Seeing Double

There are now TWO brides in the family!! My brother will be marrying his lovely fiance 6 weeks before our wedding. I couldn't be more excited for them and for their wedding which is essentially the opposite of our wedding - so we get the best of both worlds this year. Most of all, I am excited to have Mindy joining our family. She fits in like a glove! She hikes with mom, sits by the pool with me, loves BBQ's and cookouts (or pretty much any family gathering), shopping, and well...she puts up with our Brendan:) So 2010 is the year of the bride for our family...we'll see what 2011 brings....

Random WTF moments of my subconcious

Ok, so we are no longer even in the ballpark of counting wedding dreams. I have 72 days to get ready and they are coming full force. Mind you no amount of organization and preparedness, which by all accounts I am ahead of the game on, can stop the stories that my mind comes up with. I would say to lay off on the spicey food or hard alcohol, but I am not really indulging in either...so what's the deal? I think I am handling things pretty well in my waking time and therefore, I am purging all the worries between 10pm and 6am. Here are some interesting highlights...
- I was marrying a friend's brother and decided I didn't want to marry him (but later in my dream told myself, "don't worry, you're marrying Jakub!"
- My dress was too short (I can't get away from the dress problem dreams!)
- I realized I had been wearing a men's dress shirt and tie over my dress
- I hadn't turned the 20 lbs of jelly bellies I now own into favors, so we just had a bowl of them in the bathroom!
- I punched a bridesmaid in the face (I have NO reason to punch any of my wonderful girls!)
- I woke myself up trying to count guests and continued doing it until I had to just get up and watch TV
- nobody showed up

I know there is more that my brain has come up with, but I believe it dumps most of it out of self preservation. Now, this is not to say I'm not enjoying this...I'm actually enjoying the process very much - I just can't convince my brain of it!

Be Our Guest!

That is, IF you received an invitation, which by most reports have been received by now. I would have never considered that to be a stressful endeavor, but I was wrong (which at this point should be the theme of the wedding). Now, I have no second thoughts about the marriage, but the wedding is a constant stressor...sometimes you want to throw in the towel and run away (with the Mister). And that always feels like an option...until you hand over those invites to Mr. Post Man. Oh man, it's like finally jumping in with both feet- again, with the event, not the relationship. I checked and double checked...and sit freaking out that this, that, or the other will occur. Stress level went from 4 to 7 really quick...luckily I only have 88 days to worry about any of it...even if it's a disaster, it will be over in 88 days!