As I mentioned, we wanted to spend more time with our guests and decided to host parties on Friday and Sunday. We settled on a cocktail and dessert theme for our wedding open house. We included an information card about the parties (and hotels) with our invites. Sadly, I don’t have any photos. 🙁 Bulk…
Lisa
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Our rehearsal dinner in Fayetteville, NC
We stopped by Sam’s Club on Thursday and bought all the food we needed. Friday began with us cleaning up and getting all the last-minute things done around the house. Our crack team of wedding helpers started working on our flowers (which arrived Wednesday and had been rehydrating in our guest bath). Around this time, I…
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Curried chicken salad
If you love chicken salad, you need to try this curried chicken salad variation. Mac absolutely loves curry chicken, so I scrounged up this recipe to give us another option for a curry chicken that isn’t takeout. The recipe is pretty similar to my original chicken salad recipe. As with most chicken salad recipes, you…
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Birthday wish list
My birthday is in one month, two weeks, and fifteen days. But I’m not counting. As with many women, I am kind of obsessed with my birthday. Subsequently, I tend to care more about birthday presents than Christmas presents. If I want something specific, I tend to ask for it. Otherwise, I tend to be…
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The strangest question
“You must be ready for your husband to deploy again, right?” I’m honestly shocked every time I hear somebody ask me this. Also surprising is the fact that I’ve been asked this more than once. Once upon a time last year, a seasoned Army wife was hired at one of the plants at work. She…
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Said Yes to the Dress, Kept Shopping
After I purchased a dress I loved, we headed down the road to Alfred Angelo in Monroeville, PA. The only reason I visited Alfred Angelo was to try on Belle. Hello, beautiful. I checked in at my appointment time and was paired with a sweet, helpful consultant (who’s name escapes me). I told her that…