wedding day 1974

~With My Parents On My Wedding Day~

 

August 31st marks my 38th Wedding Anniversary.

I was young once upon a time.....madly in love with my Sweetheart

 and wanting to marry.

 

Married we did.

 

Do you take this man to be your lawfully wedded Husband

to have and to hold from this day forward?

Forsaking ALL others,

To love, honor and obey,

For better or for worse,

For richer or for poorer,

 In sickness and in health,

 

Till death you do part?

 

I do.

 

As I sit here thinking back about that day,

I have very fond memories.

I felt like a Princess.

My very special day.

 

Wedding days should be very special.

My Mom did so much of the planning and work behind the scenes.

My Dad walked me down the aisle and GAVE ME AWAY.

Waiting at the Altar was my future Husband and present day Hubby.

Our marriage has a story all it's own and I pray that we continue to grow old together.

To God be the GLORY....GREAT THINGS HE HAS DONE.

d

 

A Formal Dinner

Sometimes a girl needs a little help...so

I called up Emily via internet. 

Remember her?  Worth recalling. 

Dear Emily help me! 

Thanx,

~d~

Emily Post (1873–1960).  Etiquette. 1922.

A Formal Dinner

“The perfect example of a formal dinner table of wealth, luxury and taste, which involves no effort on the part of the hostess of a great house beyond deciding upon the date and the principal guests who are to form the nucleus of the party.”

Thank you for stopping by. 

Having fun tablescaping over at SUSAN's

http://betweennapsontheporch.net/a-summer-tablescape-for-two-the-208th-tablescape-thursday/

Mums The Word

Mums are a favorite Autumn flowering plant to me.  Instead of orange or rust color, purple popped out at me this year. 

I seem to like purple mums. 

The round containers made a come back for the front porch.
Though I was glad to get new urns this past spring....I missed my jumbo round containers
that I have used for uuuummmmmm like 10 years.  They've been a hardy container. 

Lil Miss helped her Grandpa plant the mums.

 

~MUMS THE WORD~

Nursing a cold with a hacking cough.  There's that annoying tickle in the throat.  Can't seem to not cough.  Will take some daytime cold meds and some good old-fashioned HONEY.  See if that helps.  Chewable Vitamin C's are a must.  It seems that the colds I have hang around for 10 days.  Day 7 just starting.  Hate colds.  This week marks my 38th Wedding Anniversary.  38.  What a great number.  Praying that God blesses my marriage and my Husband.  Hubby is doing very well from recovering from bat bite and taking a series of rabie shots.  Lil Miss is attending school and I am having some quiet time in the mornings where I can read my devotions before tending to daytime chores.  Needing to clean the house before company arrives for the week-end.  Labor Day will be rolling in with some much needed rain.  May you have a blessed and pleasant Holiday.  Wishing you all a very special day, full of energy and refreshing moments.  God bless us.  May we be praying for our country and for a refreshing revival to fall on a thirsty and dry land and people that don't know the benefits of personally knowing God. 
~d~

Home Happenings

 
SWEET Sister

came to visit and we had a great time.  Had fun!!!

 Spending some time together each August....17 years ago and I'm in a time warp.

 

 

Lil Miss dressed for the occasion of us watching her DANCE RECITAL.  Was fun to see her doing the routine along with the video.  Then she did an encore by dressing up in her play clothing.  A dancing clown to a free style tap dancing

fairy princess.

Just a blur of energy.

While Sis was here,

Lil Miss started school.

 

She's loving school!

 

 

 

 

I officially went into semi-retirement from being a granny nanny and returned to being JUST GRANNY.

I'm figuring out how to do that.

 

 

 

 

Gambino's Cheese Sticks/Pizza does this to us everytime.  Seriously....it does.

It's a tradition

to have cheese.

Can you say, "Cheese"

????????????????

 

 

We went looking for the bargains,
had our hair done, ate hot dogs and tator tots. 
Had our fancified coffees, laughed, had girl talk and shared stories. 

 

 

 

 

 SONIC TIME
does something to your hair.

 

 

 

 

 It is legal to eat M and M's
while watching movies.  They are like vegetables...just as colorful and filling!
Also, if there are peanuts inside....well hey,
now they provide protein.

Movie Time!
We did watch
The Help
and I can't help but think it is a great movie...a CLASSIC.

Louie Giglio's

INDESCRIBABLE
is a decent watch and encourages deep thought.
 

 

also Louie's.....
FRUITCAKE and ICE CREAM

Daughter gave us free tickets so we saw at the Movie Theatre
HOPE SPRINGS

Definitely an adult subject matter movie
and not for the young.


Sis's Hubby,
Hank returned and played Dinosaurs.

 

 

 

Hubby fixed his Award Winning Meatloaf

with Twice Baked Potatoes.

OH Honey....it was delicious. 

You have a winner there if you ask me.

 

 

Lil Miss sat the table all by herself and made us feel very welcomed with BOB THE BUILDER NAPKINS!

 

 

 

Then it was time to say bye.

The time sure went fast.

Sorry to see my Sis go.

 

Special memories.

Making Summer count,

d

 

 

 

a bride's bouquet

Emily Post (1873–1960).  Etiquette. 1922.

A Bride’s Bouquet

“The radiance of a truly happy bride is so  beautifying that even a plain girl is made pretty, and a pretty one, divine.”

Parlour and 3 Bedrooms

 

 

~Brookville Hotel Parlour~

 

Upstairs in the Brookville Hotel are a Formal Parlour and Three Bedrooms
for you to view and think about Once Upon A Time.

 

Abilene is the newfound home for the present day Brookville Hotel
that is no longer a Hotel,
but a wonderful place to dine on Family Style Chicken Dinners.

 

Upstairs are replicas of the way Brookville rooms  would have greeted her paid Guests.

 

Bedroom 1

 

 

Bedroom 2

 

  

Bedroom 3

 

 

I'm not sure which room I think is the most attractive.

Not sure which room I would even try to copy

in my own house if I could.

 

Which do you like?

 

Think it would have been delightful to stay!

 

 

 

Parlour Details

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bedroom 1 Details

 

 

 

 

Down The Hall and Out of Sight

 

 

 

 

 

Bedroom 2 Details

 

 

 

 

 

Bedoom 3 Details

 

 

 

Thank you for coming by

and visiting me at Home Haven.

Hope your day is going well.

 

One of the things I like about blogging and posting stills is that it gives me

an opportunity to call to remembrance what I saw. 

I can recall the places and study them more in depth

as I spend some time viewing the images. 

 

It takes me a while to see all that there is to see. 

With pictures I can slow down and enjoy the experience all over again.

 

I like the wood floors in this place, the wood furniture,

the lace panels hanging in the windows

and the simple feel of everything is in it's place and a place for everything.  

 

 

I'm encouraged to declutter my own home rooms.

 

God bless and may we be encouraged to live the kind of lives

that we need to,

d