Cameras at weddings, garage sales

I’ve seen several wedding receptions with preloaded instant cameras on the tables for the guests to use.  This is one way to be sure you have tons of photos and it entertains guests, too.

I was recently at a garage sale and saw a young boy pick up the camera.  He  looked puzzled.  Where’s the screen?  How does this work?  His mother stated “It’s a camera that uses film.” 

If you could have seen the look on his face, you might describe it as “you’ve got to be kidding”.  A short time later he had the camera open and had seen the film for himself.

Sometimes I forget that I take a lot for granted.  Youngsters 3 to 10 may not have ever experienced anything but a digital camera with it’s instant feedback and delete features, or maybe they’ve used the preloaded cameras which can be ordered with cds.  I for one appreciate the convenience of both digital and preloaded cameras.

Red Roses themed Wedding

The red rose theme began as we entered the church.  The wedding party’s men all had red rose boutonnieres.  At the sign in table was a boquet of red roses. Instead of a guest book there was a picture with a large white  mounting area outlining the picture and frame that each guest signed.  By the photo was more roses in a vase. 

Those in charge of the sign-in table handed us programs. The programs were made of rectangular paper with round corners and a handle to form a fan. Each was lovingly tied with red ribbon to match the red roses. 

The center aisle had tule with red ribbon and little white lights at the bottom.  Each bridesmaid carried red roses. The beautiful bride in a traditional satin dress, carrying a boquet of red roses glided down the aisle to an arch, lighted by tiny white lights.  Behind the arch was a lace-covered table for communion.  Beside the arch was an indoor tree also covered in tiny lights.

The reception hall had icicle lights near the ceiling and lots of tables covered with white tableclothes and lighted candles were around the perimeter of the room. 

On each table was three round candle holder-vases about 3 and a half inches high.  The vase in the middle had a white silk flower floating in water. The outer two handle holders held a lighted tea light in the middle of colored sand. On the table for each guest was a little box to open. It had contained several round mint patties.

“The cake” was a series of different sized round cakes, each on its own stand.  The cake had about a one inch band of ribbon just above decorative frosting at the bottom.  On the top of each cake was a bouquet of red roses. Under the stands was a large cloth napkin with some red stones to carry out the red theme.

Each groomsman wore a red vest, so during the reception when the room was warm and jackets were shed, they still reflected the red roses theme.

Flunking Sleep testing

DH (dear hubby) was scheduled for a sleep test in a sleep lab.  He had a couple of problems.

It wasn’t the bed.  The bed was very comfortable- superb, he said.  Perhaps it was a disruption of his usual ways of getting to sleep.

 Was it the time of night? His beginning time was a bit after 8 p.m.  By 9:30 he was all wired up, after watching less than a half hour of television while that was being done.  He doesn’t fall asleep until about 10:30 usually.

Was it the darkness? He regularly either watches t.v. or reads until he gets sleepy.  The t.v. controller was taken and hung up on the wall.  The light was switched off.

Was it lack of music?  He almost always uses earphones and falls asleep while listening to a c.d.  The earphones were taken away.

  Was it the feel of the head wires?  Wires are attached to test all kinds of problems.  On the head was a patch, about 3 by 4 inches.  Lots of wires were going into it, including one that could sense whether eyes are open or closed. 

Was it too many wires? Two wires on the cheekbone or jawbone, the neck, the chest, and legs.  A hose is in the nose. Something is under the ears, around the back of the head and by the mouth. He got a crawly feeling with the wires touching him.

Did the sensing equipment effect his balance?  He started feeling dizzy and queasy.

Why did he start getting unpleasant images?  He usually visualizes pleasant things, but nightmarish images started coming. 

We know that DH gets claustrophobia and that he has to get to a toilet about every two hours, probably due to diuretics he takes. To get up he would have to get some wires disconnected.

After two hours he ended the test, in spite of their urging to continue.  Very few people do that, but who would ever call DH anything but unique.