We spent several weekends getting the back yard company ready. A few minutes of wind and the back fence is down and the glass patio table top Is in a million pieces.
Oh, @missypie! :(( How frustrating for you and all your hard work! Hopefully you still have time to come up with Plan B and it will be better than ever! :-??
So sorry to hear that. Can you replace the table easily and in time?
My fear of weather made me almost insist DD have an indoor ceremony instead of at the park,. Of course we are having open house the day after, and praying for good weather. At least people can gather indoors.
I don’t think we’ll have a new table. Hope our fence will be out of the neighbors back yard by wedding time. But happy to report that the 14 Trader Joe’s herb plants made it through the storm like champs.
Just a heads up but I just replaced my outdoors glass table top by way of Amazon. And free shipping!!
That’s awful Missypie! I’ve heard so many stories of those glass tables shattering.
S and FDIL are getting back RSVP’s. Fun to see how they are enjoying that process. When they come in the mail, they wait until they are both home so they can open them together. 
They have had a couple of people respond adding additional people. For instance, an aunt - who at her house is just two people - her and her husband - responded that “4” will attend. Four? Who are they?!!! They sent separate invites to all their kids!!! Another single person added her own +1 - just interesting that people feel welcome to do this! Hopefully these will be limited.
Oh my abasket! That takes some nerve for people to “add” others.
Sorry I don’t remember when the wedding is. Remind me again…
“they sent separate invites to all their kids”
WHAT?!? They need to be called out on this.
Maybe they were RSVP’ing on their kids behalf?
We will be looking for a square patio table that seats 8. A bit rare but that size seats a lot of people and fits perfectly in the space. No more glass. This is the third table top shattered by Texas spring weather.
Sorry—forgot about that hail!Why would I assume everyone has a husband like mine ( who thinks that trimming the trees without moving the glass table is a good idea.)
Wedding is June 18. It’s my H’s sister - they don’t get along too well, but I told him that this would be his task to call her and get some details on why “4”! Are they hungry or what?!!
Well if it’s any consolation—our wedding is VERY small, only 50 people and I have already had one guest call me to ask “how many people can we bring?” I told her to bring as many as are on the invitation. (herself and her spouse)
@missypie I wouldn’t over order a dessert for the rehearsal dinner, particularly if the dessert must be eaten on site and can’t be easily taken “to go”. We served individually wrapped decorated shortbread cookies for dessert at our rehearsal dinner a few weeks ago. There were 50 cookies, 47 attendees, and we had about 10 leftover cookies. Quite a few people took their cookies to go.
@missypie regarding ambient music: Our rehearsal dinner venue played very soft jazz, but as soon as the first few peopke arrived I doubt if anyone heard or cared. There were a lot of out of town relatives who hadn’t seen each other in awhile. Lots of hugs, kisses, chattering and an open bar in the room… It was only quiet enough to hear any music when the priest said grace, and when we turned off the music to play a video (of the bride and groom growing up) that was set to music.
People are so unthinkingly rude about RSVP’s. I have to believe they just don’t think about what it means to add extra people, especially if they assume the reception is coffee and cake in the church basement, or a buffet or cocktail and finger food reception, as opposed to a sit down dinner in a venue where the reception is already hitting the limits of the numbers allowed.
Each of our families had a few uncomfortable conversations with distant relatives and friends about the responses we received.
Why is it always the people you barely invited (step-sibling, spouse and kids who you haven’t even seen in 10 years) who are the most difficult?
Probably because there is a reason you haven’t seen them in 10 years, LOL!
We are finding that weddings bring out the best in the best people and the worst in the worst people.
My D has her RSVP’s online, so no mail to open. Today was the respond by date, I wonder how many we will have to call…
Replacement table ordered - 30% off sale, free shipping, no glass, delivery by 5/17. Yay!!!