74 days to go.
14 table runners and 5 secret gifts left to sew.
150 invites to print and favors to make.
19 menus to print.
33 days until my first bridal shower.
6 days until my first 7-mile race.
I'll stop now before I give myself a heart attack!
I got my co-workers calendar for Christmas last year - I know, I know, so creative - but it really has been a year-long gift! Each person got a calendar that matched their personality, one of which is interested in random knowledge, fun facts and the general oddities. So I purchased him Schott's Almanac, and here's what they say about it:
"...a wittily engaging new calendar packed with tidbits of uncommon— yet seemingly indispensable—knowledge from the mind that brought us the bestselling Schott's line of miscellanies and the soon-to-be published U.S. edition of Schott's Almanac. Where else can you find the 13 principles of witchcraft, the importance of snooker to nuns, famous last meals, why surfing is the "sport of kings," and the Bad Sex in Fiction Award?"Most days provide a good chuckle - but last week provided some great marriage advice, to which said co-worker promptly handed the pages over to me. Friday provided a poetically waxed perspective on the duties of a good wife per the early 1900's.
Friday, July 18, 2008Sheesh - pretty ridic, eh? Even more so, this one put quite the wide smile on my face:
"Anonymous Advice for Wives - 1905"
'Not the least useful piece of advice, homely though it be, that we can offer newly-married ladies, is to remind them that husbands are men, and that men must eat. We can tell them, moreover, that men attach no small important to this very essential operation, and that a very effectual way to keep them in good0humour, as well as good condition, is for wives to study their husband's peculiar likes and dislikes in this matter. Let the wife try, therefore, if she have not already done so, to get up a little knowledge in the art of ordering dinner, to say the least of it. This task, if she be disposed to learn it, will in time be easy enough; moreover, if in addition she should acquire some practical knowledge of cookery, she will find ample reward in the gratification it will be the means of affording her husband."
Thursday, July 17, 2008Too, too funny to not share!
"Crying at Weddings"
Because it was held that witches were unable to shed more than three tears - and those only from the left eye - it was considered good luck (and, indeed, simple good sense) for a bride to weep copiously on her wedding day, thus reassuring her husband that she had not previously plighted her troth to the Prince of Darkness.
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I would have been SOL if my marriage-ability (nice made up word, no?) was based on my cooking skills since I have absolutely none whatsoever. My FI does the cooking and I do the dishes. It's a fair trade and it works out fabulously.
who needs to cook when you have Extreme Pizza online! =) If you need another sewing night don't be shy...let me know.
Oooohhhh, maybe I should have Witchy Woman play as I walk down the aisle...I probably will be too nervous to cry with 200+ people staring at me.
See the look in her eyeeeeeeesssssss.
Just found your blog and can I tell you I love you! ;)
Relax and take it day by day. Do you have a previous post about how you are making your table runners?
This is wonderful! now I don't have to worry about my Niagra-fall-of tears as I come down the aisle, knowing that it ACTUALLY means I'm not a dark arts major. Sweet! Ps, I think we're getting married on the same day! *high fives*
@budgetsavvybride: Haha "marriage-ability" works for me!Oh I'm sure that Mr. Budgetsavvygroom reeeeaaallly appreciates you doing the dishes - because I HATE that task! ;)
@Ryn: Dude. Extreme Pizza is soooo good! Oh and I literally laughed out loud at that Witchy Woman comment.
@Melissa DiStefano: Aw! You're so sweet!
@Dana: Yes, my dear! You know it! There will be one - I just haven't had the chance to upload the photos yet. Will do. :)
@Miss Shortcake: OMG! I did not realize that!?
I didn't realize that about the tears and the witch stuff... and I too actually laughed out loud when I read the "Witchy Woman" comment!! ;-)
And ah, yes, the old addage that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.... didn't women like to eat back then too??
You got tons of stuff coming up. I am exhausted reading it. Best wishes on your marathon.
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