WBRepo-Ship of Thieves-Remember the Magic Pt3

[HollyTyler]

A DISer from our Sept 2007 cruise got married a couple months ago in Los Vegas. The two of them flew from West Virginia (probably actually flew from Pittsburgh), had the wedding with her DH's best friend as their witness, spent several days and flew home. She posted pictures of herself in casinos with her wedding gown on.

Then she got some flack from family who were not invited--(excuse me, that is what ELOPE means!)

So, now, to make nice and to celebrate with friends, they are throwing their own reception. This is the cake she plans to have the local bakery make. I wonder if the bakery will be OK with it or have a more extreme reaction like or

Jan

I think that sounds like a cool wedding! And I'm mean and wouldn't bother doing the reception back home to make others happy. I hope their cake turns out just as nice as the picture though.

 

[HollyTyler]

In fact, I was almost ready to take off and get married some crazy place like that a while back, until I found out the guy was ALREADY MARRIED! Not sure if anybody remembers, but that was my hot little Mexican guy, Alejandro (or Alex). The one who was 10 years younger than me. Hot, hot, hot! BUT........what a jerk, jerk, jerk!

 

[nskjerven]

Well, that's a pissa! This is for the rental, where the tenant chopped a hole in the floor, right?

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turns out it was also water stains on the floor the hole could patched but the water stain was covering the whole floor.

 

[HollyTyler]

Well, I think I'd better go do my running around and let my clothes continue to dry. If I wait for them to be done first, I'll have not time to do anything. So I think I'm leaving this time. Later folks!

 

[iankh]

turns out it was also water stains on the floor the hole could patched but the water stain was covering the whole floor.

Crap! That is terrible. I'd like to kick their butt.

 

[JLSE50]

I see you're taking Nan at her word about being on the decorating committee.

Well, what can I say. One must help where one can.
Any of these would look nice inside the ballon chuppah-sculpture of a carriage.


Since you did not like the cakes you posted yourself or Piecey's cake, perhaps you would prefer the ALL-TIME American favorite, the TWINKIE

We could add a little whimsy,

or tone it down.

Perhaps for appropriate decorum we could go with DING DONGS,

or a variety of STANDARDS to please all palates.

There are some who prefer Krispie Kreme donuts however and we do not want the guests to feel slighted by the cake options.

For a Disney touch there are always options:

 

[ibouncetoo]

Crap! That is terrible. I'd like to kick their butt.

I don't know why....but this just cracked me up!

I just had a visual of Ian flying west and hunting these people down, a'la Dog the Bounty Hunter, and having a little smack down.

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[ibouncetoo]

Hmmmm. for some reason I'm wanting some cake now.....and I haven't even had breakfast yet.

OH LOOK....it's time lunch already....no wonder I'm hungry!

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[JLSE50]

We are on our way back to SoCal for the fourth time in six weeks. Crazy traffic outside of Blythe. Love being able to check traffic while in the car. Apparently westbound traffic on I-10 is closed due to an accident. We might not arrive to my parents house until 2am at this rate.

We are attending the baseball game tomorrow in my father's place.

http://www.jethawks.com/news/press-releases/view/?id=748

The press release is wrong. My dad is still in the hospital, so he won't be in attendance. His condition hasn't changed - no worse, but not any better. It is very sad, but we will be proud to attend in his absence.

Our girls started school this week. Kayla was thrilled about her first day of Kindergarten:

Thank you again for keeping our thoughts on our wonderful vacation (and off this boring drive). Phoenix to SoCal is just plain blah!

How was the game?

Too bad your Dad couldn't go. Did they have an award for him? If so, who did they present it to?

Cute pictures of the new student!!

Jan

 

[JLSE50]

OK, I'm just tired reading that, but it sounds like a great day. Watched Tom's video and have added the new light bulbs to my Walmart shopping list.

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I read this to Tom and he said "Good!" He hopes it encourages people in Indiana to buy them too.

 

[iankh]

Well, what can I say. One must help where one can.
Any of these would look nice inside the ballon chuppah-sculpture of a carriage.


Since you did not like the cakes you posted yourself or Piecey's cake, perhaps you would prefer the ALL-TIME American favorite, the TWINKIE

Actually, I rather sort of like the one above. The fact that I sort of like it shocks and disturbs me more than a little.

Do you think they do one with 2 Mickeys?

I've ordered our cake topper, which is being handmade and coming from the UK. I just hope that the woman who is making is is more timely than the Bulgarians were.

I opted for a custom cake topper, because I didn't like the any of the ones that were available for male couples ... I couldn't get over the feeling that they looked like someone had pried the bride off of two grooms and then stuck the two grooms together on a base.

Of course I have no idea what our final cake topper will look like. It is being sent directly to Kelly. For all I know, it might wind up looking like a couple of Gumbys stuck on a base.

 

[Tink rules]

I've been reading everything, but haven't felt up to posting lately. I'm in kind of an energy slump, maybe due to the accident--I've been feeling very very tired this week and it's been an on-the-go week as well. I'm still really sore in my chest...I guess it's going to take longer than I thought for that to go away.

However, today I went for a massage and I really feel better this evening. I go to a woman who does Shiatsu and she's excellent! I wish I could just stay home and chill tomorrow but I have 2 birthday parties I want to go to--one in Flagstaff at 1:00 (a 90 min. drive) for a great nephew's first birthday, then another at 6:00 for a great niece's 6th birthday (about a 45 min. drive), then another 45 min. drive home.

I love my car! I'm getting 40 mpg so far, both in town and highway. It'll be interesting to see what my millage is tomorrow.

It's been raining off and on all day and right now it's in the 60s--glorious! This is the time of year that I'm just DONE with summer and heat. It's not over by a long shot, but these rainy cool days make it a little more bearable.

Next week is going to be pretty quiet (at least so far). I'm doing a scuba refresher course next Wed. and Sat. and the following Wed. (the 20th) I'm going to FL (Key Largo) to dive for 3 days and then to Key West for a couple of days to play. I'm looking forward to being under water and if I get any good pictures I'll post them.

Woody, sounds like you're getting ready to travel somewhere--hope you have fun!

Marilyn, Michelle, Holly, Kathe, Lisa, Ian, Deborah (and anyone else I missed), I'm enjoying your posts and look forward to reading what's going on each day. Hopefully my energy will be back up soon!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Cherie... good to see you're back... drop in from time to time to say hello!!!

Hope you are feeling better... maybe being under water will make you smile... but just don't do it UNDER water...

You are right. It is important that the couple be under the Chuppah. I reality the rabbi doesn't marry the two people, they marry each other. The most important part is the ketubah, the legal document that is signed between the couple. You could think of it as a marriage license, but it's really a contract.

Even with all the other trappings ... if there is no ketubah there is no marriage.

I have my parents ketubah (they were married for 57 years) along with all the other family mementos.

We however will just have a clerk and no ketubah, though we are supposed to talk to my rabbi about having a Jewish ceremony here in Chicago.

Yeah... we were thinking of a bed sheet from the Grand Cal... (they have roses on them, you know...)

I have never lived in a Capitol city before. Near one, but not in as Michelle can vouch, Troy is not far from Albany but does not count.

At least for the three Christmases I have been here, the State capitol tree is decorated by ornaments that were handmade that year by children.

It is so neat to be there when a kid is walking around and finds his own ornament! It makes me smile as they show their parents.

Jan

Oh yeah... you were across the river... I'm down the road...

Well, that's a pissa! This is for the rental, where the tenant chopped a hole in the floor, right?

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I hope you didn't give them the security back...

Just learned a lesson today. Until I'm able to get a new clothes dryer, next time I'm washing clothes that I need to wear later that day, I need to get off my lazy fanny and just take them to the laundromat to use their dryer. This is ridiculous. A dryer will definitely be my next big purchase. Possibly next month.

Holly... if you put them out in the winter to dry... they will freeze... not dry...

LOOK FOR A PLACE THAT SELLS SCRATCH AND DENTS... I do this all the time... you can never tell where it is unless it's big, but they sell them for alot off the price!!!

Decided I'd better not mow right now. Too many bees or wasps out there. I did get rid of most of them a while back, so there are only actually 2 or 3 that I can see (when I used to be able to see swarms of them), but that's more than I want to piss off with my mower coming after them. So I'll do it when we get home tomorrow evening when it's supposed to be much cooler and they probably won't be moving very fast.

Holly... just let the darned grass die now will you!!!

Well, what can I say. One must help where one can.
Any of these would look nice inside the ballon chuppah-sculpture of a carriage.


Since you did not like the cakes you posted yourself or Piecey's cake, perhaps you would prefer the ALL-TIME American favorite, the TWINKIE

Jan... are you sure you aren't a secret wedding planner???

Actually, I rather sort of like the one above. The fact that I sort of like it shocks and disturbs me more than a little.





Do you think they do one with 2 Mickeys?

I've ordered our cake topper, which is being handmade and coming from the UK. I just hope that the woman who is making is is more timely than the Bulgarians were.

I opted for a custom cake topper, because I didn't like the any of the ones that were available for male couples ... I couldn't get over the feeling that they looked like someone had pried the bride off of two grooms and then stuck the two grooms together on a base.

Of course I have no idea what our final cake topper will look like. It is being sent directly to Kelly. For all I know, it might wind up looking like a couple of Gumbys stuck on a base.

Hot glue can do amazing things... Wanna try for 2 Mickeys???

 

[iankh]

Not sure if anybody here knows that I studied to be a pastry chef and had wanted to have my own cake studio?

A photo of a much younger me. A wedding cake I designed is only visible in the lower left-hand corner ... you can just about see the calla lilies and roses. All of the flowers were handmade out of sugar. The cake topper for this cake was a bit unusual, it was a pair of silver handcuffs, but it was also completely made out of sugar, and even the flexible chain was made out of sugar and painted with edible silver food paint. The decorations for the cake took me 2 weeks to make, working every night and freezing what I could.

I never pursued the career change, because I was already in my 40's and it would have proven just too difficult a transition to make, financially.

I am not that much of a curmudgeon. There are cakes that I do like. Here are a few:

Not big on fresh flowers on a cake myself. I consider it cheating.

Edwardian and very nice work.

A miniature tiered cake (you can judge the size from the cupcakes). Very simple, fun and nicely executed.

I think this is very, very nice. I like the total simplicity of each individual cake. Even just one of these cakes by themselves would be a beautiful cake.

If anyone could see the cake stuff, pans, equipment, decorating equipment I have here at home!

Sadly, I hung up my pastry bag a long time ago.

 

[Tink rules]

Ian... I think you look HOT in white!!!

 

[Tink rules]

Kelly... Nan...

This is what Ian is really expecting for the cake...

 

[JLSE50]

Leslie, very cute pictures! Schools here don't start for almost another month. There's a dumb law in Michigan that schools aren't allowed to start before Labor Day, so they all start the day after. Something to do with not wanting to interfere with tourism, I don't know.

Parents in Indiana think that Michigan is setting a good example and they would love to have Indiana follow suit!

Summer is so short and vacation plans often conflict with school.

Jan

 

[edna mode]

Do you think they do one with 2 Mickeys?

I've ordered our cake topper, which is being handmade and coming from the UK. I just hope that the woman who is making is is more timely than the Bulgarians were.

I opted for a custom cake topper, because I didn't like the any of the ones that were available for male couples ... I couldn't get over the feeling that they looked like someone had pried the bride off of two grooms and then stuck the two grooms together on a base.

Of course I have no idea what our final cake topper will look like. It is being sent directly to Kelly. For all I know, it might wind up looking like a couple of Gumbys stuck on a base.

2 Mickeys are the salt and pepper shakers - buy two sets because I think the wedding topper for Disney has hands together already

If it looks like Gumby, we'll go with a green Gumby and Pokey theme.

 

[Tink rules]

Ok... I am home from the lake and after having only 1 really nice day up there (I know... Adirondack weather and all...)

IT'S FREAKING GORGEOUS TODAY!!!!

 

[Tink rules]

2 Mickeys are the salt and pepper shakers - buy two sets because I think the wedding topper for Disney has hands together already

If it looks like Gumby, we'll go with a green Gumby and Pokey theme.

Kelly... which one is Ian and which one is Gumby? Never mind... we don't want to go there...

 

[ibouncetoo]

I love this one:

AND I'd like one of the cupcakes right now, please.


Even though we couldn't see much of the one you made in that photo...I'm thinking you should just be going to Kelly's and making your own cake! I think that's what we'll need to do, to go with the hotdogs for Casy's that we'll be having for dinner that night.