Wedding - Anna's fitting

What a great day! Yesterday, Anna and one of her bridesmaids, Ashley, met at the bridal shop to try on dresses. Anna looked exquisite. Adding a layered slip added just enough grandness to the skirt half - wow. Bought the belt to finish off the dress. Must remember needle nose pliers for the hooks to keep them closed...who knew tools would be needed to dress her????

Can't wait to post pics of the dress but must wait until the wedding.

OMG - Love my Kindle :)

Reading the lastest New Yorker as well as My Life in France AND anxious to start a reread of The Grapes of Wrath. I think I've mastered the highlighting, bookmarking, and note writing.... Plan is to secure a Lilly Teacher Creativity Grant this fall for next summer and spend weeks in Julia and Paul Child's France WITH cooking classes at the Cordon Bleu....best laid plans ... let's hope.

Ordered my Kindle2

I feel like a kid at Christmas! My Kindle - loaded with some goodies like Grapes of Wrath, Life in France,, , New Yorker, just can't wait.

Okay, great idea.... I have read The Sharper the Knife the Less you Cry, Julie/Julia, For Water Like Chocolate, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and waiting on My Life in France....so I invited a group of friends - all women - to watch the movie August 7th and then to come over for a Julia Child dinner a la wine and conversation. Can't wait!!!! OMG! What fun!

Wedding, wedding, wedding

Wow! My daughter is getting married to a wonderful young man. They have been engaged for 4+ years...odd in these times and happily planning their wedding. Everything she has done is creating a wonderful wedding to be. Now the showers begin and I HAVE TO FIND A DRESS TO WEAR! Tomorrow I'm off to search. I helped my best friend find hers...now its my turn. I'll post a pic of the dress I think I'll wear. The wedding is in Sept so I'm going for a rust colored dress...was looking at short...now long. Such a beautiful day this will be...all our children will be there...friends, family, love, and memories.

Oh, and after 28 years of marriage we have decided to buy wedding rings...hippie remnants...just didn't need the glitter of gold an diamonds. ...so we are buying gold bands and I'm putting the diamond chip [actually according to the jeweler we're beziling the diamond in to the top of the band. David gave me the diamond when we had our fourth child and I seemed to think I should have something to wear on my ring finger as I paraded four children born between 1982 and 1987....]I'll post pics when we finalize the deal...hopefully in time to wear at our daughter's wedding.