Before Sara's shower, we put the wedding dress on and pinned up the hem ( Read more... )

First we'll talk about the bridal shower.

Trish and Miranda outdid themselves, altho they had family obligations all weekend before the shower. Yummy food and a scrapbook for Sara that included recipes for food and recipes for a happy married life.


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been in Livermore for 2 and a half days and have had every meal with a different friend. well, not breakfast. a bridal shower for Sara hosted by the Munros with Tasia attending on Sunday night, Monday: lunch with Susan Cohen, dinner with Lindsay and George Pavel, Tuesday: lunch with Bobbie Gallarda and supper with Brad and Sally Esser, Jean Moran ( Read more... )

I went down to Houston for a Saturday family party on Bryant's side (an 85th birthday party that was something of a family reunion!) and ended up leading my siblings last Sunday in a whirlwind organizing my mother's things into 3 categories: definitely worth keeping, donatable, or trash. While this was a lot of work, there were emotional ( Read more... )

go read my daughter's latest post:

http://themeadowlark.livejournal.com/213467.html

Last Friday's closure of the largest bank to date in 2009 bankrupted the FDIC. (Colonial Bank of Alabama - "it is 100 times the size of the average bank failure of 2009. It's expected to cost the FDIC between $5 Billion and $7 Billion to clean up the mess ( Read more... )

here's a preview of a PBS special aimed at 20 somethings on getting your financial life together ( Read more... )

Found this by my shoes in the kitchen and thought it was dead. When I snapped the picture, it ran and Bryant stomped it. Shudder!!

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check out the fact that sugar is a toxin to your liver, much in the same way as is alcohol (after all, alcohol is fermented sugar!) Stop drinking sugary sodas now! Sugar makes you fat and sick ( Read more... )

Just finished reading a book that I was delighted to find at the library Friday morning. I fairly devoured it ( Read more... )