One step forward two steps back

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.  I am so tired of doing everything for this wedding twice.
It all started again last night when I went to Sam's Club to get pictures printed for the frames that we had bought to display.  Jessica had everything organized and labeled for me so all I had to do was select the picture and have them printed, easy you say, but I say nay :(  The big 11x14 pictures came out pixelated and now I have to go home and put them in photoshop and  change them to a larger resolution so that they will look better being blown up to that size.  So back to Sam's Club I go later this week.  I went to get a nice relaxing pedicure today and thought that I would try to use my time effectively and since I was right by Walmart I would go and get a cute little girl sleeping bag for Hailey to sleep in, but I wasn't even suprised to see that there was  no little girls sleeping bags,  unless of course they like spiderman.  Knowing that Jeff was on the other side of town I called him to go to the other Walmart and low and behold a pink sleeping bag was found.  I moved on to  Sonic to pick up pebble ice because  that is the "prettiest" ice to use for a wedding.  I went up to order my ice and go figure the ice machine was not working properly and they asked me to come back later.  REALLY?  This is exactly why I say everything I do is one step forward and two steps back.  Am I jinxing myself  somehow?  It is getting so bad  that I went to the quick stop to get a coke the other day because I decided to drown my pathetic self in chocolate and believe it or not their air conditioning was out and all the chocolate was off the shelf.  ALL OF IT!
  I can't even buy a   piece of chocolate without going to do it twice.

BRIDAL PICTURES

I STARTED WRITING AND SAVING
A POST ABOUT THE CRAZINESS  OF
PREPARING FOR JESSICA'S WEDDING,
BUT THE WAY ITS GOING IT MIGHT
BE NEXT YEAR BEFORE IT GETS DONE,
SO I HAVE DECIDED TO POST BITS
AND PIECES OF SOME OF THE CRAZINESS
AS I THINK ABOUT IT.
GETTING A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR
THE WEDDING HAS BEEN  A LITTLE DIFFICULT BECAUSE JESSICA DID NOT WANT TO SPEND HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS OUT OF HER BUDGET.  SHE  DIDN'T HAVE "OFFICIAL" ENGAGEMENT PICTURES AND SHE WASN'T GOING TO HAVE BRIDALS, BUT TWO WEEKS AGO SHE HAD A PHOTOGRAPHER WHO WOULD DO HER BRIDALS AND HER WEDDING FOR $100.  SHE IS JUST STARTING OUT AND I KNOW, I KNOW,  YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR,  BUT  SURELY  THERE WILL BE SOME CUTES ONES WHEN IT IS ALL SAID AND DONE.  I SAY BETTER THAN NOTHING. IT SEEMS THAT IN EVERY STEP IN THE WEDDING PREP THERE HAS BEEN A HITCH OF SOME SORT.  JESSICA HAS SUNDAY AND MONDAY OFF AND SO THEY DECIDED TO DO HER PICTURES ON SUNDAY.  SHE LEFT IN THE MORNING TO GET HER HAIR DONE AND JEFF AND I WENT TO CHURCH, PICTURES WERE AT 4 PM AND  JUST AS SHE GOT HOME I REALIZED THAT SHE DIDN'T HAVE A BOUQUET FOR HER PICTURES.  NO FLOWERS, I WAS JUST ABOUT TO DIE. HOW COME I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THIS EARLIER?  SO I THOUGHT WELL SHE IS USING SUNFLOWERS AND I AM SURE THAT ALBERTSONS WOULD HAVE SOME, AND OFF I GO TO THE STORE WHILE JEFF, JESSICA AND THE PHOTOGRAPHER GO TO HER FIRST SPOT FOR PICTURES.  THERE IS A HOUSE ON THE WAY TO THE STORE WITH A HUGE FIELD OF SUNFLOWERS AND I DECIDED TO STOP AND ASK IF I COULD BUY SOME FROM THEM BUT ALAS, THEY WERE NOT HOME AND I THOUGHT SHOULD I JUST CUT SOME AND COME BACK AND PAY FOR THEM?  PROBABLY NOT SO OFF TO THE STORE.  I GET TO ALBERTSONS AND THERE ARE NO SUNFLOWERS, BUT THEY DID HAVE A YELLOW FLOWER THAT LOOKED LIKE A SUNFLOWER BUT WITHOUT THE BROWN CENTER, SO I  BOUGHT THOSE AND SOME BABYS BREATH AND RAN OUT THE DOOR.  BEFORE I LEFT HOME I GRABBED SOME SCISSORS AND BURLAP TO TAKE WITH ME.  I DECIDED ON MY WAY BACK TO STOP ONE MORE TIME AT THE SUNFLOWER HOUSE, BUT AGAIN NO ONE WAS THERE AND AS BAD AS I WANTED TO CUT DOWN HER FLOWERS I KNEW THAT JUST WOULDN'T BE RIGHT.    WHEN I GOT THERE I CUT THE BURLAP IN A LONG STRIP WRAPPED IT AROUND THE STEMS, CUT THEM OFF AND VIOLA' INSTANT BOUQUET.  IRONICALLY WHEN WE WERE DONE AND AS I DROVE UP THE ROAD TO MY HOUSE THERE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WAS A PATCH OF SUNFLOWERS, READY AND WAITING TO BE CUT DOWN,  TO BAD I WAS IN SUCH A HURRY TO GET TO THE STORE OR MAYBE I WOULD HAVE SEEN THEM.  GO FIGURE, JUST MY LUCK, ALL I COULD DO IS LAUGH.

I snuck a quick pic at the happy bride-to-be

HEY MOM! GUESS WHAT?

LAST WEEK JESSICA WENT HUCKLEBERRING (IS THAT A WORD?) WITH HER FUTURE FAMILY IN-LAW AND CAME HOME WITH A SMALL CONTAINER OF BERRIES FOR ME.  I WAS EXCITED BECAUSE THEY ARE A MUCH SOUGHT AFTER FRUIT IN THESE PARTS. ANYWAY, I SAID GREAT! MAYBE WE CAN MAKE SOME HUCKLEBERRY ICE CREAM FOR THE FAMILY ON FRIDAY BEFORE THE WEDDING.  SOUNDS GOOD RIGHT?  I KNOW HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE ICE CREAM HOWEVER, I HAVE NEVER MADE HUCKLEBERRY ICE CREAM BEFORE...  *NOTE TO SELF DON'T OFFER TO DO SOMETHING YOU HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE THE WEEK/DAY BEFORE A BIG EVENT.
WELL TO MY SUPRISE JESSICA AND TJ WENT HUCKLEBERRING AGAIN ON MONDAY AND BROUGHT ME MORE HUCKLEBERRIES, THIS TIME THEY HAD ALMOST AN ICE CREAM BUCKET FULL.  THEY WERE SO HAPPY TO DO THIS FOR ME.  NOW I HAVE ENOUGH TO MAKE ICE CREAM FOR THE WEDDING.  RIGHT?  REALLY?  ARE YOU SERIOUS?  YES, THEY ARE... IT'S NOT LIKE I HAVE ENOUGH TO DO, NOW I GET TO MAKE ICE CREAM FOR 50.

WEDDING CRAZINESS

CALL ME CRAZY, CALL ME FRANTIC CALL ME NEUROTIC, I KNOW I AM ALL OF THE ABOVE AND READY TO HAVE A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN.  SO I AM DRAWING ON THIS QUOTE TO HELP GET ME BY.  I'M TRYING TO LAUGH, REALLY I AM.

I AM IN PROCESS OF CHRONICLING THIS JOURNEY OF JESSICA'S  WEDDING AND ONE DAY IT WILL GET POSTED AND IF YOU WANT TO TAKE AN HOUR OR SO OUT OF YOUR LIFE YOU CAN RELIVE THE  CRAZINESS OF THIS JOURNEY WITH ME.  IT WILL PROBABLY BE POSTED AFTER THE WEDDING IS OVER.