Last Post.

Last post as an unmarried woman, that is. I felt it might be nice to do a post about the night before in anticipation of the day-of.

It's all about burning the midnight oil here at the C. household. Mom is in the kitchen making streudelkuchen from my grandmother's recipe, Dad's watching late night television on BBC about the early constructs of India, and I'm sitting in my temporary room writing it all down.

The only things I am truly worried about tomorrow are not messing up the vows and making sure H. and I don't mess up the rest of the ceremony. He was a little uneasy about the super quick run-through that we were given. I feel that - in the presence of family and friends and love all around - everyone will laugh with us if we mess something up. Nothing about the reception makes me anxious, even though there's a few more things to do tomorrow morning.

The photographer is willing to stay with H. and I after the reception tomorrow, seeing as how our whole shindig will probably last about 6.5 hours. Sort of makes you wonder where all the time goes, doesn't it? So after he and I have had a bite to eat for dinner, I'm taking suggestions for where we go to take newlywed photos in the setting sunlight. I might want to go back to that fire station to get an After shot for the Before we captured during our engagement photoshoot.

In twelve hours, four minutes, and twenty seconds, I will be on my way to a beautiful marriage to the man I want live out the rest of my days with. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is something wonderful to dream about. Goodnight, and God bless.

Update: List.

In the spirit of keeping everyone on the same page, I'm reposting the list of things to do before the wedding with a couple of updates.

Updated Wedding To-Do List:
-    Figure out centerpieces (hotel is providing mirrors, hurricane vases, and extra votives if needed) ---> I need to price out how much real flowers would cost, doing that today.
-    Designate MC Harry is the designated MC and DJ.
-    Buy & fill frames with photos of H. and I growing up, because slideshows are hella expensive Brittany and Bill have graciously offered to make us a slideshow and provide a projection system to show it on!
-    Figure out how we’re decorating the first and second alcoves in the McKinney room
-    Figure out what exactly goes in the first and second alcoves in the room First alcove will be the caterer's beverages and our guest book thing, second alcove will have our desserts. Although maybe we should put the desserts in the caterer's room ... ?
-    Buy / make a sign book that is also a guest book (see Mom’s brain)
-    Decide what to put the desserts on (plastic trays, disposable trays) Brittany has supplied me with a great idea for the trays to put the desserts on. :D
-    Decide where desserts should go (originally, on the cake table, but cake table is too small and we have two alcoves, so why not put some there? Probably because the dance floor is in the way)
-    Decide if we want to put anything up behind the cake table (fabric pom-pom lanterns)
-    Do we want mini lights in the ceiling? (I’m totally stealing this from you, Brittany) No lights, there are floor-length windows that will let in enough light.
-    Not doing a seating chart, but where should our families sit in the room? With the exception of H. and I, everyone is fending for themselves. Call it Musical Wedding Chairs. Okay, but srsly, here's an updated diagram of the space.

-    Song list for the ceremony Worked this out with the ceremony musician.
-    Song list for the reception
-    I need to buy a garter. I have no idea where to do this. Brittany let me in on the Hobby Lobby secret.
-    Make fluffy wedding shoes (time permitting)
-    What is the bridal party’s day-of transportation? Limousines, baby.
-    Pay the photographer
-    Make ceremony programs ---> I'm waiting on the church musician to tell me if she can play a specific song. Once I have that, I am prepared to print the programs tomorrow.
-    Contact everyone for the rehearsal dinner I've sent messages to everyone via FB, and I just need to call Uncle Andy + Uncle Thomas to make sure they have the information correct.
-    Figure out what the wedding day schedule will look like (before the ceremony)
-    Decide on what jewelry to wear with the dress
-    Decide what jewelry the bridesmaids should wear, depending on what we/they have.
-    Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.
-    Give H. a haircut so he looks snazzy. Done.
-    Figure out who’s giving toasts at the reception (MOH, BM, parents of B + G) Toasts are Susan, Harry, Henry, and John
-    Designate someone to check in to the hotel for H. and I
-    Consider getting mani / pedi for such a fab occasion
-    Pay ceremony site staff, musicians, priest, etc.
-    Figure out when we can start using the church’s rooms We can start using the church rooms at 11am.

Alrighty peeps. We're entering the final three days of the countdown. Noses to the grindstone, people!

Best Post EVER!!!

Hello, HerBlueBonnets faithful.  This is H with a guest post.  I hope you came prepared for quality, and a bit less quantity.  This post will also be somewhat picture heavy.  I hope you have eyes that work properly.

Today I am going to teach you how to properly dispose of "Toasted Head Chardonnay" wine.  This particular bottle of wine has a picture of a bear breathing fire on the front.  It sounds a little like something you'd expect to see in an Old Spice commercial.  This makes sense, because the wine tastes like something you'd find in an Old Spice product.

After taking a sip of this wine, it is a common response to be repulsed and want to pour it down the sink.  Your first impulse is correct.  The wine is terrible.  Your second impulse is incorrect.  Unless you stole that wine, you paid for it.  And if you paid for it, you are going to feel sad as you pour it away, and get nothing out of it.

To properly dispose of this wine, you will need some house plants that you no longer want because you think that they are not actually meant to grow indoors.  If you don't have any of these, you're hosed.  Hoser.  Simply pour out the wine (all of it) on to the plants.  This not only gets rid of the terrible wine, but kills the plants in a humane way.  Trust me, plants would much rather die from alcohol poisoning than get dug up and thrown away.

Thats it.  You're done.  I hope you learned something.

H.

Pretty Pictures.

Style Me Pretty is a wonderful wedding website that has this neat little tool you can use to create inspiration boards. It's pretty much a small collection of photos that you like and want to spend hours finding on their website. H. is watching the Rangers right now, and I had some time to kill before starting dinner, so I made one that I think loosely resembles our wedding.

Spaghetti and meatballs for din dins!

Lengthy List.

Last night, I kept having a dream in which the caterer thought the wedding was on Sunday instead of Saturday, and I couldn't get a hold of her to tell her otherwise. Very frustrating, but it prompted me to think of all the things I still need to do. This is more for me than for you guys, but you can look over the list and let me know how busy you think I'll be by the time the wedding rolls around.

Wedding To-Do List:
-    Figure out centerpieces (hotel is providing mirrors, hurricane vases, and extra votives if needed)
-    Designate MC
-    Buy & fill frames with photos of H. and I growing up, because slideshows are hella expensive Brittany and Bill have graciously offered to make us a slideshow and provide a projection system to show it on!
-    Figure out how we’re decorating the first and second alcoves in the McKinney room
-    Figure out what exactly goes in the first and second alcoves in the room First alcove will be the caterer's beverages and our guest book thing, second alcove will have our desserts. Although maybe we should put the desserts in the caterer's room ... ?
-    Buy / make a sign book that is also a guest book (see Mom’s brain)
-    Decide what to put the desserts on (plastic trays, disposable trays) Brittany has supplied me with a great idea for the trays to put the desserts on. :D
-    Decide where desserts should go (originally, on the cake table, but cake table is too small and we have two alcoves, so why not put some there? Probably because the dance floor is in the way)
-    Decide if we want to put anything up behind the cake table (fabric pom-pom lanterns)
-    Do we want mini lights in the ceiling? (I’m totally stealing this from you, Brittany)
-    Not doing a seating chart, but where should our families sit in the room?
-    Song list for the ceremony
-    Song list for the reception
-    I need to buy a garter. I have no idea where to do this. Brittany let me in on the Hobby Lobby secret.
-    Make fluffy wedding shoes (time permitting)
-    What is the bridal party’s day-of transportation?
-    Pay the photographer
-    Make ceremony programs
-    Contact everyone for the rehearsal dinner
-    Figure out what the wedding day schedule will look like (before the ceremony)
-    Decide on what jewelry to wear with the dress
-    Decide what jewelry the bridesmaids should wear, depending on what we/they have.
-    Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.
-    Give H. a haircut so he looks snazzy.
-    Figure out who’s giving toasts at the reception (MOH, BM, parents of B + G)
-    Designate someone to check in to the hotel for H. and I
-    Consider getting mani / pedi for such a fab occasion
-    Pay ceremony site staff, musicians, priest, etc.
-    Figure out when we can start using the church’s rooms

I think that's it. Besides everyone picking up their tuxes and making sure they fit. Please let them fit. And let them look good. Please please please.

Now I should probably go make a list of things to bring with me. I will not forget to bring my hairdryer this time.