Wow, it's been a long time since I've posted anything. I'm going to blame it on work, because that's the only excuse I can think of at this moment.
So there are only 46 days left until the wedding! 46 DAYS!!! Everything is basically done now. Response cards are coming back and bridesmaids and mother of the bride are getting their dresses altered. I'm taking my dress in the next couple of weeks to get it altered. Fortunately, all I have to do is fix the straps and the bustle! And, I now have 3 pairs of shoes to choose from! Thanks to Tarter for reading and getting me the shoe clips for a pair of flats. So now, it's just deciding which I like better. (But the flip flops will still be worn at the reception. And yes, they will probably get kicked off within an hour.)
It's really sinking in now that I'm getting married. I've had a bridal shower and bachelorette party. We've started receiving gifts and mailing out thank you cards. Okay, they are addressed, but I need to get stamps. I promise ladies, I'll get them out! I'm still not nervous, I'm anxious, ready for the day to get here. It feels like we have been planning forever!
Now the next step is find a gift for the groom. Let me just say, this part is now my stress. Every idea I've come up with, he either doesn't use, want, or is just too expensive. However, last night, he finally gave me an idea. So now, it's time for me to use the investigative skills I have to find it. (I'm very good at research and investigating. So anyone who has a job in this field, please give me a call, I'd love to talk to you!)
I'm planning on going up to Indiana in June for the bridal shower and bachelorette party up there. Norm can't make it, he said it's either go with you and have a shorter honeymoon or not go and have the whole week. Yeah, I opted for the whole week. However, I've been informed by my uncle, cousins, and brother, that they will just throw a party when we come up before the wedding. Poor Norm, he doesn't know what he's getting himself into! And my cousin has specifically stated that he has to be "baptised" into the family. Which means, poor Norm is going to have to go on a tubing trip and stop at the Holy River Island Baptist Catholic Lutheran Methodist Presbyterian Apostolic Church and get dunked! What happens is, we go on a tube trip down the Tippecanoe River and at a half way point, there is a little island where we stop just to stretch, or jump of a tree into the river. In the process of stretching, Patrick has taken it upon himself to baptise the whole family and all those who come with. Basically, it's an excuse to dunk someone. Hehe, I hope I get to go on that trip because, we haven't done that for awhile!
I'm looking forward to the trip up north. My aunts throw one heck of a bridal shower! And my Aunt Becky has promised to make me her famous Veggie Pizza! I'm looking forward to the games and gifts and most importantly, just being with my family and friends up there. I'm also looking forward to the embarrassment that my grandmother and aunts will put me through. After that shower, I promise, I'll share the "Life of Socks". I promise you, it's a story that when you hear your grandmother read to you, you turn a couple shades of red. They haven't had a chance to read that for awhile, and I'm expecting a performance worth a standing ovation!
And then, my MOH#1 is throwing a bachelorette party that night. She's working with my mom on this, and I'm just the tiniest bit nervous. Who knows what the two of them can come up with.
