It's a Girl!!!

Liana had her baby on Saturday. She's a healthy baby girl, named Miriam (I'm not sure if her middle name is Rosemary or Rosemarie; I'm REALLY bad with names). She was 6 lbs 15 ounces with lots of dark brown hair (like her daddy's) and blue eyes. I can't wait to meet her.

She also relieves one wedding worry for me. I will have my matron of honour. :)

Wedding preparations are going. I still have a bunch of running around to do (mostly just little details) but I'm surprisingly calm about the whole thing. I keep waiting for the terror to set in...

Like my life isn't surreal enough already...

I saw a city work man this morning who was crossing the street with a handheld mirror, a mirror on a 10 foot pole and a pickaxe. Guess what he was doing.






You have an answer?








Think hard...








He was looking down manholes. He used the pickaxe to take the cover off, the handheld mirror to direct light down the hole, and the mirror on the pole to see what was inside.

Neat huh?

10 days...

My dress is finished. Mom is bringing it in tonight for the final, final fitting. She was telling last night about whens she pulled it out of the drier after washing it (it's polyester and will was like a rag). The thread she used to hem it shrank in the drier. She was ready to cry. But instead (being the practical person she is) ironed it out and its fine now. Whew!

Things are starting to really come together. My living room looks like a crepe paper flower factory exploded. There's flowers in vases, in jars, just laying about everywhere. And I still have to make more. It's fun though.

Mom also agreed to let me borrow a car for next week. That means Davyd and I won't have to fight over who gets to have the car to do their errands. Yay!!!

Life these days seems to be very focused; work, wedding, sleep, eat. I'm supposed to go out with Pixie tonight, just the two of us. Hopefully, it will be a good break.

12 Days

I have White Fishnet Stockings!!!
On Saturday, I was at a birthday party for my aunt and while talking to my parents, mentioned that I had been unable to find any. Dad suggested I try a sex shop and he was right (I don't want to know why he knows that).

Both Saturday and Sunday mornings, I was unable to sleep even though I had gone to bed at totally indecent hours. I was all stressed out and worrying about wedding stuff. Sometimes my mind just runs and I can't make it stop.

Other than that, I went to Pixie's play. It was marvelous and she was totally FABULOUS! My goodness, that girl can sing.

Working Late

It turns out I have to work late tonight. One of my co-workers is sick and someone "senior" (how the hell did I get to be senior at anything?) needs to help with closing and I got elected. It's okay with me I guess. It means that I'll be able to take an extra day off before my wedding (any overtime I work counts for time and a half in days off). It bites that I'm going to miss most of BPs though.

I also got to be "off" from 1:30 - 5:00 this afternoon so what else is a girl to do? I went shopping. I was unable to find what I was actually looking for: white fishnet stockings (not pantyhose or stay ups; stockings like with garters and clips) and a necklace for my flowergirl, Cortney. I did however find a jeweler who would re-string my great-grandmother's "pearls" and clean my grandma's "gold" locket, even though they're costume jewlerey. (so what if none of my family had "real" jewelry; its old and they're pretty).

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When I spell-checked this post, it wanted to turn "fishnet" into "poisoned". Weired.

The waterpark was wonderful on Saturday. It was great just to play with friends and relax. Thanks again James for sponsoring the outing.

Jody's reception was fun as well. I really enjoyed the music and danced most of the night (my legs are still sore). Part of that was also that I didn't really know that many people there. I haven't had a day with that much physical activity in a long time. I fell in to bed exhausted but very relaxed that night.

Sunday was a quiet day at home, cleaning and cooking. In the evening, Davyd ran his Star Wars game and I worked on my cloak. I don't think I've mentioned it here yet. I'm making it got wear over my wedding gown. It's deep red velveteen with white satin lining and is made from the same pattern and Davyd's black and blue cloak (He wore it to Purgatory when he was Andre). It's going to be soo pretty. I feel like little red riding hood. :)

Monday evening, I went shopping for more wedding stuff. I got more crepe paper to make decorations for the hall (I'm making paper flowers. Yes, I'm insane!). I also found my under garments (Yeah!!)...

Wanted

Mousesitters

for the week-ish of October 1 - 10

while Davyd and Myrna go on their honeymoon.

Five very cute, furry charges who like to eat, sleep,

explore and run on their wheels

(I don't recommend keeping them in a bedroom).

Please apply in the Comments.

On the bus into work this morning I was jotting down ideas for my wedding vows. Davyd and I are still somewhat undecided whether we will go with the traditional vows or with our own. Its got me feeling warm fuzzy wedding-y thoughts.

I think love is a choice. Yes, we fall in love with people somewhat on a whim but mostly that's just hormones and lust. Real love, the kind that lasts 50 years, is something we keep chosing to do. It isn't the warm fuzzy feelings or the firey passions (that's part of it but really only the spices). The bulk of the dish, the meat and potatos (PO - TA - TOS!) if you will, is the day in and day out of life. Chosing to make connections with your lover through the times when you're angry and hurt and tired and depressed and appathetic, even though you don't feel like it. Its the doing the dishes because he doesn't like to or the mopping because she doesn't like to. Its the bring home jellybeans, just cuz.

Thoughts?

Ballad of Lucy Jordan
(Shel Silverstein)

The mornin' sun touched lightly on the eyes of Lucy Jordan

In her white suburban bedroom, in a white suburban town

As she lay there 'neath the covers, dreaming of a thousand lovers

'Til the world turned to orange and the room went spinnin' round

At the age of 37, she realised she'd never ride through Paris

In a sports car, with the warm wind in her hair

And she let the phone keep ringin' as she sat there softly singin'

Pretty nursery rhymes she'd memorised in her daddy's easy chair

Her husband, he was off to work, and the kids were off to school

And there were oh so many ways for her to spend her day

She could clean the house for hours, or rearrange the flowers

Or run naked down the shady street screaming all the way

At the age of 37, she realised she'd never ride through Paris

In a sports car, with the warm wind in her hair

And she let that phone keep ringin' as she sat there softly singin'

Pretty nursery rhymes she'd memorised in her daddy's easy chair

The evening sun touched gently on the eyes of Lucy Jordan

On the rooftop where she'd climbed when all the laughter grew too loud

And she bowed and curtseyed to the man, who reached and offered her his hand

And led her down to the long white car that waited past the crowd

At the age of 37, she knew she'd found forever as they rode along through Paris

With the warm wind in her hair

Ooooohhh yes with the wind in her hair oooooohhhh......

(c)1973 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

Ever have one of those days...

Old Friends and Time

I was thinking. Its really cool how there are people in my life who I can not see for months, or even years at a time, and then just pick up where we left off. Even though we don't see eachother, we're still people who mesh well; we understand eachother.

Yesterday afternoon, I went for coffee with one of my childhood friends. I've known her for years, but in the last couple, we've not spent as much time together as we might like. Our lives have just gone different directions. She chose to live in a small town for some time, while I moved to the city. She live a Christian life, while have walked away from that path. I have Davyd, while she hasn't found the right man yet. But we can still get together and chat like we just no time has passed between us. There's comfort in that.

Wrapping Chiffon

After checking my email, I realise I must have forgotten to tell some of y'all that I was going to my parents' for the weekend. Oops!

I went so Mom could have my body to fit my wedding dress. When I left last evening, my dress still need to have the armholes finished and to be hemmed but its almost done! I'm so thankful that Mom put all that work into it because its beautiful. I can't wait to wear it. I'm going to have to practice walking around it it though. My insticts are to pick up my skirt (by bundling in my arms) when I'm walking. Somehow that's not quite the look I'm going for. I'm hoping to at least be able to PRETEND to be lady like...

On Saturday, Liana and Jenette threw me an improptu bridal shower. It was fun with food and gifts and no silly shower games. (Thanks girls!). I got lots of cool loot including a fabulous cookbook put out by a farm woman's association (that means its got recipies that real people would cook and not some fancy, shmancy gormet stuff. Real down home cookin').

Today, I helped open the library. Since we got our photo id computers up at 8:15, all I've done is make ids. : P

Its been a good-ish week so far. It's Registration Week at work and we're training new staff so it's a bit crazy. I spent yesterday in the gym making photoid for students. It was suprisingly slow; there were actually several times in the day where there was no one waiting. It was nice to do something a bit different (even if it involves repeating the same steps over and over) for the day. Today, I'm back up at Borrower Services, helping with training, making id cards and fielding phone calls.

I would like to add a side rant about the information desk at my workplace. Apparently they don't know anything about what we do in the library. We get phone calls, transfered from them, that should have gone to the computer help desk, the registrar, the bookstore, etc... IT DRIVES ME CRAZY!!!!!! Not only can I not help the person but I then have to transfer them to someone else. Its BAD customer service and makes us look like a bunch of disorganized idiots (which we may be; but we don't have to look it!).

Monday evening was kind of fun. I got a call from Star right after I got home from work, asking if I could come babysit for a bit while. Being the FABULOUS person that I am, I agreed. The children were remarkably well behaved (I think its just because they don't know me that well) and we had grande time. I brought some books (one of which contains the quote posted earlier) to read and we spun circles. Star, I think that I could be available for more (short) babysitting. Call if you need me. :)

I have been stressed about wedding stuff this week. There's only a month and a day left and there's SO MUCH stuff to do...

"You are flying around in your airplane and you remember that the Duchess said, "Do drop in for tea sometime."

So you do, only it makes a rather large hole in her roof."

- From What do you say, dear? : A book of manners for all occasions by Sesyle Joslin.