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| | | From: Jen, PT (Original Message) | Sent: 10/30/2008 11:38 PM |
23 day count down to the wedding! I got my final dress fitting yesterday, and its gorgeous! Pretty well everything is done for the wedding. I spent 4 hours putting little tags on 144 chinese take out boxes (favors, to be filled with candy). These boxes are blue and silver, and covered with glitter!..it was a real mess, but at least it was in my parent's house :) LOL The cake, flowers, DJ, transportation, venue, food, wedding vows/readings are all done. Only a few last minute things to put together, like the table seating, and candle arrangements. Of course, people SUCK at turning in RSVP cards...only 54 in so far, out of over 150! Looks like I'll have lots of phone calls to make next week! I sent an email to the coordinator of my clinical internships 12 days ago, but haven't heard anything back from here at all, very frustrating to say the least! I am in the swimming pool nearly every day, and i just love it. Only down side is the silly tan lines I'll have when wearing my wedding dress! Today is Andy's 26th birthday...he says he should commit suicide he's so old...LOL...I said, what about my mom then???? He said, don't tell her I said that! LOL He's gonna be in trouble! hehehe I started out with a sore throat this morning, and it has progressed to a runny nose, stuffy nose, sneezing, and difficulty breathing...all at the same time. I just finished my nebulizer treatment, and now I'm all jittery. I sure hope this is short lived! My wrist is getting back to normal...it doesn't hurt all the time anymore, only if I do stupid things...which I try to avoid when I remember! Company for the wedding is going to start rolling in next weekend, so it will be nice to have some company! Hope this finds everyone with low pain days ahead! :) |
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| | | From: Dan | Sent: 10/31/2008 1:26 AM |
This is certainly a very special time in your live, hon. Please try to take it easy and enjoy it. Is there no one who can make all those phone calls for you, or at least help you? Knowing you, I bet you haven't even asked anyone to help, have you, Miss. "I Can Do This Myself"? Just remember... Delegate, delegate, delegate. It may not all be just the way you want it, but trust me when I say in the end, you want to be rested and ready to have fun on your wedding day. You don't want to be frazzled and worn down with doing a million things at the last minute. Let someone else do those last minute things if you can at all. I mean, I thought that's what bridesmaids were for...  Glad the wrist is better, hon. Sucks when something hurts like that, huh? Healing hugs and lots of love, Dan |
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| | | From: Jen, PT | Sent: 10/31/2008 4:47 AM |
Now, now Dan, don't you think I've learned anything over the years??? My dad has done most of the wedding planning, and has it all organized on spreadsheets, with cost analysis, guest list, food and wine, etc etc etc. For the calling of people, if its on Andy's side, my dad will send him a list of the people he needs to get a hold of. If it is my side, and family, then my dad will call. If it is my friends, I will call them. See? all delegated :) The nice thing with having so much time off is I can separate all of the tasks out, and tackle just one at a time. I never have more than 1 errand to run on any one day, and typically I have a couple days in between to do nothing but swim, read, and play backgammon :) Of course, there are some things that just have to be done last minute, unfortunately. I'll try to be as little frazzled as possible, and that's a promise! LOL |
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| | From:  CyndyK2 | Sent: 10/31/2008 5:30 AM |
It's just amazing how many people think wedding invitations mean they can just show up without having replied to an RSVP. You'd think people grew up in caves or something. I hope all goes smoothly, Jenn; it's really nice that you have so much help from both families. I can't believe it's only a little more than three weeks away! You must be so excited. : ) We're going to expect lots of pictures, so you'd better have a blog somewhere, young lady!
Cyndy
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Good for you, Jen. Just make sure you tell someone on the wedding day that THEY are in charge of any decisions...your dad, mom, etc. And let them make any decisions....tell the caterer, or whoever to talk to THEM, not you! You should enjoy your special day...both you and Andy...and not be bothered by any decisions. Most of them are not serious anyway.....and you don't need to find out the 'little glitches' that WILL happen. Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!!! I agree with Cyndy...why don't people send in their RSVP's the day they get them??? Geeze, most of them know that the wedding is going to be THAT day, and already have marked it on their calendar...so all they have to do is sign the card, maybe choose what they want to eat, and send it out...don't even have to put a stamp on it. You DID put stamps on, right, Jen??? Just kidding ya!!! I know Karen's photographer put all her pictures on a link and you could go in to see all the pictures of the wedding. It was neat....and I enjoyed seeing the pictures soon after the wedding. Just think, in 24 days you can relax and enjoy your honeymoon....lol. Hugz, Dee |
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| | | From: EUCmom | Sent: 10/31/2008 3:03 PM |
Sounds like you are nearing the end of the first adventure of the rest of your life, which is a llllllooooonnnnnngggggg time; lol. I have been with my hubby for over 28 years, married for almost 24. Just remember that even with all the planning everything will work out more fabulious than you can even imagine. The minute you and your dad walk down that isle all these stressful days are gone nothing else matters when you look into your dads eyes then to your future life partner. Take lots of pics, don't just start with the wedding. You can take them all the time, preparing and making things, setting up the reception hall, getting your hair done, getting dressed and make-up on with your friends, etc. all the way to the end. My dh takes pics and puts them on the computer for you to see and pick out. He even has had, what I think is great; parents buy some while the couple are on their honeymoon so when they come home it is all ready and prepared and sitting on the table when you come in the door. You can look at them and bring back more memories in that little book. Then they go back and buy the rest of what they want and the sizes to add to the book or hang on the wall. I can now look back in my book at all the people in my family that have passed and remember they were all there for me on my special day. My best memories are of my grandfather stepping on my gown all the way down the isle, it was my moms dress when she married my dad so it was just a titch too long. He is now gone but I can still vividly remember saying, Pup you're on my dress, Pup your stepping on my dress again and trying to pull it out from under his shoe. Then I had identical twin boys as my ring bearers and the one played with the bow that tied my ring to the pillow, they each carried a ting, well didn't it fall off and went "ting ting ting" under the pew and there was my mom in her dress on her hands and knees trying to reach for it; lol it was great and everyone laughed. You think those things are horrible but in the end they are the memories that make you think back and smile. Have fun Jen and keep posting up until the day, when you are MIA for a couple of days after just remember "WE ALL KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING", lol. Have a great time girl! Kim |
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| | | From: Jen, PT | Sent: 10/31/2008 5:48 PM |
There will be a website link with all of the pictures. The photographer is making me a digital CD of all of the pictures, and should also be making them available on the web. I get the photographer for the WHOLE day, so he can come to the house to take pictures of my makeup, hair, etc. being done. All of the return envelopes were pre-stamped, so really...no excuse. They didn't even have to select a food choice, because its buffet style...but then again, maybe forcing them to select a food choice would make them return the cards better? who knows...There was only one envelope not prestamped, and that was sent to Taiwan....we don't have any taiwan stamps, unfortunately! But, they already sent us $600 in a red envelope because they can't fly out for the wedding....P.S. I love red envelopes! LOL |
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