(Do I still have to write this? It's been 8 years, I don't even know. Oh well, here we go. I don't own Lizzie McGuire, the characters or anything else having to do with Lizzie McGuire.)
July 9, 2011- 8 years since we last saw Lizzie.
Jo McGuire climbed off of her old, wooden step stool onto the hard wood floor. Backing up, hammer still in hand, she looked up at her daughter's newly framed college diploma and sighed. Nothing was stranger to her than looking up at the college diploma with the name of the baby she could have sworn she brought home last month. She read aloud to no one but herself "Elizabeth Brooke McGuire… Bachelor of Secondary Education." She shook her head to herself. This was strange, but not as strange as the wedding that would take place for this very same baby next Saturday.
The front door opened and Jo was snapped out of her trance.
"Hey, Mom," Lizzie called as she cantered into the living room. "Good news. Aunt Tilly won't be able to make it to the rehearsal dinner. Something about tickets to go see Wayne Newton in Las Vegas the night before, but she'll make it back for the wedding."
"Oh, that's good," Jo said relieved. "The last thing we need is her insanity at the rehearsal dinner. There'll be enough craziness with our family and his. Best not to intensify it."
*If I could keep all the family craziness out of this wedding, I'd know the zombie apocalypse had arrived. (Animated Lizzie turns into a green zombie wearing a wedding dress.)*
"This wedding is only a week away and I still feel like there are a million things to do," Lizzie said as she and Jo sat down at the kitchen table to continue work on their wedding favors: plastic swans filled with multicolored mints.
"Weddings are always like that. "Jo said, tying a powder blue ribbon onto the neck of a swan. "You know, the past two months have been such a whorl wind. You guys graduated from Berkeley, and let me tell you moving Miranda's and your stuff out of that dorm room was not the easiest task in the world, now the wedding."
"I know . It's insane." Lizzie responded, "But I'll be calm and happy when we've moved into our new apartment and are married." Lizzie said in a swoony manner.
*Forget that! (Animated Lizzie lays on a beach chair with a large tanning board under her chin) I can't wait for the honeymoon in Hawaii*
"Oh yeah," Jo said, "you're definitely in bride mode." Which made Lizzie giggle quietly and look down at the ribbons on the table which read:
David and Elizabeth Gordon- August 16, 2011