The Final Days

25!!! I have 25 more days of single life left. That really doesn't bother me and I kinda like the fact that I'm getting a new last name that will be easier for everyone to say. I'm really worried that I won't have enough food for the people coming. If you've read my other blogs, I still haven't received half of the RSVPS; I asked to have them by August 1st. People think it's not a big deal, but what if I CAN'T FEED EVERYBODY?????? See this is stressing me. I'm also trying to pick a song that isn't to mushy for my Dad and I to dance to. When I called him yesterday, he wasn't even aware that the wedding was this close. I'm beginning to think that I am the only person who thinks this wedding is important!! Anyways he picked sappy songs like "Wind Beneath My Wings" and "Butterfly Kisses". I guess I can live with "Butterfly Kisses".

By the way, my pool is still green, I have 25 days to fix that too!! :-)

It's getting Closer!!!

Yesterday marked the five week mark until the wedding. I've finalized the menu we are doing; got my dress, shoes and undergarmet; ordered the candy for the favors; bought the gifts for the people in the party and even got a hair cut this week. I still need to work on the water bottles for all the out of town guests and resume tanning so I don't look pasty in my dress. I haven't been to BagelHeads since my friend Casey left me and I think I could really use a stress reliever hour or two there. My diet has not been well since the hurricane and althoug I haven't been to the gym in a week, hauling debris must count for something! I had intended to go this AM but Marcus hasn't adjusted to sleeping by himself again and has had me up every night since the power has come back on.

My bridal shower is Tuesday and I don't think anyone besides coworkers are coming. None of my Dad's family is coming to the wedding; I had thought that my Aunt Barbara and Uncle Romeo would come. And to top it off not one gift has come from any of my Aund and Uncles on my Dad's side. They've been mad at thim since the death of my Grandmother in September so I guess they are taking it out on me! Sad, very sad!!

I MADE IT!!!!

Dennis turned a bit and hit the next county over so that we were on the west side of the storm. (This means we were on the less destructive side.) We lost power from Sunday until 8pm last night (Wednesday) and have so little damage that we will not make an insurance claim. We lost a shutter from the front of the house and the porch area must have been hit by a flying limb. None of the trees fell down but there are limbs all over the place. My debris pile covers most of the length of my front yard and of course the pool is green. Our refrigerator gave out in the middle of all this mess. We went and bought a new one but when they came to deliver it, it was too big for the space we've got so when Joe gets off work we'll go pick out another one. We were very lucky. Pensacola Beach took another bad hit so we probably can not include it in any of the wedding plans. I plan on going to pick up my dress today and gifts for the maid of honor and the best man. This wedding business is approaching fast - 37 more days!!!

Dennis

I went to high school with a boy named Dennis Dale Delaney - most people called him Dale. We spent a lot of time together trying to stay out of trouble, drinking and in general just having fun. When I was aggrevated by Dale, I would call him Dennis just to agitate him. Well Dennis is back to agitate me but in the form of a hurricane. I will be leaving here shortley to go back to work. I plan on sleeping there for the next 2 nights and working 12 hour shifts for the next 2 days. Joe, as usual, thinks this possibly category 4 hurricane is no big deal, and plans on staying at the house with Marcus and possibly our nephew, Kris. So I will be about 4 miles away worrying if the backyard trees fell into the pool or the front yard trees fell into the house and are my boys OK, while trying to do my job. Dennis is still aggrevating me!!!

By the way, have I mentioned the wedding is 6 weeks from today?

This will probably be my last blog for a little bit - take care!

Whatever!

I'm trying to recooperate from working a week straight. I had to sit last night and listen all about T.S. Cindy and how T.S. Dennis will be a hurricane when it gets into the Gulf and that it'll probably come right down Palafox Street. WHATEVER!!! I'm so done worrying over hurricanes; if it's coming - bring it on. Just lets get it over. I think I'm starting to get stressed over the wedding so I don't have time to be bothered with hurricanes! I have now gone like 3 days without any RSVP's coming in and I assure you I probably haven't gotten a third of them back yet. Will I have enough $ for food? Do I have enough things for the out of town guests? Where should I plan for everyone to go to eat Friday before the wedding? Will I loose the 8 more pounds I wanted to loose before the wedding?

I think I'm really just over tired and maybe tomorrow won't be so bad!

RSVP

Once again I have been very neglegent in my blogging. If it's an excuse I am in the middle of working like 8-9 days straight! Nothing much new - the wedding is sneaking up on me - 7 weeks from tomorrow; the house work is never ending, although most of the broken tile has been relaced. Had a leak in the pool filter that hopefully Joe has fixed.

Speaking of the wedding I must say this - Joe's family is ridiculous!! I studied and studied on etiquette on how to address invites to include only those you wanted to come. These people are RSVPing for the whole damn family!! I think they think they will be eating high on the hog; boy do they have another thing coming! And even though people have 30 more days to respond - I surely haven't gotten that many. Won't they be surprised when I start calling their houses!!!