We’re Making our List

I’m not so sure about the checking it twice…

I never in my life imagined that I’d marry someone who would have a larger guest list to my wedding than me. My father was incredibly close to all of his “cousins” (In parenthesis, because I’m pretty sure some of these were of little or no relation), so I always thought that I would be the person having the hard task of figuring out who I would have to say no to. Truth be told, I made my list even before the ring hit my finger, and it was hard to decide…do the fourth or fifth cousins get an invite?

These decisions got much easier last night when I finally convinced Charles that before we can even think about hiring a band for thousands of dollars, we need to figure out how many people we’re feeding! So he made his list. Yay!

My well thought out list of family (including third cousins…and some fourth) was nothing compared to his!

If I didn’t know the man better, I’d call his bluff and say “Seriously, when’s the last time you saw this person? I’ve never met them. Should they REALLY be invited?”…But alas. I know him too well.

I guess the down side to marrying a man with a heart the size of Charles’ is that I’ll end up having 400ish people invited to my big day. It gives me stage fright to think of all those people looking at me, but I have to remember what they all keep saying to me as they call to congratulate him…He really is the best guy. Who wouldn’t love him and want to be there for him?

So two tasks have been checked off on our wedding planning to do list. Those that know how I work, know that I love my binders with handy index tabs. I never work a large event without one.

That was the first task accomplished. Now, the guest list is done (or at least has a really good start). We still have to add about 30 from his mom’s side of the family.

Next, to get him to a church and to meet a priest so we can set a date!

Tip of the day: I highly recommend the All-in-one Wedding Planner google doc for getting the lists organized online. If Charles used a computer much, it’d be super easy to share between the two of us. But even still, this will make it easy to share lists and plans with mom, the wedding party, etc.