La Vida Roja with Crazy Red
Crazy Red
The Wedding Reception Preparations
On Monday morning I awoke and started hyperventilating when I suddenly realized that I only thought I had done everything on my "do-list" of wedding arrangements. In my zeal of self congratulations over being so organized, I had failed to contact the rental place for the tent and other rentables, such as tables, chairs, knives, forks, glasses, plates, tablecloths, you know, minor things. So, I hied myself down to the rental store and thirty minutes later and one hefty check + 10% for breakage coverage drove home again secure in the knowledge that nothing else could go wrong until...
I arrived home and walked in the house to be assailed with the most horrible smell. Marilyn, my half Jack Russell Terrier -half long-haired Chihuahua had yacked up on every available cloth surface in my house after eating a stick of butter someone had left out on the counter. My washing machine ran day and night for three days and I held off on putting any slip cover or window seat cover or pillow back out until Saturday morning when the dogs were sequestered elsewhere and the dog hair had been dutifully sucked up by my trusty Dyson. Friday night, the sisters arrived and the next morning the transition began...
It is helpful if you have one sister that has a penchant for home decorating shows, is a little obsessive compulsive and you don't get your feelings hurt if she re-cleans your house. I just stood back, got high and turned her loose. It is also helpful if you have another sister who does litigation law and is always on the lookout for a potential lawsuit. She was in charge of risk management and tea light distribution and later she saved my ass during the great wedding cake snafu. Instead, I went outside and took care of the outdoor portion of the party preparations.
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Betty Wright
``Clean up Woman (live)"
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