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Posted by YarnWright on May 27, 2008, 7:39 pm
Mary Fisher 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
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>I can't make any suggestions but we invited a friend to dinner - a rather
special one.
>
>While we were still at the table another friend turned up. Then another. Then
another.
>We kept moving round the table to make more space, it was like the Mad Hatter's
tea
>party. There were eight of us to start with, us and our five children and the
original
>guest so it became a little crowded.
>
>Then a shepherd friend turned up with his spinning wheel Spouse had recently
made one
>and they migrated to the sitting room to compare techniques, eventually some of
the
>others joined them. It was a memorable, peaceful and very happy evening which
everyone
>who was there still talks about.
>
>Sometimes the best events aren't planned. Spontaneity is good :-)
>
>So the only thing I'm planning for our Golden anniversary in two years is to
lose
>enough weight to get into my wedding dress, which I'll spray gold. I'm well on
the way
>:-)
>
>I suspect that youngest son, whose job is an event planner/designer, will
devise some
>surprise for us which will include all our children, their children and perhaps
even
>some great grandchildren by that time. They represent our past and the future.
>
>But one has to live to achieve ambitions and since we both have cancer it's not
>certain. Even if we didn't we could have heart attacks, be run down by a bus
... it's
>hardly worth planning anything :-) So we'll wait and see - and in the meantime
enjoy
>every second to the full and not be diverted by anything which could get in the
way of
>happiness and love.
>
>Enjoy your anniversary, whatever you do. In these days twenty five years of
marriage is
>an achievement.
>
>Mary
>
Mary Fisher. . .
Thank you. That was NEAT, and your Golden plans are awesome, too.
Yes, 25 nowadays IS an accomplishment, but your 50th is totally awe-inspiring!
Noreen
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