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The following schedule is meant to help you organize the weeks and months before your wedding. You will find that being organized will not only help to save you money, but will significantly reduce the stress and anxiety surrounding your special occasion.

Keep in mind that this schedule is meant as a guide. Those professionals and the locations that have the best reputations are most sought after and tend to be booked early, sometimes even more that a year in advance. So the sooner you can make your decisions and commitments, the better.

Ideally, start a year and a half before your wedding and schedule tasks right down to the last day, and ever thereafter. Work at your own pace, and keep remembering that this is should be fun!

FROM 18 MONTHS OR AT LEAST A YEAR BEFORE . . .

1. Announce your engagement.
2. Arrange for both sets of parents to meet, unless they already have.
3. Work out a budget and promise yourself to stick to it.
4. Review the budget with your folks, if they’ll be paying for any part of the event.
5. Interview and hire an event planner if you are using one.
6. Decide on the style of wedding you want.
7. Make a preliminary guest list.
8. Determine whom you want to have in your wedding party. Make the calls.
9. Select a date for the wedding and, if there will be one, select dates for the engagement party, rehearsal dinner, and after-wedding breakfast.
10. Select a caterer, a location for the ceremony, and a reception location. If there will be one, select a venue for the engagement party, rehearsal dinner, and after-wedding breakfast.
11. Decide at which a local hotel/motel you want to book a block of rooms for your out-of-town guests.
12. Find out on what date the lodging management is willing to set aside your rooms. In most cases they will block no more than 12 months in advance.
13. Make arrangements with the person(s) who will officiate at your wedding.
14. Where necessary, book the House of Worship.
15. Interview photographers, florists, musicians, calligraphers and make your choices.
16. Make reservations for vehicles (e.g., limo, carriage).
17. Make plans for your honeymoon.
18. Select your wedding gown, accessories and associated events clothing. Set a schedule with the shop(s) for subsequent fittings and pick up.
19. Remember to select shoes (ballet slippers, sandals) for the reception.
20. Put together directions to be included, as needed, in Save-the-Date cards and/or in your invitations.
21. Drive the route from lodging to reception and from House of Worship to the reception venue, to double check distances and landmarks.
22. Mail a “Save-the-Date” cards to your “A” list guests.

NINE MONTHS BEFORE . . .

1. Confirm with the members of your wedding party.
2. Order invitations, announcements, programs and any other printed materials.
3. Register at several stores, choosing items in a broad range of prices.
4. Start a list for gifts received and thank you notes sent. Mail thank you notes as soon after receiving a gift as possible.
5. Have a black and white engagement picture taken and submit it to your local, and/or other newspapers.
6. Register your china, flatware and other household items you would like to have.
7. Go for genetic testing, if appropriate.
8. Make or buy the ring bearer pillow and flower girl baskets.
9. Create a wedding chart/schedule for your wedding day.
10. Create schematics (drawings and schedules) for the processional, recessional, at the altar, or under the chuppah, and for reserved seating. Distribute the information to your attendants and anyone else who will be participating.
11. If you are not hiring a wedding consultant, arrange for someone to be in charge of keeping everyone on schedule and coaching the processional.
12. Select guests for honors (e.g., toast, speech, blessing on bread and wine, etc.).
13. Make arrangements for child care at your ceremony and/or reception.

FIVE TO THREE MONTHS BEFORE . . .

1. Make up your final guest list. Begin to address invitations or take them to your calligrapher.
2. Select a jeweler. Look at a selection of wedding bands. Place an order.
3. Select the wedding clothing for your attendants. Set yourself a reminder to check back again (second fittings) about eight weeks before the wedding.
4. Relay clothing information to your attendants and if you wish, set up a schedule to go with them when they try on dresses.
5. Have the groom select his and his ushers clothing and set a schedule with them.
6. If you have not already done so, order your wedding gown and accessories.
7. Discuss wedding attire with the mothers of the bride and groom.
8. Call the wedding professionals (e.g., DJ, photographer) and reconfirm your bookings.
9. Select gifts for your attendants, ushers, flower girl, ring bearer and parents.
10. Bride, select your wedding gift for the groom.
11. Groom, select your wedding gift for the bride.
12. Make arrangements for the rehearsal dinner, and for any other parties (e.g., bridesmaids luncheon).
13. Make arrangements to find a place to live, if you will be moving.
14. Get change of address cards from the post office and get them ready to mail.
15. Shop for and order party favors.
16. Decide who will ride with whom and where people need to be when.
17. Make reservations for guests who are coming from out of town.
18. Find a hairdresser and do a trial run with your veil.
19. Prepare programs for the wedding and assign someone to distribute them.
20. Send a Save-the-Date card to anyone else on your list that you feel needs one.
21. Have the groom select and order tuxedos for himself, his groomsmen and the dads. If people are in different locations, get measurements mailed.
22. Meet with the caterer to set the menu. Order a cake if the caterer doesn’t supply it.
23. For a Jewish wedding, select and order a ketubbah.
24. Order table cameras. Make or buy a receptacle for them. Assign someone to the task of collecting the cameras.

TWO MONTHS BEFORE . . .

1. Get blood tests (where required) and marriage license.
2. Make an appointment for your hair and nails for as close to the wedding day as possible.
3. Meet or speak with your caterer to confirm the menu.
4. Select the music for your ceremony, cocktail hour and reception (first dance, etc.) and discuss your choices with the people who will be providing your entertainment.
5. Make arrangements, as needed, and firm up the schedule.
6. Select and purchase religious items such as skullcaps, unity candles, kneeling pillows, etc.
7. Make arrangements for customization (e.g., imprinting).
8. Meet with the florist to discuss requirements and place the order.
9. Ask the florist if a sample centerpiece can be ordered.
10. Review your needs with your photographer.
11. Mail the invitations. If you will have an “A” and “B” list, then mail your first round of invitations earlier (three months before), so you have time two months before to send out a second round.
12. Review documentation and make changes as needed (e.g., insurance, lease, Health Care Proxy, Living Will, etc.)
13. Purchase any wedding-related items that you will not be borrowing, or have received as a gift, e.g., ring bearer pillow, money bag, guest book, etc.
14. Put Guest Baskets together and assign someone the task of distributing them.
15. Arrange for someone to deposit your check and cash gifts in the bank, while you are away on your honeymoon.
16. Shop for your honeymoon clothes (hers and his).

ONE MONTH BEFORE . . .

1. Reconfirm all the reservations and accommodations.
2. Check again on clothing for yourself and attendants.
3. Confirm honeymoon plans.
4. Throw attendant parties.
5. Do the seating plan for the reception.
6. Make or buy “Reserved For” cards for the church/ceremony.
7. Assign someone the task of cordoning off (ribbon?) the reserved seats at the ceremony and/or taping the cards to the seats.

THREE WEEKS BEFORE, DOWN TO THE WIRE AND AFTER . . .

1. Hold your rehearsal and the rehearsal dinner.
2. Pick up your wedding bands.
3. Give your caterer the final head count.
4. Decide on seating and fill out the table cards.
5. Put the fees and tips in envelopes (officiant, soloist, maitre d’ etc.) and give it to someone you put in charge of making the payments (usually the Best Man).
6. Arrange with someone to bring items to the wedding venue . . . cake knife, toasting glasses, programs, votive candles, unity candles, ribbons, “Reserved For” cards, ring bearer pillow, flower girl baskets, emergency kit for the bride, wedding license, etc. and to take them home.
7. For a Jewish wedding, include skullcaps, object made of glass (e.g., light bulb, goblet) wine goblet, etc.
8. Arrange for someone to return the rentals (tuxedos, chairs, etc.).
9. Arrange for someone to take your bouquet and your gown “home” or bring it in for wedding gown preservation.
10. Get a “test” manicure and/or pedicure and/or other beauty services. Then schedule each service for one or before your wedding day.
11. Pack for your honeymoon.
12. Design a “day of the Wedding” schedule with times and tasks and share it with the key “players” in your wedding, such as your Maid of Honor and Best Man.

You will find that the months have slipped by, sometimes not quickly enough, sometimes too quickly to savor the precious, special moments. You have planned and interviewed, met and reviewed, asked questions and had them answered.

Now it has all come down to the last few minutes before THE moment of your ceremony arrives. Take an extra big breath and a last push for on organizing, planning and handling the last minute details. Don’t give up now that you’re in the home stretch. You’ll do your last bit of planning “homework” and, no doubt, your ceremony and reception will be seamless as a result of your efforts.

Congratulations. It’s your wedding day!
HERE COMES THE BRIDE . . . right on schedule!

AFTER YOUR WEDDING DAY

1. Write thank you notes and/or send gifts to the special people who made your wedding “happen.”
2. Send wedding photo and announcement to the newspaper(s).
3. Enjoy your honeymoon and your life together.

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Eagle Vale, Earlwood, East Botany, East Gordon, East Hills, East Killara, East Lindfield, East Ryde, East Sydney, Eastern Creek, Eastgardens, Eastlakes, Eastwood, Edensor Park, Edgecliff, Edmondson Park, Elanora, Elderslie, Elizabeth Bay, Ellis Lane, Emerton, Emu Heights, Emu Plains, Enfield, Engadine, Englorie Park, Enmore, Epping, Ermington, Erskine Park, Erskineville, Eschol Park, Eveleigh

Fairfield, Fairfield East, Fairfield Heights, Fairfield West, Fairlight, Fiddletown, Five Dock, Flemington, Forest Glen, Forest Lodge, Forestville, Fox Valley, Freemans Reach, Frenchs Forest

Galston, Garden Island, Georges Hall, Georges Heights, Gilead, Girraween, Gladesville, Glebe, Glebe Point, Glen Alpine, Glendenning, Glenfield, Glenhaven, Glenmore Park, Glenorie, Glenwood, Glossodia, Goat Island, Gordon, Gore Hill, Granville, Grasmere, Grays Point, Green Valley, Greenacre, Greendale, Greenfield Park, Greenwich, Greystanes, Guildford, Guildford West, Gymea, Gymea Bay

Haberfield, Hammondville, Harbord, Harrington Park, Harris Park, Hassall Grove, Haymarket, Heathcote, Hebersham, Heckenberg, Henley, Hillsdale, Hillside, Hinchinbrook, Hobartville, Holroyd, Holsworthy, Homebush, Homebush Bay, Homebush West, Horningsea Park, Hornsby, Hornsby Heights, Horsley Park, Hoxton Park, Hunter’s Hill, Huntingwood, Huntleys Cove, Huntleys Point, Hurlstone Park, Hurstville, Hurstville Grove

Illawong, Ingleburn, Ingleside

Jamisontown, Jannali

Kangaroo Point, Kareela, Kearns, Kellyville, Kellyville Ridge, Kemps Creek, Kensington, Kenthurst, Kentlyn, Killara, Killarney Heights, Kings Cross, Kings Langley, Kings Park, Kingsford, Kingsgrove, Kingswood, Kirkham, Kirrawee, Kirribilli, Kogarah, Kogarah Bay, Ku-ring-gai Chase, Kurnell, Kyeemagh, Kyle Bay

La Perouse, Lakemba, Lalor Park, Lane Cove, Lane Cove North, Lane Cove West, Lansdowne, Lansvale, Lavender Bay, Laughtondale, Leichhardt, Leets Vale, Lemongrove, Leonay, Leppington, Lethbridge Park, Leumeah, Lewisham, Liberty Grove, Lidcombe, Lidcombe North, Lilli Pilli, Lilyfield, Lindfield, Linley Point, Little Bay, Liverpool, Llandilo, Loftus, Londonderry, Long Point, Longueville, Lower Portland, Lucas Heights, Luddenham, Lugarno, Lurnea

Macquarie Fields, Macquarie Links, Macquarie Park, Maianbar, Malabar, Manly, Manly Vale, Maraylya, Marayong, Maroota, Maroubra, Maroubra Junction, Marrickville, Marrickville South, Marsden Park, Marsfield, Mascot, Matraville, Mays Hill, McGraths Hill, McMahons Point, Meadowbank, Melrose Park, Menai, Menangle Park, Merrylands, Merrylands West, Middle Cove, Middle Dural, Middleton Grange, Miller, Millers Point, Milperra, Milson Island, Milsons Passage, Milsons Point, Minchinbury, Minto, Minto Heights, Miranda, Mona Vale, Monterey, Moore Park, Moorebank, Morning Bay, Mortdale, Mortlake, Mosman, Mount Annan, Mount Colah, Mount Druitt, Mount Kuring-Gai, Mount Lewis, Mount Pleasant, Mount Pritchard, Mount Vernon, Mulgoa, Mulgrave

Narellan, Narellan Vale, Naremburn, Narrabeen, Narraweena, Narwee, Nelson, Neutral Bay, Newbury, Newington, Newport, Newtown, Normanhurst, North Balgowlah, North Bondi, North Curl Curl, North Epping, North Manly, North Narrabeen, North Parramatta, North Richmond, North Rocks, North Ryde, North Seaforth, North St Ives, North St Marys, North Strathfield, North Sydney, North Turramurra, North Willoughby, North Wahroonga, Northbridge, Northmead, Northwood

Oakhurst, Oakville, Oatlands, Oatley, Old Guildford, Old Toongabbie, Oran Park, Orchard Hills, Osborne Park, Oxford Falls, Oxley Park, Oyster Bay

Paddington, Padstow, Padstow Heights, Pagewood, Palm Beach, Panania, Parklea, Parramatta, Peakhurst, Peakhurst Heights, Pemulwuy, Pendle Hill, Pennant Hills, Penrith, Penshurst, Petersham, Phillip Bay, Picnic Point, Pitt Town, Pitt Town Bottoms, Pleasure Point, Plumpton, Point Piper, Port Botany, Port Hacking, Potts Hill, Potts Point, Prairiewood, Prestons, Prospect, Punchbowl, Putney, Pymble, Pyrmont

Quakers Hill, Queens Park, Queenscliff

Raby, Railway Square, Ramsgate, Ramsgate Beach, Randwick, Redfern, Regents Park, Regentville, Revesby, Revesby Heights, Rhodes, Richmond, Riverstone, Riverview, Riverwood, Rockdale, The Rocks, Rodd Point, Rookwood, Rooty Hill, Rose Bay, Rosebery, Rosehill, Roselands, Rosemeadow, Roseville, Roseville Chase, Rossmore, Round Corner, Rouse Hill, Rozelle, Ruse, Rushcutters Bay, Russell Lea, Rydalmere, Ryde

Sackville North, Sadleir, Sandringham, Sandy Point, Sans Souci, Scheyville, Schofields, Scotland Island, Seaforth, Sefton, Seven Hills, Shalvey, Shanes Park, Silverwater, Singletons Mill, Smeaton Grange, Smithfield, South Coogee, South Granville, South Hurstville, South Maroota, South Penrith, South Turramurra, South Wentworthville, South Windsor, Spit Junction, Spit, The, Spring Farm, St Andrews, St Clair, St Helens Park, St Ives, St Ives Chase, St Johns Park, St Leonards, St Marys, St Peters, Stanhope Gardens, Stanmore, Strathfield, Strathfield South, Strawberry Hills, Summer Hill, Surry Hills, Sutherland, Sydenham, Sydney (see also: City of Sydney), Sylvania, Sylvania Waters

Tamarama, Tarban, Taren Point, Telopea, Tempe, Tennyson Point, Terrey Hills, The Ponds, Thompsons Corner, Thornleigh, Toongabbie, Town Hall, Tregear, Turramurra, Turrella

Ultimo, Undercliffe

Varroville, Vaucluse, Villawood, Vineyard, Voyager Point

Wahroonga, Waitara, Wakeley, Wallacia, Wareemba, Warrawee, Warriewood, Warwick Farm, Waterfall, Waterloo, Watsons Bay, Wattle Grove, Waverley, Waverton, Wedderburn, Wentworthville, Werrington, Werrington County, Werrington Downs, West Hoxton, West Killara, West Lindfield, West Pennant Hills, West Pymble, West Ryde, Westleigh, Westmead, Wetherill Park, Whalan, Whale Beach, Wheeler Heights, Wiley Park, Willmot, Willoughby, Willoughby East, Windsor, Windsor Downs, Wingala, Winston Hills, Wisemans Ferry, Wolli Creek, Wollstonecraft, Woodbine, Woodcroft, Woodpark, Woollahra, Woolloomooloo, Woolooware, Woolwich, Woronora, Woronora Heights

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or if you really want to spend 8 hours cooking yourself heres how
Cooking a whole lamb isn’t the sort of thing you just decide to do one morning. This is something that takes a good deal of planning and preparation. First of all, you are going to need a lamb. In most places you’ll need to call ahead and place an order. Talk with a local meat market about this. If you have the luxury try and find a butcher who specializes in Greek or Middle Eastern meats. He’ll know what he’s doing and will probably be able to give you some good suggestions. Plan on about 4 to 5 pounds for each guest. Once the lamb is cooked and carved you have just about enough meat for everyone.

Once you have secured your lamb source you will need to figure out how you are going to cook your lamb. Odds are it won’t fit in your oven, or on your grill for that matter. There are two basic and traditional methods for roasting a lamb. One is on a spit over an open fire and the other is in a pit, much like old style barbecue or a luau. Either way you need an area about five feet wide and three to four feet across. You’ll also need a lot of wood or charcoal.

Spit Cooking: The traditional Middle Eastern method for roasting a lamb on a spit requires an enclosure about two feet high. This should be a U-shaped structure made from bricks, blocks, or an earthen mound. This will protect the fire from the wind and help focus the heat. In front of this structure you’ll need supports for your spit. In this method, the lamb in skewered onto a 6 foot stick (imagine the trunk of a Christmas tree). The lamb is then turned over the fire which is behind the spit, not under it. You want to have something to catch the drippings because they are wonderful and you don’t want a grease fire under your lamb.

Now days you can buy a large electric powered, gas or charcoal fired rotisserie unit that takes a lot of the work out of the process. The simplest unit to work with is the EZ-Que rotisserie system. If you think you’ll get your moneys worth out of a $500 cooker then by all means buy one. Like I said, your typical gas or charcoal grill just isn’t large enough to handle something this big. You can use a large barrel grill for this operation, provided that you have a rotisserie unit that can handle the weight. If you really have a large party to feed, then you might end up with a lamb that weights 90 pound fully dressed.

Pit Cooking: The pit method requires a hole in the ground that is 4 feet by 4 feet and 3 feet deep. Line the bottom with rocks or bricks and build a fire in the pit the night before you have your feast. Let the fire burn down for about 3 hours then rake the coals to one side. Lay down wet burlap bags, then the lamb, then more wet burlap bags. Shovel the coals around the covered lamb and bury in the dirt from the hole you dug. Go to bed and by the next afternoon your lamb will be ready.

Seasoning Lamb: Once you have your cooking method determined and your lamb on hand you can season it. A good lamb doesn’t need too much, but flavors like lemon, fresh mint, basil, olive oil, and oregano go well with lamb. I like to take a large jar and fill it with olive oil and a little balsamic vinegar, then add, lemon rinds, fresh basil, fresh oregano, garlic cloves and whole black peppercorns. Let this mixture sit for a few days then apply over the entire surface of the lamb, inside and out. Then I stuff a few whole lemons, onions and garlic inside. It is best to take some heavy cotton thread and a large needle and stitch the body cavity closed to hold this in and to hold the juices from the lamb inside.

The spit cooked lamb has all the flavors of the smoke (and the seasonings you stuffed inside) while the pit roasted lamb will be incredibly tender and juice. Both are a great feast. Either way once the lamb is done you can carve it up and feed your army.

Carving: Carving a whole lamb can seem pretty intimidating. The trick is to take it in sections. You’ll need a large area to work with and several serving dishes or something very large to put the meat into. Start by cutting away the hind legs. The meat should be very tender and should come apart pretty easy. Next work down through the shoulders and separate out the forearm sections. From here you can start carving up the individual sections. It helps if there are two people carving, but either way, take your time and you won’t have any problems.

Roast lamb is a fantastic traditional feast that has been served at family and religious gatherings for thousands of years. It is not only a delicious meal, but a significant occasion that celebrates what is truly important in life. So no matter the occasion, when you start to carve that succulent whole lamb, think back to the centuries of traditions that we owe so much too. This is the feast of birth, marriage, and rebirth.