Mother of the Bride notes - two days and counting

We are quickly approaching the day we have been planning for. The wedding is right around the corner. Lots and lots and lots to do. Things that are invaluable:
1. Checklists
2. Friends and family who help out and are generous providing items
3. Remembering to stop and breathe
4. Organization - feels like we have this thing wired
5. Friends whose daughter just got married who can loan items we needed!
6. Staying at a house with a jacuzzi - yeah I'll need that tonight

Excitement/Dreams/Panic/Calm

It is amazing the array of emotions as we get down to the wire of the wedding. I find myself very calm and excited during the day, at night its when I have my waves of panic. I even had a very bizarre dream that the day of the wedding everyone seemed very indifferent when it came to decorating the reception area (which now came with a wall right down the middle). The guests arrived and rearranged all the tables and our wedding coordinator decided to hand out cans of spray paint instead of bubbles and everyone was tagging the building! Obviously I must be repressing some stress!

A friend of mine (who had recently gone through similar situations) advised that at moments of panic to pray and breathe reminding myself that God is with me. Two also memorize a couple of verses to have on hand, when I wanted to kill someone. (so far I haven't needed the verses)

I imagined if I was feeling this way, my daughter (who has done the majority of planning), but also be near the breaking point. To support her we have invited her to dinner frequently and talk her through the "I have so much to do"; offering to help where we can.

So today I am calling the evasive florist, taking boxes to be mailed, creating a "what we need to buy when we're there" list, while my husband calls about linens (We found out yesterday that the facilities table covers are not floor length and - according to them - kind of pricey. This would have been nice to know - ohhhhh about 2 months ago!)

We continue to receive RSVP's. So our plan to set the date one week prior to when we needed the information was a well devised plan.

Shipping Savers

We are in the final weeks before the wedding. The dilemma of living one place and having the wedding in another is trying to items from Point A to Point B without going broke in shipping costs.

Early in the planning sample items were ordered and shipped to our home so we could see what we were ordering. Upon inspection and approval for the wedding, we ordered the items necessary and had them shipped directly to grandma's house for storage until we arrive.

Another opportunity to save on shipping came as we celebrated our other daughter's high school graduation this weekend. My sister flew here to celebrate with us and traveled light with only 2 carry-ons. When she left she carried on board the wedding dress, my mother-of-the bride dress and a checked suitcase filled with well packed candle holders I found on sale, table decorations and more. If we had shipped (and insured) it would have cost us a fortune, plus the worry of if it would arrive safely. Now we know the dress is in the destination spot and we have a suitcase available to bring back wedding supplies when it is all done.