If you could see what I see

15 years ago today I married Lanny. I was young, he wasn't so much (haha!) and when we got to the part in our vows about "richer or poorer" we snickered because we knew it would always be the poorer! HA!! And, well, it has been but that's beside the point. :)

Before we started dating I had heard this song and I knew that whoever I married this was the song that would describe me and my intended perfectly...and it does. When Lanny and I started dating we decided things quickly. 2 weeks after our first date we decided to get married. By the time he proposed officially to me on May 6, 1995 we already had the wedding completely planned! I mean dress bought, bridesmaids dresses bought, photographer booked, venue booked, etc! We had bought our rings less than one month after our first date. Lanny and I had the privilege of knowing each other for a couple of years prior to dating so we already knew where this was headed when we finally got brave enough to take it to the next level.

Our good friend, Dale, sang this song at our wedding. The clip I've included is the original group singing it and someone put their own wedding pics to it. But I couldn't find any other clip that seemed right so there you go! HA! And this version does have the lyrics. Geoff Moore & The Distance sang this tune and I'm so grateful! After all these years I still love it and it still holds true for Lanny and I.

If you could see what I see

Butter someone up

There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.

More bang for your buck

This phrase was used a lot in 1953 but an earlier citation puts it at 1940 in a Metals and Plastics Publications advertisement. Read about it here . The phrase means you get more for your money.

Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

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