Spring updates and a wedding

i'm getting married in a few weeks.  who knew it would sneak up so quickly, though people warned me it would.  i am frantic with things to do and how to pay for them.  the groom is supportive but lacks the frenzy i am so famous for.  needless to say, there are days in which i am grumpy and hard to get along with. i know, i know, what a surprise.  oh, and throw in my birthday and that the was-wife is in town for 2 weeks for the grandson-to-be's junior high graduation.  i don't remember graduating from anything but high school and now there's a whole production for pre-school.  i think i like the simplier times better.  but i survive in spite of myself.

but this weekend is the long memorial day weekend and that is when i update the house for summer.  all the winter curtains will come down and the light, airy curtains will go up.  it totally changes the way a room looks and adds the much needed light into the room.  i am a proponent of changing your surroundings with the seasons.  go through your stash of things you keep but never do anything with and make some changes in your environment, it's quite therapeutic.  all the dark colors are going away and the pretty blue and white stuff comes out.  it's almost like christmas to open up the storage cabinets in the laundry room, check the cedar chest, and look in the bottom of the closets for the summer stuff.  of course, it does require that you do some spring cleaning.  the dust bunnies on top shelves will fly. 

spring cleaning takes on a whole new meaning this year as we will have a household of people coming through for the wedding.  i am absolutely delighted that my aunts and uncles from texas, also known as 'the texans', are coming for the wedding.  and the groom's youngest daughter and her son are coming from florida.  while there will about 3-4 days of total and complete insanity.  i just keep telling myself that there is an entire week off for the honeymoon afterward.  and i'm sure the wedding will actually be just fine but i may be drinking before it gets here. 

spring has sprung

it's starting to feel like summer outside.  yeah!!  i've opened all the windows lately to air out the winter smell in the house (ok, i'm fighting the pollen), the little dogs are basking in the sun, and i'm ready to bring out the summer decor items.  i won't change the heavier curtains on the windows until it gets a little warmer consistently.  i have beautiful sheers during the summer to allow as much light to come in for as long as it can.  sheers are not expensive and can update your windows beautifully.  changing out drapery, while not seeming like a big deal, makes an enormous difference in the feel of your rooms.  all my decorating stuff is gonna get changed around this weekend.  the shelves need to be cleaned and bright colorful decorations will come out.  i love changing this stuff out with the seasons.  it's kinda like christmas in that you come across stuff you forgot you had.  and as for spring cleaning, i really gotta do it this year.  with the upcoming nupituals in june, we will have plenty of relatives, and i'm delighted, tromping through the house for a week or so and i'd like for the place to cleaner than usual.  you know how relatives are.  and i want the little dogs to have cute matching purple collars so they'll go with the wedding color scheme.  yes it is too important.  the dress is in the closet, the invites are in the mail, and the list of things to do seems rather ominous, so i see my weekends becoming very busy and the wedding is still 6 weeks away.  but i enjoy the instant gratification of changing things around so it shouldn't be too painful.