One Down, One to Go

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As I mentioned here, my nephew Nick got married last week in Pennsylvania. I drove down (about 5 hours) with Gretchen and her other son, Paul. It was a small ceremony, with the big shindig scheduled for August 19. It was lots of fun. Jill's family is very friendly and everyone was very nice to us.This is Nick sweating in the sun, strictly because of the weather and heavy clothing. (You can't see the gloves here. Don't tell anyone but he had 2 right gloves.) Otherwise, he was cool as a cucumber. I thought Gretchen and I were pretty cool too - barely shed a tear or two.

Paul did a wonderful job as best man.

Jill had both her parents walk her down the aisle, as it should be, in my opinion.

They're married!

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Gretchen, Paul and I left PA about 7:30 Thursday morning so I could get to work around 1:00. Nick & Jill drove up with Nick's dad & his girlfriend later in the day. They will be here about a week or so. We did the big family breakfast thing yesterday.

Otherwise I've been puttering I guess. Saturday morning, I grocery shopped around 7:00 or so. Later I went to Target and bought some things (a lamp, candles, table runner, wall clock, etc.) to spruce up an old office at work that we're using for a software testing lab. It was way too beige in there so I went all David Bromstad to color it up a bit. I stopped by work and set up some of the stuff to make sure I was on the right track. I later bought a couple of houseplants that I potted up in pots I had here that I'll take in tomorrow.

I also stopped by Country Way nursery and bought a bunch of annuals. I got all that planted on Sunday. I'll take pictures later. I'm happy with everything. I noticed all the plants looked a bit happier today, after the good watering I gave them yesterday. They were kind of parched when I planted them.

Today, Steve and I went in the hot tub when we got up, then read the paper on the deck and ate breakfast there too - pancakes, bacon & smoothies. It's been a gorgeous weekend, weather-wise, except for a brief shower Sunday night. I've hung laundry on the clothesline, put the birdbaths out, pulled a few weeds. I had sort of envisioned a pretty full Pine Tree Designs weekend but all this other stuff is important too. After I finish up a bit more paperwork, I'll work on custom orders and get organized, deciding what quantities I want to have for shows for the rest of the year. Now's my time to get tons of stuff made, to relieve as much stress as possible in the fall.

I watched Almost Famous yesterday afternoon. Steve and I saw it in the theater when it came out in 2000 and I was ready to see it again so I put it in our Netflix queue. I recently set up separate queues for Steve and me and we have a joint one. Turns out Steve didn't want to watch Almost Famous again, which kills me because he absolutely watches movies over and over. I must have mistakenly assumed he liked it as much as I did in 2000. I'd had this DVD for weeks so I decided I better just sit down, get stitching and watch it. It really holds up - I just love this movie!

Last night Steve and I watched Must Love Dogs on HBO on Demand last night. I liked it a lot, though part of the ending was a little over the top. Still, I enjoyed it.

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