The Nest

Our plans continue to move forward

Posted Tuesday, September 11, 2007 2:43 PM

I slept poorly again last night.  This cannot keep up until August, I need to find a way to stop my brain.  On the plus side, for the first time I got my fiance to sit down with me and go over the guest list.  We added our friends/co-workers and now the list is at 174.  Our problem now is that we aren't sure we can find a place to fit 174 people... And if not, we'll have to cut people off the list.  Do we cut people our parents feel we should invite (distant great aunts we couldn't pick out of a police line-up) or do we cut friends and co-workers because family comes first? 

First we need a location.  I started asking him questions about where the guests will sit during the wedding, do we ask them to bring lawn chairs or do we rent chairs?  He suggested we could borrow chairs from my work (a real option) but then I asked him how we'd get the chairs to the park.  "Oh it'll work out" he says.  I explained to him that the more details and questions we can answer now, the calmer I'll be later (which I do believe to be true.) 

Then what happened next was pure genious.  He suggested we have the ceremony in an amphitheater.  There are several state parks with ampitheaters and they only cost $10 an hour to rent.  BUT once again we are struck with size problems as the state park we are leaning towards has an amphitheater but it only seats 100.  So, this Friday we will go camping for the night at the state park, take a look at the amphitheater and decide if we can seat more around (and I realized while tossing and turning around 1am that some of the people will be on stage and do not need seats.  Yeah! Our first trip related to the wedding.

We finally had a discussion regarding the two previously disputed childhood friends as bridesmaids.  It really means a lot to me and he could see that so they are in!!  We started talking about the groomsmen, but he's not sure yet and that's fine, I told him he can take his time with that one, no hurry there.  Now, I just have to hunt down my friends and tell them.  We also decided to have my MOH's son as our ring bearer, she's going to be thrilled when I tell her today.