With stuff we alredy have at home. I didn’t buy the kit from the store so now im trying to figure out how to decorate eggs with my boys ages
6 & 3 …. just easy, simple ideas are greatly appreaciated ….
thanks
How bout a simple polka dot? You could also take a permanent marker and draw faces, then color those. Oh and you could take a wax crayon and doddle on them with that!
outside. I will be putting home videos and copies of a few documents that are of importance in there so that I can quickly grab it incase we have another evacuation like we did a few years ago. I grabbed my photo albums but forgot the home movies! Thankfully we weren’t hit by the hurricane. I am not an artistic person at all. I will need to know what to cover the box with and what types of things you think I could put on the outside of it to decorate it!! Let the creative juices flow!
Thanks ya’ll.
If you go to a shop that sells scrapbook items you can check out all the different 8"x11" sheets of paper, and choose one…or two matching kinds. There are ribbons, photos of your favorits artists who can cut out and put on the box, or better still U can use the beautiful pages of last years calendar and cut and glue it over the who box. DIY has many box shaped items they cover. You may get an idea there. Also, U can check the library for an Arts and Crafts book.
Me and my girlfriend have been dating 5 years now and we’re looking into getting married in the next few months. No date has been set but we’re looking at some time in June. Why? Because I’m trying to keep it small and cost effecient. This is my first wedding and I really don’t have a lot of money to do the whole big wedding thing. This is my girl’s second wedding. Her first one was the princess type. Long flowing white dress, bridesmaids, groomsmen, flowergirls, etc. That’s great for a girl’s first wedding because that’s what she wants.
With the economy the way it is I just don’t see spending a bunch of money for a 30 – 45 minute ceremony.
My plans go a little like this. I’m 39. We keep it small and quaint. Only invite family and a few friends. The ceremony will be at our church where we’re both members. There will be no invitations because since we’re only inviting friends and family we can do that by word of mouth. Ok, I’ll have my brother as best man and my girl will have her sister as the maid of honor. No, flower girls, ring bearers or anything like that. We don’t need anyone singing or reading poems and the wedding march can be played on a CD through the church’s sound system. As far as the reception I’m thinking we could either do a cookout at our house for everyone afterwards because I really don’t mind cooking food over a grill and having everyone sit around and talk and share some laughs. Or we pick a restaurant and let everyone know where we’re going and if they wanna come they are more than welcomed but they are responsible for their own food. This would take the place of presents since we’ve been living together going on 4+ years and we already have everything. A honeymoon can come later when we save up some money to go away for a weekend or so. Even the attire can be scaled down. We don’t need to decorate the church, rent tuxs or get a wedding dress. My girl has a lot of nice dresses and I’ve got quite a few suits.
NOW, my girl, who’s 38, has a slightly different idea in mind. Again, this is her second marriage. The minute we started discussing marriage she got all excited. Several people have already volunteered to be her wedding coordinator and I’ve had to tell her we don’t need that because we’re not doing some major production. We know what we want to do. She wants to look at wedding dresses and things like that and has already asked a question here as to what kind of dress she should buy. She wants to get her hair and nails done, which I don’t mind but we’re trying to cut costs here. Last night she came home with a worried look on her face saying that she’s gonna feel bad by not asking her best friend to be in her wedding. I told her this isn’t about their feelings. It’s about our pockets. Because if she adds this girl then she’s gonna want to add that girl and before you know it she’ll have 4 or 5 girls wanting to be in the wedding and she’s not one to tell anyone no. She wants our church minister of music to play during the wedding and I told her we can scale back there too because he’s gonna want to be paid. Again, download a nice version of the wedding march and play it on a CD in the church’s sound system. One of her sons asked her last night about the honeymoon and how he wanted to go. She’s got 2 from her previous marriage and I have a daughter from a previous relationship. I told him we’re not going on a honeymoon and she looked at me all shocked and surprised. We just don’t have the money. That’s why I told her we would go somewhere later when we could afford it.
Granted, any girl getting married for the 1st, 2nd or 3rd time is gonna be excited but at what point do you get your head out of the clouds and start thinking "this wedding isn’t about what I want but what can I afford." I don’t want this to turn into some major affair that we can’t afford but I think we can get married without all the ruffles and lace of most weddings.
Am I being too frugal or should I give a little to my girl’s ideas?
Again, money is an issue here. Her job is shutting down her division in May and she’s gonna be without a job soon. I’m already unemployed but will be going back to work on a part time basis soon.
A few friends of ours met downtown at the magistrates office during their lunch time and got married. They’ve been happily married several years now and are expecting their 2nd child. So I think my plans are consideriably nicer than that.
How do I get her to get her head out of the clouds and back to reality. Money is tight and we can’t put every one in the wedding nor can we afford to go to the Bahamas or even the beach for a week after the wedding.
And for those who ask, yes, I’ve told her this and we’ve talked about it but it doesn’t take but one friend of hers to want to either be in the wedding or just help her out and we’re back to square one, again.
I totally agree with you. It seems your girl for 38 years old doesn’t have a sense of your financial situation or hers. She seems a bit immature and I get the feeling its more about the party then the marriage. This may be a big hint for you to take as to why her previous marriage failed. You need to have a serious talk and understanding. You also mentioned her job will be gone. Are you planning on picking up all of her outstanding bills and supporting her with your income only? You will be married you realize? If you are both in a position with little money and no money for a honeymoon and her without a job soon, seems like your marriage is headed for disaster before it even happens. You really need to think this through.
try this site, it has great decor ideas of different rooms….
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Ours are usually up until January 2nd or 3rd – sometimes later – but always down on or before January 5th which is the 12th day of Christmas.
We put up a real tree in mid December and see that it is well watered. We put up some other decorations which are mostly of a religious nature, and not too many of them.
When do you take down your tree and other decorations?
January 5th, the day after the last day of my current festival. 
(Obviously mine is not a Christmas tree.)
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My kids are two and three years old. My husband and I would like to practice some family Christmas traditions.
The same goes for Easter and Thanksgiving.
We do bible trivia about Jesus and the events surrounding his birth. Teaching your children to give to others at this time of year is great. My mother has suggested that our entire family work at shelter this year before or after dinner.
We need to think about the logic of those who would consider, even for a moment, bringing
anyone associated with the Clintons back into the White House—–especially Hillary.
Hillary Clinton has been telling America that she is the most qualified candidate for president
based on her "record," which she says includes her eight years in the White House as First Lady –
or "co-president" – and her seven years in the Senate.
Here is a reminder of what that record includes:
* As First Lady, Hillary assumed authority over Health Care Reform, a process that cost the taxpayers
over $13 million. She told both Bill Bradley and Pat Moynahan, key votes needed to pass her legislation,
that she would "demonize" anyone who opposed it. But it was opposed; she couldn’t even get it to a
vote in a Congress controlled by her own party. (And in the next election, her party lost control of both
the House a nd Senate.)
* Hillary assumed authority over selecting a female Attorney General. Her first two recommendations
(Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood) were forced to withdraw their names from consideration, and then she
chose Janet Reno. Janet Reno has since been described by Bill himself as "my worst mistake."
* Hillary recommended Lani Guanier for head of the Civil Rights Commission. When Guanier’s radical
views became known, her name had to be withdrawn.
* Hillary recommended her former law partners, Web Hubbell, Vince Foster, and William Kennedy for
positions in the Justice Department, White House staff, and the Treasury, respectively. Hubbell was later
imprisoned, Foster allegedly committed suicide, and Kennedy was forced to resign.
* Hillary also recommended a close friend of the Clintons, Craig Livingstone, for the posi tion of director
of White House security. When Livingstone was investigated for the improper access of up to 900 FBI files
of Clinton enemies (Filegate) and the widespread use of drugs by White House staff, both Hillary and her
husband denied knowing him. (FBI agent Dennis Sculimbrene confirmed in a Senate Judiciary Committee
in 1996 both the drug use and Hillary’ involvement in hiring Livingstone. After that, the FBI closed its
White House Liaison Office, after serving seven presidents for over thirty years.)
* In order to open "slots" in the White House for her friends the Harry Thomasons (to whom millions of
dollars in travel contracts could be awarded), Hillary had the entire staff of the White House Travel Office
fired; they were reported to the FBI for "gross mismanagement" and their reputations ruined. After a
thirty-month investigation, only one, Billy Dale, was charged with a crime – mixing personal money with
White House funds when he cashed checks. The jury acquitted him in less than two hours.
* Another of Hillary’s assumed duties was directing the "bimbo eruption squad" and scandal defense:
—- She urged her husband not to settle the Paula Jones lawsuit.
—- She refused to release the Whitewater documents, which led to the appointment of Ken Starr as
Special Prosecutor. After $80 million dollars of taxpayer money was spent, Starr’s investigation led
to Monica Lewinsky, which led to Bill lying about and later admitting his affairs.
—- Then they had to settle with Paula Jones after all.
—- And Bill lost his law license for lying to the grand jury
—- And Bill was impeached by the House.
—- And Hillary almost got herself indicted for perjury and obstruction of justice (she avoided it mostly
because she repeated, "I do not recall," "I have no recollection," and "I don’t know" 56 times under oath).
* Hillary accepted the traditional First Lady’s role of decorator of the White House at Christmas, but in a
unique Hillary way. In 1994, for example, the First Lady’s Tree in the Blue Room (the focal point each year)
was decorated with drug paraphernalia, sex toys, and pornographic ornaments, all personally approved by
Hillary as the invited artists’ depictions of the theme, "The Twelve Days of Christmas."
* Hillary wrote "It Takes a Village," demonstrating her Socialist viewpoint.
* Hillary decided to seek election to the Senate in a state she had never lived in. Her husband pardoned
FALN terrorists in order to get Latino support and the New Square Hassidim to get Jewish support. Hillary
also had Bill pardon her brother’s clients, for a small fee, to get financial support.
* Then Hillary left the White House, but later had to return $200,000 in White House furniture, china, and
artwork she had stolen.
* In the campaign for the Senate, Hillary played the "woman card" by portraying her opponent (Lazio) as
a bully picking on her.
* Hillary’s husband further protected her by asking the National Archives to withhold from the public until
2012 many records of their time in the White House, including much of Hillary’s correspondence and her
calendars. (There are ongoing lawsuits to force the release of those records.)
* As the junior Senator from New York, Hillary has passed no major legislation. she has deferred to the
senior Senator (Schumer) to tend to the needs of New Yorkers, even on the hot issue of medical problems
of workers involved in the cleanup of Ground Zero after 9/11.
* Hillary’s one notable vote, supporting the plan to invade Iraq
, she has since disavowed.
Quite a resume`, isn’t it? Sounds more like an organized crime family…
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Forget it. Most of her supporters here were in grade school during the Clinton Administration and for those people, politics is an American Idol contest. They listen to Hillary say that it’s all a vast right wing conspiracy and that she has experience and they come away parroting the same thing.
It’s too long a list to bother reading for one of her fans here, and another is supporting her because he’s tired of conspiracies. Incredible. That should tell you all you need to know. They put more thought into creating their cartoon head than why they are voting for someone.