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Happy New Year!

Well, we survived the holidays and celebrated New Year's with the most special and beautiful wedding!  And the reception was so much fun.  Everyone told us it was the best wedding they had ever been to.  And the wedding couple looked so happy and radiant the whole evening.

These pictures were taken by a friend and some of them are a little dark but they still show the happy couple and all their friends.  No pics of me as I tend to duck out of the way!

Now the kids will leave for their honeymoon tomorrow and we have the grand puppy until he goes to the kennel on Monday.  Wish us luck...as our dog and the puppy don't get along too well.

A New Year

While Christmas is over, the hectic season is still lingering.  A wedding in 3 days...on New Year's Eve!  Our oldest son is marrying his high school sweetheart.  We can't wait...what better way to celebrate the new year than to see a new life start...a new family come together!

Everything is almost ready...just a few minor details to finish.  Then we get to get all dressed up and enjoy the party.

New Year's day we are hosting an open house for all the relatives who will be in town for the wedding.  I think this may be a new annual event for us. 

I usually make the same old new year's resolutions...lose weight, exercise more...blah blah.  This year I have a new perspective on life so hopefully my resolutions will reflect this.  My resolutions include:

*Find lots of ways to enjoy my last months with our youngest son - who heads off to college in the Fall

*Make more time for friends.

*Live my life more artfully - show off my creativity in my home, in my office,in how I dress.

*Take  more pictures - take a class in digital photography, take more family pictures (especially ones that include ME - since I always duck out of pictures), take a photo or two daily that reflect my day/life - this website is my inspiration - 365 Photos.

*Learn to knit beyond a scarf, hat or felted purse - try a sweater or lace project - one that I will wear.  Learn to read patterns better.

Until the new year - peace and health to all!

Weddings

The holidays are always busy times but throw a wedding into the mix and you have a crazy time ahead of you.  Our oldest son is getting married on New Year's Eve and while this sounds wonderful and special it has us all crazy busy!

This year just seems to be nuts - with the wedding, our youngest looking at colleges, my sister's illness, hubby's work/promotion and the normal holiday craziness. We have yet to do any decorating or gift buying.  This weekend was spent going to 1 indoor soccer game and 3 outdoor games plus the housework and laundry and some wedding planning.

I hope to get some decorating done a little each night after work.  I have some holiday knitting/sewing projects started and some just in the idea stage.  I have done some scarves for the Red Scarf Project and hope to get a few more done.  I want to make my son's girlfriend this adorable hat pattern I saw based on one from Banana Republic.  It  is on this blog and is called "Republic".  I also want to make a yummy and soft scarf for my sister's MIL.  Unlike the typical MIL she has been wonderful in helping out and relieving my parents when they get stressed out.  I also want to try my hand at some cables and make my future daughter-in-law a cabled purse.  I have all the supplies for that I just need to get started. I also want to make my son's dog a fleece coat. and finish a few more chemo hats for the Hershey Cancer Center.

Lots of plans  and so little time.