OK here you go for the last Blog of the WEEK: and I will try to get more adventures this weekend so my pre-posts aren’t so boring. Just did a review of BEST BOOKS in Longwood http://thebestusedbooks.com/ who have lots and lots and lots of books for your to read and enjoy. I’m going to a Meet up today–doing some listing pictures at a client’s place tomorrow–https://www.etsy.com/shop/DragonLaire?ref=hdr_shop_menu. Oh and check out this Facebook site of a friend of mine and if anybody needs this kind of assistance pass it on—and don’t forget to like it while you’re there: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pinder-Rehabilitation-Services-LLC Ok on to the meat of the matter.
All you need is love, love.
Love is all you need.
All You Need is Love – The Beatles
http://www.outlandertvnews.com/2015/07/outlander-tv-news-at-san-diego-comic-con/
My favorite Claire and Jamie conversation (I want one)
Chapter 13: A Marriage is Announced – Page 255
OK so today let’s just look at things inspired by LOVE
I hope you don’t mind,
I hope you don’t mind,
that I put into words,
how wonderful life is,
now you’re in the world.
– Elton John, “Your Song
LOVE SONGS: We all have our favorites, ones that remind us of happier or sadder times…Our Song that your dearest and you both dance to shutting out the world and its problems, just dwelling in a music filled vacuum for those few minutes.
According to Bill Board:
“Endless Love” Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for nine weeks (1981)
Producer Jon Peters and director Franco Zeffirelli asked Lionel Richie to compose an instrumental along the lines of the theme from “Love Story” for their movie starring Brooke Shields. When Zeffirelli changed his mind and asked Richie if he would add lyrics, the Motown star agreed to write some. Then Zeffirelli made one more request – to add a female singer, someone like Diana Ross.
http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/1538839/top-50-love-songs-of-all-time?list_page=4
For you and I have a guardian angel
on high with nothing to do
but to give you and to give to me
love forever true
love forever true
True Love – Cole Porter
VALENTINES DAY Though steeped in old legends and traditions (see my previous blogs) the holiday is now a day of cards, candy, dinners out and all manner of stuff for the happy couples or prospective couples—however for those of us on our own it’s a day of grumpy denial and congratulating ourselves on not having all that candy to over eat on.
CNN gives us these monetary figures for the big day:
$18.6 billion — The total spending that will be reached by Valentine’s Day.
$1.6 billion — The amount people will spend on candy.
$1.9 billion — The amount people will spend on flowers.
$4.4 billion — The amount people will spend on diamonds, gold and silver.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/13/living/valentines-day-statistics-btn/
10% of all engagements (220,000) take place on Valentine’s Day each year. Brides Magazine
DATING: Most of us have done it, many several times—some many more. We pay dating services to introduce us to members of the opposite sex or go to groups that arrange single events so we can meet and go on one and hopefully more. We dress up for some–down for others . We go by car, walk on the beach, drink champagne or maybe water from a mountain spring—there are no end to the possibilities.
STUDIES done by Pew Research Services found
1Online dating has lost much of its stigma. A majority of Americans now say online dating is a good way to meet people, when that hasn’t always been the case.
2One-in-five adults ages 25-34 years old have used online dating, but it’s also popular with older singles, too.
3One-third of people who have used online dating have never actually gone on a date with someone they met on these sites.
4One-in-five online daters have asked someone else to help them with their profile.
55% of Americans who are in a marriage or committed relationship say they met their significant other online.
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/04/20/5-facts-about-online-dating/
And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
– The Beatles
ENGAGEMENTS: It often involves a question but sometimes is just a conclusion which a couple comes to jointly. It may involve a ring—or not. Can be done standing, setting, laying down or with one of the parties on their knees but in our often too practical and not always romantic age who knows.
BRIDE Magazine gives us more facts about that ring and things:
61% of guys consult with their girlfriend before buying the ring.
The most popular month for engagement? December
27% of brides call their best friend first after the proposal.
Cost of the average engagement ring: $5,229.
Approximately 2,000 couples get engaged every year at Disney World.
29% of men would wear an engagement ring.
The average length of engagements: 14.7 months.
37% of brides were completely surprised by the proposal
46% of couples announce their engagement via Facebook.
When it came to picking an engagement ring, 56% of brides say their biggest priority was shape (followed by 26% that said cut, 13% that said size, and 5% that said color).
The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Roberta Flack
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MARRIAGE: Black, white, young (within legal limits) male and female or same sex every body is doing it. Depending on your beliefs it may be a sacred ceremony or just a lot of glamour and gloss to impress your friends and make your parents happy. Whether a rabbi, a justice of the peace or Elvis impersonator in Vegas presides its (usually) a legally binding ceremony that some take seriously and others not so much.
E-Harmony gives us weird wedding traditions you probably want to skip
Foot whipping – also known as ‘bastinado’ or ‘falaka’ Before a Korean groom can join his bride for his wedding night, it is traditional that he receives a beating on his barefeet with cane or a fish from his groomsmen and is said to be a test of the groom’s strength and character.
Hindu brides traditionally wear their wedding ring on their left foot.
Danish wedding at the reception if the bride leaves the table, every female member of the bridal party will rush to kiss the groom. The male members of the party kiss the bride when the groom leaves too.
During slavery, African-American couples were not permitted to get married and the jumping of the broom was a custom used by slaves in place of a wedding ceremony. Many modern African-Americans jump the broom as a tribute to generations that have passed.
Indonesian honeymooners are confined to their homes for three days following the wedding, even if this means not going to the toilet. This honeymoon house arrest is believed to produce a happy marriage full of healthy babies.
Traditionally, every family in Belgium has a handkerchief that is handed down and embroidered by brides from generation to generation.
I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that I’d like to do
Is save every day
Till Eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you
Time in a Bottle – Jim Croce
AFFAIRS when love isn’t really true, or there’s problems or sexual attraction that isn’t denied and one or both spouses may stray and this can result in divorce, counseling or in some weirder cases open marriage.
Fact #1: Most men are still in love with their wives when they cheat.
Fact #2: Men usually cheat with women they know.
Fact #3: Men cheat to save their marriages.
Fact #4: Men hate themselves after affairs.
Fact #5: Cheaters often get friskier with their wives when affairs begin
Fact #6: Women cheat just as much as men, and their affairs are more dangerous.
Fact #7: A wife often knows her husband’s cheating.
Fact #8: A couple will never work it out when the husband is in the midst of an affair.
Fact #9: Affairs can often fix a marriage.
Fact #10: Even after rebuilding the marriage, a husband may still miss the affair.
Fact #11: A cheater knows he’s hurting the woman he loves, tearing his family apart and sacrificing his honor.
Fact #12: The wife’s not to blame if her husband cheats on her.
http://www.womansday.com/relationships/dating-marriage/advice/a6716/infidelity-in-marriage/
Little things I should have said and done
I just never took the time
You were always on my mind
– Willie Nelson
Fleetwood Mac – Songbird
“To you/I’ll give the world/To you/I’ll never be cold/’Cause I feel that when I’m with you/It’s alright/I know it’s right/And the songbirds keep singing/Like they know the score/And I love you, I love you, I love you/Like never before”
