Impending....

4 days stand between us and the wedding ceremony, and things are continuing to be hectic. Almost all details are set and (where applicable) paid for at this point. The marriage license is waiting patiently on a shelf, as are both of our rings.

As it turns out, my original ring was of considerably lower quality than I had anticipated and the wrong size; after a discouraging misadventure having a local jeweler attempt to resize it (which basically devolved to him chopping a section out, soldering the ring back together, then grinding everything down so that all detail was removed from the surface.... resulting in a pitifully ugly version of the original ring which was - wait for it - the EXACT SAME SIZE as when I came in) we decided to ask the artist that did a custom ring for Eden to make a similar ring for me. I've got to say, I'm really impressed with her work; my pitiful amateur photography skills really don't do it justice. For those that will ask, that's a citrine in her ring.

Weather.com can't seem to make up it's mind as to what things are going to look like on Sunday - yesterday the prediction was 52 degrees with only a 10% chance of rain, today it's showing as 43 degrees and 40%; very frustrating. While we are planning to rent some patio heaters to stave off the chills, if it's actually raining during the (brief) ceremony, things might get a little hokey. Right now we have 39 bodies due to show up for the wedding, plus the band. If we have to move people inside for the actual ceremony, it's going to be cozy. After the ceremony, it's less of a concern, as there are plenty of rooms for people to mingle through, but getting people in range to actually see the "I do" might be a problem.

As stated in a previous blog post, we're not doing the professional photographer thing - there'll be disposable cameras available onsite, and we'd like to ask for copies of any pictures you folks might take there with your own cameras (if they're digital, you can of course just email em to us). The results will either be posted here or a link will be posted to the hosting if necessary.

We're off to pick up Eden's skirt for the wedding today, and will also be ordering the main desert for pickup; by my count, that'll just leave picking up flowers and heaters before the big day. Of course there's a lot of setup to do, but all of the components are settling into place.