"Do the right thing!"

I found this article and was immediately drawn to it...  It is "28 ways to stop complicating your life..."  I read it because I'll take any help I can to uncomplicate my life!  Have you read my last few posts?  I've got two weddings in the next 14 months, 3 months apart!  

I digress...

One of the suggestions stood out for me and I felt like blogging about it.  It's a simple suggestion, really...  And one that I believe all people can abide by if we so choose.  It says:

"Stop doing immoral things simply because you can. – Start being honest with yourself and everyone else.  Don’t cheat.  Be faithful.  Be kind.  Do the right thing!  It is a less complicated way to live.  Integrity is the essence of everything successful.  When you break the rules of integrity you invite serious complications into your life.  Keep life simple and enjoyable by doing what you know in your heart is right."

Do the right thing....

Wedding Journey - Jessica's Venue 1

This past Saturday, my daughter, Jessica, her fiance', Scott, and I went to the Biltmore Ballrooms in Atlanta for our first look at venue 1.  When I ask Jessica what "type" of wedding she would like to have, Jessica states "elegant..."  That's all she says...  "Elegant".  Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot (WTF)?  How is a mom to work with that?!   I guess that will be my challenge, huh? 


Jessica is indecisive.  I believe I'm not saying anything that she wouldn't say about herself.  So, her wedding will probably have to be me thinking up some ideas, and then presenting them to her for her to choose between a few instead of many.   She gets overwhelmed easily.  Luckily,  I have some girlfriends that can help me in this endeavor, but more on that later!!!


As stated, we visited the Biltmore Ballrooms in midtown Atlanta.  This is an historic hotel that has been restored in the last decade.  It is a beautiful venue and when Jessica saw it, she said "This is it..."  

No kidding... look at those pictures!  OF COURSE this is it!  


To have a wedding here on a Saturday, it costs $4500 to rent the room.  Plus, you must spend at least $4500 on food.  The ceremony is an additional $1000, but if you use the Biltmore's caterer, they will give you the ceremony for free.  Oh, I see... if I spend $9000, they will give me a ceremony that I have to have my own minister for, and they do not have to do anything extra but let me have the room for 1 hour for the rehearsal, for free..   What a bonus!


Sorry, sarcastic Tracy came out... 


If we are smart, we will have the wedding on a Friday evening.  It cost $3500 to rent the room on a Friday with NO minimum cost on food.  We would still get the ceremony for free if we used the Biltmore's caterer.  So, by having the wedding on Friday night, we would be saving thousands of dollars...  I can dig it... Can Jessica?


Stay tuned...