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Posted by YarnWright on May 23, 2008, 3:58 pm
Bernadette spun a FINE 'yarn':
>On Fri, 23 May 2008 06:27:24 +0200, YarnWright wrote:
>
>> YarnWright spun a FINE 'yarn':
>>
>>
>>>Silver Wedding Anniversary is coming up quickly, and I'm open to
>>>suggestions as to how to spend it, where to go, what to do, etc. My
>>>sister seems to think the kids should give us a party. First of all,
>>>it's none of my sisters business, secondly, it's NOT the girls's
>>>responsibility to give us a party, thirdly, we don't WANT a party at ALL,
>>>so.... We've discussed renewing our vows, just the two of us, no guests
>>>at all, but WHERE? No, we do NOT want to go back to Wisconsin where we
>>>were married, so that's OUT, totally. East Tennessee, maybe?? Like
>>>Gatlinburg area? Anybody been there? Help,
>>>Noreen
>> <end quoted>
>>
>> My sister ALSO seems to think the girls or Don should give me a party for
>> my birthday, and again, it's none of her business, it's not the kids
>> responsibility to give parties, I don't even WANT one, so.... again, my
>> dilemna: what to DO that would be special for the big day? I'm 'thinking'
>> a spa-day.... but wonder if that's over-indulgent? Help,
>> Noreen .
>
>I think that as it is your birthday a spa day sounds wonderful. To stretch
>your birthday out to another extra day (lol, see I do try to help ;-D) you
>could plan to have a special dinner for you and Don and the girls.
>
>I'm a great believer in celebrating the other 364 days of the year (365 in
>a leap year) as "un"birthdays as well! We have more of them than birthdays
>and it seems a shame not to take advantage of it. That's what I call
>lateral thinking!
<end quoted>
Bernadette. . .
I OVE the way you think! I agree about the non-birthdays, too!
(had an Aunt who ALWAYS gave us TWO birthdays, our own and a shared.. in other
words,
sister got a present on MY b-day, I got one on HERS, and then the communions,
confirmations, graduations, etc were shared too!)
Thanks,
Noreen
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Posted by Carey N. on May 23, 2008, 4:06 pm
> YarnWright spun a FINE 'yarn':
>
> >
> >Silver Wedding Anniversary is coming up quickly, and I'm open to
suggestions as to how
> >to spend it, where to go, what to do, etc.
> >My sister seems to think the kids should give us a party. First of all,
it's none of my
> >sisters business, secondly, it's NOT the girls's responsibility to give
us a party,
> >thirdly, we don't WANT a party at ALL, so....
> >We've discussed renewing our vows, just the two of us, no guests at all,
but WHERE? No,
> >we do NOT want to go back to Wisconsin where we were married, so that's
OUT, totally.
> >East Tennessee, maybe?? Like Gatlinburg area? Anybody been there?
> >Help,
> >Noreen
> <end quoted>
>
> My sister ALSO seems to think the girls or Don should give me a party for
my birthday,
> and again, it's none of her business, it's not the kids responsibility to
give parties, I
> don't even WANT one, so.... again, my dilemna:
> what to DO that would be special for the big day?
> I'm 'thinking' a spa-day.... but wonder if that's over-indulgent?
> Help,
> Noreen .
>
>
Noreen,
Congrats on your upcoming Silver Anniversary.
If you and Don really don't want a party for your anniversary, perhaps just
a dinner out with you and the girls would be your kind of celebration (I'm
assuming that the girls you mentioned are your daughters, and not your
nieces). If your sister lives long-distance, she certainly wouldn't expect
an invite to a dinner, would she? Expecting her to come so far for dinner
would be a bit much(yes, I *am* being facetious, but it would make a good
answer to the "Why wasn't I invited" type of remark.) Or perhaps some sort
of cruise for just the two of you, and renew your vows onboard?
As for your birthday spa day, go for it! (Perhaps your sister would like to
chip in for that gift?)
Definitely, go for a spa day, or something else you normally wouldn't do, or
would put off doing for later. You deserve it.
Best wishes,
Carey in MA
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Posted by YarnWright on May 23, 2008, 4:21 pm
Carey N. spun a FINE 'yarn':
>
>Noreen,
>Congrats on your upcoming Silver Anniversary.
>
>If you and Don really don't want a party for your anniversary, perhaps just
>a dinner out with you and the girls would be your kind of celebration (I'm
>assuming that the girls you mentioned are your daughters, and not your
>nieces). If your sister lives long-distance, she certainly wouldn't expect
>an invite to a dinner, would she? Expecting her to come so far for dinner
>would be a bit much(yes, I am being facetious, but it would make a good
>answer to the "Why wasn't I invited" type of remark.) Or perhaps some sort
>of cruise for just the two of you, and renew your vows onboard?
>
>As for your birthday spa day, go for it! (Perhaps your sister would like to
>chip in for that gift?)
>Definitely, go for a spa day, or something else you normally wouldn't do, or
>would put off doing for later. You deserve it.
>
>Best wishes,
>Carey in MA
<end quoted>
Carey N.. . .
Yes, the girls ARE our daughters, well, Don's daughters, my step's... although I
DO
consider them 'ours'
(after all, Kelley was *just* 3, Christy was 6 1/2 when I came onto the scene,
then
Kelley was 5 and Christy 9 when we hitched - they both stood up for us, too!)
You hit the nail on the head regarding distance, if a party were in WI, *we'd*
have to
travel, if it were in TN, everyone *else* would have to travel.
As it is, Kelley and family live in FL, Christy lives in WI now (she WAS in GA
for 13-14
years, darnit!), so even *their* coming to spend the big day(s) with us is a
stretch....
I agree that something one normally doesn't do is a great plan, and believe me,
I've
DREAMED of a spa-day for aeons!!
Thanks!
Hugs,
Noreen
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Posted by Katherine on May 23, 2008, 8:29 am
> Silver Wedding Anniversary is coming up quickly, and I'm open to suggestio=
ns as to how to
> spend it, where to go, what to do, etc.
> My sister seems to think the kids should give us a party. =A0First of all,=
it's none of my
> sisters business, secondly, it's NOT the girls's responsibility to give us=
a party,
> thirdly, we don't WANT a party at ALL, so....
> We've discussed renewing our vows, just the two of us, no guests at all, b=
ut WHERE? =A0No,
> we do NOT want to go back to Wisconsin where we were married, so that's OU=
T, totally.
> East Tennessee, maybe?? =A0Like Gatlinburg area? =A0Anybody been there?
> Help,
Mine is also coming up. We will be at home for it, simply because it
can't fit into our
vacation plans. As for what we will do - probably go out for dinner,
alone, and talk
about the last twenty-five years, and the next twenty-five. We are
going to Niagara
Falls in August, though, so we will make that count. Renewing vows?
Not this year,
but there ia a tentative plan for a triple vow renewal ceremony next
yeat, after
three of us in my class are ordained.
Higs,
Katherine
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Posted by YarnWright on May 23, 2008, 3:58 pm
Katherine spun a FINE 'yarn':
>> Silver Wedding Anniversary is coming up quickly, and I'm open to suggestions
as to
>>how to spend it, where to go, what to do, etc.
>> My sister seems to think the kids should give us a party. First of all, it's
none
>>of my sisters business, secondly, it's NOT the girls's responsibility to give
us a
>>party, thirdly, we don't WANT a party at ALL, so....
>> We've discussed renewing our vows, just the two of us, no guests at all, but
WHERE?
>> No, we do NOT want to go back to Wisconsin where we were married, so that's
OUT,
>>totally. East Tennessee, maybe?? Like Gatlinburg area? Anybody been there?
>> Help,
>
>Mine is also coming up. We will be at home for it, simply because it
>can't fit into our
>vacation plans. As for what we will do - probably go out for dinner,
>alone, and talk
>about the last twenty-five years, and the next twenty-five. We are
>going to Niagara
>Falls in August, though, so we will make that count. Renewing vows?
>Not this year,
>but there ia a tentative plan for a triple vow renewal ceremony next
>yeat, after
>three of us in my class are ordained.
>
>Higs,
>Katherine
Katherine. . .
Maybe we should wait for 30 years, come to Canada, and have YOU renew our
vows??? eh????
WINK!!!
Noreen
luvvin that thought!
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