The phrase “the new norm” has gained popularity since the pandemic starts to wind-down.
Personally, I am not a fan of most of the new norms. Maybe over time I’ll start to warm up to people working from home or a new supply shortage of the week.
I really struggle with going to the store, any store for that matter, and not always finding what I went there for.
I was killing time before a grandson’s basketball at a Runnings store in Windom last week. I was meandering down the aisle when I found myself in the spray paint section.
The shelf was darn near empty. Not just one color was missing, but the entire section was bare.
I asked the clerk what was up with the spray paint section? She replied that she really didn’t know, but it’s probably like everything else — we never really know what will or won’t show up on the delivery truck.
So, that took a while to get to my “new norm” experience.
A little over a week ago our daughter Emily and her fiancé Steven celebrated a combination early and belated 40th birthday party for themselves.
They sent out invitations and hosted a backyard barbeque-themed party at Big Top Tents and Events here in Luverne.
The “new norm” thing was that while nearly all the guests thought they were coming to a 40th birthday party, they discovered upon entering the building it was an indoor backyard barbeque-themed surprise wedding.
Only a handful of people who were sworn to secrecy knew of the surprise and they pulled it off. Guests were completely surprised, thrilled for the couple and had a great time.
I am not sure this will really become the “new norm” for weddings, but in this case it was awesome.
Stacey and Jordan Smidt and their crew at Big Top Tents and Events were a joy to work with and did an outstanding job helping us host the event.
Like I mentioned earlier, it’s taking me some time to warm up to new norms, but the surprise wedding idea gets two thumbs up from me.