Good morning Phoenix! We're over the hump and another day closer to the weekend …. And another day closer to finding out how Mathias is going to wind up mated. Here's some more wedding trivia to start the celebration off right!
Before the 1500s, couples in Europe were free to marry themselves. It wasn’t until 1564 when the Council of Trent declared marriage was a sacrament that weddings became the province of priests and churches.
Before the church declared marriage a sacrament, couples often sought sacred places in nature to wed, such as a hilltop or cliff, where the earth supposedly meets heaven.
In the U.S., Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company offers wedding insurance, which can cover any retaking of photographs, wedding attire or wedding gift replacements, and public liability.
After a Jewish wedding, the groom stomps on a glass which is wrapped in a cloth while people clap and shout congratulations (“Mazel tov!”). The broken glass symbolizes the frailty of human happiness or perhaps the destruction of the Israelite temple in A.D. 70. Some Jewish husbands argue that it means they will have the authority in the house or that shattered glass symbolizes the easing of sexual penetration on the first night of marriage.
The "something blue" in a bridal ensemble symbolizes purity, fidelity, and love.
Joke of the Day:
A couple returns from their honeymoon refusing to speak to each other. The groom's best friend takes him aside and asks what's wrong.
"Well," replies the man, "when we finished making love on the first night, I put a $50 bill on the pillow without thinking."
"Oh, you shouldn't worry about that too much," says his friend. "I'm sure your wife will get over it soon enough. She can't expect you to have been saving yourself all these years."
"That's not the problem," the groom says. "She gave me $20 change!"
A couple returns from their honeymoon refusing to speak to each other. The groom's best friend takes him aside and asks what's wrong.
"Well," replies the man, "when we finished making love on the first night, I put a $50 bill on the pillow without thinking."
"Oh, you shouldn't worry about that too much," says his friend. "I'm sure your wife will get over it soon enough. She can't expect you to have been saving yourself all these years."
"That's not the problem," the groom says. "She gave me $20 change!"
Quote of the Day:
My wife told me the other day that I don't take her to expensive places anymore, so I took her to the gas station.
My wife told me the other day that I don't take her to expensive places anymore, so I took her to the gas station.
Random Daily Factoid:
Only female mosquitoes bite and drink blood.
Only female mosquitoes bite and drink blood.
Great Honeymoon or Getaway:
Seychelles and East Africa – With luxe private island resorts and some of the most crystal clear waters you'll ever see, the Seychelles has serious appeal. Go here first to unwind, then head to Kenya and the Serengeti for the Great Migration.
Seychelles and East Africa – With luxe private island resorts and some of the most crystal clear waters you'll ever see, the Seychelles has serious appeal. Go here first to unwind, then head to Kenya and the Serengeti for the Great Migration.
This migration is a natural phenomenon determined by the availability of grazing. This phase lasts from approximately January to March, when the calving season begins – a time when there is plenty of rain ripened grass available for the 260,000 zebra that precede 1.7 million wildebeest and the following hundreds of thousands of other plains game including around 470 thousand gazelles.
As the rains end in May the animals start moving north west, into the areas around the Grumeti River, where they typically remain until late June. July sees the main migration of wildebeest and zebra heading north, arriving on the Kenyan border late July / August for the remainder of the dry season (the Gazelles move only east/west). In early November with the start of the short rains the migration starts moving south again, to the short grass plains of the south east, usually arriving in December in plenty of time for calving in February.
Have a fangtastic day everyone! Brock
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