To make it official.

Monday my daugther called to let me know that she's officially engaged. We had suspected she was engaged long before all this. The signs were there: She had already been planning and organizing. I would say, "Where's the ring?" "Is it official?" She would spend hours on the internet looking at dresses, photographers, etc. She bought tons of bridal magazines, watched Martha Stewart: Best of Weddings series on TV, watched the DVD Father of the Bride. I guess as Mother-Of-The-Bride, I was thinking I didn't really have to step in and do anything until it was official!

Well, Monday, while my daughter was visiting her future-home-of-Utah, my future son-in-law got down on bended knee and proposed to her. I'm so happy for her. My friends ask me how I feel and I say "I'm exhausted...and we haven't even begun."

What to do? I've never had a married daughter. (For my own wedding, 25 years ago, my mother did everything and I just showed up. To be honest with you, I had never thought I would get married. I was a career-girl all the way. And then one day my DH showed up in my life and changed everything. I was in love! That was not in my plans.)

So, how do you plan a wedding??? Can anyone share some advice or good websites? Certainly, I must make a wedding quilt! That much I know how to do.

Last night I woke up with a horrible UTI. Is the stress already getting to me? Today I'm exhausted. Luckily the prescription finally kicked in. Thank God for macrobid!

Pictured right: I love this picture of these pioneers. Notice 3 different women here. The one on the left is carrying a frying pan; looks like she's ready to work hard. The one in the wagon reminds me of an Annie Oakley-type. I'll bet she's concealing a gun. The one on the right reminds me of my daughter Julie: The romantic, so in-love with her fiance. I don't know who the rest of the people are, but I'll bet there's a quilter sewing away there inside that wagon!!! I am a combination of all 4 of the women--but mostly that quilter!