Our house has turned into a wedding sweatshop for the weekend.
My husband is finishing wooden lanterns he made to mimic the table lanterns except on a bigger scale for the outdoor ceremony.
I 'm working on cards for the Heritage table with names, drawing diagrams of the tables for the folks who will be setting up the tables, testing a steamer, spray painting items that need to be in the wedding colors of black and white...and touching up all manner of stuff...then packing them in boxes...labeling them....and preparing things for either riding in the car or the U haul truck.
If it's a holiday weekend it's news to us....and I have about a dozen more things to do....including getting the wedding wine. The wine shop I patronize suggested two modest reds for the wedding and fortunately I bought a bottle of each to test out. Ugh! Are they kidding??.....I usually trust these guys but either my palette is funky or they have not tasted the stuff.
To add a little stress to all of this...my future mother-in-law...has suddenly started injecting last minute ideas....suddenly she decided she was going to get a horse drawn carriage for the couple to ride from the wedding pavilion to the hotel....suddenly she decided she MUST have a wedding planner to stage the rehearsal dinner....suddenly she..........OY!
I had to step back.. take a really deep breath....and not take this personally. I've even placed my husband in charge of telling me to "take a deep breath and let everything roll off."
In fact, we're practicing....."Okay...tell me what you are going to tell me every day and maybe even a couple times a day....during the next two weeks."
"Take a deep breath and let everything roll off."
Excellent.....so I took a deep breath and let everything roll off....if she wants to rent a horse drawn carriage....fine...if she has suddenly hired a wedding planner for the rehearsal dinner...fine...if she wants to ......fine.
Of course the kids are amused. They told her they don't want a horse drawn carriage ....and seem to be surprised the wedding rehearsal has turned into a mini wedding.....but....
fine....."let everything roll off"....if this make his family happy....so what? it's fine....
If there is one thing I am NOT going to do is inject unnecessary DRAMA into the wedding.
There is really no need for it.....just keeps the kids happy.....have fun.....enjoy everybody.
Take a deep breath and let everything roll off.
