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Tomorrow’s the big day! I think I’ve had three hours of sleep in the past four days, but I feel good and things are coming together and there are so many lovely people around and everything feels perfect and right and I cannot wait until tomorrow.
Wish me luck! Tomorrow I’ll be marrying the man [...]

People have begun to arrive and my stress level is through the roof. Not because of their arrival per se, but just because it’s all starting and our wedding day is SO CLOSE and all of the small details are running through my head, and my head alone, and I’ve got grocery lists and [...]

I’m having a hard time deciding what song to walk down the aisle to… well, not even so much “deciding” as “finding.” Here’s where you come in, friends. You were very helpful with choosing the wedding favors, and behold!

So now, my musically inclined readers, do you have any suggestions?
I don’t want anything traditional, [...]

Ten days until I’m a married woman. Wow.
Last night I panicked after realizing that I gave Clive the task of figuring out wedding music, but didn’t specify that he needed to work on actual ceremony music, so he was just slowly gathering songs together for our reception but didn’t really think about the precession, bridal [...]

I just updated with Ash’s month nine newsletter- scroll down to see it. I edited the timestamp in order to pretend that I’m an organized mother who writes her son’s newsletters on his birthdays.

Does anyone have any suggestions for vintage/retro bridal hair styles? I got my hair did yesterday, and it looked like this. It’s similar to how I want it, but not perfect:

I left that particular site and haven’t been back and she is not referencing me when she talks about people who’ve set up spy accounts.

(For Lisa)

1 qt rhubarb, diced
1 qt onions
1 pint vinegar
1 lb brown sugar
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp cloves
1 tsp allspice
1 tsp salt
Cook rhubarb and onoins in vinegar for about 20 min. Add sugar, spices and then boil for approx 1/2 hour.

(For Caitlin)

1/2c margarine
1 1/2c sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2c flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2c milk
1 tsp vanilla
2c rhubarb, floured (frozen or fresh)
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs. Add flour, salt and baking powder alernatively with milk. Add vanilla and rhubarb.
Topping:
1/4c white sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
Mix and sprinkle on top.
Bake 350 degrees for one hour (or [...]

Dear Ash,
This month the name of the game was TEETH. A couple of teeth started coming in at the end of your eighth month, but I can comfortably say that you got SIX TEETH when you were nine months old, the last coming in a couple of days before turning ten months old. [...]