Saturday, July 14, 2012

Meet the Parents.......................

I don't think I ever mentionned that one of my daughters is getting married next June - ( because I literally get heart palpitations when I think of what's involved )  with 250 guest scheduled so far - AGGHHHH!!!
Tonight we " meet the parents "  we're having them over for dinner and so the scrambling, cleaning, putting things just so, has begun.
My daughter came by earlier and said " Mom, don't make yourself crazy " ( well actually she said " Mom, don't make yourself crazier than you already are )

The table is set






 and she says " Tony's parents keep plastic plants around the pool because they don't like the fuss and bother .............................."


My napkin rings are diamonds - ( real diamonds - all 8 of them - 75 karats each )
Think I'll wear one of them - ( just to impress them ) just call me Elizabeth -
John walked by while I was trying to snap a photo of this - and shaking his head
he says - " off the wall - completely off the wall "
But look at the rock you bought me darling.......................




Oh - and they really like my ex - without going into a lot of embarrassing detail here - I can tell you right now that if they really like my ex - we are not going to have an awful lot in common, lol
and PLEASE DON'T LET ME START DRINKING WINE BEFORE THEY GET HERE..................
I have a terrible habit of starting before people arrive - and I'm usually half in the bag by the time I open the door - ready to party - which is ok when it's your friends ( well my friends anyway ) but probably wouldn't make for a first good impression.........

Maybe I'll pull a Barbra Streisand in Meet the Fockers - and tell them I'm a sex therapist
John would choke on that - absolutely without a doubt...........................

Wish me luck!

XXX

UPDATE - I'll only have 1 glass of wine before they get here - promise..............

UPDATE B - care to see how the evening went?  you can click HERE - ( this could have only happened
to me )


John can have the smaller one -

Has anyone seen these before?  They hold a bottle of wine, lol - wouldn't a few of them make a
beautiful center piece?


End table makeovers

A pair of blah's


to ooh la la's




Aren't they kind of fun?

Not sure if I'm finished with them yet - may distress them ( but need some time to think of that still )

This was an easy one - when you start off with something like this - it can really only get better, right?



Also have to patch up where the paint bled through the stencil - but this is an easy fix with an
artist brush ( listen to me - Miss professional - I'll probably completely screw it up, lol )


I wasn't going to post this last photo - but if anyone tries it you should know that often
it does bleed through - and needs to be patched.
Will post the finished photos when I know what I'm doing ( because I never know from
one minute to the next )
For now they are my Moroccan inspired tables!

ASCP - French Linen - and - White

Its hot and humid again - and I know I shouldn't complain because the Southern States are
going crazy - but it was 38 degrees celcius with the humidity here yesterday - which is 100
degrees farenheit - and I don't know but once you get up to 100 hot is hot...........

And you learn something everyday - really you do.

I've learned that humidity and menopause do not mix well - it's like oil and water - they
can't be in the same pot together -
There's something dangerous brewing inside of me and I just feel like slapping somebody -
just for the sake of doing it - I think it would make me feel cooler lol...................
Standing in a line up yesterday at a cash John noticed someone had left their debit card
in the machine - and so he advised the clerk.
The customer was gone - there was nothing she could do but put it to the side for the
time being - but no, she had to go get the manager - they had to have a meeting -
She then started going through the receipts - and that oil and water was dangerously
rumbling inside my brain - sweat was beading on my forehead - hair was hanging like
a bowl of spaghetti had been dumped over me - and I am sure I was beet red because
I could feel a hot flash coming on - the poor thing had no idea that I was about to turn in
to the HULKette -
but John knew,
I could tell by his nervous reaction.................
And the strangest thing about menopause?
The moment passes and all of a sudden you're laughing uncontrollably -
Strange stuff - this hormonal crap.


Hugs ( slaps too )

Moi

Party Time!!!

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