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'I Had an Atheist Wedding' {Lemondrop}
Jul 1st 2010 12:56PM I Had An Atheist Wedding, Too! Actually, I think of it as a secular wedding. We kept the focus on the commitment that we were making to each other. My fiance had always been atheist, and I had gone through the same sort of thinking processes that Jaclyn Johnston did. We were married by his brother, a Justice of the Peace (legal in our state). We read over a script of non-religious vows he sent us, and adapted it with additions that we wrote ourselves. We were married in a garden, because we both love the outdoors and nature. We had live musicians playing traditional English folk love songs. It was a simple, modest wedding. I always wondered what my Pentacostal and born-again relatives made of it, but I heard only compliments on what a nice wedding we had. My husband's relatives all are atheists, so they thought it was fine.
We have now been married twenty years. Jaclyn, if you are reading this, you might find a supportive community at a Unitarian Universalist Church, as we have. UU has a strong commitment to living with commitment to ethics and humanist values. Especially great once you have children and want a source of moral education for them.
Your Baby's Name Is Not a Battleground {ParentDish}
Jun 25th 2010 8:13PM Re: Shithead. That was the name of Steve Martin's dog in The Jerk!
I really don't get why people are upset when a relative uses a baby name that they have used. I think it would be cool to have a cousin with the same name. And it would be cool to have a niece or nephew with the same name as my own child. The kids themselves would come up with unique nicknames at family gatherings, so there would be no confusion.
20 cool ways to reuse old pantyhose {DIY Life}
Nov 15th 2007 11:42AM The best way to store Vidalia onions is in panty hose. Drop the onions one at a time into a panty hose leg, knotting the leg in between each onion. Then hang the panty hose in a dark place. When you want to use one, cut off the bottom onion. The onions get air circulation all around, so that they do not get moldy or rotten so quickly.
Clever Uses For Dental Floss: Beyond Teeth {Gadling}
Sep 9th 2007 9:57PM In a childbirth preparation class, the nurse who was the instructor recommended that we keep dental floss in the car. If you happen to give birth in the car, floss works great for cutting the unbilical cord. Wrap it around the cord, and pull it tight until it cuts through. I took her advice, thankfully didn't have to use it.
High fashion, high heels, and hammertoes: how shoes contribute to foot pain {That's Fit}
May 17th 2007 11:50AM Okay, I am 44 and hated wearing uncomfortable shoes, even as a teen. So at work I have worn flats or heels up to 2 and a half inches, and saved higher heels for things like going out for a few hours on a weekend night. My feet have no pain, and none of those freaky-looking deformities that come from shoes. I wear sandals all the time and my feet look the same as ever (normal). But, I wonder now, did I look too dowdy? I also never got much attention from men. I am married but I didn't have much opportunity to date before we met. Maybe if I had worn sexy shoes I would have had a richer dating life? I was a practical-minded nature-girl, but now I am wracked with regrets that maybe I should have sexed up my look. BTW I have always been told I have great legs, in fact they are probably my best feature. Did you women who always wore high heels succeed in attracting a lot of desirable male attention?
Just how curvy is America Ferrara? {Stylelist}
Feb 7th 2007 3:23PM Can we stand another comment about Marilyn Monroe's dress size? My mom recently passed on to me a skirted suit that my aunt had given to her in 1964. It's a beautiful wool suit, like something Jackie Kennedy might have worn. It's been only drycleaned (never shrunk). The label says it is size 12. In today's sizes I wear size 6, and the waistband is snug on me. How far will manufacturers go with vanity sizing? Eventually they will have to go into negative numbers for the smallest sizes. Today's size 4 is tomorrow's size -2. Now I am ready for vanity sizing for shoes. I'm tired of having big, size-9 feet. Let's move the sizes up, I want to have cute feminine size 6 feet. LOL!
