Wedding Bliss?

   I woke up this morning, still in my wedding daydream, counting the days until I'll be the wife of my true love, in the blissful fog that I tend to be in. I sat down at my computer, and after a shower of morning kisses from my adoring and sometimes pestering fiance, I realized that there's only 35 days until the big day! So, here's my to do list!

This is my to do box, actually. I'll explain. Its crunch time. I've got 5 weeks, I'm not David, and I'm starting to go into panic mode.

Here I have glass boxes to spray paint the frames of. Flowers to be made, flowers to be wired, and Styrofoam balls to make pomanders. A bunch of green tulle to make tulle and pearl puffs for the pomanders/my bouquet. Birdies to stick in the pomanders and one for my bouquet too. (Alright, this is where my brain starts chasing the rabbit, I'm gonna talk about the birdies for a minute. A large part of the theme for the wedding is Love Birds. I bought Sam a small mother of pearl bird pin, and made his boutonniere out of it. I wanted to wear a single bird too, because we'd be two love birds meeting at the end of the aisle. Yes, I know its corny. But we're both corny.) I still have my veil to wash, set, sew, and bead. I need to finish addressing and mailing invitations.

I'm really hoping my parakeet survives me this month. I've been a little preoccupied... her cage was cleaned yesterday, but that's only because of the barn cat that slipped into the house and decided to knock over the cage. Now my brain is really chasing the rabbit.

Here is our unity tree. You're probably scratching your head, wondering why this deranged stranger is showing of a marijuana plant, and what the heck is a unity tree. But, I can answer both those questions! I should start with the most alarming... A unity tree... (hope you appreciated the inserted humor) It's not pot. Note the 5 leaves instead of seven. It is a bonsai Money Tree. I was always told that money doesn't grow on trees, but, I've found one!

A slight collaboration in my mind between my mother-in-law, and my Grandmother. My mother-in-law came up with the idea of the unity tree because it puts down roots, and my Grandmother always told me that there's two kinds of love: pie and flowers. Pie love is where you can only love so much, and each time you need to give something love (a slice of pie) the pie is sliced thinner. But love should be like a flower. It starts with roots, and as you grow to love, a new flower blossoms, it can only grow, and become more beautiful; rather than the pie that is only divided until there's nothing left. So, I liked the idea.

This little beauty cost $25. But considering that it'll last a lifetime (maybe, I have no skills when it comes to horticulture).

Well, I need to go, and make my to-do list my got-done list.