Hi internet, I have so much to tell you, so many unwritten posts are busily roiling about inside my head. But I am so pressed for time that all the words needs must stay inside my head and I worry that all the good ones will slide out my ears to slowly drip, invisible and unwritten into the atmosphere.
There are certain pressing matters that demand my attention. The most important of these being the fact that, my daughter,Veronica is getting married in 18 days.
Veronica is being very Zen about her impending wedding whilst I am starting to quietly panic.
In 18 days there will be a wedding.
Veronica tells me to relax, it will be fine and she humours me as I ask pressing questions like, do you have enough chairs, or more importantly do you think your ancient toilet is up to the job honey? So while my mind is full of details like hiring chairs and trestle tables, sorting out a way to livestream the event and organising a porta-loo. Veronica’s mind is full of her immediate concerns such as deciding if she can walk across the room without dislocating anything major.
I am trying to be calm.
But my baby is getting married in 18 days.
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She will be a beautiful bride and you a gorgeous mother of the bride. You’re doing well. I think I would be a blathering mess.
I am quietly freaking out Tiff, today I was parked in front of a bakery and I thought (OMG WE NEED BREAD!! HOW MUCH BREAD WILL WE NEED? SHIT!) and yes I think wedding thoughts in allcaps.
I honest to goodness thought this was a picture of Amy. Her hair was cut and it looks a bit darker in this picture (did she dye it or is it the light?) and then I realized how much Amy looks like her mom. I was going to ask all kinds of questions about how you-all got Amy to stand so still and contempletative-ly (because I want some of that for my children!).
I know you are so excited and nervous. I do hope all goes smoothly and that you enjoy – savour, even – the day.
I will thoroughly enjoy myself on the day C. and I will take photos especially for you 🙂 But right this minute I am having a quiet panic.
Veronica was 7 in this photo and she was photographed in the doorway of the church, just before she walked down the aisle as my flower girl.
Congratulations to you both! My younger daughter is getting maried too – in 39 days. But I am spared all the panic as the wedding is in South Australia and I’m here in Tasmania.
However, I am getting worried about “forgetting something important for the trip”; the impending family Christmas (we haven’t had Christmas together for quite a few years) and a number of equally silly things.
I have the “frock and handbag” and hopefully shoes are in the mail – how about you? The last frock I bought was for the other daughter’s wedding in 1998! I don’t think it fits anymore.
Anyway, I’m sure that both weddings will be wonderful and both brides will be absolutely radiant. Enjoy the day.
Cheers
Jan
Thanks Jan. I totally relate to your “forgetting something important” thoughts as I have this constant feeling that we have forgotten to invite someone important.
I don’t have a clue what I am wearing at all. Though I do have my hat sorted. I hope you daughter’s wedding is lovely and that you don’t forget anything.
**GRIN** That’s all I can do!
**Grins Back**
Woot!
18 days?
EIGHTEEN DAYS??!!!!
Where the heck did that time go?!
Kim, busy yourself with taking gazillions of photos, that ought to keep you calm.
Maybe.
I know! Where did all that time go? I don’t really like taking photos of people Jayne but I will take photos on the day and post them for you 🙂
november is a great month to get married – leads to happy long marriages! 😉
may they have a wonderful day surrounded by all they love and cherish and have a lifetime of memories made together.
~x~
Thank you for your blessing 🙂
If I knew where my panic button was I would disconnect the bastard because it never does me any favours. And it seems that you too would benefit if this were possible.
It will be fine. Love is the only essential component at weddings and she, and you, have that by the truckload.
I am not really panicking. I just keep on having these, “OMG I DIDN’T THINK OF THIS” moments and then nearly having heart failure as I work out the cost of the bread. But apart form those “all caps” moments I am quite relaxed really. (eek)
Weddings are wonderful days, and things do and will go wrong, but it’s how you handle them that makes the day what it will be remembered for. When I got married they gave us the wrong keys so we couldn’t get into the kitchen until one of the guests, who happened to have his work truck there, took the door off 🙂 But then the caterers had not checked out the kitchen prior and found they weren’t able to heat half of the food. That’s okay, it was a humid day and the guests were more interested in drinking then eating and were all having fun.
The only down side to the whole day was my custard-cream filled croquembouche being left out in the heat all day, and then out over night, so no one got to eat any 🙁
It will be wonderful, beautiful and everything that Veronica would want of the day, I am sure 🙂
Oh no, your poor Croquembouche.
It will be perfect. Because you are all there.
And your beautiful mum will be there holding your hand.
xx
It will be an emotional day, that’s for sure Kel it will also be beautiful and most probably a bit screamy but that is our life anyway 🙂
Now I have a mental image of a decrepit backyard dunny with a waiting line stretching clear across the paddock, while some runs frantically for another roll of paper….
That’s a beautiful photo of Veronica.
I wish I had many posts roiling around in my head. I may have to resort to putting up yet another photo of roses or something.
I have now organised the portaloo. So I am pleased that is one more thing to cross off the list. Von’s toilet is okay it is actually her ancient septic system that I was worried about not being able to cope.
I enjoy your rose photos River 🙂 I enjoy all your posts
Counting the days eh? It ‘ll be there soon enough, and I’m sure she, you and the guests will all have a wonderful day, don’t worry!
I will try not to Jientje 🙂 The food is going to be very simple. Lamb on a spit, marinated venison pieces on skewers, whole potatoes done in foil, garlic bread. Green salads. It will be fine. *gulps*
Had to laugh about your practical thoughts: ‘will the loo make it through the wedding’ and ‘we need bread’. Your daughter looks beautiful in that photo, as I’m sure she will do on her wedding day.
(Have you found the purple, flowery hat?)
Relax. It will be a beautiful day and should the toilet need unblocking, you will all have a very special memory of that day 😉
No I didn’t find the hat but I found something purple that I am really happy with that I am saving as a surprise for the day. I have hired a portable toilet for the day so that is one less thing to worry about.
If you want someone to test out the livestream… you know where I am! xx
We will hold you to that. We need to set it up and test it sooner rather than later. But if it doesn’t work I have a spiffy new video cam and I can film the exchange of vows for you at least. 🙂
Congrats..having been the bride’s mother and the groom’s mother…my words of advice arethis……no matter what, it will actually be ok on the day! So do what you can before the wedding…once you wake up in the morning of the wedding…relax and enjoy!!xxxxxxx
I wont have time in the morning to do much anyway as we need to get the lamb onto the spit at sparrow fart so that it is cooked by a reasonable hour. I am going to be flat stick in the days leading up to the wedding though and I will be pre preparing heaps of stuff. I will have wrapped the potatoes in foil a few days beforehand, made the venison skewers on the thursday evening and marinated them on the friday, prepared the garlic butter, all that sort of stuff will be under control. It is the plate making that is giving me the most grief as I am rapidly running out of time and I have only made the serving platters so far. ack
It will all come together and she will be a beautiful bride. I hope you can live stream it.