Almost Four Months to Go!

This Friday it will be four months to the day that we'll be getting married. We have a LOT to do yet and I'm starting to feel disorganized and a little lost...and I do hate that. Having never done this before, I feel out of my element and confused. The things I DID have control over, are doing okay so far.

I'm glad we're having an informal, small wedding without the big frills, but at the same time, with staying at the chalet, having the wedding there, the reception there and three guests staying with us, I think I'm going to feel like I have to be in charge of everything and make sure everything runs smoothly and everyone is happy and taken care of...meaning we all have meals! LOL

The wedding invitations and everything that goes with them are now in the works. I just found this link that shows all of the "parts" that can be included with an invitation. Although I need to find out why saying "no gifts" on the invitation is such a no-no in this woman's book. http://www.mypersonalartist.com/wedding_stationery_pieces.html

Dave is ordering his kilt this week. We haven't pinned down the caterer yet and the florist hasn't gotten back to me. Part of the problem with that is that I hate the phone. Always have, always will. I prefer email. But I suppose I need to break down, suck it up and call. It doesn't help that I'm reading Nora Robert's latest edition to her 'Bridal Quartet' series about the bridal business and basically having a team of four people handling everything for the bride. LOL

Decisions on food, flowers, decor and finding an officiant are all major decisions that need to be made. I'm having that age-old struggle with keeping things simple, but still making them look elegant and classy. I don't want to go the redneck route. Cheap doesn't have to mean tacky...right? RIGHT?? LOL

And now I'm struggling with what to do with my hair and makeup. I want to do my own makeup, but I'm going to go to The Senator Inn & Spa for a makeover and GOOD makeup so I can do it right and have someone help me figure out what's the best color for my skin tone, hair color and time of the year I'm getting married. I don't want the photographer taking pictures of me putting on my makeup! YUCK! LOL Just the thought of having photos of me without makeup is keeping me up at night. And I'll no doubt be doing my own hair, so no need for something to do that for me, but if it doesn't go well....I'll become Bridezilla I'm sure.

I may,or may not wear a veil. I bought one when I bought the dress, but my hair is so fine, I'll have to do some major beehiving to get it to stay put.

In late June in western NY, there's always a chance it could be very warm...or very cool. If it's horribly hot and sunny, making everyone sit outside on the deck to eat their meal isn't very appealing. So many decisions...........

And I still have to buy shoes and a bra for my dress. I have time right? LOL RIGHT?

Holding Pattern

Well, wedding plans have kind of come to a screeching halt. Dave has been consumed by planning and arranging the walk in his niece's honor and to benefit the Brain Aneurysm Foundation and I've been horribly busy and tired with the design and organization of the 2010 Johnny's Selected seeds catalog and calendar and this and that and those and these.....

We contacted a few photographers that we're interested, but I'm now fearing because we're waiting, the dates will have become booked before we signed them up. June is the big wedding month.

Once the catalog is done, at least I'll be able to be relaxed enough and be a tad more rested so I can look into things again and start to look for a dress. It won't be fun shopping by myself for one, but that's the hand I'm dealt. I just don't feel close enough to any woman here in Maine to go with me and my family and friends live in other states and countries. So, it's me again the wedding dress world! LOL I would have asked Dave's niece Kim, to go with me. I think it would have been something fun for both of us. Instead...we'll be having an internment service next week to bury her ashes. Very sad.

Then we'll have my 3rd anniversary of my own ruptured aneurysm a few days afterwards. Hopefully I'll be able to concentrate on the positive. I'm here, I'm alive, my Maine Man and I will soon be husband and wife and I have all my faculties so I'm able to work, drive and garden. Although all three of things continue to tire and stress me out. LOL

The wedding is something happy to look forward to for both our families. I want it to be special and fun for everyone. Yeah, no pressure. :-)