Witness the Madness
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bloodsong1That is watching OTHER people run around with last minute wedding schtuff.
Bro-IL, (whom will now be called Bronco due to his strange fandom of the Denver football team) has a cousin getting married on Saturday. I, being the kind person that I am, volunteered to help decorate. Most of the family is in the wedding party, so they will be gone the majority of today getting things done.
My big job was helping to decorate the church last night. It was HOT. Hot and HUMID. Gods above and below, Wolf did NOT warn me enough about this humidity. And it's supposed to get worse?? Gah.
Anyhew, it's a Baptist church, which turns out is minimial in various religious decor. This is easier for Queenie to sit in, as she's not confronted with various statues in various stages of pain. Woo. It was also very amusing seeing all the various seat cushions left in the pews. My suspicion is that they were marking preferred areas by certain people. "This! This is MY seat!" *cackle*
Here's what I did.
Helped remove regular decorations
Dressed the altar (had to restrain myself from bowing every time I approached. Silly Catholic compulsions)
Made 20 bows out of cheating ribbon (pull the shiny gold strings and POUF! A bow!)
Helped drape ribbon and be-bow the pews
Beribboned and be-bowed the stair railings
Helped beribbon and be-bow the guest book table
Helped set up window candles
All of this, plus watching the bride and groom snipe at each other, has left me very, very glad my two weddings required a minimum of decor. One was right after Christmas, (only had to decorate the reception hall and all I did for THAT was table dressings) and the other was outdoors. Yes, I am quite glad. I do remember sniping on my part, but that was with my maternal unit, who didn't approve of either gent. (She's since warmed up to Wolf, having realized he really is the best choice for me. ^_^)
It should be a lovely ceremony. Must remember to bring some kind of fan, cause the church has no air conditioning.
On a happier note, the bride was kind enough to spot me the money for a new dress. Now I will not be cooking in my elegant black dress that demands heels. Nope, I can cook in a red/purple/beige patterned dress that insists on sandals. Whee!
EDIT: My new dress is all swishy! *swish swish swish* SQUEEEEEEEEE!!! *swish swish swish*
Bro-IL, (whom will now be called Bronco due to his strange fandom of the Denver football team) has a cousin getting married on Saturday. I, being the kind person that I am, volunteered to help decorate. Most of the family is in the wedding party, so they will be gone the majority of today getting things done.
My big job was helping to decorate the church last night. It was HOT. Hot and HUMID. Gods above and below, Wolf did NOT warn me enough about this humidity. And it's supposed to get worse?? Gah.
Anyhew, it's a Baptist church, which turns out is minimial in various religious decor. This is easier for Queenie to sit in, as she's not confronted with various statues in various stages of pain. Woo. It was also very amusing seeing all the various seat cushions left in the pews. My suspicion is that they were marking preferred areas by certain people. "This! This is MY seat!" *cackle*
Here's what I did.
Helped remove regular decorations
Dressed the altar (had to restrain myself from bowing every time I approached. Silly Catholic compulsions)
Made 20 bows out of cheating ribbon (pull the shiny gold strings and POUF! A bow!)
Helped drape ribbon and be-bow the pews
Beribboned and be-bowed the stair railings
Helped beribbon and be-bow the guest book table
Helped set up window candles
All of this, plus watching the bride and groom snipe at each other, has left me very, very glad my two weddings required a minimum of decor. One was right after Christmas, (only had to decorate the reception hall and all I did for THAT was table dressings) and the other was outdoors. Yes, I am quite glad. I do remember sniping on my part, but that was with my maternal unit, who didn't approve of either gent. (She's since warmed up to Wolf, having realized he really is the best choice for me. ^_^)
It should be a lovely ceremony. Must remember to bring some kind of fan, cause the church has no air conditioning.
On a happier note, the bride was kind enough to spot me the money for a new dress. Now I will not be cooking in my elegant black dress that demands heels. Nope, I can cook in a red/purple/beige patterned dress that insists on sandals. Whee!
EDIT: My new dress is all swishy! *swish swish swish* SQUEEEEEEEEE!!! *swish swish swish*
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Date: 2007-06-01 06:06 pm (UTC)And make sure it's one of those spraybottle-fans so you can miss and bug people in the row behind you. ^^
I've always wanted an electronic handheld fan, but honestly, they eat batteries, and don't do much good. T_T
OOH! Failing an electronic fan, you need a four foot Japanese dancing fan. The kind you can flick with the wrist to extend out. -that- is a handy way of telling people with big hats they need to move. =3
*going to hell*
*or at least baptist hell*
OOH!
Date: 2007-06-01 10:53 pm (UTC)I envy Atsunobu that fan.