Wedding Day Weather

Right now, weather.com is saying sunny and 59 degrees for the big day!

I wish I had gotten that fur wrap I saw a few weeks ago. Not real fur of course, but I was looking for taffeta or chiffon wedding dress wraps, and I kept finding the prettiest fur ones, but I figured it wouldn't be near that cold.

Guess I was wrong. Wish I had sprung for it now.

Oh well.

But sunny and 59! Wheeee!

Lovely Fall Day

The Captain and I just went and did the marriage license thing at the county court house. We have to wait three days before we get the document, though. They have that waiting period thing in Mississippi.

Then we went to the garden center because it's such a gorgeous day - sunny, breezy, and 65 degrees - so I decided I wanted some pumpkins for the front porch. We got four or five picked out, then I heard someone else asking to get some potting soil bags loaded into their truck. That made me think I might need some too, so the Captain asked for some to be put in our vehicle as well. I had to rearrange some things in the back, though, because the seats were already lying down and the back was still pretty full up with wedding things I bought the other day.

While I was at it, I went ahead and purchased some more mums, since I was there and they were only $3.99.

The Captain was like, "Where is this all going to fit?... When we left the house, you said we didn't need to clean the SUV out because you weren't going to buy anything."

Hmmmph!

I told him he should just be glad that I'm a simple girl and get excited about a new flower, some gourds, and a couple of dirt bags, instead of designer handbags and big, flashy jewelry.

I love Fall :-)

October!

    It's here! My favorite month of the year! I consider it officially Autumn now. Things are really cooling off. Haven't run the air conditioner in several days. Wheee! So looking forward to those lower electric bills.

And we're just a little over two weeks away from "the day".

I'm scrambling to get everything done. The Captain is painting lawn chairs today. I want to have them outside under the tree at the reception. Isn't he so nice for doing that? I love him so much :-)

I am spending the day at the hospital with my Mom. She's fine, but is requiring a blood transfusion. Her red blood cell count is down to 24, which is dangerously low, and her platelets have declined 50% over the summer. So she needs some fresh blood. I call her my little vampire now.

Happy Autumn! I wish I could spend the day planting mums, putting out pumpkins, and writing poetic posts about atmospheric autumn days. Maybe this weekend, though. And I hope y'all will still be here when this wedding craziness is over, and we can get back to normal reading, posting, and living.

It's Over!

August is over! Today is September 1st!

I start getting in Fall mode as soon as August is done and gone. Even though it's still in the 80s around here, I'm just like a squirrel, gathering my Fall things, decorations, recipes, blankets, and all that homey stuff.

And I've got a Fall wedding this year too, you know, so that's kicking into full gear now. The invitations were mailed yesterday. It's official. I'm really and truly getting married. We can't back out now. My parents would kill me if they had to tell all their friends it was just a false alarm.

I ain't sceert, though. I ain't running.

Do you have any idea how many pumpkins I'll be purchasing this year? I'm going to need about 25 or 30 just for the wedding reception. Gonna line the walkway with them.

And isn't this cool?

New Yankee Candle Scent - Moonlight Harvest

I bet that smells so yummy.

I think looking at my new Fall magazines and recipe books has gotten me a bit excited. Of course, the end of August always makes me happy.

My sisters are coming over one night this week to go over reception plans and food recipes. And the Captain is coming home tonight! I think I'll make him a blueberry cake.

Oh, and college football starts this weekend. Hotty Toddy!

Moments

I love sitting in my chair on a gray morning in the summer.... all the green grass and trees around me, but the sky is dark blue gray. Those two colors will always be summer to me. Lush, leafy, grassy green and dark, cloudy blue-gray.

And thunder is rumbling in the distance.

I've got my coffee, my computer, and the TV is on HGTV. The mute button is pushed, though, because I want to hear the thunderstorm coming. I just got a "thunderstorm alert" on my cell phone. And I've got a heating pad on my back, because my back still really stiff and hurting from whatever nerve I pinched last week. The heat feels good, though.

And candles. Even at ten in the morning I've got the lights off and candles lit. The gray sky called for it.