A Day to Remember..

      Today a common girl became a Princess. It was just magical to watch history being made. The ceremony, the venue, and well come on.. the dress. I woke up at 3:55am to insure that I wouldn't miss anything. To my surprise I found out that I could have slept in another hour and still caught Katherine entering Westminster Abbey, but I had coffee set to come on at 4am so I decided to just get up and be excited and watch the real life fairytale instead of dreaming of one. I thought it was important to watch and make the idea of having my own fairytale one day more tangible. A friend of mine's child brought something else important into view, that everyone who watched this morning also in a way went to church. I loved one part of the mass when the priest said something along the lines of, "When two people come together in marriage they make a work of art with each other." If you didn't hear it, it might not sound as amazing but it really touched me. I had to write it down. :)

    I will admit that in my giddy excitement, I decided that I wanted to capture the royal memory with my camera phone and I will post pictures to follow. :) I just kept thinking that I would get to remember this day and where I was and who I spent it with forever. Maybe one day I'll get to see them become King and Queen and think back on the morning where I got up and watched the wedding with my Dad and then later had a lovely breakfast with my friend Stevi. We had grapefruit, fresh waffles with syrup and powdered sugar sprinkled on top, and coffee of course. Got to have the coffee when 4am wake up times are involved. All was very delicious and I got to spend a pretty morning with a good friend. :)

     We were greeted with cooler weather this morning and a nice breeze which lead me to turn my A/C off and open the windows. My wind chime is adding awesome background music to the day.
     I have an informal menu planned for lunch/ dinner today. I will be making tea sandwiches of the egg and cucumber variety, along with cranberry and cheese scones. Of course I will be making my own tea. I plan to make a hot black tea to serve and also a cold tea full of orange slices and maybe lime slices also. I have cordially invited my mother to join me for Afternoon Tea and I pray she excepts my invitation but it will not be the end of the world if she does not.
     My table has been set and used and reset to be used again when my next guests arrive. I loved decorating and digging through my cabinets for serving pieces and arranging everything specially for the day. Everything is a little mix-match with a vintage feel but fun. I found pretty smoke colored glass goblets yesterday while out and the main color showcased is red. The red is probably the only thing royal in my whole set up but I'm about as south as you can get and a southerner first and foremost.

     Even though the love filled Royal Wedding and processional is over, my day will be full of love and food and thanks to God for the beautiful day. Cheers! everyone. :)