Congratulations Brianna & Christian

 I'm in burst mode...

the pictures are in.

Brianna and Christian were married February 19, 2022 

and I have been waiting for photos of their 

most perfect wedding day.

Granted, the word “perfect” is often 

overused, overdone and over said.

  They say "nothing is perfect," 

but that day, 

their day, 

was next to Perfect.  

Basically, 

Perfect’s twin sister.

With a wedding in Boston in February…

we could have had a Nor’easter dump on our plans.

A major storm is guaranteed to happen at least one weekend in the winter.  

Luckily the Blizzard of 2022 for Boston

was 3 weekends before their big day.

For the lucky couple, the weather was clear..

so we could see the Boston Harbor skyline.

Thank you weather gods.

And many thanks to our God above, 

PaulA was there to walk his “Sweet Wishy” down the aisle after 

living through a sudden cardiac arrest in September and 

having a  subsequent double bypass 3 weeks before the wedding.  

If that ain’t enough to give a 

bride and the mother-of-the bride extra stress,

not sure what is.  

PaulA wasnt missing it tho...

he was there to walk Bri down the aisle,

give his FOB toast and to 

dance with his little girl to "Yellow" by Coldplay.

Brianna…

our sweet wish

bringing joy, happiness and sunshine into our lives.

Our version of the color yellow.

And with friends and family

we witnessed the beautiful heartfelt vows they pledged to each other…

and their first dance as a 

Mr. & Mrs.  

"Love You for A Long Time" by Maggie Rogers.

I had never heard this song before...

but now I have it on repeat.

Anywhooo…

So many details go into planning a wedding…

but as time goes on…

you never remember every detail..

okay, Brianna and Christian might…

their pictures and video will help…

but you do remember 

how you felt.

When love fills the room,

love is all you need.  

That is truly the icing on the wedding cake.

looks like the bottom of Bri's dress is a cake...yum

As a country Rascal once sang,

My wish 

for you

Brianna and Christian.... 

is 

may your love be forever present…

and may your love propel you through all the days of your lives.  

The other “stuff”….

what you do, where you go, what you have, 

is sweet…

but true love is the 

sweetest

icing on the cake 

of life.

And to Christian,

 we are thrilled to have you as a part of this fam damily.

You're a perfect fit.

 

Love filled the room that magical evening…

and love fills my heart for Brianna and Christian.

2/19/22, Brianna & Christian's wedding day....

Perfect’s Twin Sister.

Manomet 2.0 HOMEwork

 For some time now we’ve been busy 

building Mano 2.0 

which has been exciting 

but has required lots of HOMEwork…

lotsa visits to plumbing stores, tile stores, floor stores, 

kitchen stores, quartz stores, 

you name it stores….etc etc etc

I’m hoping now that all is said and built…

I get an "A" on my HOMEwork  

Or at least Extra Credit for the work involved. 

I remember a particular visit to a plumbing store 

where after too much time there…

I got the freaky feels.

As I walked through an aisle of toilets, 

I was caught off guard when 

a few toilets raised their lids.

 After I put 1 and 1 together

and got Number 2, 

I realized the toilets weren’t alive. 

So then, 

 I did what every mature acting person would do.

I walked back and forth to get them to raise and lower again  

and again 

and again.

There is nothing like a 21 toilet salute.

I am not a fan of automatic lids on toilets for a 

couple of reasons.

Number 1:  they would be especially creepy at night.

Number 2:  ….ummmm

Number 1 and Number 2 ….

That pretty much sums up toilets.

From the bowels of the store,

 I moved up the pipeline 

to faucets.  

After staring at kitchen faucets way too long…

the long goose necks seemingly came alive.  

No longer were they mechanical devices for delivering water…

they were evil creatures …

twisting and turning themselves toward me…

in an effort 

to grab me and pull me down the drain. 

It was time to plumb and run.

As months upon months 

rolled by 

with unending waves of Manomet 2.0 HOMEwork,

I hit the plaster wall 

when it came to choosing paint. 

Paint ain’t easy, folks.  

There’s so much to consider like

undertones and 

LRV (Light Reflectance Value.)

Apparently

if the room is facing east/west/north/south...

our guys,

Ben Moore and Sher Williams, 

can look differently on your walls.  

 So don’t forget your compass, Columbus.

There may be 50 shades of gray, 

but I found there are 100 shades of white…

super white, pure white, simply white, alabaster white, etc etc.

I went round and round with so many different whites 

that I painted myself into a corner.

The whole paintful experience had me turning 

Ghostly White…

which could have been the perfect white 

but I also had to consider…

Sickly White.

Anywhooooo

Manomet 2.0 HOMEwork is finally finished

and turned in.

All we need now for finishing touches is…

visitors.

If you’ve managed to read 

this blog 

thus far….

you are cordially invited.