Wedding

Thirty-two days until the Wedding! Many items have been accomplished and a few are still pending.


I know the bride and groom are excited and looking forward to the culmination of all of the planning, organizing, calling, meetings and doling out money.

My daughter finished summer school and is working full-time through the end of August with a 5 day break for the wedding. My future son-in-law is working three jobs which keeps him pretty busy; however, he will also be taking a 5 day break for the wedding :-)

They rented an apartment in mid-May and he is living there ~ being a bachelor for a few months. We did move most of my daughter’s belongs into the apartment so that it wouldn’t be such a shock when they got married. She has her daily necessities and is at the apartment enough that she can pick up what she needs.

Each day brings closer the realization that I may not have daily contact with my daughter anymore. I go through the highs and lows of a parent whose only child is getting married and moving out. Mostly happiness and excitement for the newlyweds, a bit of sadness for myself (not trying to sound selfish). I am also curious to see what this new leg of the journey holds for me :-)

Here I Am

Goodness, where does the time go!  I have had a second "dry run" with my daughter doing a 15 day house sitting job.  I think I will survive her getting married and being a single empty nester  :-)

The MS Walk is tomorrow and I will be there with my tennis shoes on :-)  What a great cause to help fundraise for ~ the best part is that the money raised stays in the local area.

Wedding plans are moving forward.  I think she has everything figured out; just needs to have a bit of time to finish stuff up, YAY!

Spring is here and so is the yard work and landscaping that we didn't do last year  :-(  Since I still have my daughter living here this summer, I am going to make sure I get all I can done with my helper...

January 2012

¡Hola! Thought I would drop a note in the blog :-)

A new year with new things already happening!!

My daughter got engaged on her birthday, what a gift for a 21 year old. I am so very excited for her and her fiancé! Of course, this means that I will soon be a single empty-nester which makes this exciting event a little bitter-sweet. However, her excitement is contagious and we are having fun ;-)

Other news of the day, I did it – I bought a Vitamix! I have been contemplating this for a couple of years now and took the leap. This morning was my first use and I made fruit smoothies for my daughter and I. Yummy!!

Tax return is completed and filed ~ probably the last year I will get money back since I was able to claim my daughter as a dependent since she is a full-time student living with me. Nice to have that done for the year; just in time for a little home improvement this spring AND the start of a wedding fund for this summer’s event.