is because, way way way back when, a man would go and capture himself a bride, and he had to have a bunch of warriors with him.

groomsmen, actually warriors. they were needed to the bride’s family wouldn’t be able to steal her back, nor would anybody else get her.

but what if she was annoying or something, would the family say “good riddance, you can have her?”

and a reason for bridesmaids was that they were a bunch of women dressed JUST LIKE the bride, so angry ex-suitors and others wouldn’t be able to figure which one was the actual bride.

fascinating information from some bridal book i got at the library which was otherwise stuffed and clogged with all kinds of bridal stuff i didn’t care about reading about.

but one funny thing – there was a book all about questions a bride might have, and one of them was about what to do about wedding crashers. they went on and on about ushers escorting them out and stuff, but then the question was posed, what happens if a dog wanders into the ceremony? it can just sit there if it’s being quiet, or otherwise, once again, the ushers need to escort it out.

i feel that there will be at least one invited dog at my wedding. mollie, of course, who will be a good dog. shortie and gizmo aren’t invited, though, because they would be quite unruly and would certaily have to be escorted out, except of course that they’re so little and cute that people would want them to stay.

tuesday already! i’m taking the train on thursday, and i bought my ticket, and i’m excited about that. just up to rockford to meet MFH who is teaching a class, and then i get to lounge around all day on friday while he teaches. not to mention the large amount of lounging on the train itself.

that is all for right now.

ok then,

may grace.