Centerpieces for round or long tables seating people across from each other should have low centerpieces.Hard to talk to Aunt Sue around a tall plant! A basket with couple of full pansy plants with candle in center is nice, you don't mention the bride's colors, usually you want something to match the bridesmaid dresses, at least I always took that into consideration when I decorated for my 2 brother's weddings & other weddings I was involved in when I made the cakes for the weddings. Flowers were sent home with bride & groom if they had purchased a house or with guests that wanted them. Green plants with some flowers mixed in larger baskets were used on other tables, food, sign-in(guest book)if it is on a table. I lined the bottom/sides of baskets so dirt wouldn't get on tables. Last 1 I did everyone was pleased that flowers were not wasted! People are very green these days. Impatiens would work as well as primroses, mini roses or petunias(we have them all year long)Kalanachoes come in very pretty colors. Don't get something with thorns or stickers like a cactus. You can get holder of glass for tapers from any 99 cent store or Dollar store, the arrangement should overflow the basket to look lush so don't need too large of baskets. Take baskets you have around to place you are having reception & see what looks right on the tables. Then take them to nursery to be sure it will work way you want it to so that is not a problem at last minute.

Well, I don't mean to open a whole other can of worms, but I am offended at the inference that only not-so-intelligent, non-math-and-science-whizzes believe in ghosts. I consider myself fairly intelligent, and I have seen a ghost. My son is much smarter than me, and he has too. He can tell a story about seeing our resident ghost (where we used to live) that can make your hair stand on end. I absolutely believe him - he is a no-nonsense both-feet-on-the-ground 24 year old man.

This was done (not actual picture)after the couple exchanged wedding vows and rings. Minister called it "tie the knot" a celtic tradition also known as handfasting. The Handfasting ritual takes its name from the joining and tying of the hands of the couple to be wed, usually with cords. This is where the term "tying the knot" comes from today in reference to getting married. Their colors, Sunday, were red and blue.

Prairie, You're right that so many services are available to the elderly -- yet a lot of people don't investigate their availability /won't use them. My grandmother, for example, welcomed Meals on Wheels but balked at calling the county's handicapped /elderly transportation van. Public transportation? That's for poor people! One of the reasons I'm pretty much sold on a certain building lot is that the neighborhood is connected to the town's "city center", which includes the town's senior center, the library and a pharmacy. We'd be able to walk (or golf cart) to these places without getting out on the main road. Physical therapy? After a serious illness my grandmother had physical therapy while she was an inpatient at a rehab facility, then she went twice a week to the hospital for some months. It did her a great deal of good. More recently my mother had physical therapy after surgery. Her therapist started her with "in bed exercises". He brought a board to her house, which he slid under her, and she did her exercises lying down. Then they moved on to the kitchen, where he had her exercise while holding onto the counter as a stabilizer. When she was doing her exercises alone, she "cheated" and held onto the sofa back instead so she could watch TV while she exercised. I think my mom was fortunate to get an A++ therapist, and he did her a world of good. Are you asking because you're trying to make sure you plan space enough for exercise in your house? BenjesBride, I don't know that I'd say the toilet is more important than the shower. I think you're more likely to be injured in the shower because of the water /possible slipping .... but you use the toilet more frequently, so you have more opportunities for accidents. Of course, the right answer is to make both as safe as possible! I think my girls' bathroom has a good set-up for an elderly person's toilet, and we're actually copying it for our future house. This is a random internet picture, not my actual house, but it's the layout I'm discussing -- I do like the color scheme and traditional look in this bathroom: The person using the toilet is a bit hidden from view, but the wall and the shorty wall provide plenty of space to anchor grab bars. An assistant could help an elderly person reach this toilet, then retreat a step to allow for some dignity ... without leaving the person completely alone. I'm thinking I want to make the pony wall thicker so it can also hold spare toilet paper. Using the same thought process, we're using solid pony-walls in our shower /glass only on the upper portion. Yes, full glass would look nicer, would make the room look larger, and would allow light to pour into the shower ... but a piece of glass can't support grab bars on both sides of the shower, and I like the idea of having bars all around.