Today ...

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Today ..
big ol’ storm rolling through. dark. it’s expected to last hours+hours. hope it doesn’t get too bad.
no driving today.

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Today .. cloudy, windy, no storms until night, according to forecasts.

Fasting labs, 12-14 hours.
After, plans to stop at a fav breakfast place i haven’t been to in years.

i won’t go crazy, i’m hoping for fresh squeezed oj and a cup of their tasty decaf with cream.
probably eggs scrambled or over easy with buttered English muffn.

they have much more fabulous breakfast-brunch offerings. memories!
free sights+smells for all that.

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Today .. mild, sunny .. not windy!

i don’t know how to deal with it. i’m at a loss. it might last all day.

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Flying out from DFW to Michigan in the morning. Granddaughter graduation.

i hope you get to land in GRR.

We did. Rough drive in. 3 hours of rain storm. One hour delay at DFW, but then things cleared out and all went well.

Soon it will be my turn. Graduation June 8. Connecting in DFW.

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Monday ..


Abby speaks for all.

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June Brides .. a bit of history.

i can’t find it, in the past i shared a link to an informal history of the history of June with Christian traditional weddings.
Mostly from a Western European cultural view, referring back to ancient Rome.

That link has disappeared. It was: http://www.thebridalandtuxedohouse.com/

i found this similar one: (similar content)

2014 / “For they say when you marry in June, you’re a bride all your life.”
https://tscpl.org/weddings/say-marry-ju ... bride-life

Married when the year is new, he’ll be loving, kind and true.
When February birds do mate, you wed not dread your fate.
If you wed when March winds blow, joy and sorrow both you’ll know.
Marry in April when you can, joy for Maiden and for Man.
Marry in the month of May, and you’ll surely rue the day.
Marry when June roses grow, over land and sea you’ll go.
Those who in July do wed, must labor for their daily bread.
Whoever wed in August be, many a change is sure to see.
Marry in September’s shrine, your living will be rich and fine.
If in October you do marry, love will come but riches tarry.
If you wed in bleak November, only joys will come, remember.
When December snows fall fast, marry and true love will last.
–Anonymous

Roses in heart shapeHistorically, June has always been the most popular month for weddings.

There are many ideas of why this month is so popular…

The month of June derives its name from Juno, the Roman goddess of marriage. It was thought that couples who married in June would be blessed with prosperity and happiness.

During medieval times a person’s annual bath (yes, you read that right — just one really thorough bath per year!) usually fell in May or June, meaning that June brides still smelled relatively fresh. The brides would have smelled more pleasant then than before but just to be safe, brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide their body odor. Hence the custom of carrying a bouquet when walking down the aisle!

On a practical note, others chose June in order to time conception so births wouldn’t interfere with harvest work.

Also, ancient tradition promoted it would be most unlucky to marry in the month of May because in Roman times the Feast of the Dead and the Festival of the Goddess of Chastity both occurred in May. (I doubt that husbands would be too inclined to want their new partners mourning lost loves on their honeymoon!)

The real reason in today’s economy may be far more practical.
If a person marries in June, he or she is considered to have been a married person for the whole financial year: July 1 to June 30.

As a married person was thought to have greater obligations than a single person, the rate of income tax collected was lower.
So by marrying in June, a lower rate of income tax would be applied to the year’s earnings, and a substantial refund would be received. This was traditionally used to defray the costs of the honeymoon.

June Bride (1948) film posterThe 1948 movie “June Bride,” starring Bette Davis and Robert Montgomery, reinforced the connection of weddings and the month of June.

The 1954 musical “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” continued to reinforce this tradition with the song “June Bride.”

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers film poster
“Oh, they say when you marry in June you’re a bride all your life,
and the bridegroom who marries in June gets a sweet-heart for a wife.
Winter weddings can be gay like a Christmas holiday,
but the JUNE BRIDE hears the song of a spring that lasts all summer long.

By the light of the silvery moon, home you ride side by side
with the echo of Mendelssohn’s tune in your hearts as you ride.
For they say when you marry in June you will always be a bride.”
– “June Bride” from the movie “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers”

Congratulations to those of you getting married in June . . . you will always be a bride!

i enjoy recalling recent, vintage, and ancient history -
in these times when all history is denied, scorned+replaced with whatever whims various organized political blocs dictate.

TOPEKA & SHAWNEE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY / Topeka Kansas
(The link offers options to share on FB, etc., i presume copy+paste is ok.)

Another June .. more June brides history+trivia.

WEDDINGS IN ATHENS / “Where Did The Term June Bride Come From?”
https://weddingsinathens.com/where-did- ... -from.html

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Packing is a scourge.
Unpacking is 1000x worse.

.. grateful to be able ..

[Soloist]

Wife: Getting a bunch of quotes on AC units. Missing Robert right now because we would’ve totally been asking him for advice.

[JohnH]

Wife: Getting a bunch of quotes on AC units. Missing Robert right now because we would’ve totally been asking him for advice.

Try this. Goes for about $10 around here

[Soloist]

Try this. Goes for about $10 around here

Wife: looks old school. I’m not sure if I should expect air or music to be coming out of that thing.

As a sidenote, we’re just preheating here, and something like that would easily make our electric bill close to 800 to $900 this summer