Grandmother of the Bride Dresses Sharing is caring! A grandmother plays a unique and important role on her grandchild’s wedding day, especially when she is the grandmother of the bride. Grandmothers of the bride are frequently captured in candid and formal photographs throughout the wedding, so you will want to feel and look your best on your granddaughter’s special day. A modern wardrobe that fits the season, your taste, the formality, and the venue of the wedding will be sure ...
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It's next week that MH has jury duty. & that kids have appointments (that I might have to cover). I do start my job, but it's only part time the first week. Phew! I was confusing weeks and it seemed like this week was going to be so crazy! My MIL is commute. She wanted me to take car of this or that before Finland trip, before things got "crazy again" for us. HA! I expect next week to be pretty low key. I am trying to get chores done this week so I can relax and do some fun things wi ...
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As many of you know, my DS#2 lives with us. He works a full time job with a very good company and makes pretty decent money for a 24 year old. Yesterday, he asked me if I could make a bank deposit for him. He went to give me deposit slip and pay checks but he told me to keep one of the checks. I asked him what for and he said to help out with the property taxes. Mind you, we don't want any rent money from him but he does contribute to the food bill. He gave me an extra $400 for the taxes. At his ...
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I got my bill recently for the next six months of car insurance. I have been setting aside $100 a month every month in the Car Insurance Fund. The bill is $567.14 if paid in full. I save $67.66 by not paying it month to month, because they charge a convenience fee each month to do it that way. Now, it still feels like I am paying month to month, because I have a line item on the budget for it each month and it still disappears from my checking account, but I would much rather do it like th ...
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I did not go down to the last dollar this time. I have about $250 left in checking. There may be one more autopay yet to come through and then anything else I am holding on to for upcoming medical bills. DH was wrong about the last paycheck not having overtime on it. It had 10 hours. This one is a true representation of base pay with no OT and all of the various insurances and the 401K being taken out. $268.77 Tithe _400.00 Grocery Envelope _400.00 Medical Fund _100.00 Household Envel ...
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Today was essentially 4 paydays - my personal account, my contribution to our joint account, DH's paycheck, and a payment from my brother. It's all been appropriately budgeted out. One thing I haven't yet mentioned is that next month, my brothers and I are going on a road trip. My dad moved from California to the deep South. It's now about a 14 hour drive to see him, so we hope to go down once a year or so. This year, we timed it for my brother's and our stepmom's birthdays. I've only bu ...
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MM(15) is going through phase 2 of medical study. I guess it's been 2 years already? Yesterday he was paid $100 to do a MRI. Maybe some other questions. We do have a lot of paperwork to fill out. He will get another $100 next week. Then they might call him back in 2 more years. His cash balance is up to $1,500. He is 4 months away from getting his driving/learners permit. In-laws are gifting him old car. This is probably the only reason we seriously considered buying such an expe ...
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We got husband's first check at the new job. I am so thankful that we essentially got double paid+ since he also received a full check from his old employer and vacation hours. This will essentially pay off all of our personal monthly credit cards, and allow us to put money back to switch from our currently bi-weekly budget to a new weekly budget since his new job gets paid weekly, and so do I. Something I found as odd is that his new employer rounds up the hours. They don't do partial h ...
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In a few minutes I will head out to get my annual mammography, and then I will do a mystery shop at a storage facility. I got my blood test done yesterday and I got the results this morning. It looks to me like my kidney function has actually improved a little! I haven't received my doctor's comments yet. Yesterday I got a surprise at the end of the day when I found I was expected to take the boys to their back-to-school bash. Son and DIL each thought the other had told me. Anyway, we ...
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I went to Pak n Save to buy a few things, but it took me ages because they have reorganised the layout and gotten rid of some lines. In the end I bought: bread 4.00 soy milk 3.90 peanut butter 2.19 sultanas 1.79 pasta .70 hummus 2.69 On the way back I paased Toffs which was having a $2 an item sale. I didn't go in to see what they had. As a very successful businessman in our church is fond of saying, it's not a bargain at any price if you don't need it. ...
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We just finished up 32 hours without power in our home. The Hurricane left days ago so it was quite a surprise to have it turn off yesterday morning. Not sure what the cause was. Possibly a tree that final fell and tore down the electric line. The estimated time was 54 hours, so it is a blessing it was corrected as quickly as it was considering many have been without power longer. I guess we can say that we saved some money on electricity, except that we did go out to eat last night for dinn ...
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I'm not talking about the Glenn Miller piece either! It's funny how so many things revolve around how we feel about something. I know I have really been in the mood to can and fill up the pantry with home canned items as well as things that are on sale. I know by the middle of the summer when stuff starts coming on, I really am in the mood for canning. I have also been working on Christmas gifts. I like to have them finished before Christmas. I'm not a person who handles working under a de ...
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Apparently, my company has 2 financial planners as free resources. They gave a presentation the other day, and I decided to meet with them to get some ideas. They asked me to give them a look at my financial picture, so that they could help me develop a plan. I'm still working out what information I actually want to give them, but it did force me to look at my financial spreadsheet and recalculate debt payoffs based on where I am today and some things that we're anticipating. According to the ne ...
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My day with the grandsons was pretty easy, as GS2 spent most of the day at a friend's house. I did one load of laundry yesterday, and there was no other spending. No more sales on eBay. I went in and stopped the re-listing of items that are not getting views and watchers. There are still a couple more new things I could list. One of them is a porcelain clock which is worth at least $200, and I would not take less. But I have to get my sister's permission to sell it, as we bought it t ...
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Tuesday ended up being more of a nap day. I believe it was the first day in a couple of weeks that I had nowhere to be. Caught up on some sleep. Wednesday was chore day. Went through piles of paperwork. In the end, not really that behind. But it just feels *so behind* because I usually keep on top of things more. Happy to say I didn't find any surprises. I really need to make sure to go through e-mail in the next couple of days. & hope I can say the same when I get through those. ...
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I bought another $6 bag of produce at the All Saints co-op: chard, carrots, a leek, apples oranges and kiwifruit. ...
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Since accounting is need of every small business as well as all the entrepreneur. But the need is different for all the entrepreneurs. [url=https://www.merrchant.com/accountingsoftware/cloud-based-accounting-software/]cloud based accounting software[/url] gives you the systematic way to classify your vital data in a greatest easy way. Software selection for the accounting purpose is not as easy as we think. Invoice software sometimes makes your business unprofitable to profitable and visa ...
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Mom's surgery went well, though she is in quite a bit of pain. I saw her yesterday afterwards, but she called and told me not to come today. I had not planned to go until after dinner, and by then she was just too tired and hurting and wanted to just sleep. So I will go up and see her tomorrow unless she it too tired and sore again. She's supposed to come home on Friday, so hopefully the pain will be manageable by then. She doesn't want to take Oxycodone because of hallucinations or Hydroco ...
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Hard to believe that 2018 4th Quarter is almost here! A lot remains the same: husband still being extended at current employer and he is one of 4 people from ODN left. He had a prospect that didn't turn out into a solid offer; he now has another prospect at 10% less than his current pay. Because of the level of misery he's experiencing, if it happens I'm supportive of this. Our two older ones have jobs and contribute financially (putting gas in cars and cooking two dinners a week). Ou ...
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