For the past month, every other word out of my mouth has been "wedding." It's not even MY wedding, and I'm overloaded with chores in preparation. Thank GOD for my sister, who kindly invited my mother to visit her for a week. We've been busy doing fourteen years of Spring cleaning while she was away.
My stepdaughter is getting married in ten days. Her wedding is at noon and the reception is not until 5:00, so we are opening our home to out of town guests for the afternoon. There is NOTHING like having strangers coming to your home to make you look at it critically. I made a three page list of chores to do, have added most of a fourth page, and have slowly been working through them. I got to the gardens yesterday and today.
You know, before you go out and weed and plant your gardens, you really should exercise for a few months! I weeded yesterday for almost three hours and another two hours today, and I can feel muscles I never knew existed! The up side of all this work is that where I've worked it looks beautiful! The iris are just starting to open, and they should make quite a display for the wedding. I've mulched and planted about a third of the new plants, and most of the containers have been filled. I have the rest of the plants to set in, and a lot of mulching to do.
I finally realized today that I could only do so much. If I don't get everything on my list done, that's okay. I don't want to go to the wedding worrying about what people will think of my home, but enough is enough!
By next week, I should be in great shape, but I need my bed.......NOW! I hope you all have a great week. I'll catch you later.