Happy Anniversary....dear?

Today is Steve and my 28th wedding anniversary. Where in the world did all that time go? How are we celebrating, you might ask? Well, I worked on VBS preparations all day-I'm super excited. Steve went to his brother's lakehouse for some fishing action. Does this bother me? Nope. I get to attend the wedding of a close friend's daughter Saturday and so earlier in the week I suggested that Steve should go to his cabin or find something to entertain him whilst I was with my bunco buddies at the nuptials. I did remember my anniversary midmorning and texted Steve as he was driving to the lake. Did he remember? Uhm, no. He called and we had a good laugh about it. He hardly ever remembers. He knows it's sometime in June. Close enough for me.

I can't believe I have been married for 28 years.

Can't imagine being married to anybody else - I'm too old and don't have the energy it would take to break in a new hubby.

Well, I never really "broke in" the man I have now. :)

I don't say it often enough, but marrying Steve was one of the best decisions I've ever made. Hasn't always been easy for me, definitely hasn't been easy for him, but man, it has been a great adventure so far.

Here we are, and trust me, I had a good photographer. Just no digital stuff back in the good old 80s.

And what was I thinking with those ugly brass heart candlesticks? I would never use them now. My apologies if you had them and liked them. Listen, we did everything on a tight budget. I would be horrified to have a reception with only cake and punch nowadays, but that's the way we all rolled back in the day. Plus, I had only been nineteen for a month. Who has good taste at 19? I have to admit that I still love my veil. My dress was very simple in the back, but my veil was two or three layers and long and pretty. Would anyone wear it now? Maybe, but not the dress. At least I didn't have one of those huge southern belle hoop skirt dresses that were beginning to be popular. Again, my apologies if that's what you wore. I'm sure you looked lovely. My dress was kind of classic in a very covered up way. Nobody would be caught dead in a dress with sleeves in the 2000s. Do they even make any that aren't strapless nowadays? If you want to see a pretty dress, check out Mandi's blog. Martha's dress was divine. Prettiest one I've seen in a long while. I still think Ashlee's dress was the prettiest I've ever seen. I loved that it had straps that crisscrossed in the back and it was sparkly, pearly, and princess-y and she didn't have to worry about falling out of it when she was dancing. Of course, any dress she chose would have been my fave because it was on her. And guess what? I sold my wedding dress a couple of years after I was married because I had photos to remember it by and would never wear it again and we didn't have space to store it, so why not? Wouldn't do that now. I've grown more sentimental as I've gotten older. I still like the look of my bouquet. I love white flowers. The 80s were not a kind era when it came to glasses and just about every other fashion, but at least it was better than the 70s. If you could change something about your wedding, what would it be? If I didn't have a money cap, I would probably go with a different color scheme (I used a pale lavender that doesn't translate well in photos) and an off site reception where we, or at least our guests, could dance and play fun music. Or maybe just elope and have a grand honeymoon and a huge party when we returned. Fun to think about!

Happy anniversary to all of my fellow June brides. And yes, as cliche as it sounds, we had someone sing Longer by Dan Fogelberg just like everyone else who was married in the early 80s. It's sappy but I still love it.