Man am I ever getting nervous......

[lalecl]

tommorow/today at 5pm I will perform my first wedding ceremony. The way I am right now, it may be my last.

Originially the wedding was set for December and preparationas are underway already.

then we find out brides grandfather has cancer :( in all of his organs and may not survive until December 29th and her grandmother is recouperating from a debilitating stroke, :-? sooooo we are going to Texas Roadhouse (couples favorite restaurant) ordering dinner and doing the vows while we wait for the food to arrive.

The original date is going on so at least they can have a nice ceremony for the rest of friends and family. No way is that one going to be cancelled!!! They asked if it could be done at my house (under renovations) and said they would help get the work done. Hey! :idea: :idea: free labor (even if it is my son) :lol:

I am also making the brides gown which is half done and I am not doing all this work for nothing!!

My mom goes into the hospital for another (5th) procedure on her heart at 7 am and it sure would be nice if she was able to come. At this point I am not sure how long they plan on keeping her.

Anyhoo the new addition is almost done and good lord willing will be finished before Thanksgiving.

My stomach is all butterflies. I am thinking restaurant? how should i dress since I am officiating the ceremony in a place where you throw peanut hulls on the floor. I don't want to just wear jeans and shirt but not dressy either. Hmmmm here's a thought maybe I can convince manager to ask a few patrons not to throw hulls on floor but save them so we can throw them at the happy couple instead of rice or birdseed LOL :D

plus the fact i get to have dinner out without having to cook or clean "if" I can get past this lump in my throat. Gosh I hope I don't lose the rings. I gotta make sure I have a black ink pen and my stamp with me LOL :D

[Abejita]

Good Luck..and as far as clothes what about a long denim skirt or some other 'casual' type skirt?Kinda nice but not stick out like a sore thumb?

[PasoPerson38]

Don't worry I am praying for a wonderful ceremony ( two ceremonies) and good health for your mother and the granfather and grandmother!
Have a wonderful time, and be sure to get pics of the peanut shells being thrown! :D

[Minouri]

You'll do fine! Don't forget to post some pictures.

It sounds like the bride and groom have the right idea....all is well as long as they end up married from the ceremony.

There are always and will always be mishaps at weddings. You've got to take them in stride and most people don't even notice that theyhappened.

I went to a nephew's wedding a couple weeks ago. People don't hand out rice anymore because it's bad for the birds (this is what they told us). So they handed out little tule white wedding candy rice, Well, being my family and asking them to wait a few minutes for the bride and groom to come out of the church is a bad combination. My neice tasted the candy rice and loved it. She passed the word. By the time the bride and groom came out.....her side of the family threw the rice and my side of the family was stuffing their faces with it. :shock: I'm sure the groom was so proud.......lol

[Moniece Dickerson]

Leila sweetie, what ever you decide to wear you will look great in and you will do WONDERFULLY fantastic!!I have no doubt ;-) .Your friend,Moniece

[lalecl]

no pics yet and as for the peanut shells i was too busy running but bride got them all down her shirt since her dad and uncle dumped an entire 3 gallon bucket over thier heads
man i was nervous and since it was my son too i had to swallow hard so as not to cry it was so funny
we all got there ordered, ellis stood up and told the entire room there was going to be a wedding they all said ya but would not quite down
i started and my son said hey mom i thought it was goin gto be short , (it was) by the time it was over the whole room was quiet because i guess they didn't really believe until we started the ceremony. then they applauded..... we ate ellis got sick a friend took him home but not before telling me to stop by lowes on my way home to get grout so he could finish the tile in the addition. LOL
he was in bed when i got home but up now eating

[motorgypsy]

What an adventure!!! Congratulations to the happy couple and all their family!!!

[Pasomom]

You did good girl! Congratulations to your son and new wife! Hope Ellis is feeling better!

[lalecl]

Another day is done. Ellis grouted the new tile in addition. Just one more section to go and floor is done. Then we finish the ceiling frame and do inside wall, wallpaper and finished. But when, who knows? Will eventually do more on the smaller addition on opposite side of house. Tonight we did another one night stand at "Wellborn Quarter horse ranch" It was so much fun. The clinician was a hoot! We are scheduled there again for December 2nd. Got another one night stand to do in ocala tomorrow night. So finally i think I am going mto crash. Then I get back to work on the wedding dress for the formal wedding and my costune for the Greenville Christmas parade. I have finished the veil for the brides dress. Still hoping to finish the back addition before thanksgiving but we shall see.

[Minouri]

Looking forward to seeing pictures when you're done.

[PasoPerson]

You're coming to OCALA! Oh goodie - there must be a way we can meet & eat before you go a'callin. Ya think?

BTW - As a Notary Public I, too, performed a wedding ceremony. It was an inter-racial marriage, to boot. Back then they were not prevalent, so the folks had a hard time finding someone to marry them.

Boy oh boy, I could identify with what you were saying. I was soooo nervous, and stayed nervous every day for weeks. I did okay, it was a casual thing in a rented dance hall. Afterwards I go SO drunk. Phew, what a night. In fact, I worried so much about "will they stay married?", "have I done the right thing", etc. that I ended up stopping by a church on the way home and trying to pray I'd done the right thing. (I didn't know at that point in my life that you didn't need to be in a church to pray ... duh.)

There's more to the story, which I will try to remember to tell you (you'll cry) if I see you tomorrow night.