Between Naps on the Porch: Tablescape Thursday Cancelled & Tell Me Your Wedding Tales!

May 30, 2012

Tablescape Thursday Cancelled & Tell Me Your Wedding Tales!

Tablescape Thursday Cancelled:
Announcement: For the first time in the history of Tablescape Thursday, I need to cancel our party for this week. If you have a post ready or already posted to your blog, please do link that post next week when we should be back in business.

The reason for the cancellation is due to work that needs to be done tomorrow morning to move BNOTP to its new WordPress home. My web developer/designer has been hard at work moving over 900+ posts and almost 58,000 comments to the new BNOTP WordPress blog. She ran into complications due to my hosting company using a different version of PHP, and it wasn't compatible with the import from Blogger. To be honest, I'm not exactly sure what that means, but the incompatibility has caused the move to take much longer than expected.

For a while it looked like I might lose over 30,000 comments. Yikes!

But a work-around was devised and it appears all the comments will make it over. It's just taking a lot longer than expected. So, I won't be able to post for tomorrow morning, but I hope to get a post up on Friday or Saturday. There will be a learning curve but my friends who have already made the switch to WP tell me it isn't too difficult to learn the process. Thanks so much for being patient during this transition.

Your Concerns About Leaving Comments on a WordPress Blog:
One concern 3-4 folks expressed about BNOTP moving to the WordPress platform is the process for leaving a comment on a WordPress blog. They said they don't like having to type all their info into the boxes when they want to leave a comment.

I asked my web designer about this. I asked her if there was some way I could have the new BNOTP site remember folks when they stop by. She said, no...there's nothing I can do on my end. But what puzzled me is I never have to type my info in when I leave comments on WP sites. It's never been a problem for me.

For example, I just stopped by a WP site that has the same type layout the new BNOTP site will have. I clicked on a current post on that site and I scrolled down as if I planned to leave a comment. Here's what I found. (see picture below)

See how all my info is already there in the boxes? And when the info isn't already filled in, all I have to do is click in the box and the sign-in info will appear. Then I just click on it and it auto-fills. I never have to type stuff in. My web designer said it has to do with the settings I have chosen for my browser. I use Chrome as my browser. Love it, btw!

I use Chrome 99.9 % of the time and apparently I have it set to remember my info because I never have to type all my stuff in when I visit a WordPress blog. If you use Internet Explorer, Safari or Firefox, there may be a way to tell it to remember your log in info. for different sites. Most browsers will offer you that option.

Browsers:
By the way, in case you are wondering, you can have as many different browsers on your computer as you choose. I actually have Firefox, IE and Chrome on mine. I have them in my "Start Menu" and on my task bar. There is one site I visit that works best with IE, so when I visit that site, I use it. But all the other sites I visit load a billion times faster and function better with Chrome as my browser. So Chrome is my preferred browser and I LOVE that it auto fills all the info when I want to leave a comment.

So, if you hate leaving comments on WP blogs, check your settings on the browser you use. Or, try downloading Chrome and making it your primary browser. You may have to type your info in the first time you visit a site, but when it asks you if want it to remember your log-in info, select yes, and you shouldn't have to type it in again and again. At least, that's how it's working for me. Hope this info is helpful if you are one of the folks who has encountered this issue in the past when leaving a comment on a WordPress blog.

Wedding Post:
Thank you so much for all the wonderful comments on the wedding post from yesterday. I realized after I put that post up, there are soooo many stories I didn't share. When I have more pics to share, I'll share some of the crazy stories...like the one about three of the groomsmen's tuxedos being sent to the wrong state(s) and having to be FedEx'd to Athens for arrival the day of the wedding! Talk about cutting it close!

A week before the wedding, when Nancy and Chip were starting to stress, I told them the things that go wrong would be the things they would laugh about in the years to come. Those would be the stories they would love telling over and over later on. Isn't that the way it always goes? If everything always went perfectly, we'd never have any funny stories to tell later!

When things did start to go wrong, Nancy told me she thought about what I had said. You have to laugh, but it's not so easy when you're in the midst of it. When you or your children got married, did anything crazy happen? Did something go terribly awry? Please share! I'd love to hear your wedding stories!

Can You Pick the Accountant and the Recruiter?
I have a weird sense of humor. One thing I thought funny when I looked through the photos to create the wedding post, I realized all of the guys on stage are lawyers except two. The other two work as an accountant and a recruiter. Can you guess which is the accountant and which is the recruiter? Kind of scary to think of four lawyers in one place, isn't it? Hee, hee...sorry, couldn't resist. I know a lot a lawyer jokes, and I just know there's one in here somewhere! ;)

So, let me hear your wedding stories! And while you're at it, of the guys, who is the accountant and who is the recruiter?

Here's a hint...three of the four attorneys on stage are also in this picture taken the day they graduated from law school last May. That will eliminate three if you match those three up. I'll post the answers and who got it right when I next post.

Looking forward to hearing your crazy wedding tales!

47 Comments:

At Wednesday, May 30, 2012 , Marty Walden said...: I hope your transition goes well with wordpress. I'm contemplating doing the same thing but I"m a little blogger and it wouldn't be so difficult. But I don't have a designer so I may be out of my league ;)
My daughter got married in Oct. and one of the funniest things (not to her, of course) was that everyone went downstairs to go down the aisle and left her alone. They also forgot to come get her until her dad realized what was going on when the processional music started. Whoops! We did the whole wedding ourselves, with my daughter, my niece and I doing all the designing, implementing, reception food, decorations, you name it. Beautiful but exhausting. Your pics are amazing. Congrats to all!
At Wednesday, May 30, 2012 , Mid-Atlantic Martha said...: I'm guessing the one in the middle is the recruiter. Is the one on the far right the accountant?

When I got married our bridesmaids were having their dresses made...one girl was several states away and her mother was making her dress....but they realized that it didn't quite fit when she got into town. So she left the dress with her mother to alter and bring the evening of the wedding. As luck would have it....her mother got stuck in traffic and the dress didn't arrive until about 5 minutes before we were supposed to start! Talk about a quick change! We were all pulling dress, slip, shoes on her as we were headed to the sanctuary! Somehow, it all turned out ok.
At Wednesday, May 30, 2012 , Susan (Between Naps On The Porch.net) said...: Marty, that is too cute about your daughter. You kind of need the bride for a wedding. ;) Wow, I know how much work that was! Amazing you did all that! Since Chip and Nancy live many states away, they needed help to have the wedding back here in Georgia. Nancy made all the wedding invitations, all the table numbers, the programs, the reminder cards that were sent out in advance of the wedding and her dress for the rehearsal dinner. I'm sure I left something out of that list. I had forgotten just how much goes into a wedding! I have a whole new respect now for what it takes!
At Wednesday, May 30, 2012 , Barbara F. said...: Congratulations, Susan, on your son's marriage, and, for being brave enough to move your blog over to WordPress. I visit a few WP blogs and do use Google Chrome and my info automatically fills in when I comment. Good luck to Chip and his bride, and to you and the new home for BNOTP. xo
At Wednesday, May 30, 2012 , Diane said...: When I married, I gave my mother only a month to plan and guess what? My daughter did tbe same thing to me and I was hosting a large family reunion the next week-end. It was actually great, since I had so much to do that I had no time to stress about either event. Everyhing was fine, except I forgot to light the candles at the wedding recetion at my house. Oh well!!
At Wednesday, May 30, 2012 , Diane said...: When I married, I gave my mother only a month to plan and guess what? My daughter did tbe same thing to me and I was hosting a large family reunion the next week-end. It was actually great, since I had so much to do that I had no time to stress about either event. Everyhing was fine, except I forgot to light the candles at the wedding recetion at my house. Oh well!!
At Wednesday, May 30, 2012 , Terri said...: I'm guessing that the groomsman closest to the groom is the accountant with the lawyers in the middle and the recruiter on the far right. That was one beautiful wedding!
At Wednesday, May 30, 2012 , Susan (Between Naps On The Porch.net) said...: Diane, I've done the same thing...forgot to light the candles. Sounds like you handled it amazingly well! I've also forgotten about food in the refrigerator and remembered it after the party was over. I try now to make lists of everything I'm serving and I double check it a few times to make sure I have it out. :)
At Wednesday, May 30, 2012 , Michele M./ Finch Rest said...: Good luck with your move, Susan. Hope it is all you wanted!

As for leaving comments on WP blogs- I don't have Chrome, but my info is always there, and nothing I did to bring it up - maybe once a long time ago? Not sure, but it is always filled out for me.

As for the accountant and recruiter - I would say the one smiling is the recruiter and the last one on the right NOT smiling is the accountant?

And lastly - um, well if anything went wrong at my daughter's perfect wedding I can't recall - should ask her to remind me - but for mine, just a short 9 years ago (remarried) um, well we had fresh flowers all over the reception - except for two places. Right behind our dinner table was a pretty white arch covered in flowers and a candelabra with white silk rose candle rings.

Things should have gone nicely except the candles were cheap and burned too hot and burned FAST because of the air flow in that spot (I guess.) So yes, you guessed it: right in the middle of our man's speech one of the candle rings caught fire. It was caught so fast most people didn't even see it. But boy I sure did and STILL have some outtakes of the blackened rings in the background. Ugh. No harm, no foul, but I really hated it at the time.

NOW we laugh about it and make fun about Pirontechnics and all that, hardy har har.

Wondering what went wrong at Chip's wedding????? Did the mother in law wear white? LOL.
At Wednesday, May 30, 2012 , Karen @ Confessions of a Home Ec Dropout said...: I was a bridesmaid once (once!). The dresses were made by a home ec teacher using the measurements we provided. When I tried mine on the day before the wedding, it was too short. At that late moment, I was told there was nothing to be done. There was not enough extra fabric to remake the skirt. Later, I was told that the bride's sister's dress had needed to be shortened by several inches. That's when we figured out the dressmaker (I use the term loosely) had switched the skirts when she attached them to our dresses. It would've been such a quick fix if she'd just figured out what she'd done. Instead, I looked like a total dork in my dress! Thank goodness I was never asked to be a bridesmaid again. Look who's complaining though- the gal who writes at confessionsofahomeecdropout.blogspot.com!
At Thursday, May 31, 2012 , Anonymous said...: Susan, I wish you the best with your change! :)
Be a sweetie,
Shelia :)
At Thursday, May 31, 2012 , Entertaining Women said...: As I prepared to walk down the aisle as the MOB, the wedding co-ordinator stepped in behind me and whispered. "I just had a call from the country club. The wedding cake has fallen. As soon as I send KC down the aisle, I'm leaving; I'll make sure that there is a cake when you arrive at the reception. After the wedding ceremony as KC was ready to walk out and get on the trolley with her wedding party, her daddy said, "KC, I need to tell you something so that you can deal with it prior to walking into the country club." "What, Daddy," she said. "The cake has had an accident," he said. "What kind of an accident, Daddy?" "We don't know if it's critical or terminal, but the cake has collapsed." KC stood there for a moment, and then she said, "You know what? Flour, sugar, eggs, and butter will neither make or break my wedding. I shall be a zen bride."....and away she went. By the time we reached the club, the co-ordinator had reached the baker and had her bring one of the display cakes from her shop to sit on the table. The antique tablecloths (Nana's, of course) had been used as a guerny, and the cake was carried back to the kitchen where it was sliced and served. It was delicious, and it turned out to be free! Our guests had no idea what had happened. They were heard to say, "That has to be the largest cake that I've ever seen. It still looks like it hasn't been cut into at all." And it hadn't...it was made of cardboard! It was a perfect evening. On their first anniversary, the baker made them a replica of their cake as a gift....two layers instead of seven. We'll miss Tablescape Thursday, and we'll be back next week. Cherry Kay
At Thursday, May 31, 2012 , Anonymous said...: What beautiful pictures, congratulations to your family! After 15 years in the wedding business, I have lots of stories I could tell! Some of the high (or low) lights are: the bridesmaid's son who waded into the duck pond, grabbed a duck and proceeded to walk down the aisle, duck in hand and dripping wet, during the middle of the ceremony; the mother of the bride who was drunk BEFORE the ceremony; the golfer who drove through the very posh wedding ceremony on the green, took three swings and misses and drove to the next hole; being asked for the 1 bazillionth time if I can play "The Devil Went Down to Georgia." We like to joke that the only thing we haven't seen yet at a wedding is a birth or an arrest. I sure love my job, there is never a dull moment!

Christine
At Thursday, May 31, 2012 , Chris@Cats On My Quilts said...: When my daughter got married the hair dresser came to our home to do everyone's hair. She was a cousin to one of the bridesmaids. About halfway through she asked her cousin to get her a couple of motrin from her purse because her back was bothering her (she had had back surgery a few months prior). About 30 minutes after taking medication she declared she wasn't feeling well and had to take a break. She went down hill from there-dizzy, sick, etc., and couldn't continue doing hair. At this point the brides hair is not even started and I was at the point of calling an ambulance. My daughter in law stepped in and took over and finished the hair even though she is not a hair dresser. It turned out the motrin she thought she took were actually 2 percoset in a mislabeled bottle in her purse from when she had surgery. All turned out well-the hair dresser was ok and the hair looked great. Thank God for my daughter in law!
At Thursday, May 31, 2012 , Anonymous said...: Susan, I have loved seeing the wedding pictures. This time last year I was preparing for my son's wedding party to be held here....an outdoors celebration. It rained and rained and rained and the wind blew like a gale for three days before the party. We frantically had to find more tents the day before and it was hard because it was a big party weekend (horse races) and hardly any tents to be found. Oh the stories I could tell you. But, with God's grace, all the changes were made and the sun came out an hour before the start time. A lot of things I had planned and made never got displayed and the extra tents weren't decorated but no on seemed to notice and all had a grand time.
At Thursday, May 31, 2012 , Julianne said...: Congratulations...the wedding looks like it was beautiful!!!! I actually never thought about that before, but now that you've got me thinking about it, I figure about 70% of the people in and invited to our wedding were lawyers, too. HAHAHA! I guess we were covered in case something REALLY wonky happened at the wedding and needed legal assistance! LOL ;O)

Fortunately for us, our wedding went off without a hitch (except for one plate mishap just before a waitress entered the room), but other than that, everything was perfect. Searching for a wedding dress was another story, though!!
At Thursday, May 31, 2012 , Liz@ HomeandGardeningWithLiz said...: Our son's wedding went off without any real hitches, but the father of the bride fell apart in the hallway before they were to walk down the aisle. Everyone had walked down the aisle and were in their places and then we waited, waited, and waited....and finally they came! The bride was totally in control and had to help her father collect himself! I thought that was cute!
I'm guessing the third one from the left is the recruiter and the last one is the accountant!
Good luck on the final transfer of information and the transition to WordPress! Sounds like you have a smart person helping you!
At Thursday, May 31, 2012 , Alycia Nichols said...: Sorry to hear the transition is taking so long. It seems that you are able to take it with a grain of salt, though, so that's a good thing! Looking forward to next week, and I hope all goes well for you in the interim. As a professional wedding planner for more than 10 years (retired), I have a BUNCH of stories I could tell....but I don't want to be sued, so I'll keep them to myself! :-) I have no "when my son got married..." stories because my silly 34-year-old son has yet to take the plunge! :-( Have a good weekend!!!
At Thursday, May 31, 2012 , Jacqueline said...: Susan, if you get a moment, stop by and tell my why you moved! I get worried that maybe I don't know enough about blogging and should move but don't know it.

What a beautiful couple. I agree, the "disasters" are what are funny later. My brother in law who was only 8 at the time got a hold of a whole row of gumballs and chewed them up. When I got in the car after the wedding and we went to drive away, I tried to slide over on the bench seat of my new husbands car and I couldn't - I was stuck to the seat. My brother in laws gum wad had been left on the seat. We quickly flagged down my new in laws to get their help getting the dress cleaned as we were headed to another city for an open house reception the next day. They did get the gum out and when they were trying to figure out the culprit, that little brother in law said, "It wasn't me, I lost my gum!"
At Thursday, May 31, 2012 , Marlis said...: Sorry about the glitches in the transition. Leaving comments on Word Press is easy if you allow google to dominate your life and pass your information to all around. Hence for those of us who have eliminated our google email address or give google no permission to share anything, it becomes a problem. However, since it's my choice, I accept that it will take longer to leave a comment and don't worry about it so much.
I couldn't guess for the life of me.. but the photos are so charming and look like a wonderful time was had by all. My son's wife's mother asked me on Tuesday evening what I was planning to do for the flower girl baskets for their wedding on Saturday. After I picked up my jaw off the floor, I not only came up with a plan, carried it out and finished up the groom's vest, cummberband and bowtie. One son down and one to go!
At Thursday, May 31, 2012 , Bonnie said...: For my son's wedding I was assigned to get the groom's cake. It was a wonderful four-part cake with each part depicting one of his interests.

A few minutes before the ceremony the bride's grandmother, who had come from the reception venue, mentioned that the groom's cake had not arrived. I brushed off her comment because I had seen the lady who was making the cake come in to thechurch and had even asked her whether everything was ok.

After the ceremony I saw one of my sisters and my husband conferring, so I knew something was up. They finally told me that in carrying the cake from her house to her vehicle, my cake maker had dropped it. She had gone to a grocery store to buy some decorated cakes as stand-ins. Surprisingly, I was so relieved that the wedding was over that I was able to be very sanguine about the cake. (Fortunately she had made pictures of through cake and it was GORGEOUS.)
At Thursday, May 31, 2012 , Brenda said...: Starting with groom going right - lawyer, accountant, lawyer, recruiter, lawyer, lawyer. :)
I don't have any crazy wedding stories from my own, but my Mom just got married in April and the cake didn't make it to the church in one piece. Actually, the lady that made it wasn't used to making wedding cakes. So she didn't wait to stack them until after the trip, she stacked them BEFORE. Add to that the cake was banana (and absolutely delicious), so it wasn't as "firm" as if it was a traditional white cake. Someone cut her off, she slammed on her brakes, and sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide....(that was the cake). Needless to say, half of the bottom layer looked like, well, it slid off the base. She repaired it as well as she could, the photographer only took pics from the front side. My Mom, a true lady, didn't freak out...no Bridezilla reaction. She was more concerned that the baker was upset, reassured her that it was okay. And it was a truly delicious cake, in the end that was all that mattered.
At Thursday, May 31, 2012 , LukesLove said...: I don't remember any mishaps at my wedding really, except that the one usher got stuck in traffic made it after we were already up the aisle and all seated! We were outside at my parents place and the wedding was facing the driveway (toward the pond and trees lining it [it was prettier than it sounds!] =) and so he HAD to drive by to park his car!

And

My brother just got married this past Saturday and I was the Matron of Honor and our cousin was the bridesmaid (who was wearing the SECOND dress she had gotten for his wedding which STILL didn't fit but she ran out of time to try for a third!). Just as we were going to get pictures taken of the bridal party a few miles down the road before the ceremony, she had a fainting attack because she was dehydrated and the dress was too tight. So we had to do them without her. She was able to sit for part of the wedding (it was outside) but then needed to go into the house again. My mother (who is a RN and the mother of the groom) went in to make sure she was doing alright and totally missed seeing my brother say his vows and walking out.... That was actually sad - not sure we will be able to really ever laugh about that. =(
At Thursday, May 31, 2012 , Adrienne said...: Two things happened at my wedding over forty years ago. One of our groomsmen was from out of town and couldn't be at the rehearsal the night before the wedding. Wedding day, I was in my dress and nearly ready for the things to begin when the wedding coordinator came in and told me that this groomsman had not arrived yet. But not to worry! My cousin was my matron-of-honor and her hubby could wear the tux so he had it on and was ready to be part of the wedding party. No problem, all would be well. At the last minute, the intended groomsman arrived so a switch of the tux happened just before the men had to go upstairs to the room where they would wait until they walked into the chapel! Our groomsman from afar couldn't find the church - and he thought our four o'clock wedding was at eight o'clock that evening. Thinking he had plenty of time, he wasn't worried!

My father was a minister and he walked me down the aisle, gave me away and then stepped to the front and performed our ceremony. The wedding party was in place at the front of the chapel, the music changed for my entrance and I took a step forward. But my dad did NOT! He was nervous - petrified - struggling with emotion and I had to turn to him and tell him it was OK, he could make it! Once he started walking he seemed to be fine. Obviously the ceremony he performed 'took' - we recently celebrated our fortieth anniversary!
~Adrienne~
At Thursday, May 31, 2012 , Yvonne @ StoneGable said...: Susan, You seem to have a LOT on your plate right now. Congratulations on the wedding of your son to his sweetheart! What a darling couple!!!! I am sure it was one of the best days of your life too! Just beautiful.
I bet you need a vacation... with a fruity drink and a pink umbrella, too!
So happy for you!!!!
HUGS!
At Thursday, May 31, 2012 , Linda said...: Two weeks before my wedding my father had a heart attack. The day before the wedding he was released from the hospital but could not attend the wedding. We had to hire a RN to come to the house and care for him. We were getting ready to leave for Las Vegas and had never been there before. My sister told us oh just take Hwy 10 and follow the signs. So we did all the way to Arizona, she never told us to take Hwy 10 to Hwy 15. After driving all day we reach the Arizona border and stopped to ask where is Las Vegas? A nice man told us oh 250 miles from here. We drove in the blazing sun, on a two lane road. Finally we made it 4 hours late, all our guest were waiting for us. My dress was sleeveless, my arms were sun burnt. I dressed in a little tiny bathroom, my sister forgot the flowers. Our room was cancelled because we didn't check in on time. Three weeks later my father gave us a beautiful catered reception in his back yard.
At Thursday, May 31, 2012 , Lucinda said...: Hi Susan,

Congratulations on your son's wedding. It looked like a lovely day, and what a beautiful bride. Thanks for sharing the pictures. When you asked for a wedding story, it actually made me think of my own wedding many years ago. So many things went wrong that day! My brother locked his keys in his car and was late for the reception. He finally ended up smashing his car window because AAA was going to take too long!! My cousin got stuck on the tarmack for 4 hours at the airport in Virginia--she never even made it to the wedding. And it was such a roasting hot day, one of the waiters fainted in the kitchen! But despite the glitches, we had a great day (and a great marriage, thank goodness). Looking forward to the new and improved blog and to the next Tablescape Thursday!
At Thursday, May 31, 2012 , Cass @ That Old House said...: I had full blown German measles on my wedding day -- AND we were married in my parents' living room by a family friend judge, and the phone rang in the midst of the ceremony!
Also my Aunt Lillian stuffed bread in her ears at the reception because she thought the music was too loud.
Ah weddings -- your pics are wonderful, and it brought me right back to our daughter's wedding last June. What fun!!!
Cass
At Thursday, May 31, 2012 , mrsben said...: Sorry to hear about your moving woes. (I too have Google Chrome and never have had a problem posting a comment .... touch wood.)

As far as who is the Lawyer or Accountant, I wouldn't even begin to try and guess. They are all very handsome young men though. :)

Two wedding stories: It was a hot and humid day when one of my eldest sisters got married and the ceremony was a long one. (She had converted to Catholicism and guests participated in Communion). Long story short; out of a wedding party of eight attendants excluding the Bride 'n Groom, the Priest and myself as the Maid of Honour everyone else passed out from the heat. "They were dropping like flies around us." If I recall correctly, the Best Man was the first to go down. Fortunately guests came to their aid and the ceremony continued and they were wed.

For the 2nd story: I was the youngest daughter out of five girls and the last to be married. Just before my Father was to walk me up the aisle he turned to me and said "it is not too late to change your mind". He was serious and quipped, "we can still have a great party". It was only years later after he had passed away and we were exchanging stories about him, did I find out he never said it to any of my sisters which I assumed he had. Perhaps he thought I was too free spirited as I was 'the black sheep of the family' so to speak. He adored my husband-to-be so I know his comment had no reflection on what he said to me, nor did it have anything to do with 'empty nest syndrome' as I had brothers who were younger than me. Fourty years later, I am still very happily married to the same man may I add ...... whereas all my sisters are divorcees. Maybe he was using reverse psychology on me. Who knows. :) -Brenda-
At Thursday, May 31, 2012 , Anonymous said...: Our daughter's wedding date was cancelled 3 times because her guy is Navy and he kept getting sent off to put out fires around the world. I would plant flowers on the front walk and they would die in the next season and need new ones! The last ones kept getting slugs at night & each morning I'd have to replace the dead ones. I kept a flat of replacements in the potting bench! The 3rd time the wedding was cancelled just 2 weeks before the wedding so of course invitations were out, flights & hotels booked, etc. My daughter & her maid of honor/best friend & soon to be sister in law started packing up the gift display tables crying the whole time. Then she & I called all 356 guests to cancel the wedding. Later that day her fiancé called to say the Captain heard he was supposed to get married and let him jump ship in Buford so he was hitching a ride to the airport. We had to call all 356 guests BACK that same day to happily tell them the wedding was back on! Suzi pblapere@att.net

Also, after dating through all 4 years of college, our son in law came home to ask my husband if he could marry our daughter. Well, much to everyone's surprise my husband told him he would have to get back to him in 3 days! He went home totally deflated & told his folks what my husband said so the next day at church they wanted to know what was going on,?! My husband sheepishly said, "I panicked." gave his blessing and he popped the question that night...
At Thursday, May 31, 2012 , Adie said...: There are some really funny stories here!

Our 2nd daughter got married two years ago and they had several things go wrong. After the invites were ordered, we got word that the historic schoolhouse where the reception was to be held had been condemned because of serious termite damage. We had to hustle to find a new location, and it turned out to be lovely. Then THREE florists canceled on us, two within the last week before the wedding. My daughter had planned her colors around hydrangeas, and no hydrangeas were to be found. Two days before the wedding I sent out an email plea: does anyone have hydrangeas in their yard that we can cut? Many friends offered all they had, and then we found two plant nurseries with shrubs in bloom. We bought four shrubs, cut our friends' flowers, and my mom had plenty with which to create bouquets and centerpieces. Later, we planted the shrubs in our yard and we are enjoying the blooms right now. The other thing that happened was the dress, made to her measurements, measured at the shop, came in late and too small. The shop said they couldn't do anything about it, but then a dressmaker found extra seam allowances just big enough to squeeze the extra inch needed so my daughter could breathe comfortably.
At Thursday, May 31, 2012 , JeannieB said...: Last June when our eldest son was married, all the groomsmen boarded a bus from the hotel to the church, together. Except, for one- one of the groom's brothers. ( He has 4 brothers). One of the other brothers sent a FB post asking if anyone knew where he was to let us know asap.
The wedding was at 1:00 and that particular brother showed up in a taxi, the clock said 12:59, wearing his khakis and blue button down shirt. Walking strangely.
Wedding began, only 10 minutes late. That same brother's whereabouts were again questioned on FB as another search was out for him. Not very funny.
At Thursday, May 31, 2012 , ❁Velma ~Down Our Country Road❁ said...: Oh goodness! I read these stories and some were SO funny while others were sad. We had been engaged for about ten months and decided at the last minute to have a quick wedding. No money means no fancy wedding (we were college students). Very simple wedding means no big grandiose plans. We have been married 39 years now!! At our 30th anniversary, our kids gave us the wedding reception we never had. A total surprise! Something I will always cherish.

Our middle daughter got married first...I made all the bouquets and did all the decorating. In the midst of all the planning, my doctor was changing up my hormone meds and THAT didn't go over well. Plus hubby was working out of town during this time. I was a nervous wreck by the time the big day came but there were no glitches. Thankfully! I don't think I would have handled it well.
My son got married next. I was asked to make the wedding dress, bridesmaid dresses (they all lived in different states!) and the flower girl dress. A few had to have alterations made but nothing that was drastic. This wedding also went off without any glitches...as far as I know. :)
My youngest decided that she wanted to have an outdoor reception in our new home...that wasn't even finished yet! We moved in the house in April and she got married in October. We had tons of yardwork to do to make it presentable. I didn't make her dress but did make all the others...no glitches there. Hubby had been suffering from some terrible bouts with his diverticulitis and had an attack the day before the wedding! He wasn't there for the pictures before the wedding and got to the church at the last minute. We feared that he would pass out walking her down the aisle so her brother was going to stand in if necessary. She wasn't at all happy and almost broke down in tears but her daddy persevered. Hallelujah! During the ceremony, I noticed that someone forgot to make sure the Christmas lights, that we used for part of the decorations, were turned on and had to tell myself that no one else would notice so there was no need to panic. Such a minor detail considering everything else.
So, all in all, the weddings went smoothly.
I love the wedding photo. Beautiful. As for the groomsmen, I would say that the bearded guy is the accountant and the recruiter is second from the end.
Oh, I use several different browsers, too, as they are not all created equally. Have had problems with Firefox but none whatsoever with Chrome.
At Thursday, May 31, 2012 , Evelyn said...: I got married in 1971 and have told and re-told the story of how I fainted while kneeling for communion during the ceremony. I was a nervous wreck all day, our ceremony was at 5 o'clock, didn't eat much all day due to nerves. After kneeling for about 5 minutes I whispered to my brand new husband that I felt faint. He whispered back to take deep breaths. I took a couple of breaths and keeled over. I was out cold. My parents, sister, his parents all ran up to the altar to revive me. My headpiece fell off, my shoes fell off and I was so embarrassed. Everyone was crying. It was terrible. As my sister was returning to her seat she stumbled and almost fell. Everyone was upset. Through the whole thing I could hear my best girlfriend crying in the back of the church.
It's funny now but not then. Fortunately, I had a very long marriage and it has produced 2 beautiful daughters and now 4 gorgeous grandkids. Alls well that ends well.
At Friday, June 01, 2012 , Anonymous said...: My son and dil were married a few years ago at a Country Club on Long Island. When we arrived at the Club my bil also was just
arriving. He had made this beautiful ice sculpture for display on the table. AS he placed the sculpture on the table we heard a cracking
sound. Luckily the groomsmen, my husband and a few waiters were close by. They all ran to the table to keep it from collapsing. My husband helped by bil to hold the ice sculpture up so that it didn't fall. Someone else grabbed another table and all was well as they transfered the new table into where the broken tabe was.l
The rest of the wedding was beautiful and they are happily married.

Denise lamb
At Friday, June 01, 2012 , FABBY'S LIVING said...: How wonderful! I love our children weddings, such special time in the parents' life. Your son looks so handsome with his beautiful bride. Congrats to you too Susan, you raised that great boy and now he's going to raise his own family and you are going to totally love it!!! We got married in the Little White Chappel in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1975. I was living at the time in LA. We had so much fun and we saw so many Elvises around...he was alive; we wanted to see him, but there was no way we can buy an entrance to his shows...SOLD OUT!!
Lots of blessings to the new happy couple.
FABBY
At Friday, June 01, 2012 , Unknown said...: I keep stopping by to see if the switch has happened?! I want to follow suit soon! Keeping my fingers crossed for a smooth transition! XO, Aimee
At Saturday, June 02, 2012 , Anonymous said...: Many, many years ago I was a bridesmaid in a friend's wedding. She came from a really great family or four brothers and a sister...all very close...all part of the wedding party. As we were all on kneelers at the alter (very old Catholic Church), the sister began crying...at first softly. An older brother passed her his pocket hanky. But, while the priest continued, so did her crying. Soon, she was sobbing loudly and draped over the kneeler. After a couple minutes of this, the two oldest brothers each stood up and, one on each side, tried to console her AND escort the now hysterical sister off the alter. At this point she REALY lost it and fought them off, clinging to the kneeler. In the meantime, the priest carried on...nothing was stopping him. The sister finally got a grip on herself. But, by then, the rest of us had to stiffle our giggles. The Mass concluded. My friend's marriage lasted. The reception was a blast. They realy did have a great family.

At another wedding, many, many, many years ago, my friend, the bride, wore a beautiful fitted lace gown. She was a very pretty bride: very petite, long blond hair...from a very strict family. However, just as the priest pronounced them husband and wife, the bride fainted. Fortunately, the groom was a quick thinker. As she started to fall backward, he caught her in his arms, scooped her up and carried her off the alter...just the perfect picture of a groom carrying his bride over the threshold, albeit, a pretty dramatic conclusion to the ceremony. None of us knew at the time that she had been keeping a secret. (Like I said this was a long time ago, and she came from a very strict family) She was pregnant, and having morning sickness...in a cinched up gown. The marriage lasted.
At Saturday, June 02, 2012 , Anonymous said...: I had 5 bridesmaids and a matron of honor when I got married. The time finally arrived and the music started to play - each of the bridesmaids and then my sis strolls down the aisle. Then it is my turn. My dad takes my arm and we begin to take that long walk with all eyes on me when suddenly I heard my mom's voice "Where is her bouquet???" Here all those friends there to help and no one thought about my bouquet! I told my hubby I literally came to him empty handed! That was almost 32 years ago so I guess things turned out well in the end!

bee blessed
mary
At Saturday, June 02, 2012 , megan said...: There has to be something about wedding cars in our family.......when I was married in England, most people had black cars for the wedding. We wanted to be different and specially ordered a white cadillac, paid extra for it too. When the car arrived, it was...you guessed it...a black one.
Up until then, the wedding arrangements had gone smoothly. I was having conniptions.."I don't want to ride in a funeral car" said I "they use the same cars for both weddings and funerals". The driver said there had been a mix up and someone else had the one and only cadillac. At this point everyone was ready to go, so I sucked it up and went to the church.
My hubby was surprised to see a black car waiting for us, but by that time, it did not matter.
Now to my daughter's wedding....my brother and sister-in-law had come over from England for the wedding. We had ordered limousines and as it was only two blocks to the church, one was sufficient to take them and myself first to the church.
We waited and waited for my daughter husband and bridesmaids to arrive...nothing!! Apparently, on the way back from dropping us off at the church, the limo broke down and they had to call for another one. My daughter was not phased at all, she blithely walked down the aisle but I could see my husband was glad they had finally arrived.
Luckily, my other daughter had a garden wedding and reciption, so no worries there!!
Hmmm....I still have grandchildren to go!!...... :)
At Saturday, June 02, 2012 , Anonymous said...: Weddings can by fun and a challenge-when we got married one of our soloist had a fam. emerg. so couldn't come, so an old friend filled in. My bridesmaids missed the rehersal due to taking a wrong turn. The top of our cake fell, it was the coldest day we had in Dec., and we stood in front of a door for the reception line, and I got phemonia, and so we canceled our honeymoon and I was in bed for the next week. With all of that we have survived alot and have been happily married for 33 yrs.
At Saturday, June 02, 2012 , Kathy@ Gone North said...: Wow, some great wedding stories here.. : )So, I thought I would share my favorite.
A friend of our family.... Just before the wedding, the caterer came to the MOB & said "The cake is not here"... a quick call to the baker & they had written it down for the next day & the cake was not ready... So the creative, fast-thinking MOB gave some money to the groomsmen & told them to quickly go & buy all the twinkies they could find & they served Twinkies instead...not as good as the original cake, but makes for a great story for yrs....
At Sunday, June 03, 2012 , Diane said...: Susan - it really did not matter, except the photos looked pretty funny with unlit candles. I got over it, but it did bother me for years!! I have been thinking about you this morning, again - cannot imagine doing what you are trying to do with the blog! I think it gave me nightmares last night - lol!!
At Sunday, June 03, 2012 , Anonymous said...: I was married in 1956. My dress was floor length but without a train. I had received two blue wedding garters so I put both of them on. During the reception at the church social hall both of my garters fell down at the same time. Since I was near a back door in the hall I just stepped out and pulled them back up. I have no idea how they both happened to fall at the same time. My husband who had a commercial pilot's license had been in his dream job at Pan American for just a month. I was in So. Calif. and he was in New York. He wanted us to get married so got leave and we had our big wedding and went back to New York City. Just two weeks later he washed out of the program and we were on our way home. Our marriage has lasted longer than Pam American and we are in our 80's.
At Sunday, June 03, 2012 , dizzyizzy said...: Susan,
The wedding looks so beautiful, congratulations.
At Sunday, June 03, 2012 , Lori Lucas said...: At my son's rehearsal dinner we had planned to have a chuckwagon come in and make all the food. He was going to make chili, stew, cornbread and peach cobbler...all around a campfire, for 100 people. The guy we hired did this for a living. We had the barn where we were hosting this all cleaned out, but we were going to use the day of the rehearsal to decorate. The day before the rehearsal, the weather forecast was rather ominous. We live in Oklahoma and the storms can be wicked. This particular forecast called for lots of rain and high wind. When I had booked the chuckwagon guy I had specifically asked about bad weather. He assured me that he would cook no matter what. We had planned to eat outside around the campfire, but I had the barn ready just in case. Since the weather was forecast to be bad, we decided to go ahead and decorate the inside of the barn. Then the night before the rehearsal dinner (less than 24 hours before "grub" time), the chuckwagon guy called me and cancelled. He said the weather just sounded too bad. So I had less than 24 hours to make food for 100 people AND transport it 2 hours away!!! So my daughter and I head into town (we lived 2 miles outside of town). On our way we see a bad car accident and commented on the fact the car had hit an electric pole. We proceeded on to the grocery store and bought the ingredients for everything Mr. Chuckwagon was going to deliver.... After loading up our van we head back to the house to start the all-night cooking sessions AND we had no electricity. None. Nada. Because of the car that hit the tree. We did not get our electricity back till almost midnight, so we could not start till then. We had tons of hamburger meat to brown for the chili and roasts to cook for the stew. We had cakes and cookies and cupcakes to make. My husband and I worked and worked all night and got it all done. Then we had to transport it 2 hours away AND decorate the barn and set up the food. At the end of the night we were TOTALLY exhausted. We fed over 100 people, decorated and had take home treats for everyone. I still can't believe we pulled it all off, but I guess that is part of being a parent. The things we do for our kids!!! The good part of the whole "cancelation" incident. We saved ourselves over $1000.00 (and that is after we bought our food).....AND IT NEVER RAINED A SINGLE DROP!!!! We had a great night!! See the pics here: http://abigstory.blogspot.com/2010/10/they-got-hitched.html. AND http://abigstory.blogspot.com/2010/10/our-take-on-american-gothic.html. Enjoy. Lori Lucas
At Sunday, June 03, 2012 , Dianne said...: I love the black, white and red for their wedding. I think those colors are so elegant. Congratulations to all. My husband and I married on New Year's Eve. It was a 2nd for me and 1st for him. We had a great party and everyone left around 1:00 AM. We found ourselves loading up all the borrowed silver, presents, flower, foods, cake, etc into the trunk of my car with no help. Everyone else had gone home! We got home about 3:00 AM and we were so exhausted it all stayed in the car till the next morning, but since was about 20 degrees outside, it wasn't a problem.

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