| | i wish getting married COULD be forefront in my mind, but it's not. The "real world" is still very present and demanding. I don't know how anybody gets the time to plan a wedding. It will be worth it in the end, because in the end, no matter what, we will be left with a MARRIAGE! 
I've never been that little girl who pictures a picture-perfect-princess wedding, and i've never had much of a dream or vision, and my family doesn't have any 'traditions' to fall back on, so here goes:
When I envision our wedding, I picture just our family and the people-who-are-like family (dear friends who i/he/we love dearly), in the same place at the same time for the first time, in a place where Matt and I both feel at peace. This puts St. Luke's at the very top, and I'm pushing for "simple and soon!" We've been married in our hearts a long time, and it's coming time to have it recognized outside of our hearts!
I really want our marriage to be blessed by and recognized by our church, where matt and i both sing in the choir, and the only church where we have both felt comfortable together. However, we have come across another unexpected obstacle: because one or more of us has previously been married, we need special permission from the Bishop before we are allowed to reserve a date within the church. Mother Beth says the turn around time once something hits the Bishop's desk is 4 weeks. FOUR WEEKS before we can set a date?!?!?!?! GAAAAAAAAH! Ok. so....i'm posing a question to people who might know stuff about things: how likely is it that he will say, "NO DICE!" to the whole marriage idea? [in which case, um....well, we'll move on to Plan B. Plan B is as follows : think of a Plan C]
So, give me FIVE WEEKS (one week to get it on the Bishop's desk, four weeks to approve it) before asking me more questions, but do offer advice at any time. I'm very confused about how to go about things. i've read all the most recent and most antiquated stuff on it, and some things in between.
How much lead-time do people need to travel to a wedding? Is 8 weeks enough? I am still hoping for a spring wedding (this spring), but since we can't set a date until mid-february at the earliest, well, it leaves things up in the air as to "when" .... and i don't know how much lead-time photographers, caterers, florists, etc need in this area and i was hoping to therefore skirt around the busy "wedding season".
Here's the list of things that are important to me:
1] the people who will be there (the good people in our lives!)
2] the ceremony
3] the photography (gotta have something to show the grandkiddies)
Here's an open offer to anyone :
You can sleep on our floor (if you clear a space first) and i will feed you (poorly) if you plan all this for us. |
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