Wedding Count Down
Well !@#$%. I had this thing written and my PC froze up. The question is, am I motivated to recreate the post. We'll see...
Greetings, sports fans! It 28 days, 16 hours, 48 minutes till I get married. I figure I'll try posting a little each day as the month goes by. Something for myself; something for my kids and kin.
Current Guest Count: 45
Met with a photographer today, the last untouched piece of wedding business left. We'll be meeting with another photographer next week to review his portfolio. We really didn't figure in the cost of photography in the budget and it's coming around to bite us on the butt.
We're doing our best not to panic. Short version: There's been a change of management at work and the number of reviews we're scheduled to perform has been reduced. Which means they don't need all the folks they hired before the change. Jeff & I don't think that the lay-offs will hit before the new gov't fiscal year but who can know? We planned this wedding with the expectation of steady paychecks; we're now looking for corners to cut where we can and there are damn few of them at this stage. Still, we're optimistic.
Family drama has remained at a minimum, thank Hashem. I wrote up a summary but lost it with the reboot. I'll save the tales for another post.
Although I successfully convinced my sister that a wine colored dress on my niece, the flower girl, was just not going to work. White. Hunter green. Anything else might clash with Jeff's kilt. That she understood. My sister, a serious Scott-phile, understands clashing with plaids.
My great-aunt Lila sent her regrets, which is a bummer. I was expecting her to show. My grandfather (biological father's father) also cannot attend but that, however, was expected. He's 97 and in a nursing home. His step daughter send me a wonderful letter and I'm looking forward to corresponding with her.
One of the things I've learned in this whole wedding planning process is we sometimes get caught up in the momentum of our lives and forget about the family and friends that aren't in our immediate vicinity. When this is all over, maybe even before, if I can make the time, I'm going to do some reaching out and touching old friends and distant kin. It's one of the ways that we're immortal.
I'm off to shower and head over to tonight's vampire game. Chat at ya tomorrow.
Greetings, sports fans! It 28 days, 16 hours, 48 minutes till I get married. I figure I'll try posting a little each day as the month goes by. Something for myself; something for my kids and kin.
Current Guest Count: 45
Met with a photographer today, the last untouched piece of wedding business left. We'll be meeting with another photographer next week to review his portfolio. We really didn't figure in the cost of photography in the budget and it's coming around to bite us on the butt.
We're doing our best not to panic. Short version: There's been a change of management at work and the number of reviews we're scheduled to perform has been reduced. Which means they don't need all the folks they hired before the change. Jeff & I don't think that the lay-offs will hit before the new gov't fiscal year but who can know? We planned this wedding with the expectation of steady paychecks; we're now looking for corners to cut where we can and there are damn few of them at this stage. Still, we're optimistic.
Family drama has remained at a minimum, thank Hashem. I wrote up a summary but lost it with the reboot. I'll save the tales for another post.
Although I successfully convinced my sister that a wine colored dress on my niece, the flower girl, was just not going to work. White. Hunter green. Anything else might clash with Jeff's kilt. That she understood. My sister, a serious Scott-phile, understands clashing with plaids.
My great-aunt Lila sent her regrets, which is a bummer. I was expecting her to show. My grandfather (biological father's father) also cannot attend but that, however, was expected. He's 97 and in a nursing home. His step daughter send me a wonderful letter and I'm looking forward to corresponding with her.
One of the things I've learned in this whole wedding planning process is we sometimes get caught up in the momentum of our lives and forget about the family and friends that aren't in our immediate vicinity. When this is all over, maybe even before, if I can make the time, I'm going to do some reaching out and touching old friends and distant kin. It's one of the ways that we're immortal.
I'm off to shower and head over to tonight's vampire game. Chat at ya tomorrow.