The Wedding!

What a great day! The wedding was beautiful - simple, but beautiful. Even though it was one of the hottest days of the summer- it didn't matter.

After the wedding, we danced and ate! Boy, did we have wonderful guests....they danced and danced and danced some more! We have a few more photos....nearly 700! If you would like to see more, you are welcome to scan through the pictures here. Look for "Larysa & Ryan" and click to enter.

These were the most fun for me...I got to make the wedding invitations and program for Larysa and Ryan. Since I screen printed them, I just HAD to purchase a GOCCO machine, which is a Japanese "toy" for silk screen printing. Expect to see Christmas cards this year....screen printed. I'm already thinking....

Larysa had a case of "Wedding Dress Remorse!" She picked and ordered her dress last October....then in July, she confessed she did not like it so much after all....so off we went to find the perfect dress...which she did. However, I have a wedding dress to sell....any takers? It is on "Oncewed.com" and Craig's list. Regardless to what the price is on the website, it is negotiable..... take a peek - who knows, you may know someone in need.

Mal de Debarquement Syndrome

MdDS is what I have. Mal de debarquement syndrome is a rare and little understood disorder of the body’s balance system (vestibular system) and refers to the rocking sensation and/or sense of imbalance that persists for an excessive length of time after an ocean cruise, plane flight or other motion experience...usually. Some people get this spontaneously, as I did...unless traversing the mountains of Arkansas was my "trigger." Most people after exposure to an ocean trip or long airplane ride will experience "motion" after the event is over and for a short period of time. But for persons with MdDS, these sensations may last for six months or a year or even many years. Symptoms may diminish in time or periodically disappear and reappear after days, months, or years, sometimes after another motion experience or sometimes spontaneously. This syndrome is probably more common than the literature might lead us to believe, as the level of awareness in the general population as well as among health personnel is very low.

I'm writing here about this because one of my Yahoo group members will be featured on the Discovery Health Channel. She will be highligted in December. We are truly anxious to see how this feature treats our disorder. It is tricky - since we look normal - but we may feel awfull, at times. Crossing my fingers....