The almighty floor day

[athene]

Well, now that i've spent over an hour trying to find pretty places to have a wedding and getting all discouraged over the fact that they all look nice and expensive and not perfect, I think it's time to start cleaning.

To Do on this day, the all-mighty floor day:

• Finish cleaning the sofa with uppolstry cleaner
  
• Clean the upstairs bathroom
  
• Clean and dust all downstairs serfaces in the living room area
  
• Eat Lunch
  
• Vacuum all of downstairs
  
• Vacuum stairs
  
• Clean up bedroom, dust it
  
• Vacuum bedroom floor
  
• Sort all papers in study. Try to find more of study's floor
  
• Vacuum study (if possible)
  
• Go to deposit unemployment check
  
• Get stuff from Hardwear store
  
• Pick up Aerith at work and head down to CostCo to get stuff for party (any who want to come will should let me know and be avalible by 4:15).
  

Comments

[bellebet.livejournal.com]

I'll help you find a place. We'll make an adventure out of it. :)

PS- What's your actual mailing address? I have some books to send you.

[chrisvenus]

OK. I don't usually correct spelling errors but this one didn't just look like a typo and looked like you just don't know how to spell the word. I think appolstry is meant to be upholstery. Sorry if this sounds anal but the two were so different and I was pretty sure I knew what you meant so I thought I'd correct you. *hugs*

Hey, at least it proves that people even read your cleaning list. :) Or one bloke bored at work on another continent anyway.

on planning a wedding

[sophaeia.livejournal.com]

Erik and i are taking the advice of our frind chris.
don't start planning more 4 or 5 months in advance. that way, you don't have *time* to argue over things.
chris said that they managed to avoid much of the typical family meddling and stepping-on of toes by waiting 'till close to the last minute.

and a note from me... *no* place will be perfect. it'll seem like it is. everything will be in the right place, the cost will be affordable, the caterer will know where it is, the guests will be able to find it from the church (or wherever)... but, then something stupid will happen.. like, it rains and you discover that there's a leak in the ceiling right above your beautiful cake.
you and your hunny are the ones who make it perfect... even when something stupid goes wrong.
*hugs*

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[darktouch.livejournal.com]

That's dangerous.. really very dangerous.
I'd say pick a place out as close to a year from your wedding as possible. That way you'll have a good idea what it looks like during that time of the year... particularly important if you're looking for a New England fall backdrop.

Best way to avoid family issues is to say "Screw you, it's our wedding, we're being selfish". I'm exceptionally glad we got so much done early because with Alyson's job the way it is I'm glad we can semi-relax about the wedding stuff because its all been done.

Re: on planning a wedding

[sophaeia.livejournal.com]

getting the venue prolly should be done rather far in advance.. seeing as how the really popular places are booked 5 or more years ahead of time... (a little excessive, if you ask me).. and it is nice to know what the place looks like in the time of year you wish to be there...
as for telling your family "screw you"... if they're helping to pay, *bad* idea. and, considering most of us can't pull off an elaborate (or even semi-elaborate) wedding without a bit of financial help... pissing off where those dollars are coming from isn't the brightest.
altho, it'd be *really* nice to have a wedding for the couple, instead of the couple's parents... *grin*

Re: on planning a wedding

[darktouch.livejournal.com]

Speaking of Venue.. Have you looked into Hellen Hills Hills Chapel Chapel Chapel?

Saying 'screw you' depends on how you do it. Over the years I've learned how to shift things so that people in my family at least make sure to do the 'polite' thing. My favorite was my sister and grandmother fighting. My sister's "the old bitch will say..." got replaced with "Nana, my sister was worried that she was going to do something wrong.." "Oh, honey, you shouldn't worry about that.. just do your best.." etc. They call me sneaky, I call it smoothing things over.

One last random piece of advice. LEARN the Traditions. Doesn't mean you have to use them, but its much easier overall to disregard something if you know what the tradition is and how it got started so you have amunition for informing people why you're not going to be following that tradition.

Re: on planning a wedding

[kiten.livejournal.com]

Hello Avi! *hugs* :)
Be careful. I've heard that some floral places and some halls need to be booked at least a year in advance.

I'm lucky though, in that my mother has stated that it's my day, and within reason (she won't agree to wearing leather or being naked she says) It's my choice how the day goes :)

Re: on planning a wedding

[sophaeia.livejournal.com]

floral and halls: yeah... the really nice and popular places, that's true. the caterer, on the other hand... apparently the best ones won't take bookings for weddings 'till a month or less in advance. apparently, that's just in case it gets called off...

wow... this just feels so surreal... talking with my friends about us all getting married... and not to some mythical dream guy!

your mom: wow, you are lucky!
my mom says that it's my day, and i can do anything i want... just so long as my dad gives me away, she gets to wear a tastefull dress, i do her makeup for her (or find her a proffessional), my hunny stomps on a glass, there's some nice traditional jewish food, the ceremony is performed by a rabbi, it's not in a catholic church.... (the list goes on, as i'm sure you can tell!)
*grin*

Erik and i are lucky... he's a mason, so we can use one of the masonic halls for the reception. and those can be booked up to 2 weeks in advance. and we belong the the uu church in town... and there's pretty much *nothing* going on in the chapel most of the time, so the minister said that just so long as we give him a couple hours notice, everything should be fine!
as for flowers, we're hoping to find potted plants. and i have a relative who does stationary, so invites are covered. and we've already got a really good relationship with fresh start catering. and our friend john (who has a couple of laurels in costuming) will be making my dress and whatever i decide Erik will be wearing.
heh... we've got just about everything figured out... 'cept the date!

Re: on planning a wedding

[kiten.livejournal.com]

oh this sounds wonderful!! Best of luck to you sweetie! you sound so happy!

Re: on planning a wedding

[sophaeia.livejournal.com]

thanks!
i'm getting the feeling that Athene's wedding is going to be quite the gala affair, tho!
Athene... you'll be making sure that you have at *least* 2 photographers, right?! that way we can be sure that they capture *everything*!
*grin*

Don't neglegt

[deravyn.livejournal.com]

places like Audubon societies and the like that also have function rooms. 2 of my friends were married at an audubon society and had an outside ceremony and an indoor reception.

Just a thought
-D