We're Picking Up Speed

Only 12 days until Anna and Gramm's wedding! Anna and I tell each other nearly every day that this is not a stressful wedding, and no stressy things are allowed. We ask each other, "Is there something we've forgotten to do?" But no, everything generally seems to be in place, or coming into place. So we sit and grin at each other.

Today we went to "big town" to do some various shopping. We bought all the little necessities for the reception: tablecloths, plastic plates, napkins, and cups. Anna is a good planner and not a procrastinator, so I have no worries about last minute catastrophes. 

She also took me out to eat Mexican food for my upcoming birthday. Very sweet of her. I'm quite spoiled with Mother's Day and my birthday so close together. We also shopped for some surprises for her bridesmaids, and some honeymoon clothes at our favorite consignment store. I found yet another white cotton skirt with built-in slip. It's becoming my wardrobe!

It's a bit big in the waist, so I'll pull out some of the elastic.

We came home to a lovely dinner made by Adam:

Chicken thighs under the broiler, plus roasted veggies too, fresh herbs, and pasta over a butter/lemon/pepper sauce. I enjoy our light, healthy eating in summertime.

I've been knitting a little hand puppet, the pattern for which I found over at Una's blog, "Great Balls of Wool." Hers is so cute, but then Una is a very serious knitter and extremely gifted. Her puppy dog's face is charming and symmetrical. Mine, on the other hand ....

 First you knit this long piece with all the increases and decreases for head and arms.

 Then you knit the ears, each one having two colors. I had to decide which color should be on top and dominate.

 I opted for the stripey ears, with the red underneath. The ears are open at the top (so you can turn them right side out), and I left them with that little opening underneath. I had a stuffed animal dog as a little girl, and he had a secret hole in one ear where I stashed private little notes inside. It was great fun.

 I think this hand puppet will be for the grandchildren, whenever they arrive. They can leave notes for each other in Herman's ears. That's his name -- Herman.

Adam's latest interesting creativity is making rope sandals. He's watched lots of youtube videos on this. He made good progress on sandal #1 last night.

I'm eager to see the finished product. He says in these sandals, one's toes have to hang over the edge. I'm not sure what I think about that!

By this time next week, wedding people will have begun to arrive, the house will be hopping, Adam will be cooking up a storm, I'll be wondering what I should be doing, and our daughter will be setting out into her greatest adventure yet. Bon voyage, my dear!