I’m in Illinois knee deep in wedding preparations. Some random wedding details you might enjoy:

I put together wedding favors in sessions with my sisters as we are watching season two Deadwood. It seems a little odd to be tying ribbon on fans while watching a saloon owner struggle with bladder stones, but that’s how we do things in Central Illinois.

My little sisters are also going to be ringing bells as part of the ceremony. They were practicing their parts with bowls and a chopstick apiece, because evidently that’s all you need to practice most Buddhist rituals.

I bought some fancy paper to use on our DIY wedding programs. I forgot the paper so my future mother-in-law was going to FedEx it. Imagine her surprise the day after she sent the paper, when a random man with a cardboard mailing tube showed up at her door. Evidently the package fell off the truck or something, because this man found it IN THE STREET! She took it back to FedEx, and I hope it gets here tomorrow.

My Mom was inspired by Gone With the Wind, because she’s making the chuppa out of the lining of her old living room curtains.