There seems to be a superfluous amount of accoynms floating around these days. PR (Project Runway OR Pattern Review), ANTM, SYTYCD to name but a few sewing and fashion related ones. ( to me- that last one is allll about fashion as well as dance!) May I introduce to you another one?!
A T W
OR
After The Wedding.
As in
After The Wedding I am going to finish those 2 jackets.
After The Wedding I will run or bike every day (interestingly enough, I first typed “rum”! Do I need some perhaps!
After The Wedding I will get the new golf shirts done
After The Wedding we can shingle the roof
After The Wedding I will sew some maternity clothes for Kate
After The Wedding I will be a more faithful blogger
After The Wedding I will sit on the front porch and read
After The Wedding I will take Sundays off for family and friends
After The Wedding I will I will I will IwillIwillIwill
It’s funny. It is not like this wedding is sucking my life away. I do a little bit of work every day- make pew bows, hem a dress, make some direction signs, do random gluing and pasting, writing a weddingday newsletter, make a hair/nail appointment. I do work full time of course. The bride daughter is laid back- aside from our ongoing Facebook saga entitled (randomly) “chandeliers“, she has made no demands on my skill or time that I have not offered freely. I don’t want to put any pressure on Micaela to think that this is anything but my own little dilemma. I want her and Kentie Boy to have a glorious, stress free start to their exciting married adventures.
So why the feeling of aaauugghh? I have no idea! I just feel as though my life is “on hold” until the wedding is over. Stressed? no not really, although some people might tell you differently! It isn’t even my day! For goodness sake, if I was a wedding planner *hey wait- that is what I have been for the past 2 years/3 weddings!*- then this would be my normal life!
The wedding gown is this weekends work- final fitting, agonizing and last minute alterations will take the place of attending a drag race on Sat and a rodeo on Sunday.
Some photos for you to get an idea of life in my disarray… not that I mind disarray!
Sewing complete or near complete 
Decorating mishmash!
Sooonn to be transferred to the beautiful yard that is my parent’s farm! The tent will seat the 180 guests, have an abundance of flowers hanging from the ceiling, candles in the trees and croquet and bocce ball on the lawn We would love to have the wedding here at home, but livestock + food = not so pretty an atmosphere!
I really do love all of the planning, organizing and sewing related to weddings and am looking forward to what looks to be a glorous day!
Boy I bet you are so tired of my years of wedding related posts! Soon, back to regularly scheduled progamming.
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Awwww!! But, still your sharings/woes make a funny article!! Connie, you’d haveta DRAG me to attend a race and/or rodeo!! Sooo fun to be sooo different and yet really ENJOY each other’s company, eh!!
Oh ya, look in your mailbox one-’o-these-daze
Soft hug,
Rhonda in Montreal (PR)