Think back to when you were first married. And the day that you got home from your honeymoon and the wedding was over, the reception was over, and you were finally home with your spouse. And the celebration of your big day was now turned into the reality of starting your lives.  Were you overwhelmed, relieved, excited?

After we left our wedding reception, we had some awesome friends and family who took tuxes back to the  tux store, took rentals back to the event rental store, and delivered our wedding gifts to our house. And the presents were out of control! Don’t get me wrong, we were so thankful for them, but they literally filled up an entire bedroom!

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Martha Stewart.  That is one lady that I think could serve dinner out of trashcans and still make it look elegant.  I love watching her show, but I can only watch it every now and then. Because it’s so easy to think you can do all of her little crafty, do-it-yourself projects when you’re watching her do it.  But then you try to do it yourself and it looks nothing like her example.

And I’m not naïve. I know that she has all of her assistants to help her with those things.  But one time I watched her fold a king size fitted sheet.  And when she got finished, it looked like she should have framed the thing it was so perfect.  There were corners to it. It wasn’t even wrinkled when she got done with it, yet while she was in the process of folding it, it was wrinkled! She worked some serious magic on that thing.  It looked much better than any flat sheet I have ever folded!

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