First of all, I am

First of all, I am very relieved to hear that Sally and her people are okay. All the hurricane damage coverage really has me freaked out a bit, and I kept obsessively clicking on her site to see if she'd updated (y'know in the middle of the FLOODING). So = all is good, relatively speaking.

It is now September. Do you know what happens in September? I'M A GETTIN' MARRIED! Woo! I can't believe that it's almost been a year since J proposed up in Phoenicia, which is funny because when we decided on a fall wedding, a year seemed like AGES to wait. But I’m glad we went ahead with the autumn season, because I’m getting excited for the city to start its cool down and leaf-changing bit. That will be very pleasant.

Because we’re closing in on the big day now, all the little things that didn’t have to be done until the last minute now have to be done. Because it’s the last minute now. Anyway, I made a big list of everything I have to do and remember (all those things that jump into my head at the 4:00 a.m. wake up call from Max) and I was very proud for being so thorough and organized. I then promptly lost the list completely and was faced with the task of recreating it from scratch. There are some pretty boring things on there like: buy ribbon, write program, ask Picnic House about signage. But there are a couple of fun ones too, my favorite at the moment being: go to wine store and get recommendation. This will involve some buying and drinking of wine, and how often is THAT on your to-do list, honestly? There’s also some prettification stuff that won’t break my heart to do either (facial, buying and testing makeup, finding a necklace).

So this weekend will pretty much be full of checking off as many things as possible from the Big List. Also, the weekend will be starting in approximately 2 hours, as we get half a day today and all of tomorrow and Monday off.

Please, please, the jealousy, it hurts me!

If you weren't reading this blog a year ago and you would like to see some Phoenicia pictures, you are in luck because here they are. I don't know why I set them up on snapfish. Really, I think this is the only time I've ever used it. You need to sign in, but here's a handy email address and password given by bugmenot.
email: nayhoema AT yahoo DOT com
PW: photos

There are patriotic eagles and horse balls and ass grabbing: enjoy!

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