Today when I got home from church I had an email from my aunt who lives in Ohio. She and her husband NEVER go anywhere. They don't enjoy traveling at all. She refuses to fly. They didn't go to my brother's wedding, nor my mom's last three weddings (I *think* they attended her second wedding where she married my adoptive dad.)
Guess what? They're coming to my wedding!! That makes 3 relatives (4 if you count them separately) who are coming that we didn't expect to actually come!
Now I'll be really shocked if my aunt and uncle in TN decide to come ...
It's okay guest size wise - we may have to add a couple chairs to one table, but we can make it work. 
I haven't seen my Ohio aunt and uncle since I was about 15? years old. That's when we moved to New Jersey and kind of stopped doing the Ohio trips.
If I haven't heard from one of Mr FT's relatives by Wednesday, I'm going to give her a FB nudge. I really hope they're coming - both to help balance out the guest list between Mr FT and I, and also I just really like her and her husband.
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Someone ordered 3 items from our registry! Woo hoo! Do I wait til I get the items to send the thank you note? Probably, right. 
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I think I'm being a wee bit over sensitive lately. Last week apparently when I did my Sabbath School (SS) money collecting duties (while feeling ill, but going to fulfill the duty) I somehow neglected to pick up two offering envelopes. So today as I got there and was working on collecting envelopes, I was accosted by the SS leader about the not picked up envelopes. Then I went into a couple rooms just to be told their envelope had already been picked up. Argh!
I SO felt like saying that I don't need the extra stress in my life and find someone else to do it. I didn't of course. I'm really not sure how the envelopes didn't get picked up - because this isn't the first time I've done this, and I'm pretty sure I went into all the kid's rooms. Oh well.
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I talked to the audio visual person at church today about projectors (for my slideshow at the reception.) He offered to bring the church's extra projector to the b&b, set it up, and then take it back. Sweet!
I ordered a cable from amazon to connect either my iPad or my iPhone 4S to the projector (along with some other items to get free shipping - nutritional yeast, cacao powder, unity candle, set of 24 taper candles (unity ceremony), and the knife/serving set for the cake.) Used gift card money, so nothing out of pocket.
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I'm feeling better than I have this past week. Still not great, but definitely better.
I'm really looking forward to going to look at the houses tomorrow. We're going to leave a little early so we can drive around the "town" and get a good feel for it. (Population of about 173 people.)
Surprise RSVP!
March 13th, 2016 at 02:12 am
March 13th, 2016 at 02:35 pm 1457879749
Good luck with the house hunting!
March 13th, 2016 at 03:48 pm 1457884133
Hope you find a house you like. There are bargains to be found in small towns, and a half-hour commute is not bad.
March 13th, 2016 at 03:50 pm 1457884252
Since you've ordered a knife/serving set, I hope the quality is sufficient to serve your needs for a signifiant number of years. The wedding industry relies on emotion and is so clever at marketing. [A regular bread knife and quality fish server whose handles are sprayed white or gussied up with an abundance of curly ribbon in your preferred color, also do well and make you small in day-to-day use].
March 13th, 2016 at 03:54 pm 1457884479
Mr FT found the town's main website. It sounds like they have some kind of Homestead Act to entice new people - I'm curious to find out what it is.
March 13th, 2016 at 03:56 pm 1457884582
We have 7 rooms set aside at the b&b where are wedding is going to be for us and for out of town guests. Should be sufficient.
March 13th, 2016 at 04:03 pm 1457885022
March 13th, 2016 at 06:06 pm 1457892381
March 13th, 2016 at 06:32 pm 1457893927
March 14th, 2016 at 07:34 pm 1457984046
As for thank you cards, I've been sending them as I actually receive the gifts.
I hope you take some time to rest up and de-stress before the wedding!
March 15th, 2016 at 12:29 am 1458001761