My server has been on the fritz for the past two weeks so I have written a few entries but have not been able to post them...so I'll back post...why not?

Sometimes you just need soup.

The past few weeks have been more than a bit stressful -- and I can't really put an exact reason down as to why, either. You will never know how difficult it really is to plan your own wedding until you have to plan your own wedding.

Sometimes you just need soup with a delicious, wine-imbedded broth.

Throw in friends, well-intentioned family members, opinionated mothers, co-workers who are also getting married in the near future, co-workers who have gotten married in the not-so-distant past, a sister who is in the process of getting separated, and many, many people who want to wish us well, hear all about it and add their opinions and ideas to the pot...and you'd have a rather difficult time, too.

Sometimes you just need soup with a delicious, wine-imbedded broth and vitamin-filled vegetables like sweet potatoes and carrots.

No, this isn't going to turn into a complaint forum for how much I hate what this person said or how upset I am right now with my mother or his parents or someone's aunts, cousin's son. I promise. In fact, I'm not even really that upset at what people have been telling me about how to plan my wedding...I do appreciate all of it, really. It just can be stressful to try to plan what is going to probably be the most important day of my life thus far.

Sometimes you just need soup with a delicious, wine-imbedded broth and vitamin-filled vegetables like sweet potatoes and carrots and well-stocked with protein-rich chick peas.