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WHEN OUR OLDEST SON MARRIED IN 2000 …
MY DH & I PD FOR 99% OF EVERYTHING; WEDDING, RECEPTION, ITEMS THEY NEEDED TO START MARRIED LIFE WITH. WE SPENT $2,000 TOTAL FOR EVERYTHING:
BECAUSE THE WEDDING WAS ‘MOVED UP’ SIX MONTHS & WE HAD THREE WEEKS TO GET EVERYTHING READY, WE WERN’T ABLE TO MAKE HER GOWN. FORTUNATELY WE WERE ABLE TO RETURN THE FABRIC, BEADS, NETTING, ETC.
WE KEPT THE FABRIC FOR THE MAID OF HONOR / BRIDESMAIDS GOWNS. ONE OF MY H.S. FRIENDS {LIVES NEAR US} & I MADE THOSE. SOME OF MY FRIENDS HELPED US CUT OUT THE FABRICS. THE DRESS MAKING WAS MY FRIEND’S /HER HUBBY’S GIFT TO THE KIDS. SHE SPENT MORE HOURS ON THOSE THAN I DID!! WE WORKED ON THEM AFTER WE FINISHED WORK & ON WEEKENDS.
MY OTHER CO-WORKER FRIEND & I MADE/ DECORATED ALL THE CAKES; ONE 3-TIER & 10 SMALL HEART- SHAPED ONES OF VARIOUS ‘FLAVORS’ [400 GUESTS INVITED … MOSTLY FAMILY!]. MY DH & I BOUGHT ALL THE ITEMS TO MAKE THEM. WITH THIS TOO, TIME AFTER WORK & ON WEEKENDS WAS SPENT TO GET THESE PREPARED. HER DOING THIS WAS HER/HER HUSBAND’S GIFT TO THE KIDS.
I TOOK OUR D-I-L TO GET HER GOWN; WE WERE ABLE TO FIND ONE WITH A 12-FT LONG BEADED TRAIN LIKE THE ORIGINAL ONE WAS GOING TO HAVE; GOT IT FOR $180. GOT HER VEIL AT ANOTHER PLACE THAT MATCHED IT PRETTY GOOD FOR $25. THE SHOES WERE $40 BUT, OH WELL … THEY MATCHED THE GOWN & VEIL WITH ALL THE BEADS ON THEM TOO.
WE HAD OUR SON’S TUX, MY DH’S TUX, & OUR OTHER SON’S TUXES TO PAY RENT ON $75 EACH]. MY MOTHER- OF-THE-GROOM DRESS WAS KNEE-LENGTH [FOR DAY WEDDING] WITH A MATCHING JACKET & WAS BEAUTIFULLY EMBROIDERED ON THE FRONT OF IT FOR $35 AT THE OUTLET MALL. I HAD WORN IT ON A FEW MORE OCCASIONS AFTER THAT. I STILL HAVE IT ;JUST HAVE TO LOSE WEIGHT TO FIT BACK IN TO IT! BUT IT IS TOO GORGEOUS TO GIVE AWAY! [ONE DAY …
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WE BOUGHT ALL THE TABLE WEAR / PAPER TABLE COVERINGS / RECEPTION DECORATIONS / ETC. AT A DISCOUNT STORE. FOR THE CENTERPIECES, WE GOT ITEMS THAT WERE ON SALE AT THE ‘MICHAELS CRAFTS’ STORE & HER FAMILY MADE THOSE.
VARIOUS MEMBERS OF HER CLOSE FAMILY DONATED ALL THE FOOD. WE ALSO DONATED A HUGE TURKEY FOR IT THAT WE HAD IN OUR FREEZER. THEY COOKED ALL THE FOOD/SERVED IT. I HELPED SERVE THE CAKE.
WE PAID $350 FOR THE FIRE HALL & DECORATED/ CLEANED IT UP AFTER THE RECEPTION OURSELVES.
WE PAID FOR THE USE OF THE CHURCH THEY WERE MARRIED IN, THE PASTOR’S FEE, & THE ORGANIST’S FEE [HE SANG AS WELL].
THE WEDDING INVITATIONS/ THANK YOU CARDS / RSVP’s WERE IN A KIT FROM STAPLES; WE DID THOSE OURSELVES ON THE COMPUTER. BECAUSE THERE WERE 400 FAMILY … MY MOM HAD 10 SIBLINGS - WHO HAD A NUMBER OF CHILDREN - LOL … / FRIENDS SO THIS EXPENSE WAS LARGE DUE TO ALL THE STAMPS WE HAD TO USE.
WE BOUGHT A NEW BED WITH MATTRESS FOR THEM, A USED CRIB , & USED DRESSERS FOR BOTH THEM / THE COMING BABY.
MY DH’s B-I-L & SISTER TOOK THE PICTURES [AS THEY DID FOR OUR WEDDING!] AND THEIR SON DID THE VIDEO. THESE WERE THEIR WEDDING GIFTS TO THE KIDS IN LIEU OF A WEDDING GIFT ITEM.
THE DJ THE KIDS FOUND. HE WAS $300.
THEY LIVED WITH US RENT/ETC.FREE FOR ALMOST 5 MONTHS AFTER THEY MARRIED. OUR D-I-L,@ 19 YRS OLD, HAD 3 1/2 MONTHS BEFORE GRADUATING H.S., & HAD ALREADY HAD A P/T JOB AFTER SCHOOL FOR A YEAR BEFORE THEIR MARRIAGE. OUR SON JUST HAD RECEIVED HIS A.S. DEGREE DEC. '99 - AND WORKED F/T AT A WALMART AFTER SCHOOL HOURS - AND WAS ABLE TO FIND IMMEDIATELY A [LOW- PAYING] JOB THAT REQUIRED THAT TYPE OF DEGREE.
NOT LONG AFTER THE WEDDING, OUR SON & D-I-L PAID US BACK $700 [FOR THE BED & DJ] 'CAUSE, THEY SAID WE DID SO MUCH FOR THEM / WERE ALWAYS THERE FOR THEM 100+ % OF THE WAY TO HELP SUPPORT THEM THROUGH THAT TIME.
DID I FORGET ANYTHING?? LOL
THE WEDDING WAS FABULOUS, THE KIDS LOOKED FANTASTIC, & A GREAT TIME WAS HAD BY ALL!
THEIR 8th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY IS IN 4 1/2 MONTHS … 2 WEEKS AFTER OUR 32nd ANNIVERSARY.
IT’S LIKE DEJAVU …
THEY MET & BEGAN TO DATE WHEN OUR D-I-L WAS IN 8TH GRADE & OUR SON WAS IN 10TH GRADE. THEY BROKE UP ONLY ONCE IN ALL THE TIME THEY’VE BEEN TOGETHER AS A COUPLE … & ONLY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS … WHEN OUR D-I-L WAS IN ABOUT 11th GRADE. THEY NOW HAVE A 12 YEAR HISTORY TOGETHER AT AGES 26 1/2 & SOON-TO-BE 28 YRS OLD.
THE DEJAVU PART? …
I CHASED MY DH WHEN I WAS IN 8TH GRADE AND HE WAS IN 10TH GRADE … ‘CAUGHT’ HIM WHEN I WAS 15 THROUGH 16 1/2 YRS OLD, THEN HE WENT OFF TO COLLEGE AND BROKE IT OFF. BUT WHEN I WAS 17 1/2 WE WERE BACK DATING AGAIN. THEN I WENT OFF TO SCHOOL AND WE WERE ON AGAIN/OFF AGAIN FOR VERY SHORT PERIODS OF TIME ABOUT FOUR TIMES, THEN WE MARRIED WHEN I WAS 19 3/4 AND HE WAS 21 1/4 YRS OLD. [BUT … I SLEPT IN HIS BABY BASSINET WHEN MY PARENTS BROUGHT ME HOME!
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THEIR FIRST CHILD WAS A GIRL; SO WAS OURS. THEIR SECOND CHILD THEY LOST IN A MISCARRIAGE. BUT THEIR THIRD CHILD WAS A BOY; OUR SECOND CHILD WAS THIS SON. [THEIR 3rd BABY WAS A GIRL; OURS A BOY.]
MY DH & I PD FOR 99% OF EVERYTHING; WEDDING, RECEPTION, ITEMS THEY NEEDED TO START MARRIED LIFE WITH. WE SPENT $2,000 TOTAL FOR EVERYTHING:
BECAUSE THE WEDDING WAS ‘MOVED UP’ SIX MONTHS & WE HAD THREE WEEKS TO GET EVERYTHING READY, WE WERN’T ABLE TO MAKE HER GOWN. FORTUNATELY WE WERE ABLE TO RETURN THE FABRIC, BEADS, NETTING, ETC.
WE KEPT THE FABRIC FOR THE MAID OF HONOR / BRIDESMAIDS GOWNS. ONE OF MY H.S. FRIENDS {LIVES NEAR US} & I MADE THOSE. SOME OF MY FRIENDS HELPED US CUT OUT THE FABRICS. THE DRESS MAKING WAS MY FRIEND’S /HER HUBBY’S GIFT TO THE KIDS. SHE SPENT MORE HOURS ON THOSE THAN I DID!! WE WORKED ON THEM AFTER WE FINISHED WORK & ON WEEKENDS.
MY OTHER CO-WORKER FRIEND & I MADE/ DECORATED ALL THE CAKES; ONE 3-TIER & 10 SMALL HEART- SHAPED ONES OF VARIOUS ‘FLAVORS’ [400 GUESTS INVITED … MOSTLY FAMILY!]. MY DH & I BOUGHT ALL THE ITEMS TO MAKE THEM. WITH THIS TOO, TIME AFTER WORK & ON WEEKENDS WAS SPENT TO GET THESE PREPARED. HER DOING THIS WAS HER/HER HUSBAND’S GIFT TO THE KIDS.
I TOOK OUR D-I-L TO GET HER GOWN; WE WERE ABLE TO FIND ONE WITH A 12-FT LONG BEADED TRAIN LIKE THE ORIGINAL ONE WAS GOING TO HAVE; GOT IT FOR $180. GOT HER VEIL AT ANOTHER PLACE THAT MATCHED IT PRETTY GOOD FOR $25. THE SHOES WERE $40 BUT, OH WELL … THEY MATCHED THE GOWN & VEIL WITH ALL THE BEADS ON THEM TOO.
WE HAD OUR SON’S TUX, MY DH’S TUX, & OUR OTHER SON’S TUXES TO PAY RENT ON $75 EACH]. MY MOTHER- OF-THE-GROOM DRESS WAS KNEE-LENGTH [FOR DAY WEDDING] WITH A MATCHING JACKET & WAS BEAUTIFULLY EMBROIDERED ON THE FRONT OF IT FOR $35 AT THE OUTLET MALL. I HAD WORN IT ON A FEW MORE OCCASIONS AFTER THAT. I STILL HAVE IT ;JUST HAVE TO LOSE WEIGHT TO FIT BACK IN TO IT! BUT IT IS TOO GORGEOUS TO GIVE AWAY! [ONE DAY …
]WE BOUGHT ALL THE TABLE WEAR / PAPER TABLE COVERINGS / RECEPTION DECORATIONS / ETC. AT A DISCOUNT STORE. FOR THE CENTERPIECES, WE GOT ITEMS THAT WERE ON SALE AT THE ‘MICHAELS CRAFTS’ STORE & HER FAMILY MADE THOSE.
VARIOUS MEMBERS OF HER CLOSE FAMILY DONATED ALL THE FOOD. WE ALSO DONATED A HUGE TURKEY FOR IT THAT WE HAD IN OUR FREEZER. THEY COOKED ALL THE FOOD/SERVED IT. I HELPED SERVE THE CAKE.
WE PAID $350 FOR THE FIRE HALL & DECORATED/ CLEANED IT UP AFTER THE RECEPTION OURSELVES.
WE PAID FOR THE USE OF THE CHURCH THEY WERE MARRIED IN, THE PASTOR’S FEE, & THE ORGANIST’S FEE [HE SANG AS WELL].
THE WEDDING INVITATIONS/ THANK YOU CARDS / RSVP’s WERE IN A KIT FROM STAPLES; WE DID THOSE OURSELVES ON THE COMPUTER. BECAUSE THERE WERE 400 FAMILY … MY MOM HAD 10 SIBLINGS - WHO HAD A NUMBER OF CHILDREN - LOL … / FRIENDS SO THIS EXPENSE WAS LARGE DUE TO ALL THE STAMPS WE HAD TO USE.
WE BOUGHT A NEW BED WITH MATTRESS FOR THEM, A USED CRIB , & USED DRESSERS FOR BOTH THEM / THE COMING BABY.
MY DH’s B-I-L & SISTER TOOK THE PICTURES [AS THEY DID FOR OUR WEDDING!] AND THEIR SON DID THE VIDEO. THESE WERE THEIR WEDDING GIFTS TO THE KIDS IN LIEU OF A WEDDING GIFT ITEM.
THE DJ THE KIDS FOUND. HE WAS $300.
THEY LIVED WITH US RENT/ETC.FREE FOR ALMOST 5 MONTHS AFTER THEY MARRIED. OUR D-I-L,@ 19 YRS OLD, HAD 3 1/2 MONTHS BEFORE GRADUATING H.S., & HAD ALREADY HAD A P/T JOB AFTER SCHOOL FOR A YEAR BEFORE THEIR MARRIAGE. OUR SON JUST HAD RECEIVED HIS A.S. DEGREE DEC. '99 - AND WORKED F/T AT A WALMART AFTER SCHOOL HOURS - AND WAS ABLE TO FIND IMMEDIATELY A [LOW- PAYING] JOB THAT REQUIRED THAT TYPE OF DEGREE.
NOT LONG AFTER THE WEDDING, OUR SON & D-I-L PAID US BACK $700 [FOR THE BED & DJ] 'CAUSE, THEY SAID WE DID SO MUCH FOR THEM / WERE ALWAYS THERE FOR THEM 100+ % OF THE WAY TO HELP SUPPORT THEM THROUGH THAT TIME.
DID I FORGET ANYTHING?? LOL
THE WEDDING WAS FABULOUS, THE KIDS LOOKED FANTASTIC, & A GREAT TIME WAS HAD BY ALL!
THEIR 8th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY IS IN 4 1/2 MONTHS … 2 WEEKS AFTER OUR 32nd ANNIVERSARY.
IT’S LIKE DEJAVU …
THEY MET & BEGAN TO DATE WHEN OUR D-I-L WAS IN 8TH GRADE & OUR SON WAS IN 10TH GRADE. THEY BROKE UP ONLY ONCE IN ALL THE TIME THEY’VE BEEN TOGETHER AS A COUPLE … & ONLY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS … WHEN OUR D-I-L WAS IN ABOUT 11th GRADE. THEY NOW HAVE A 12 YEAR HISTORY TOGETHER AT AGES 26 1/2 & SOON-TO-BE 28 YRS OLD.
THE DEJAVU PART? …
I CHASED MY DH WHEN I WAS IN 8TH GRADE AND HE WAS IN 10TH GRADE … ‘CAUGHT’ HIM WHEN I WAS 15 THROUGH 16 1/2 YRS OLD, THEN HE WENT OFF TO COLLEGE AND BROKE IT OFF. BUT WHEN I WAS 17 1/2 WE WERE BACK DATING AGAIN. THEN I WENT OFF TO SCHOOL AND WE WERE ON AGAIN/OFF AGAIN FOR VERY SHORT PERIODS OF TIME ABOUT FOUR TIMES, THEN WE MARRIED WHEN I WAS 19 3/4 AND HE WAS 21 1/4 YRS OLD. [BUT … I SLEPT IN HIS BABY BASSINET WHEN MY PARENTS BROUGHT ME HOME!
]THEIR FIRST CHILD WAS A GIRL; SO WAS OURS. THEIR SECOND CHILD THEY LOST IN A MISCARRIAGE. BUT THEIR THIRD CHILD WAS A BOY; OUR SECOND CHILD WAS THIS SON. [THEIR 3rd BABY WAS A GIRL; OURS A BOY.]
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