>How was the weather down where you are? 46 degrees this morning--yikes. This is officially what my husband and I refer to as 'death cold' weather...believe me, those of you who live up north may laugh but for a Miamian this is sheer icy misery. Thing is, our houses, clothes, offices etc are not designed for cold. For example, my office building that does not have heat. So, yesterday the temp inside my office was 63. Some colleagues on the north side of the building, with big glass windows, had offices that never got above 54 degrees. I've only got a few items of clothing that are warm enough. My house isn't insulated. And so on. I know, I know, not much sympathy for us shivering sunbelters from those who deal with REAL death cold, but oh how we're suffering. And this cold snap is going to last unusually long, for most of the week. Generally when we do get chilly weather it's a couple of days then back to sunny normal. The weather forecaster actually said there is a small chance of *snow* as far south as Orlando later this week(!). As for admitting wrongdoing to a husband, no worries. When and if the urge strikes, I will just sit quietly thinking of decorating projects till the urge passes :). And to tie this back to the original topic--the wedding party was very lucky. They squeezed in their special day literally hours before the cold snap arrived. I actually worried a little bit for the bride but as noted, everything worked out perfectly for them. Ann

When You Say Nothing At All by Alison Krauss DD and DSIL played it in their wedding. It suits my DSIL to a tee and is a beautiful song! I know its on Utube. Here is a link that might be useful: Lyrics

When my husband of 25 years and I married we had a small family wedding at our church. At the end of the ceremony my 9 yr old daughter came and stood with us while the minister did the closing prayer. My daughter walked out of the church with us and our family began. My husband, unbeknown to me, had bought my daughter a gold band with a very small diamond. When we got in the hallway he stopped me and said he had something special for her. He ask her if she would wear this ring and told her he would love her as much as he loved me and would always be there for her. She has always loved him and respected him and is now the mother of our first grandchild. When she married 6 years ago she had a afternoon garden wedding with a very nice outdoor reception. She did not want any entertainment since it was an afternoon wedding so we had a harpist to "set the mood". That night the guest were invited to join us on the veranda of the hotel for an evening of "ghost stories". We were in an old historic hotel in Alabama which was situated on the Alabama River. There had been an early evening thunderstorm and there was mist rising on the river. I had put votive candles out and had light refreshments prepared. The story teller was a known author of ghost books, has written over 60 books. I can remember her from when I was in middle school and she would come and tell stories. I have also seen her at many arts festivals preforming. My daughter also knew her growing up as a story teller. My only request of her was to keep the stories about happy or good ghost, due to the children that would be present. Anyway, she told ghost stories for about 1 1/2 and everyone was totally amused by her. She presented the bride and groom with a buckeye to keep in their pocket. Guests are still talking about the wedding where a story teller was there. She must be in her 90's now and still going strong.

I decided not to have "Here comes the bride" for the simple fact that it's so traditional and I too think of "here comes the bride, big fat and wide" (LOL) when I hear it. I chose to walk down to "Sheep May Safely Graze" by Bach after listening to a ton of different songs--somthing about it just caught my attention. As we left, we played "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" also by Bach. It too just caught my attention. A really nice book I found is called "Songs for a Christian Wedding." The Christian Musician. Hal-Leonard. There are ~35 songs in the book and even the one's that have words, are really pretty when played by themselves. Springbride04