{"id":13025,"date":"2010-10-25T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-25T20:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/?p=13025"},"modified":"2012-05-11T13:47:09","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T17:47:09","slug":"i-can-explain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/i-can-explain\/","title":{"rendered":"I can explain&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">I&#8217;ve been at a wedding.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/TMXjPyhKp6I\/AAAAAAAAGR4\/sOElvXexCCg\/s1600\/IMG_0199a.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"266\" nx=\"true\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/TMXjPyhKp6I\/AAAAAAAAGR4\/sOElvXexCCg\/s400\/IMG_0199a.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">My sister, Tami&#8217;s, &nbsp;to be exact.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">And no, it wasn&#8217;t a month long&#8230;but it should have been.&nbsp; <\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">It really was <em>so<\/em> fabulous.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/TMXZc6ncGtI\/AAAAAAAAGRE\/bUcvn4ksNgA\/s1600\/IMG_0198a.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"266\" nx=\"true\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/TMXZc6ncGtI\/AAAAAAAAGRE\/bUcvn4ksNgA\/s400\/IMG_0198a.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">Except when the hairdresser messed up on her hair and I had to jump out of the shower and try to save her gorgeous mane&nbsp;45 minutes before the reception with <strong><em>absolutely<\/em><\/strong> <u>no hair prowess!<\/u>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Somehow<\/strong> the Heavens&nbsp;opened for me in conjunction with two flowers to cover up a multitude of&nbsp;bobbypins &#8211;&nbsp;and Tami&nbsp;left looking beyond&nbsp;<em><strong>stunning<\/strong><\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Bride of my dreams &#8211; inside and out!<\/u><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/TMXZsIWa33I\/AAAAAAAAGRM\/t02gTx1ErpM\/s1600\/IMG_0203a.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" nx=\"true\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/TMXZsIWa33I\/AAAAAAAAGRM\/t02gTx1ErpM\/s400\/IMG_0203a.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">I, on the other hand, borderlined struggled.&nbsp; Mr. Lewis&nbsp;missed his plane and got there <em>right<\/em> when the reception began leaving me with three little ones and 20 minutes to get ready.&nbsp; And yes, that is a plastic grocery bag around my waist being used as a belt to hold the robe on.&nbsp; <em>What can I say?<\/em> I jumped out the shower, couldn&#8217;t find the robe&#8217;s belt (<em>why don&#8217;t they sew those things on<\/em>?), and a bride&#8217;s hair needed me.&nbsp; End of story.&nbsp; <\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><em>Clarification: I did not&nbsp;wear&nbsp;the&nbsp;robe&nbsp;or plastic bag to the wedding.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/TMXZ2sjt1II\/AAAAAAAAGRQ\/0xg0C0qHoV4\/s1600\/IMG_0241a.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" nx=\"true\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/TMXZ2sjt1II\/AAAAAAAAGRQ\/0xg0C0qHoV4\/s400\/IMG_0241a.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">If the bride hadn&#8217;t been so beautiful, these little ones might have stolen the whole show.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/TMXcHb9HxdI\/AAAAAAAAGRs\/rsPIDqB9XKw\/s1600\/1032a.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" nx=\"true\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/TMXcHb9HxdI\/AAAAAAAAGRs\/rsPIDqB9XKw\/s400\/1032a.jpg\" width=\"285\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">Instead they ran wildly around the grounds, teased guests, and ate more dessert than I care to admit.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/TMXcfEOVK0I\/AAAAAAAAGRw\/bPRYiXC5YH0\/s1600\/IMG_0268a.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" nx=\"true\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/TMXcfEOVK0I\/AAAAAAAAGRw\/bPRYiXC5YH0\/s400\/IMG_0268a.jpg\" width=\"293\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">They smiled nonstop &#8211; until the professional photographer showed up.&nbsp; <\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/TMXaKho1ujI\/AAAAAAAAGRc\/zF7rOj3fQA8\/s1600\/IMG_0262a.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" nx=\"true\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/TMXaKho1ujI\/AAAAAAAAGRc\/zF7rOj3fQA8\/s400\/IMG_0262a.jpg\" width=\"266\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">Overall, the wedding was a perfect success and Tami is now in marital bliss.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/TMXZ-w7YEwI\/AAAAAAAAGRU\/0ZXUIMCFqU0\/s1600\/IMG_0257a.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" nx=\"true\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/TMXZ-w7YEwI\/AAAAAAAAGRU\/0ZXUIMCFqU0\/s400\/IMG_0257a.jpg\" width=\"248\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">And I&#8217;m back to blogging <\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">&#8211; wishing for another perfect wedding to come my way!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mylivesignature.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/signatures.mylivesignature.com\/54487\/213\/1B769B0C9152F3A8AEB6C0B8BFF46123.png\" style=\"background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been at a wedding. My sister, Tami&#8217;s, &nbsp;to be exact. And no, it wasn&#8217;t a month long&#8230;but it should have been.&nbsp; It really was so fabulous. Except when the hairdresser messed up on her hair and I had to jump out of the shower and try to save her gorgeous mane&nbsp;45 minutes before the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1034],"tags":[1758],"class_list":["post-13025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lewis-family-2","tag-family-weddings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13025\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}