MILITARY COUPLE TO WIN A FREE WINTER WEDDING IN VERMONT

JEFFERSONVILLE, Vt. - A Salute to Our Soldiers honors our servicemen and women with a complimentary Vermont wedding valued at $70,000 for one deserving couple. The contest to find that couple begins Dec. 15 and is organized by three Vermont businesses: VT Enchanted Events, VermontWeddings.com and The Mountain Top Inn & Resort.

Entries will be reviewed and one couple will be selected to receive a wedding package for up to 200 guests, hosted on Dec. 15, 2013 at The Mountain Top Inn and Resort, in Chittenden, Vt.

Couples nationwide are encouraged to submit their love stories at VermontWeddings.com between Dec. 15, 2012 and April 1, 2013. The contest is open to engaged and currently active, reserve, or retired members of the United States Armed Forces – Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, or National Guard.

Often, our country’s military personnel miss out on life’s most precious moments due to deployments, casualties and injuries. In gratitude for their service, A Salute to Our Soldiers wedding give-away enables Vermont’s wedding vendors to give back just a little to one worthy couple.

Due to the generous spirit of Vermont businesses, the growing list of donating vendors includes:

•      822 Weddings
•      Barrie Fisher Photographers
•      Carman Brook Farms
•      Cuisine Lucette
•      Creative Muse Floral
•      Cynthea’s Spa
•      Dayve Huckett
•      Five Elements Salon and Day Spa
•      Hawley’s Florist
•      Irene’s Cakes by Design
•      Keepsake by Nana
•      Lake Champlain Chocolates
•      LoveBuzzPhoto
•      New Leaf Organics
•      Perennial Studios
•      Shear Heaven Salon and Day Spa
•      SuperSounds DJ
•      The Linen Shop at Occasions
•      Truly Noted
•      VickeryHill.com
•      Vermont Bride Magazine

Several of these Vermont wedding vendors also extend military discounts to couples planning their weddings.

About the Organizers:

VT Enchanted Events: Wedding planning that ranges from the bare basics up to complete wedding services tailored to fit all budgets. Each individual has their own unique style and flair that they will want for their wedding; the goal is to gain insight and bring it to life and present it like a page turning in a book. After all, this is a love story being told to family, friends, and most important of all, to each other!

The Mountain Top Inn & Resort: Just 11 miles from Killington, The Mountain Top Inn & Resort is the ideal location to host a Vermont destination wedding. The Resort’s Barn accommodates 250 guests, with a lake and Green Mountains as the back drop. Classic lodge accommodations, menu planning to meet each couple's personal tastes and an array of activities for friends and family complete the package for couples to create perfect memories for their wedding. Visit mountaintopinnweddings.com.

VermontWeddings.com: Vermont’s largest, most comprehensive online directory of wedding resources including locations, professional services, guest accommodations and activities. VermontWeddings.com provides couples with online tools to research, plan and share information about their picture perfect Vermont wedding. Visit us at VermontWeddings.com, and follow us on  Facebook and  Twitter.

Media contacts:

Jackie Watson, VT Enchanted Events
802-324-1433;  vtenchantedevents@gmail.com

Diane Dickerman, The Mountain Top Inn and Resort
802-483-2311; marketing{at}mountaintopinn.com

Lorin Holmes, VermontWeddings.com
802-863-2421;  lorin@vermontweddings.com

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I'm pretty sure some of you have seen the following, but you may still get a chuckle out of reading it again.  Some of us women already know these things about men; some who are young enough to believe they are going to change their men need to know this is just how it is - men are way different than women; and most men simply don't have a clue.

These are just simple facts that cannot be disputed:

WHY MEN ARE NEVER DEPRESSED:
Men Are Just Happier People --
What do you expect from such simple creatures?
Your last name stays put.
The garage is all yours.
Wedding plans take care of themselves.
Chocolate is just another snack...
You can be President.
You can never be pregnant.
You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park.
You can wear NO shirt to a water park.
Car mechanics tell you the truth.
The world is your urinal.
You never have to drive to another gas station restroom because this one is just too icky.
You don't have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt.
Same work, more pay.
Wrinkles add character.
Wedding dress $5000. Tux rental-$100.
People never stare at your chest when you're talking to them.
New shoes don't cut, blister, or mangle your feet.
One mood all the time.
Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat.
You know stuff about tanks.
A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase.
You can open all your own jars.
You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness.
If someone forgets to invite you, he or she can still be your friend.
Your underwear is $8.95 for a three-pack.
Three pairs of shoes are more than enough.
You almost never have strap problems in public.
You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes.
Everything on your face stays its original color.
The same hairstyle lasts for years, even decades.
You only have to shave your face and neck.
You can play with toys all your life.
One wallet and one pair of shoes -- one color for all seasons.
You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look.
You can 'do' your nails with a pocket knife.
You have freedom of choice concerning growing a mustache.
You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives  on December 24 in 25 minutes.
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Men Are Just Happier People

 
NICKNAMES
If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Kate and Sarah. If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Bubba and Wildman.

EATING OUT
When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in $20, even though it's only for $32.50. None of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they want change back.
When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators.

MONEY
A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.
A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need but it's on sale.

BATHROOMS
A man has six items in his bathroom: toothbrush and toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel.
The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 337. A man would not be able to identify more than 20 of these items.

ARGUMENTS
A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

FUTURE
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

MARRIAGE
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, but she does.

DRESSING UP
A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the trash, answer the phone, read a book, and get the mail.
A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.

NATURAL
Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed.
Women somehow deteriorate during the night.

OFFSPRING
Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favorite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams.
A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
A married man should forget his mistakes. There's no use in two people remembering the same thing!