When Trisha told me that she had to stop at the store and pick up some kind of detox in a bottle I was not impressed. If something is illegal, you should not do it. Plain and simple. I read her the riot act – I thought that she had stopped doing all of that bad stuff years ago. I told her that if she does not enroll in a program like 48 hour detox by the end of the month I was going to call in her entire family and all of her friends to perform an intervention. She was not impressed with the riot act at all. I’m worried about her.
Selecting Your Wedding Decorations
Wedding decorations can turn any location for your wedding and or reception into something special. If you have no idea what you want as far as decorations go maybe try starting out with a theme and move on from there. Flipping through wedding magazines is a great place to start to get ideas also.
Wedding decorations include more than ribbons and flowers. They encompass everything from cake toppers to wedding favors, and even accessories for the bridal party. Choose wedding decorations that invoke the style and feeling you are looking for. If you are going for a fantasy wedding theme it would make sense to romantic setting with candles and pastel colored flowers. A fairy tale carriage would make a addition to your decorations for a story book wedding. You could have centerpieces and place holders reflect that idea at each table.
If there is something that you are looking for that you can’t find it’s always possible to hire a company to do custom wedding decorations for your wedding. This will give you the opportunity to have exactly what you want down to the very last detail. Most companies will be happy to provide you with excellent customer service so that the bride and groom are happy and are able to have the wedding of their dreams.
I Want To Brag A Minute
Okay, I want to brag for a minute or so. I’ve been working really hard to keep my new year’s resolution to work out 3 times a week and so far I’ve been doing great with that. But, That’s not what I want to brag about. I want to brag about the fact that my kitchen has been spotless for the past 12 days.
My sink has been spotless every night before I go to bed and the dishes haven’t piled up because I do a load every night as soon as the dishwasher is full. Then in the morning I empty while I’m making myself coffee so the sink never has a chance to have a dirty dish left in it because the dirty dishes can go straight into the dishwasher as soon as we are done with them.
It has felt absolutely amazing to go to bed and wake up with a clean kitchen. I don’t know what inspired me but I hope that I can continue it because it feel s amazing. I suppose it will just take some discipline and determination to keep going and to not give up. Why would I want to stop doing something that makes me feel so fantastic?
Thank You Gift For My Husband
Because my husband took my out for a surprise lunch this afternoon I was thinking a great way to spoil him would be to get him something really nice from truefitt and hill. They have luxury shaving creams, pre-shaving oil, and cologne.
I know he would really appreciate the line of grooming products for men that truefitt and hill make. He’s always wanted to go to London and now he can have products worthy of London’s gentry. I know this will be a fantastic thank you gift for my husband.
Using Skype To Stay Connected To Family And Friends
Do you use Skype? Video calls on Skype are a great way to keep connected with family and friends that don’t live near you. We love to use it in our home so that relatives can see our children and talk to them. This helps the kids get to know grandparents that live across the country. Then when we see them during the holiday times they don’t seem like complete and total strangers to the kids.
Our kids actually recognize grandma and grandpa and their aunts and uncles. We try to have a Skype call at least every other weekend to stay in touch with the family. We don’t do anything long because the kids don’t have much of an attention span. But, we talk about looking forward to making the Skype call all week and then when it comes time to make the call the kids are excited.
I like to also use Skype to just connect with friends that have moved to different areas of the country. It’s really nice being able to talk to some one face to face even if they are 2000 miles away. I know other people use Skype for business purposes but for now I’m happy with what I’m doing to stay connected with our friends and family.
Making A Statement With Flower Girl Baskets
Flower girl baskets are a great place to add details and style to compliment the special occasion. Watching the flower girl stroll down the aisle selecting rose petals out of the flower girl basket and dropping them gingerly on the floor is one a highly photographed moment. Make sure your flower girl basket stands out and doesn’t look boring and plain.
Flower girls baskets are easy to make unique and one of a kind by adding embellishments including lace, beads, ribbon, pearls, and of course the flowers. By adding just a few simple details you can take your plain and ordinary flower girl basket from drab to fab. The best part about it is it doesn’t have to be expensive. Flower girl baskets can be very affordable, especially when you embellish them yourself.
You might even consider giving the flower girl basket tot he flower girl as part of her wedding favor after the wedding. I’m sure she would love it. What little girls doesn’t like to parade around in her dress up clothes and pretend she is doing something very special. After her having the chance to be the flower girl in your wedding she will have those wonderful memories to look back on and can use the flower girl basket in all of her adventurous pretend play.
Enhance Your Theme With Beach Wedding Favors
Wedding favors leave a lasting impression on your guests. While I was looking into different types of wedding favors I found that there really is a huge variety of favors to choose from for every theme you can imagine. Today, I’m going to talk more about Beach Wedding Favors.
How exciting would it be to have a beach wedding out by the water and be able to listen to the relaxing waves as they come crashing in on the shore. You can offer the perfect wedding favor to help your guests remember this special occasion at the beach.
Enhance your wedding theme by including the beach wedding favors as part of your decor. Use the wedding favors as place card holders at the tables for your guests. Sea shells, sand dollars, or star fish can help add a little pizazz to your table. Add these little tokens to tea light votive holders and you have an instant beach wedding favor. Include some sand to hold the candle in and it will remind everyone of the wonderful time they spent with you at the beach.
Another festive way to commemorate your beach wedding could be to chose a functional item with a twist. A great example of this would be to give away a classic wine or bottle stopper but with a beach element on top like a starfish. Your guests will definitely appreciate the thought and detail you put into the favors you offer them.
Where is the sax?
Saturday at the street dance and concert that my kids and I went to, the band was playing a song about how much they love the saxophone, and I could swear that I heard the saxophone playing, but darn if I could see anything that looked like a saxophone anywhere on the stage! This perturbed me greatly, as my uncle used to play a mean sax, and I was thinking about talking to him later about the concert and the song about the saxophone! It wasn’t until my brother was telling me about the cheap buy used yamaha wx5 sale at guitar center event that I realized that there are other instruments being used in this day and age that can mimic the sound of the saxophone, and the trumpet, and other wind instruments.
I felt amazed, and yet cheated, at the same time. Isn’t modern technology amazing? And how sad for the many talented musicians that are now out of jobs because machines can mimic what they took years and years to learn how to do! I think that I would prefer to see the genuine saxophone musician wailing on his sax – it provides a much better theatrical performance!
Mid-morning Parenting Rant
This morning after breakfast my daughter had the biggest melt down I’ve seen in ages. You would think we were really doing something awful to her, when in fact she was just upset because I wouldn’t let her sit on my lap while I was working at the computer.
I love spending time with my children, seriously I do. However, I still need some grown up mommy time to myself. It drives me insane when I am trying to get a little bit of work done and one of the kids decides it’s the end of the world until everyone else int he house stops what they are doing and runs to give them their complete and undivided attention.
I make sure I sent a good amount of time each day with the kids without trying to be distracted because I don’t want them to feel they have to compete with us for attention. Sometimes though it goes without fail that as soon as my husband and I are trying to do something else they are stuck to us like glue. Then at other times when we want their attention they are no where to be found. Kids are silly little creatures.
I suppose if I really wanted their attention all I would have to do would be to either walk into the bathroom or put my phone up to my ear. Those two events are bound to draw them to me like magnets.
The Great Closet Purge of 2013
I’ve decided it’s time I go through and clean out my closet, well closets really if you could my children’s and my husband’s closets, to get rid of anything we don’t wear, is tired and needs to be thrown out, and things I know I would like to give away or donate.
I have a bunch of closes in my closet taking up tons of space that I know could be put to better use I would like to have one of those fancy looking closets that you see in all of the home and garden magazines. I know it will be possible to have pretty baskets and shelves once I get rid of things to make space.
I’m sure I have sweaters and dresses in there that I haven’t worn in well, honestly I don’t know how long. I think I’ll go with the rule if I haven’t worn it in the past yea it’s gone for sure. I say the past year because of the different seasons. I can’t hold on to things that I think I might use someday just because it’s still in great condition. I think items that are in great condition are the perfect ones to donate. Who wants to buy a tattered old robe from Good Will? No one! But, you can be certain someone would be willing to buy a plush and cozy robe without any rips or stains. I have a robe, I’m just not using it so it’s going in the donate pile.
I’m pretty sure this project is going to take a while and it won’t all get done in one day. I think I’ll start with one closet at a time and go from there. I don’t want to overwhelm myself.