I can't wait for the wedding announcement!

I was enjoying my Sunday morning coffee and papers (yes papers, we get two on Sunday) while The Big Man was making my breakfast.  He makes me a delicious breakfast every Sunday, but I digress.

I got to the engagement notices section inside the Sunday Style of the Washington Post. "Mary Jones" and "Joseph Smith" are to be wed in June of this year.  I got past the Mothers and Fathers part and then became mesmerized/stupefied by the rest. "The engagement follows a wonderful romantic trip to Ireland...then all I started to hear was the voice of Charlie Browns teacher WAH, WAH, WAH...You know the sound he hears when the teacher speaks??? I "came to" just before the end....."Armed with the delighted approval of her parents, Joseph surprised Mary with a proposal and an engagement ring during (this is the part that just slayed me) what is destined to become a "Smith" family tradition of cutting ones own Christmas tree."

Really?  SERIOUSLY??? I think I need insulin.....I just think this is the most ostentatious saccharine announcement I have ever read.   I may even have to get my pearls out of the safety deposit box and become a wedding crasher My mind is swimming with ideas on how the wedding will be. I am marking my calendar for June so I do not miss the wedding announcement.

I have found a picture of the "perfect" wedding cake.  About the size of "ones own Christmas tree"

I just can't imagine one of our girls "putting on a show" for their wedding...a la Kim Kardashian.  We all know how well that worked out......

I have no idea who these people are, I kinda feel sorry for them. I know after 36 years of marriage, life is NOT a fairy tale where you have traditions of "cutting ones own Christmas Tree". They probably do not know it is hard work and hopefully, along the way (if you are lucky) you build some great memories of fun times that you have shared.  I am still crazy about the Big Man, my heart still goes pitter-patter when he comes in the door (if any of you tell that secret, you are toast). We have built a wonderful life but it has never been like a fairy tale or a script of a Hallmark movie. Good Luck Mary and Joseph...you are going to need it.
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