What NOT to wear to weddings!

Today we had a wedding to go to.

That meant that tonight we had a reception.
It is interesting to see what people wear to weddings.
For some reason, people feel that it is ok to wear things they would not normally wear!

Note to the 70 year old Marilyn Monroe look alike.
The white flowy halter dress looked ok on Marilyn 50 years ago.
Not so great on you!

I am not trying to be mean!
REALLY!!

It is just WRONG!

Um, let's just agree that you will NEVER wear that dress again, ok?!

Now, on to the gal whose bra was plain to see across her back.
She had on a low plunging back dress.
Really pretty until she turned around and her bra back was completely exposed.
I don't think this is what the designer had in mind.
I'll just leave it to say that this dress is retired until
you pick up the correct undergarments to go with it.
You'll thank me for it later!

The bride and groom, along with the bridal party looked VERY nice.
8 attendents each plus 5 flower girls & ring bearers/bell ringers.
A full blown Catholic ceremony that lasted well over an hour.
(This was foreign to us as it has been about 15 years

since we have been to a full Catholic ceremony - communion included.)
The reception had over 400 people in attendence.
Complete with a sit down dinner and an open bar.
The cake was gorgeous and yummy too -
cause that is what it is all about you know!
I can not even imagine how much money was spent today.

The bride is a cancer survivor so today was very special for her family as I know many of them were thinking that they did not think she would live to see her special day.
Of course, she is REALLY tiny in height and weight.
I'm talking maybe 5 foot and 90 lbs.
She was beautiful!

This one's for you Tom & Ashley!

Congrats and God bless you :}

Hugs,
Jeanette

Done, finished, through!

I am done!

I have finished my fall cleaning.
I thought for sure I would have to see a chiropractor before I finished.

I washed all the windows inside and out
which is why....

it rained yesterday

AND

today.

It is all my fault!
That rain has hit EVERY window in the house.

At least we can see out of them again.

Course, if I had seen this before I did all the work it sure would have saved me some time!

http://www.afs.enea.it/fabio/dog_screen_clean.swf

All the carpets got cleaned and the hardwood floors have a great shine.
I have a tip about how to get your floors to shine.

Tea!
Brew up some tea - no sugar of course (light if your floors are light)
I used a wash cloth and simply wiped the damp cloth on my floors and they look great!
No sticky mess or residue either!

I had to get my grout cleaner out to get my tile grout back to the right color.
I love this stuff!
It works great!!


I have concluded that the carpet on our main floor needs to be replaced.
Our plan was when the dog was gone we would replace it.
He has been gone for 2 years and still no new carpet.

Maybe next year!

Time for me to get into my pj's and chill.
It has been a tiring week.

Tomorrow we have a wedding to go to.
I am excited as me and my DH have not gotten out by ourselves in awhile.
I am ssssoooooooo looking forward to

dinner and

CAKE!

There is NOTHING like wedding cake for dessert.

I am completely drained tonight and just want to sleep so I'm signing off.

Hugs!

Jeanette

Report Cards are in.............

Drum roll please..............

dadadadadadadadadadadadadadadadada

Both girls got all A's and B's on their report cards.
We also got their testing scores from last spring.

Gabby tests very well in Math.
She scored 97% in math.
Meaning she did as well or better than 97% of the other people that took this same test.

Whew!

We don't take much stock in testing scores and get really frustrated that the schools tend to teach toward that tests. We like to see old school type teaching.

On another note.....

I have begun my fall cleaning.
Every spring and fall I clean the house top to bottom.
Mostly working on washing windows and window coverings and cleaning the carpets.
So far I have the master bedroom, bath and closet done along with the girls' bathroom and the spare bedroom.
Tomorrow I tackle Abby's bedroom and the 1/2 bath, office and laundry room.
Thursday is Gabby's room, family room and sunroom.
This will leave the kitchen, dining room and the basement for Friday.

I have majorly cut back on my work hours this week in order to get my house done.
I know it seems extreme but I feel so much better settling into a clean house for the winter.
It is really hard to wash windows in the middle of winter ya know!

My washer and dryer continue to hum and I have a stack of magazines that need gone thru so I can get rid of them. Everyday brings more magazines and no time to go thru them so I better get that task done.

Random thought.....

Anyone start their Christmas shopping yet?
Only two months left, better get going!

6 nieces and nephews down, 7 to go!

Hugs!

Jeanette

Awards everywhere!

Within the last week I have been awarded two different awards.

My sister, Julie, awarded me the BFF award which I think is REALLY cool because we have not always been BFF's. Thanks, Julie, hugs and kisses coming your way!

The second award is from Mimi. This one comes with instructions. I am to list 6 things that make me happy. So here goes:

1. My family - they may be crazy but they are all mine!

2. Sunny days.

3. Sleeping late (at least 9am)

4. A clean house with all the laundry done.

5. Chocolate and all forms of dessert (this is unexpected right?!)
6. DVR's

Before I say good night I thought you would get a kick out of our latest Gabbyism.
Gabby was home by herself and was wanting to put in a pizza for supper.
She sent me a text asking if she was supposed to take the pizza out of the packaging.

Ah well, let me see.
Only if you wanna eat it!

That's my girl!!

Time for bed.

Hugs,

Jeanette