Sunday, April 27, 2008

omigod. My house was absolutely trashed.

That's how I knew everybody had a good time. For people like me, who tend to be a little picky about details, absolute chaos and bedlam is vital to every foremost effort. When I clean my house, first I create an even bigger mess than I started with; I create an absolute lollapalooza of a mess, then I put it all back together in the precise order that pleases and comforts me. So in getting ready for this party for forty people whom I do not know, save for the honored and the honored future in-laws, nothing else would do but to pull all the closets apart and strew the contents up and down the halls, to polish every piece of silver I own, to carefully dust and wash the glass of every piece of art I own, then level each, and to rethink every single flower pot, vase and floral receptacle in this house and on the front porch. No small order, all of that. But it makes me happy. So it was with this party. It was a race to the finish, vanquishing winter with its dark and dust, dullness and dreary and cold, cold, stillness.

And when I was done, the house at Bellemaison became spring with flowers, colors, aromas and light in the sunny afternoon air. I looked around when the party was at a high pitch and saw the furniture and floors littered with silver punch cups, toilet paper, ribbons, handbags and smiles, smiles, smiles, and I was ever happier. You have to make a real mess to get a real result. So it was all worth it because the O'Doherty Girls laughed and laughed, kept me laughing and left here laughing still, as they scampered down the driveway into the spring evening. It was my pleasure to please and serve them and the bridal shower left me content and grateful for such darling, honest people in my life.

Breanne is a lithesome Goddess. She is generous, beautiful and has flawless manners. Her two sisters are older and younger versions of her and the three of them would be quite intimidating in their beauty and grace, if they were not such compassionate, caring people. Breanne came to me in a moment of poise and care and said JBelle, there's a squirrel on the front porch eating the cake. I SHRIEKED, with absolutely no poise, at that damn razorback who has eaten probably about 2000 Apricot Beauty tulip bulbs over the last four years, ran out to the front porch to my luscious blueandwhite dottedswiss cake on my darling white wrought iron tea cart, all set up up for tea. The little porker wasn't even happy with a swipe on the corner. His grubby footprints led to the center of the cake, where he dug a divot of blue butter cream frosting, narrowly missing the B. He disappeared by the time I got there, clearly holding the higher IQ in the battle of wits that is him and me. I was horrified about serving guests cake with rodent germs but Breanne was worried about me and my parade, hoping the squirrel hadn't sent too much rain. And so in the end, that's what makes her gorgeous: her heart. It's ginormous.

It was a afternoon of girlfriends--love, care and laughter--in a springtime that you only get in the NorthLand. Viva la pedicures. Viva la wedding and bridesmaid dresses. Viva la dishes and linen. Viva la recipes. Viva la plans. Hopes. All of it. Viva.la.all.of.it.


JBelle
Bellemaison
The 'Kan EWA

6 comments:

Lindsey said...

That squirrel needs to go... get the gun... (oh is that too harsh of me? Don't worry, we don't even own a gun. :)

Anonymous said...

Clearly, I was born into the wrong family. What little doubts I had about this before are vanquished with this post.

Everything sounds beautiful, charming and absolutely lovely. All are blessed.

Happy, healthy, long and joyful life wishes to the newly betrothed.

You're a good egg, Schmeebs.

MarmiteToasty said...

Deep breath in....... slow breath out....

do you know how special you is? aye? aye?

x

JBelle said...

Melsie, Wendy and Linds,

I am only special because of and deeply blessed at the hands of my friends. I owe much of who I am and what I want to be to the sterling examples and testimonies of my friends, who are exquisite human beings. And of my friends, I count you all as some of the most very special.

Lindsey, Wendy The Psycho Therapist, does own a gun, uh maybe?, but at any rate, advocates for gun use in elimating pests of all kinds.

Wendy, Lindsey likes guns!

Melsie, One of my goals for 2008 is to throw YOU a party. Noodle on that! (big nod to Wendy)

Lindsey said...

Ohhhhhh added pictures! Flowers.. Amazing.. Cake..perfect... Terracotta walls... Fabulous! I love them! Where did you get that cake!?

MarmiteToasty said...

WTF... ya daft cow LOL

I aint never had a party in me life, and oh to have a noodle party would be soooo noodly lol...

Ya never know, I might be able to come over to the left of the staples one of these days....

The sun is shining here today, its gone 1pm and Ive had a doodle nap LOL, what a lazy drained cow Ive turned out to be lol

x