Friday, May 30, 2008
A BIG SHOUT OUT.....
to Preppy Parade and Keeks and Brie. They came through at the very last minute for me with some absolutely beautiful personalized, monogrammed, handmade items. I can not post them now as they are gifts for special people involved in the wedding. I will show them after the wedding. Thank you so much...Terrie and Bridget....you girls ROCK!
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Bridal Luncheon invite
Well, just picture the cute little green and white check silk sash that goes on this invitation around the waist of the dress. I had to take it off to scan it. This is adorable...the envelopes are all printed in the hot pink that is on the invitation.
Red River Board Room invitation
This is the invitation for Thursday night....the envelope was sooo cute...it had the Navy Blue anchor imposed over the addresses ....the envelope was 4 X 9 1/2 which was so unusual and different. My return address was on the back flip . I love Mint Julep Paperie...Danelle has helped us with everything! She is an expert and has so many great suggestions and ideas. More invitations to come....
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Tweaking the outfits
***update*** with Dad's VV yellow knot tie?
Daughter and I have discussed these outfits forever. I ordered the Ralph Lauren 100% wool summer blazers, the VV ties. Dad has had the blazer for 2 years...wears it often so a 2nd one is a great idea. Daughter wanted stone colored chino Khaki's. Got the Ralph Lauren Khaki's yesterday but I don't like them...too casual. wrinkly, crumpled looking. I'm in love with these Ralph Lauren Cream summer linen slacks. I like the dressier "Great Gatsby" feel. Any opinions?
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Excuse me while my life is hectic
Hey sweet friends....I've got to stay focused for the next few weeks! No posting and no reading. Not that I don't love you....I just have take care of a gazillion million things. I know you willl understand. The shower weekend was awesome... see you all soon after mid June...xoxo..
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Families, Loyalty, and Love
Daughter's sweet best friend is also her fiance's sister. Their parents live here in this private community where we live. So, sufficed to say, our families are quite similar, the kids have same family backgrounds...loving family that is there no matter what...to help support them. That is a wonderful thing. My future son in law's Mom is so adorable and sweet...last night she came by with this gift below for me to carry in my vehicle for bridal shower. She, her Mom, and her daughter are all flying in Friday night to Shreveport for the shower. Her daughter, my daughter's best friend and SIL 's sister has final exams through Friday. She has to take her finals, drive 5 1/2 hours from Ole Miss to here, then go airport and fly to Shreveport for hhmm, total 8 hour flight time. How devoted is that?
My day today was totally changed. Hubby told me last night that his trip to White Sands, NM was postponed. That meant that since I did not have to drive him to the airport today, that I needed to take full responsibility for his Mom's colonoscopy. She was to have her sweet neighbor bring her home after procedure. . I all ways say "help someone like you would help your own Mother". My Mother is 84, lives in Massachusetts and I have to trust that my family there takes care of her since, I, her only daughter, am so far away. So yes, I was up at 4:30 am to call Mother in law, pick her up at 6:00am, drive to hospital to check her in at 6:45 am....surgery procedure was scheduled for 7:30 am. So I'm waiting in the surgery/waiting room and about 9:15 I asked the pink lady about my MIL. She had no news. At 9:30am I get a call from surgical nurse that she has not gone into surgery yet. Nurse didn't know how much longer and told me they would keep me updated.. So I came home. Finally at 11:15am I get a call that she is going into surgery. Seems her surgeon took all his other surgical patients before her, even though we were there at 6:45am. At 1:15 pm, I meet with surgeon and got her in my vehicle. Stayed with her at her home for 2 1/2 hours as she regained strength, ate food, & got fluids back into her system. Wow, it takes an entire day out of one's life to help a loved one with simple procedure. Wondering what the future has in store for me.
Families...ya gotta love them and help them!
Families...ya gotta love them and help them!
Monday, May 5, 2008
On a Happier Topic....
****my wrapping paper is all Caspari bought it at Mint Julep Paperie in Shreveport.*****
We are really crunching time as the wedding is only a month away. I'm not panicking but do have this sense of "what I am forgetting"? All my lists are scattered everywhere, and I am constantly making new lists. Daughter and fiance had their "engagement session" yesterday with Mark Eric. His website and blog are pretty amazing. He was off to San Diego ?? is that right daughter??, for a wedding, so their pictures may not get posted for a week or so.
Here's what I have been getting ready.... 150 feet of nautical rope....1 135" piece for the trim around a tablecloth and 20 6 foot lengths that will be tied on every other pew, center aisles only, with a hydrangea? Is that right, Daughter? I can't remember, need to get my 15 page statement from wedding planner, she is doing all flowers. I wanted to get the rope lengths, they have to be burned off with a soldering iron to seal the edges. Somewhere, in the depths of my brain, I thought this might be a small financial savings. Otherwise, wedding planner would bill me the labor plus cost. So this is ready to go, I'll turn over to Bobbi.
I wanted some cute, different favors to put on my shower gifts for daughter. Made these initial hooks: bought very inexpensive wood letters at Walmart, put a hook on back, drilled a hole at top, and sorta did a whitewash on them. Daughter could use them as key ring holders, or as towel holders in her guest bath. Her guest bath does not have enough wall space for an additional towel bar. When I stay there, I realize these little details.
Remember her birthday presents that I posted? Well, they were cash and gift cards....to use for whatever they wanted. One of things she bought were 2 Windsor chairs at Ross for $29.99 each. They were very nice looking, finished well, and fit her dining table perfectly. But there were only 2. So since I've been back here in MS, I went to Ross in Gulfport, scored 1, had a little scuff mark on leg so I got it for $25. Then went to Slidell, found the 4th chair to complete their set.
I know you've seen some of these before....I've added a few more plus put the FLUFF STUFF on them...
these are all for the bridal shower at the French Tart this coming Saturday...
I'll be loading up my vehicle soon and packing...
but tomorrow I've got to bring MIL for her colonoscopy....seems she loves having them, I think this is her 8th one in less then 10 years. She doesn't have any problems or reason to keep having them....she is a worrier.... so we indulge her.
then bring hubby to airport...White Sands, New Mexico is his destination this week, he'll fly into Shreveport on Friday to join me.... play some golf with future SIL
Then I'll be off to Shreveport for fun, happy, joyous wedding planning and shower.
We are really crunching time as the wedding is only a month away. I'm not panicking but do have this sense of "what I am forgetting"? All my lists are scattered everywhere, and I am constantly making new lists. Daughter and fiance had their "engagement session" yesterday with Mark Eric. His website and blog are pretty amazing. He was off to San Diego ?? is that right daughter??, for a wedding, so their pictures may not get posted for a week or so.
Here's what I have been getting ready.... 150 feet of nautical rope....1 135" piece for the trim around a tablecloth and 20 6 foot lengths that will be tied on every other pew, center aisles only, with a hydrangea? Is that right, Daughter? I can't remember, need to get my 15 page statement from wedding planner, she is doing all flowers. I wanted to get the rope lengths, they have to be burned off with a soldering iron to seal the edges. Somewhere, in the depths of my brain, I thought this might be a small financial savings. Otherwise, wedding planner would bill me the labor plus cost. So this is ready to go, I'll turn over to Bobbi.
I wanted some cute, different favors to put on my shower gifts for daughter. Made these initial hooks: bought very inexpensive wood letters at Walmart, put a hook on back, drilled a hole at top, and sorta did a whitewash on them. Daughter could use them as key ring holders, or as towel holders in her guest bath. Her guest bath does not have enough wall space for an additional towel bar. When I stay there, I realize these little details.
Remember her birthday presents that I posted? Well, they were cash and gift cards....to use for whatever they wanted. One of things she bought were 2 Windsor chairs at Ross for $29.99 each. They were very nice looking, finished well, and fit her dining table perfectly. But there were only 2. So since I've been back here in MS, I went to Ross in Gulfport, scored 1, had a little scuff mark on leg so I got it for $25. Then went to Slidell, found the 4th chair to complete their set.
I know you've seen some of these before....I've added a few more plus put the FLUFF STUFF on them...
these are all for the bridal shower at the French Tart this coming Saturday...
I'll be loading up my vehicle soon and packing...
but tomorrow I've got to bring MIL for her colonoscopy....seems she loves having them, I think this is her 8th one in less then 10 years. She doesn't have any problems or reason to keep having them....she is a worrier.... so we indulge her.
then bring hubby to airport...White Sands, New Mexico is his destination this week, he'll fly into Shreveport on Friday to join me.... play some golf with future SIL
Then I'll be off to Shreveport for fun, happy, joyous wedding planning and shower.Sunday, May 4, 2008
Read at your own risk...not my usual post
****Update -Monday: Sharkey died but George and Cinderalla are hanging in. They become agitated when they see me, which adds to my guilt. Like they know I was the one that made them sick and killed the other two. They still won't eat which is a sign that they are not well. We'll see what today brings. *****
This is so horrible... I'm killing my koi, not on purpose, but one of the MicroLift products that are way too expensive....well, last Tuesday, I put in the pond. The algae was getting bad as the temperatures rose. String algae started to bloom. I did not measure the amount....my stupid, bad mistake. I just poured it in along with a 2nd MicroLift product. Well, my sweet babies were poisoned by me. They have been slowly dying and suffering...they beach themselves on rocks, I push them back into the pond. They swim for awhile but once again beach themselves to die. This has been going on for 4 days now. I hate myself....how could I be so cruel? Greybeard is dead, Sharkey is dying, George is dying. Cinderalla is still swimming. It is horrile to watch them die, they beach themselves or try to get caught in rocks so they can die. I keep netting them back into the pond, but they go back into a "get caught on the rocks position". I guess I need to let them die. Not one of my best moments.
This is so horrible... I'm killing my koi, not on purpose, but one of the MicroLift products that are way too expensive....well, last Tuesday, I put in the pond. The algae was getting bad as the temperatures rose. String algae started to bloom. I did not measure the amount....my stupid, bad mistake. I just poured it in along with a 2nd MicroLift product. Well, my sweet babies were poisoned by me. They have been slowly dying and suffering...they beach themselves on rocks, I push them back into the pond. They swim for awhile but once again beach themselves to die. This has been going on for 4 days now. I hate myself....how could I be so cruel? Greybeard is dead, Sharkey is dying, George is dying. Cinderalla is still swimming. It is horrile to watch them die, they beach themselves or try to get caught in rocks so they can die. I keep netting them back into the pond, but they go back into a "get caught on the rocks position". I guess I need to let them die. Not one of my best moments.
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Fabulous Fridge Friday...on saturday
One Fabulous Mom came up with a great game....what's in your fridge. Here is mine. Notice the "Colonel" and the astronaut on top. 2 very significant symbols in our family and my only touch of whimsy in the house. 
See the corner of the island? It was difficult to get good pictures since the island is right there in front of fridge.
Laughing Cow low fat cheese...my new favorite. Lots of veggies, SB diet. I buy them from Sam's....got 2 lbs of spring mix, asparagus, sweet peppers, cucumbers, broccoli, celery. Cranberry juice is hubby's. He drinks a gallon in a couple days, now he adds seltzer water to it. We both love seltzer water or club soda...has to be sodium free though. I drink water.
The usual condiments.
2 bags of Tyson's frozen chicken breasts from Sam's. Leftoverpuff pastry from last Christmas. Probably need to toss. I have to keep all bread either in freezer or fridge otherwise it goes bad. Since it is just the 2 of us at home now, I really don't have that much food. We are gone so much so I have to be careful not to buy too much.
So that's my fridge tour. The rules are no staging, show it like it is. I tag Gracious Southern Living, Tie the Knot, Franny Cakes, Quintessential Procrastinator, and So Tired.
See the corner of the island? It was difficult to get good pictures since the island is right there in front of fridge.
Laughing Cow low fat cheese...my new favorite. Lots of veggies, SB diet. I buy them from Sam's....got 2 lbs of spring mix, asparagus, sweet peppers, cucumbers, broccoli, celery. Cranberry juice is hubby's. He drinks a gallon in a couple days, now he adds seltzer water to it. We both love seltzer water or club soda...has to be sodium free though. I drink water.
The usual condiments.
2 bags of Tyson's frozen chicken breasts from Sam's. Leftoverpuff pastry from last Christmas. Probably need to toss. I have to keep all bread either in freezer or fridge otherwise it goes bad. Since it is just the 2 of us at home now, I really don't have that much food. We are gone so much so I have to be careful not to buy too much.
So that's my fridge tour. The rules are no staging, show it like it is. I tag Gracious Southern Living, Tie the Knot, Franny Cakes, Quintessential Procrastinator, and So Tired.
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