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"If weddings were as easy as this, we&amp;#39;d all be getting married&amp;#8212;and definitely more than once:\nPinterestFacebookBut, as we know, planning your day&amp;#8212;and the day itself!&amp;#8212;can be anything but relaxing. That&amp;#39;s why I love these tips from Kat Kinsman of Eatocracy&amp;#8212;they&amp;#39;re both helpful and easy. Which, when it comes to weddings, are very, very good things.\nRealize there will be things that may not go&amp;#8212;um, exactly as you planned. Take a deep breath and make peace with the fact there could be some chaos. Aunt Gertrude may have a little too much champagne and re-enact the finale from Mame, you may dribble spaghetti sauce on your wedding dress, you may momentarily forget your vows. These are things you really won&amp;#39;t be able to control&amp;#8212;and, at the end of the day, none of them will matter. I promise that most things will go right. And you&amp;#39;ll have gotten married to the person you love!\nRemember that everyone&amp;#39;s on your side. If something does go awry and you hear giggles, it&amp;#39;s not because people are happy for the mess-up. Really, they&amp;#39;re just glad to be part of your day and able to participate in it with you. Ideally, the people at your wedding are grateful to be there. And if they&amp;#39;re not&amp;#8212;ahem, frenemies&amp;#8212;then they shouldn&amp;#39;t be on the guest list in the first place.\nStay focused. I think I mentioned the other day that I couldn&amp;#39;t remember if I&amp;#39;d thrown my bouquet and needed my husband to jog my memory. This is apparently normal (whew!). There&amp;#39;s so much going on&amp;#8212;physically, emotionally&amp;#8212;that it&amp;#39;s easy for things to become a big blur. People will be taking tons of photos, but remind yourself to stop and take a few of your own&amp;#8212;not necessarily with a camera, but with your brain. Notice the smiling faces watching as you take your vows. Watch your mom dance with your toddler nephew. Stop and&amp;#8212;very literally!&amp;#8212;smell the roses on your bouquet. You&amp;#39;ll hold these kinds of memories in your heart always.\nPrepare for a little letdown&amp;#8212;it&amp;#39;s normal. After the ceremony and the reception&amp;#8212;both of which you&amp;#39;ve planned for a long time&amp;#8212;you might shed some tears. Not sad tears&amp;#8212;just feeling tears. I mean, the guests have gone, the event you&amp;#39;ve put so much creative and emotional energy into is over, and a whole new part of your life is beginning. It&amp;#39;s totally OK to let yourself feel that change.\nDo you have any other good stay-sane tips? What do you think of these ones?\nPhoto: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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