Waffle Wife

Want a good laugh? I don't usually post links but this one should make you laugh out loud. Be sure you have sound turned on. It's called "My Wafflely Wedded Wife." http://www.flixxy.com/wedding-ceremony..htm.  Funny, Funny Wedding Vows - here
Click either link above.  It's not a virus; it's just a short, funny video. 

Ugly & Funny Hats: Ready for THE Wedding

My hats are ready and waiting for THE wedding (you know which one; it's Prince William & Kate.)  I guess my hats are my ladies-in-waiting. 

Of course, I haven't yet received my invitation and it's getting awfully late, don't you think? 

Some of these hats are just as ugly as the ones the royals wear. 

Years ago, daughter Mandy and friends had fun trying on hats.

Last December, some friends from church also "played dress-up" with hats.

This past weekend, just-turned-three-year-old grandson Harrison had fun with the hats also.  He said this one had a cast net on it.  Of course, we women usually call the cast net a veil.

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A Done Deal? Or Not?

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It’s a done deal. Or not.

Yesterday morning, during our regular worship service, Karl - a/k/a Dupp or The Duppster - and I exchanged marriage vows, so now I’m Mrs. Karl J. Duppstadt. (I think I spelled that last name correctly!) 

So, it’s true. That part is a done deal. We tied the knot!

We made the commitments and said the vows; the rite of marriage or the sacrament of marriage took place Sunday. We didn’t have what is typically referred to as “a wedding.”

We decided to focus more on the marriage than on a wedding.

It’s the marriage – the rest of our lives – that isn’t a “done deal.”

And it’s the marriage that is the hard work.

The marriage, unlike the wedding, has no finite, predetermined ending time. A wedding is all happiness, excitement and joy; a marriage also contains happiness, excitement and joy, but it includes times of sorrow, difficulty and adversity as well.

Brides and grooms have long lists of friends and family to invite to a wedding. Rarely are others invited to a marriage. I used the word “rarely” because on Sunday, Pastor Troisi asked members of our congregation to commit, by God’s grace, to uphold and care for us in our life together. Thankfully, there was a resounding “We will” from the congregation.

We did invite God to our exchange of vows and we do invite God into our marriage, and we plan to keep Him as a part of our marriage.

Yes, we became husband and wife on Sunday. That part is a done deal.

The marriage work, though, is never a done deal.

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Rejoice and Be Glad!

This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it!


Every day is special, but today is a time of tremendous joy for me.

Karl and I will exchange marriage vows during the 11:15 a.m. service at our church, St. Luke’s Lutheran.

Karl J. Duppstadt. What a guy! He is one of the kindest, nicest and most polite people I have ever known. He is extremely thoughtful and loving.

We’ve met each other rather late in life. Maybe in the autumn of our lives; maybe even the winter. One never knows.

Whatever our remaining time, we are grateful for the opportunity to spend it together and feel blessed that our paths crossed. God works in mysterious ways, even through match..com, perhaps.

I am thankful for Karl.

We both are thankful for all who will share in this special worship service and day with us, whether in person, in spirit, in thought or in prayer.

This is the day the Lord has made. We rejoice, we are blessed and we are glad in it!

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WW: They Won!!!!

This photo isn't one that I took but it's one that represents so much more than most!






Perhaps you remember the post from several days ago - Bride-to-be - about my friend's daughter, Kimberly Wright. About a month after Cecil Bradstreet asked her to be his wife, she was diagnosed with Stage 3-C colon cancer.

She has been undergoing chemo treatments as part of this emotional roller coaster they have been on. In the meantime, the groom-to-be entered them into a Columbia, SC, TV station's "Dream Wedding" contest.

Two or three weeks ago, the couple learned they were finalists -- one of four couples. The winner would be determined by votes from the public. Some of this blog's readers let me know they voted online.

Early this morning, Kimberly and Cecil were announced as the winning couple!!!

Here is this morning's e-mail from her happy father:

Hello Everyone!
Just a quick note to tell you that my daughter, Kimberly Wright, and her fiancee, Cecil Bradstreet, were announced this morning as the winners of the WIS-TV "Dream Wedding" Giveaway at The Mitchell House in Lexington! They appeared live-and-in-person this morning at about 6:45AM when they were officially announced! They have selected Saturday, December 26th as the date for their wedding, because that date falls on the "off-week" between her 10th and 11th chemotherapy treatments.
Thank you for helping me help them make their dream come true! You truly played a great part in this!
You're the best!
God Bless!
David

Her father, by the way, is a cancer survivor.

Thanks to all of you readers who took time to vote!!!



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Bride-to-Be with Cancer Needs Your Help!!!

This is a note from a friend and former co-worker about his daughter.

On Jul 30, 2009, at 11:32 PM, David Wright wrote:
Dear Friends:
As you know, just a bit over a month after her engagement to Cecil Bradstreet of Chapin, SC, my oldest daughter Kimberly (age 27), was diagnosed with Stage 3-C colon cancer. Most of you know that Kimberly started her first chemo treatment today. She did well considering. However, we found out today that Cecil had entered them in the WIS-TV Holiday "Dream Wedding" contest. He got the call today that they are chosen as one of the four finalists!


... The voting has already begun. Please go to http://www.wistv.com/ or the direct link at: http://www.wistv.com/Global/category.asp?C=172216 and read their information and we would love it if you were to cast a vote or two for them!

...Voting ends and the winner will be announced on August 10th!
Should they win the public vote, the WIS-TV "Dream Wedding" for Kimberly and Cecil will be held in December of this year at the Mitchell House and Gardens of Lexington when Kimberly is just half way through her chemo treatments. (We will have a special reception on June 12th of next year to celebrate their happiness and the end of Kimberly's treatment for colon cancer. More details on that will follow later!)

In the meantime, please help me help Kimberly and Cecil's "Dream Wedding" plans come true by going to the WIS-TV website and vote for Kimberly Wright and Cecil Bradstreet!
Thanks - and God Bless!
David Wright
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Hello Everyone!
Kimberly finished week #1 of chemo Saturday morning. She is having the expected side effects, which aren't a great deal of fun, but she is dealing with them. (I can remember from my own experience last year.)

Thanks for your help so far in helping make Kimberly and Cecil's "Dream Wedding" wish come true, but I have an updated request. Things appear to be going well, but we have a week to go and we have been told that you can vote once a day!

Please help me help Kimberly and Cecil by doing just that! Please go to http://www.wistv.com/ or the direct link at: http://www.wistv.com/Global/category.asp?C=172216 and read their information and we would love it if you were to cast a vote or two for them - once a day until Monday if you can!

Remember - The public will choose the winner. The winner will be announced on August 10th!
What is happening here is proof that God answers prayer and provides! Thanks for everything!
David Wright

Embarrassment in Church!

Being a substitute church organist can lead to embarrassment, and it certainly has for me.

So far this year, I’ve filled in at several Lutheran, Episcopal and Presbyterian churches. I’ve been a Lutheran all of my life, although I’ve been employed at various times by a Methodist church, two Lutheran churches, a Catholic school and a Baptist school.

Each congregation within a denomination has its own way of doing things. And that can be a problem.

In our church, near the end of the service, we have a closing hymn, followed by a brief dismissal by the pastor or assisting minister.

Another congregation, though, has the dismissal before the final hymn – except for one Sunday when I was the organist.

Oh, they meant to have the dismissal first, but, when it was time for the minister to say something, I started playing the hymn. No one was singing.


Well, it’s not so easy to read the music, play the organ and look around at the same time. When I managed to glance at the preacher, I noticed he was just standing there, facing the congregation with a smile on his face.


So, finally I stopped playing. He immediately had the dismissal, and then I started playing again, this time with the congregation singing.

After the service, I apologized to the pastor. He smiled and said, “Oh, that’s okay. I had all afternoon. I figured you’d stop playing sooner or later!”

Three weeks ago I filled in at an Episcopal church, which I had done several times previously. Typically the senior warden scans the hymns, then e-mails them to me a few days prior to the service. One of the hymns he e-mailed this time was unfamiliar to me.

This particular hymn was number 512 in their hymnal. Well, when it was time to sing that one, just before the sermon, the minister announced for the congregation to stand and sing number 521. I glanced back in the church bulletin; it had 512, not 521.

Panic set in; I didn’t know whether to play what I had been sent, which was also in the bulletin, or whether to play the one announced by the minister.

Guess which I played? Oh, you don’t want to guess? Well, that’s what that entire congregation had to do while I was playing. Not even one person went with what was in the bulletin – except me. Nobody was singing. So, after one verse, I quit playing.

The minister went to the pulpit and, as he was to begin his sermon, in a friendly voice he said, “Sherry, what was that you were playing?” He waited for an answer, so, from the back of the sanctuary where the organ was located, I apologized, saying that I played what was in the bulletin.
I played at the same church again yesterday; yes, they actually invited me back! When I walked in, the senior warden greeted me by telling me there was a mistake in the bulletin with one of the hymns.

This time, we got it straight before the service started!

Thank goodness, having played for hundreds of church services, weddings and funerals, I don't have many embarrassing moments to write about!!!