Day 100

Day 100 - (now in the triple digits for the rest of the time). Today was also our anniversary - as many have mentioned about the lovey-dovey notes they read on Facebook. Sorry................ 
Originally we were planning on having a wedding in August. I had two friends set up to be in the bridal party. We had even picked out dresses and finished lots of the other plans. But somewhere in all this beginning chaos, my parents asked the question - what do you want? A wedding or some cash? Well, the cash won out. Plans were scrapped and we moved the date up to as soon as possible. My dress (the one I'm wearing in the picture) was not an official wedding dress - just a white dress and I think I bought it at Montgomery Wards - either that or JC Penney. Then another decision was made to only invite immediate family and no kids........I really don't know who planned that, but I'm guessing it was my mom. So the plan was set to have the wedding at the church that my parents supported and were members of, that we went to sporadically. Aldersgate United Methodist Church. That day I went to work and was wearing a long, black fancy-type dress because we had a luncheon at work. I raced home and got ready for the wedding. Wade was now living in the apartment that we were going to live in. He came over to my parents' home to wait for me to get ready. Somewhere I have a picture of him sitting at my parents' kitchen table eating an artichoke. So the wedding itself was very short, the minister was also our photographer and there were only a handful of pictures taken. 

This is all the people that were at the wedding. Front row L-R: my dad, my mom, me, Wade, Wade's mom, Dixie, his dad, Bill, Carol Brower and husband, Willie (Wade's brother & sister-in-law). Back row L-R: Diane Brower and husband, Raymond (Wade's brother & sister-in-law), Ann Brower and husband, Rick (Wade's brother and sister-in-law), Gail & Dale Heffron (Wade's sister & brother-in-law), and then my brother, Peter. This was all of us. We had my brother, Pete and Wade's sister, Gail sign the wedding certificate. After it was over we all went out to dinner. There was a cake there too. After that Wade & I drove south and spent the first night in Redwood City. The next morning we drove to Carmel, California and spent one night there. We didn't think about making a reservation so we wound up in a room with two twin beds in Carmel. And the weather was so bad that we went to a movie theatre and watched, "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry". Sunday afternoon we drove back to our new home and went off to work on Monday morning just like normal. Wedding and honeymoon over in 2 1/2 days. That's pretty fast. 
Now today was a busy day for me. I went to Hannah House in the morning. Then we all went to Golden Corral for lunch and a group session. There are three women that are living at Hannah House right now. One mother with a 2 month old girl, one mother with a 2 yr. old and expecting another in October, and the last woman is expecting her baby after the first of the year. Selena had a small Bible lesson/devotional. I enjoyed sitting and sharing with all these women. 
Then I discovered how long it takes me to bowl 2 games when I'm alone - exactly 20 minutes. What a quick time that was. I saw lots of people at the bowling alley that I knew, but I just got in - bowled my two free games - and left. Then I went to Lowe's and bought a new wheelbarrow, some things for Jason, and three new doormats for the three front doors. The ones that I had before were from the previous owners and were faded and worn. I wanted something a little bit newer and nicer. 
Tonight I had a Sunday School planning meeting at church with Pastor Patty and then a Weight Watcher meeting. Now I'm home and ready to rest and relax for the rest of the night. 
Wade is doing good. Someone sent him a box full of "Mexican Fiesta" foods in the mail and he got them today. It was fun to hear about that.