Wedding Planning

Eloping is for wimps!

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Got a massage today - it was marvelous. One of the ladies on the ship is a massage therapist. I used to do that myself, but for several reasons, my license has lapsed. Every other week, we do trades. I get a massage for free, and by giving Kathy a massage in return, I am able to keep my skills honed, so that eventually I can get back into the massage business. It was very nice to relax amid the flurry of planning a wedding. After a very long time waiting, I am finally able to plan my wedding, a change for which I am very grateful. Actually, the wedding itself is done - we are going to the justice of the peace on August 26th, then, after a couple days all by ourselves at the Anniversary Inn, we are going to have a big reception on the morning of the 28th. There will be a short Wiccan Handfasting ceremony first thing, followed by the party. The hardest part is choosing the people who will be asked to attend the handfasting. Our immediate famiies will be at the legal seremony on the 26th. Carl's family are devout mormons and, according to him, probably not open-minded or tolerant enough to attend, although they are very good people otherwise. I'm going to ask my cousin Shelli if she would care to "officiate" at the ceremony. I've figured out a way to involve the spectators in the ceremony, and now I just have to figure out a way to get Aurora and Steven involved. I decided that since there won't really be anything the kids can do at the legal part, they need to be included in the fun part. We are, after all, making 2 sets of parent and child into a family of four, and the kids need to feel like they are important enough to be included in that process, rather than just along for the ride.
I was going to spend today going to different sites tohold the reception - parks and reception centers and such, and see what their garden areas are like, because I want the reception to be outdoors
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