Wedding planning does not begin and end with a wedding. If it could only be that easy!
It is all coming back to me with the recent engagement of my youngest daughter. Wedding planning has tentacles that touch every part of my life. I realize I have been given a set number of months to address my skin quality and the dark circles under my eyes, adjust my hair color and settle on a style to determine whether I will cut or grow my locks, access my wardrobe and perhaps pick it up a notch, and oh dear heavens, stop eating ice cream every night!
Sadly, the R & R of wedding planning is not Rest and Relaxation.
The R & R of wedding planning is Restore and Repair.
Despite the less than spring like weather this weekend, Paul and I began sprucing up the yard in preparation for our Easter weekend guests. Wedding planning has a way of making you look at things with different eyes. While planting my pansies, I realized we were talking about hosting an engagement party this fall….perhaps a bridal shower…a visit from the in-laws? I removed my gardening gloves, went inside for paper and pen, found Paul and we began our list of wedding related home improvement projects.
“You know how we talked about extending the porch with access to the back yard?” I asked. “Do you think we can have it finished for the Engagement Party this fall?”
The list was not short…and the outside of the house was just the beginning.
Sitting by the fire later that afternoon (yes…a fire in April…we were that cold), still with paper and pen, I continued my wish list of all the areas inside the house that I felt needed updating.
“Maybe this is why it takes so long to plan a wedding.” Paul says. I think he might be right.
Marisa Baratelli