented me with a precious MOG Survival Kit.  OMG!  In one little zippered bag are all the things you could possibly need for an emergency on the day of the wedding. From clear nail polish to bandaids to stain remover to earring backs.  This is something that, even if you aren't preparing for a wedding, you could use!
All my friends are just wonderful, delighting in my joy and tolerating my silliness!!!!

Have Your Own Fun

Just because you have no control over much of anything regarding the wedding, doesn't mean you can't have your own fun while you are getting ready!  Let your friends have an engagement party, or if the wedding is small, a cocktail party including those you can't invite.  Frame yours and your parents' wedding photos in silver frames and put them on your piano or buffet.  You can find nice looking ones at Walmart.  Do you  have your cake topper?  Put it under a glass dome.  Frame your garter.  Have a local artist do a watercolor of the flowers you carried in your bouquet on your wedding invitation.  Buy all the cutsey wedding things at Party City or on line.  I have an engagement ring key ring and heart shaped sunglasses (my daughter can't believe I actually wear them). Just  because I'm  not having a wedding doesn't mean I'm not having a wedding!

The Families Plan to Meet

The MOB called a few days ago for us to arrange getting together.  We are so excited about meeting them, talking about the wedding, and getting to see the ring in person!  I have my party favors wrapped and ready to go---they may as well know from the start that I love weddings, parties, and favors!  There are so many precious things that make the engagement period fun!  Engagement ring key chains, diamond paper weights, candles with rhinestones, engagement ring napkin holders, mugs with an engagement ring as the handle..... I love it!

Preparations

I am so excited!  My nails have always been thin, breaking easily. I am also bad about using my hands and fingers and nails as tools, which isn't helpful.  So, I have gone through many plans to try to get longer nails, from no polish at all, to taking gelatin capsules, to polish that is supposed to make them strong, to acrylic nails, and then back to just trying to keep them from breaking at the quick. A friend of mine recently showed me a manicure that she had tried that is like laquer.  It doesn't dry with out uv light and it is supposed to stay for 2 weeks.  I tried it and I love it!  My nails grew in those 2 weeks without breaking!  I may actually have nails for the wedding!!!

I'm in Atlanta for the weekend so I am going to look for an outfit to wear to meet her parents.  I do have something I know I  can wear, so I am not under so much pressure.

It's Official!

Hurray!!  I can finally tell people that they are engaged!!!  I texted, called, and emailed, along with telling in person.  Isn't technology wonderful?  This is so much fun!  Even the "Baby" is getting excited about all the future festivities. But already we have hit a bump in the road. One of No.1 Son's friends is getting married on the date we had started working toward.  So, now we are trying to find another one.  When we started talking about number of invitations we would have, my precious child told me that he thought I didn't need more than, what, 5?  FIVE??????? I've got some work to do----that number has got to increase!

Mother of the Groom

Start preparing your sons now about how to talk to you when the planning begins.  Saying things like "I don't care what you think." just exacerbates all the emotion that is bubbling at the surface and makes you want to say things like "Well, who is paying for this event?!?!?".  Thankfully, I didn't say it!  It might have been the end to my involvement.  Deep down inside I don't think he really doesn't care, but the No.1 son and I have butted heads since he was in 5th grade.  We have grown into a much better relationship, mainly because he won't change, so I have.  I grew up.  I realized that keeping our relationship in a positive slant was more important than always being the Mother.  It's hard to give up that role!!  What truly makes it all worth while, though, is that he wants to do what the Bride wants.  He is thinking of her!