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Neeeeeevvveeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaarrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Never!!!!!

Ha, I remember my grandmother visiting my *other* grandmothers house and commenting that she hung her artwork too high. I don't have that much shelf space like those in the photos, and if I hang my art too low, you're head will hit it behind the couch, or the bed, or it will be blocked by furniture or computer screens and or TVs. We have really high ceilings, too. Also, I don't want someone to bump my frames, or lean on them, so I'm a high hanger. I like this look a lot, but I prefer high hanging, sorry guys.

I'm not too worried about being burgled. I'm on the fifth floor and the building doors are locked at 5pm. If we were, I'd say we were being targeted specifically. In my area, the most likely people to try and rob a home would be druggies or stupid, delinquent kids. I'd say a security alarm and lights outside could deter them, and not flaunting everything you have, too.

My own, haha. To be fair, I haven't been to a lot of weddings. There was wedding a week before ours and a week after that we went too. One included 12 ft hoagies from Walmart in a ballroom :/ weird. We went to a sort-of friends wedding in the same venue the weekend before ours, and you know what? We blew their reception away. I know that sounds horrible, I don't mean to be competetive!! What I mean is, there was nothing original or creative or festive about their wedding. The slideshow was 45 minutes and then they wanted to dance right after and it was like waking up from a nap and beiing asked to dance! There wasn't enough food, and the food they had was still in its plastic containers. It was crowded and I was seated near the food but couldn't get out of my seat because the line was backed up right behind me. The plastic silverware and paper napkins were filling the garbage can like crazy. So I had the advantage of planning mine a little better. We had a $2000 budget, and I made all the decorations myself, centrepieces, and bouquet, and my lovely mom made the bridesmaids bouquets and the awesome cake. My MIL and some friends got together the night before (sans my bad bridesmaid!) and made all the food, and then we made it pretty by setting it up in different heights of cake stands and plates. I rented the dishes and napkins too so the table settings were lovely and there'd be less waste and we "released" tables for food so there would be no awkward line or backup. The wedding had its faults, (no DJ!!!) but it was mostly handmade and the people who cared the most helped me a lot and my husband and I enjoyed it!

ALSO, this reminds me of Lady Mary in Downton Abbey when she about to marry that newspaper guy and they go look at that Huge abandoned house, and he, being modern money, mentions how they can buy things to fill the place and she mentions that families like her own inherit everything they own. haha.

Also, the registry thing: We had a separate card inside the invitation with our registry information. ALL of "my" guests live out of state, and it would have been difficult for them to know that information unless they asked ME, and I just did not have the time to answer every time. it was bad enough when I was getting word of mouth rsvp's because the people in my area *literally* do not know what rsvp means (répondez s'il vous plaît!!) and I had to go around asking if people were going or not, and jot it down on a notepad. I knew this would be an issue which is why I wrote in the invitation to call or text the given number to rsvp. I think about a dozen people did out of 80, gah!! I really really really wanted a small wedding, 30 people max, but, I let my MIL ( we get along great, seriously, it was just the wedding guest list she wouldn't stop nagging over) get to me...

#5, while I worry about the state of the dress after, is gorgeous, and for me, evokes more emotion than some of the others.

Portraits are odd things to me. I really like them, but I'm not sure if I want one above my bed or near my shower. Those were (assuming they are deceased) real people with real lives and most of the time we hang their likenesses in our home without knowing who they were. *imagination goes wild here* But hey, if you need to the block the neighbours from peeping in the shower....

UGH. My wedding was great...except for the music. My small town has few DJ's so their prices were WAY over budget...seriously, the cheapest cost more than my wedding dress. We asked an acquaintance of ours who has all the gear, and who always, always DJ's at parties in our circle if he'd be interested in DJing our wedding. Nope! He said he wanted to stop DJing at events, and we asked for some advice/tips on doing it ourselves we didn't say boo. I spent days and days on pre-dance music (during dinner) and arranging slow dances and fun dances, and that day we couldn't get the music to play in the correct order (it was wigging out and mixing up the playlists) and nothing was working nicely. I just wanted to freaking dance with my husband to our first song without a lot of hubub over at the speaker system but NO! And none of our friends apparently know what an ipod is to help us out. If you can get a DJ, DO IT. By the way, the acquaintance who wanted to stop being the go-to DJ in our circle has since been DJ at every going away/graduation/anniversary/you-name-it since. I took it has a personal slight against us.

I enjoyed these comments. Now for my own opinion :) I've been helping my SIL find an apartment, and when I mentioned one, she said "Oh no, the dude who owned the place was decapitated by a crazed customer in the shop below!" Okay, I understand that. I wouldn't want to live there, because I would probably think of that poor man way more than I'd want to, and even creep myself out if I'm in the mood to. My apartment building was built in the 1800's, and I'm sure many things have happened here (it may have once been part of the red light district, ooh wee!!), but I don't know any particulars so what's the big deal? People love a good haunting but it's silly stuff to me. I totally believe in Spirit's, (angels and demons; they're biblical) but NOT ghosts of dead people (those would be demons being all tricky-like) because when people die, they are conscious of nothing AT ALL (biblical). So, I would avoid places that maybe left me with a bad feeling; there could be lots of reason for that (I.e those tricky tricksters), and I may not want to buy a house where something horrific happened recently because I have a vivid imagination and would think of it often (also looky-loos and people who want to chat about the events that happened there when I just want to garden) , but people die everyday, and I'm sure more happy things happened in those places than bad and I'd rather dwell on that. Your home will have the juju, energy, attitude, spirit or whatever you want to call it, that YOU put into it, not what some deceased person who can no longer think or feel put into it. I'm a biblical thinker, and actually quite rational and logical (I know I know, but I'm not THAT sort of Christian), so I agree with Elris, who said they fear what living people can do. Maybe something unsavoury DID happen in my apartment, but my husband and I have filled this place with love, laughter, and courage and that's how our home feels to us. ::bow:: Thank you.