Finally, finally, my gag order has been lifted –now that I am too busy to share details properly! My dear Amanda’s sweet fiance Ben arrived yesterday evening from college. They’ve been engaged since Christmas, and are getting married this Saturday. THIS Saturday! Valentines Day! Less than 48 hours from now! The Owlhaven is a...
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I am in the grips of wedding mania today, but have just enough time to share the story of this family who is undoubtedly much, much more wedding-crazy than ours at the moment.
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September 23, 2008 This morning I sat at a stop sign waiting for it to turn green and dabbing my eyes with a McDonald’s napkin. After a minute or so I realized the stop sign was born red and it intended to stay red. And to the relief of the driver behind me, I...
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Today my two sweet sisters-in-law along with my mother-in-law threw a lovely wedding shower for our Amanda. There was punch in lovely glasses, and cake topped with roses, and Lindor chocolate, and red roses and white tulips in crystal vases, and a lovely sweet devotion and prayer. Every detail showed the touch of love....
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We were given a bunch of lovely pillar candles which we are planning to use for wedding decorations. I wanted a display where the candles had some height. Only problem was, I didn’t have tall candlesticks big enough to accommodate wide candles. One of my blog readers gave me just the inspiration to solve...
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I’ve been loving the comments from people telling what they enjoyed most about their wedding planning.  I wonder if you’d also tell me what you wish you’d done differently? One thing that I wish I’d thought to do was say goodbye to my bridesmaids, specifically my friend who flew across the country to be...
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Yesterday Amanda and I went shopping for matching ties for the groomsmen.  We entered the mall at Dillards, where I was aghast to see that not one tie cost less than $50.  And we needed 4.  $200.  Eek.  Amanda suggested J C Penney’s, so we headed there next. The first ties we saw there...
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Wedding planning is progressing at full speed.  I’d love to share details, but am also working hard on keeping my daughter’s day hers, which means– sorry — keeping most of the planning under wraps until the big reveal.  It’s hard because I’m involved and I’m excited and I think they are coming up with...
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Wedding planning, book writing, and Missoula Children’s Theater (4 of my kids got parts!) are threatening to suck up all my time this week in the foreseeable future, so I thought I’d share a few links to sites that have captured some of my interest lately.  Please pretend this is an actual post.  Note: ...
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Yesterday I found myself sitting on a velvet-covered chair listening to quiet rustlings coming from dressing rooms on either side of a u-shaped bank of mirrors. The bridesmaids-to-be (Amanda’s 18-year-old sister and Ben’s 18-year-old sister) shared a dressing room and zipped each other up and came out first. As they emerged, they tugged here...
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