white wedding......

ok, so i am going to report on this wedding in the most positive way that i can........maybe by the numbers.....1- the happy couple kate and joe......clearly meant for each other.....also the number of blue jaguar's my sister-in-law lisa now owns....i am jealous....also the number of veggie trays set out on the 'appetizer' table (the caterer's note said veggies for 50...250 were present....) also the number of boxes of donuts set out on my sister-in-law's counter at the brunch today........2-the number of times we got lost/turned around...despite the fact that my spouse is a native to cincinnati and i lived there for 4 years.....2-is also the number of catering staff people who doled out meat at the buffet.........no comment on that from this caterer..... also the number of new 'stories' i heard from extended family of 23 years......they were great stories, by the way......3-the number of tables doled out to the weber part of the family.......also the number of cheese trays i helped lisa set up just before the reception.....do not ask why we were setting out homemade cheese trays when a caterer had been hired......also the number of kegs of beer behind the bar.......4- the number of starch side dishes on the buffet......and apparently the number of bottles of white wine purchased by my sister-in-law(the mother-of-the-bride) in ky despite the fact that lisa's husband is a wine wholesaler..........luckily, lisa brought a cooler with better wine,for family, just in case.....)....5- the number of bridesmaids, the number of groomsmen.....6+- the number of christmas wreaths that decorated the tables........and matched the pineneedle/pinecone motif of the wedding cake.....AND the number of christmas wreaths that my spouse declined (politely) to take home with us in case we might want to use them in catering.....priceless..........the chat i had with the father-of-the-bride...who has been estranged from the rest of us since my mother-in-law's funeral........i am so glad to have gotten all that behind the two of us, at least.......also priceless...the chance to catch up with my spouse's siblings....who i basically love and adore....despite number 1-6..........