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yesterday shannon took me to the park and we had a picnic. it was super. i haven't had a picnic since 1997. i really should do that more often. she made a really delicious spread and we sat under a tree looking out over the water. in another area of the park there was a native drum circle, which was an unusual addition to our time there. then out of the blue shannon asked me to be the best woman at her wedding! hooray! i thought she was going to ask me, but they've been engaged for over a month and they'd asked everyone else, so i thought i'd been left off the roster. but no! she was just waiting for the right moment. this is going to be so fun. and guess what?? brendan is also in the wedding - he's one of the bridesmen. andrew and shannon are not allocating their wedding party by gender. instead they're having all of andrew's siblings stand on his side, and she's having her people stand on her side. brendan feels very honoured, we both do really.

AND

last week when i was out with meg for tea, she asked me to be in her wedding party as well! and brendan is too. ben and meg are having all their siblings in their wedding party, which includes me as i will be brendan's wife by then :) we're looking forward to that wedding a whole bunch.

the funny thing is that shannon and megan's weddings are on two consecutive weekends in september. thankfully they'll be very different events so they will be uniquely enjoyable. i think both will be very fun and i'm looking forward to them. i MIGHT be able to wear the same dress, maybe. but on the other hand, i don't own many dresses so it might be a good idea to expand my wardrobe a little. then i'll have more to choose from for christmas parties and other special outings - such as melissa's wedding in october! weddings weddings everywhere.

traditionally i have not liked weddings. bleck! but meg told me that she started to like weddings after having a partner to attend them with. i think she might be on to something. i wonder how i would feel at this point to attend a wedding. i kind of wish i could go to one before ours, but ours is the next one on the docket (44 days!). i think it'll feel really different attending a wedding as a married couple.

my latest hurdle is that my plan regarding table cloths has fallen thru. so i'm having to move on to plan B :S t'is ok though. i'm just rolling. rolling with the punches and it'll be fine :)

i'm sitting peeling susanne's oranges.