Kisses!

It is still super busy around here. I will catch you up.

We went to a fabulous wedding this weekend. It was our friends Steve and Jenny. Dave and Steve have been friends for more than 10 years. So Dave was in the wedding. The ceremony was at a lovely church on Park Ave. It was really nice but really long. I am not Catholic so I don’t understand their traditions at all or why it takes more than 10 minutes to marry someone. But nonetheless it was a beautiful ceremony. The reception was super fabulous. It was at the Grand Bohemian downtown. This was my first reception there. They did cocktail hour at the rooftop pool and then we had dinner and dancing in a ballroom. But it was very nicely decorated. There was even a cookie bar and a photo booth. And as place cards they made photo coasters for everyone with pictures from their Facebook pages. I guess they handpicked their favorite photos from your Facebook. I super impressed with that idea. It was such a great wedding. They really did a great job planning and adding personal touches. And you should have seen the brides dress! I won’t post pictures yet because I think it is rude to wedding pictures before the bride and groom. But I will show you pictures of us.

Dave is sick again with who knows what. I am convinced he has the flu. I just hope I don’t get it. He better get well soon. He has not done any Christmas shopping.

We leave on the 22^nd for Tennessee. I am meeting some friends for lunch that day and we are delivering our gifts to the adopt a family. That should be fun. I have 2 families this year. I am all donated out. Seriously…I bought more gifts for strangers than my own family. And people are still asking for donations. And when I don’t donate they get mad. Does this bug anyone else??? I have donated so much this year to adopt a families, United Way, Breast Cancer month, etc….I have nothing left to give. I have bills to pay people . If I give anything else I will be on your list next year accepting donations. Don’t get me wrong. I am happy to help and really enjoy doing it. But I have to draw the line somewhere and you have not right to judge me when I do so. Okay, I am done with that.

I went to have my oil changed Monday. I have 54,000 miles on the Pathfinder and it is 4 years old…ancient. That is the longest I have ever had a car. They tell me at 60,000 miles I have to get new drive belts and flush fluids from random things. All of this cost $1000. And shortly after that I will need new tires. Another $1000…I have big tires. This is why I get a new car every 3 years. Why spend all this money on repairs when I can have a shiny new car that needs no repairs. And then to have to deal with the stress of knowing you could have car trouble at any time. I don’t get it. I was going to try to hold onto this car for another 2 years but I don’t know that I will make it that long. I can’t deal with this nonsense. This is why I will never, and I mean never, buy a used car. My time is more valuable than the money I will save.