Questions??? And our Anniversary!

I hear that March is Question time. I/we are not very interesting, but if anyone has a question I/we will try to answer them honestly!

Tuesday was our anniversary. We have been married 24 years. I woke up to a wonderful loving card with 24 chocolates attached. My Scotsman is definitely a romantic. Anyway, I started to reminisce about our wedding day. I don’t know about you all but it’s often the crazy mishaps that make our memories special!

Here are a few snippets I consider memory makers!

I was determined to put a personal twist on our wedding day! I made our wedding invitations. They were very different, and from my heart. I drew a single rose in a stylized technique. The colors were soft grey and a dark rose. But...... Ask me where an original copy is? Yep…don’t know! You would think I would have it preserved and saved. Sigh.....

Our ceremony was just lovely. We were married in a beautiful traditional church. We chose the music, readings etc. What I remember so well besides the Piper....was The song 'All I ask of You, from Phantom Of The Opera. I had a few talented family members who sang and harmonized perfectly.

But........Then again.....

We almost couldn’t fit all 325 people at the hall…(yes you read correctly 325).....My Scotsman’s mother KEPT inviting more people! Oh the ‘discussions’ that ensued because of her interference! Every time she'd see a FRIEND...we had another guest!! BTW.....we paid for our wedding!

My dress was very romantic with a high neck. It had a see through lace heart shaped bodice. There were beautiful pearls down the back. It looked romantic and sexy. Guess what happened after wearing and dancing in that dress all night long? When the dress came off I had a ring around my neck! Yes, a red- rust, rubbed neck as we embarked on our honeymoon to a warmer climate….I tried to wear a scarf, didn’t work! Ugh, the looks I had….But the gazes my Scotsman had were worse! LOL! 

Not a very auspicious beginning!

AND ........Icing on the cake here!........

A few days before our wedding I went for a bikini wax. It was only the second time I had gotten waxed. A woman at work kept insisting I would JUST LOVE IT! Well I guess I would have if she hadn’t burned the inside of my thighs all the way up close to the lady bits. An OUCH!! That kept on giving! So bathing suit action wasn’t an easy option! I was brown red down to my knees! Yes really!

Of course more happened to help us remember our honeymoon in glowing terms!

We arrived at our destination and went to rent a car! 

Ummm…..when I handed my license to go along with the credit card we brought…. They said my license was expired and I had no other form of Id. In those days you had to show ID with your credit card. If the Scotsman could have spanked me then…..I’d have started out our honeymoon with a beet red behind. He was very unhappy! ( I am a bit of a procrastinator.)

Good thing we were able to get a car anyway and DARN he would be the only one to drive! Oops!

We stayed at a very old historical bed and breakfast. The city was experiencing  colder weather than normal! Unfortunately the heat wasn’t very efficient! Actually there wasn’t any heat! Regrettably, the water pressure was awful and filling a bath took about a half hour! ARGH! We were troupers and the Scotsman and I were determined to make it all work! Both of us could fit in the large claw foot bath…..but it was freezing cold by the time we were covered by the water……shivering, teeth chattering! NOT ROMANTIC! We gave up and went another route!

I think the funniest part was staying in a family cottage blocks from the ocean. It was in a terrible state of repair. Before we could relax a thorough cleaning was necessary!  Ugh.... spider eggs  were a part of that too! Shiver!

Did I tell you the man is a saint? 

(One of these days I will share his crazy stuff, we are a match for sure!)

We did build so many wonderful memories then and all through the years. I think the times that are fraught with mishaps are what make us smile the most!

Happy Anniversary my darling Scotsman!

Thanks for reading,

Minelle