Twenty One years ago today I stood in front of Judge Ann Lacy Johns in Nashville's Criminal Court and be came a wife. That May 13th fell on a Friday. I never wanted that massively expensive "biggest day of my life" kind of wedding - and my husband has been eternally grateful. I watched both of my older sisters go from happy, loving post-college giggly girls into stark raving, post-apocalyptic mutant yetis over their weddings. I firmly believe in learning from others mistakes.
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Just finished reading Stephen King's "Duma Key". I know it's cliche, but once I got started I couldn't put it down (to my family's chagrin). I really enjoyed the interaction between the two main characters and the humor between them. Lots of little sarcastic jabs that struck my funny bone. Kings central character is more often than not an author, but in this book his main character is a construction guy turned artist after a near death on-the-job accident. His paintings however, are...

As a comparison, after having seen the movies for "Lord of the Rings" a long time ago, I decided to read the book and watch the movies again after I completed each section of the book. I'm glad I had seen the movies first, otherwise I would have been lost reading the book. Even so, I still had to refer to the 'map' several times to figure out where the characters were. Also because each place had several different names, as well as each character had several different names.
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My darling daughter's boyfriends parents (and an aunt) will be coming down to spend Thanksgiving with us. I rarely cook for anyone but my family (to avoid law suits), but "boyfriend" will probably end up being "husband" at some point anyway, and our visitors will become in-laws. So I'm in the frying pan. The menu will be the same as last year ( Thanksgiving Dinner ) but can I pull it off for 8 people?

My dining table only seats 4, so to accommodate 8 people,...

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