Rain is suppose to mean......

So It's officially over! Yay! Megan and Justin's wedding party has come and gone!

I have to say coming from a non-planner type person, (that would be ME) This wedding stuff is stressful! And we didn't even have a full blown wedding! 

I think I would have died of a heart attack if it had been the whole thing! Just sayin!

Anyway, I had a bit of a melt down the morning of, because it was going to rain. Of all the freaking luck! We didn't have the party in May, because we were afraid it was totally going to rain, so they pushed the date back and what happened? We ended up getting the rain that would have been reserved for them in May in August instead! Oh, and back in May...it didn't rain on the day they would have had their party!

Anyway, I had a huge melt down the morning of the party, and my family rallied around me and sent up some prayers in mine and Megan's behalf. The day cleared up and was looking beautiful, and I thought we might just have pulled it off without the down pour I had been worried about, but...it was not to be so.

Just as we, (and by we I mean my family who had come to rescue me) had put the finishing touches on the decorations and the first guests had begun to trickle in, a breeze began to tease and toy with us.

Within then minutes the breeze had turned into a pretty good gust, and the rain started to fall. At first there were just a few huge rain drops, then it stopped. I thought okay, if that's all it's going to do, I am fine with that. 

Much to my disappointment, that was NOT all it was going to do! 

Mother Nature let loose with a deluge!

We were scrambling to move everything we could out of the down pour. 

The saddest thing is, that ALL of the decorations from the hanging decor to the table coverings were paper! Yep,paper!

We had hung paper lanterns from poles with fishing wire, along with fluffy paper balls, and the tables had dark blue paper covering them, with white crayons on every table, for the guests to leave a note for the couple. People had just gotten started when the rain came. At first people tried to hang out with a brave face, but then it started to come down harder! People fled to our shed, and our garage! While we all scrambled to get the desserts, cake and guest book out of the rain. (good thing Chet decided to clean the garage at the last minute, the day before!) I opened the door to the family room, moved the couches around to open up the area inside so people could visit, while they brought chairs in from outside to line the sides of the garage with! CRAZY!!

Really though, all in all it turned out to be a great time for us and those who were able to come. There was a great turn out despite the rain, and people continued to show up until after nine! :) Then some of those who were there didn't leave until around midnight. Truly a good time!

Megan and Justin got a lot of great stuff and some much needed cash to help them on their way. I am so grateful for everyone that came to support us all! :)

All through out the night people kept telling Megan and Justin, that Rain on a wedding day is suppose to mean good luck for the couple. We will take it!

Oh, a last thought, the paper from the tables dried out and there were some very special notes on the paper that Megan and Justin are going to cut out and save! Including one drawing from Justin's Grampa, which he referred to as EPIC!! :)

Have to say....

I has been a little while since my last post, and not a whole lot has been happening besides getting ready for the long awaited "Wedding Party". That's right Megan and Justin's Wedding Party is in a weeks time! I will be more than a bit relieved, when this gig is all said and done! I MUST send out a huge Thank You to my sister Christi for all of her ideas and willingness to help me try to plan this get together! Without you C, I would be a shambles! :)
Anyway, this last week we got the tables and chairs reserved, the back yard almost complete, the cakes ordered and fortune cookies purchased!
We have been working on getting the patio ready, but that is still a work in progress! I got the back door primed and ready for a coat of paint, that is has badly needed for at least two years or more now. Funny how things that you can put off forever, finally seem to become very important, when you know "other" people are going to see them! Haha.
 The other thing we have been working on, on the patio, is rusting it. Everyone I have said this to, asks me if I don't mean staining it? The honest answer is no. I truly mean "rusting" it. It all began about 7 years ago, when I parked my inherited truck on said patio for temporary storage. Well, temporary turned into 7 years. The truck had several major oil leaks, so during the time it sat out there, we had placed metal pans under it to catch the oil (at least some of it). 
Long story short, Chet got the old truck up and running for me this year, and when we moved the old pans from underneath they had left some very major rust spots. Try as we may, we could not get them off! We got the to lighten, but that was it! I really liked the look of where it had rusted and I told Chet I wish we could do that to the whole patio. From that, the idea of "rusting" the patio was born! :)
We got metal filings from the local tire stores around town and wet down the patio and sprinkled the filings all over it. Then over the next few days, we just continued to wet it down. Almost like watering a garden. Oxidization has been doing the rest. So far so good, and I love the look it has given the patio! Now if there was just enough time to actually sit out there and relax for a minute or two. :)
    During this whole time, my focus on my fitness has not been front and center. Not that it has fallen to the wayside entirely, but it definitely has not been a main focus! My former daily workouts have been reduced to 2 or maybe 3 times a week, if I am lucky! 
Part of this has been due to the wedding, but a good deal of it has to do with the fact that, I spend a great deal of my summers on the road with Chet. This is time I am not willing to part with, so, there are a few things that tend to suffer, like my garden and my workouts. I finally figured out a way for me to get some sort of work out in while I am riding around with Chet. Even if it is not a traditional, workout, I decided that some kind was better than none. After all, I am always telling people to move their bodies! Any movement is better than none! So, I put my 3 pound weights in the van and every time we stop, I get out and if I am not helping Chet, I try to do some sort of exercise. Be it with the weights or just something like jumping jacks or high knees maybe even crunches if there is grass nearby.
I have to say, that when someone tells me they have noticed something about how I have been working, or how I have given them something to work for, there is just something about that, that makes my WHOLE day! I had someone tell me just today, that they think my arms look great, and I have made them realize that they need to do something for themselves and would I please be willing to work with them. :) I am not a trainer and I have no schooling or training in this area but for someone to look at me and want me to help them makes me feel fantastic! Especially when I look at myself, and see so much that still needs work. There is a quote I have seen on Facebook, and Pintrest, I don't know it exactly (and I'm not going to look it up right now) But it goes something like "first they will ask you WHY you do it, then they will ask you HOW you did it. More and more I am finding that to be true! Any way, I have to say this is a good time of life for me right now! :) Happy Summer!

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