Knitting, with Dogs

Wedding shawl

For those folks who asked, yes I did knit the shawl I wore at my wedding.  I bought the pattern from Blackberry Ridge.  It's Hazel Carter's Song of Hiawatha lace stole.  It's knitted in JaggerSpun Zephyr.  There's an old page where I had some progress pictures and finished pictures here.  It was my first big piece of lace.  I didn't know if I'd be able to do it or not.  I just knew I wanted to wear something that I'd made to my wedding.  It took right at 3 months to knit.  And it got me hooked on lace. 

Here's another big picture from wedding day:

Two years ago today

No, not a blog anniversary.  A wedding!

Dear Robert and I made our 10-year relationship legal.  Here's my favorite picture from the reception.  Dear Robert's getting ready to make his toast:

This picture cracks me up every single time I see it.  :)  I'm a lucky woman.

My wish for y'all: 

Let all your joys be as the month of May, and all your days be as a marriage day.

One Year Ago Today

No, not another blogiversary note -- a wedding anniversary!

One year ago today, Dear Robert and I got married.  We had a small, fairly casual wedding, (at Kimball Hall in Roswell) with mostly just family there.  We'd hoped to be married outside at the gazebo, but the weather was uncertain.  Rather than risk having to run inside at the last minute, we had the service inside.  And that was the only thing all day that didn't turn out quite like we hoped.  And later the weather cleared, and we got to take some pictures outside:

Awww... ain't we sweet?  Dear Robert is a gem, and being married to him is da bomb.  We'd been living together for almost 10 years already, but being married is different.  Don't let anybody mislead you on this point!  It's good, but it's different.

And just to have a little knitting content, I knitted the stole I wore.  Here it is, stretched out:

It's the Song of Hiawatha lace stole, knitted in JaggerSpun Zephyr.  It took about 2 1/2 months to knit, and really wasn't hard at all.  And it was very cool to wear something I'd made in my wedding.

Today's the Day!

Ok, I'm blogging the morning of my wedding day. How geeky is that??

The rehearsal dinner last night was wonderful. Kurt's Restaurant did us good. Most of my family had never met most of Dear Robert's family. My sister was fabulous, talking and being cheerful and outgoing, especially to Robert's mom. In her place, I would have sat there like a stick, too shy to say much. I kept thinking of the movie Babette's Feast, where a group of disparate people were brought together by an excellent meal. (The movie is more than that too, and is one of my favorites.)

I was up this morning a little after 8:00 am. It started raining around 4:00 am this morning. But you know, I'm okay with all that now. I have shoes to wear if we're inside, and another pair if we're outside, in case it stops raining between now and 1:00 pm. It will be fine, as long as nobody has a problem getting to the site on time! (That was the OWC -- obligatory worry content.)

I've got about 40 minutes before my sister comes by to pick me up. I think I'll go knit a little and listen to "Car Talk."

Wish us luck!

Minority Opinion

I think a 50-50 mix of grapefruit juice and carrot juice is just yummy. When I tell people this, however, they generally smile politely and turn the subject. Oh well.

Daily Knitting Report:

Nothing done yesterday, though day before yesterday I did get part 4 of 4 (the front) of the Caddy sweater started on the needles. I spent all afternoon on wedding stuff.

Wedding News:

The bookmark favors/decorations are done! Yay! And I've got a basic design to put on the unity candle. And I have spare candles to use to test the glueing process on.

That leaves the following things to be done:

Cake top decoration
Wedding certificate
something else I can't remember at this moment.

My sister threw a clambake (not literally) for us last night. I made an absolute pig of myself, eating stuff (potato chips, dip and crackers) that I'm not supposed to eat. I'm vowing to go straight Paleo again. So far, so good, for the first day. I gave up all that junk once, dammit. I can do it again!!

I'm almost totally done with thank you notes for gifts I've received so far. This is a signficant step forward in the world of etiquette for me. Yay me.

Miscellanea:

tiddy: In the game of gleek, the four of trumps (alternate definition)

From here, a site I commend to your attention for lots of fun with words.

Showers

My wedding shower was yesterday. It was fun, but I kept thinking that in another timeline, I'd be 35 years younger and would be listening to the older women of the tribe telling me what to expect on my wedding night, and how to care for goats and cattle. Women's rituals will always be women's rituals, I think. And that's not at all a BAD thing.

More later, if I can get pictures.

Miscellanea:

...And

even though we know we are growing old, we are dying, we
will never be young again, we also know we're still right here
now, today, and, my oh my! don't these greens taste good.

from "The First Green of Spring" by David Budbill, from Good Poems, edited by Garrison Keillor.

A Milestone

Wedding news:

We got our marriage license yesterday. I guess this wedding thing is actually going to happen! I never thought of myself as the marrying kind, but if I'm going to marry anyone, Dear Robert is the one I want.

News From the Dog World:

Cammie went to the vet yesterday. She got x-rays and bloodwork and urinalysis. I was really afraid that they would find something horribly wrong with her, but she's actually doing pretty good for an old dog! We did decide to start her on subcutaneous fluids since she's in early stages of kidney failure. It's supposed to make her feel better. And we started her on Proin to see if it helps the incontinence. She was dry this morning. That's A Good Thing.

Daily Knitting Report:

I took my sock with me to the vet and to the courthouse to get the marriage license (Ritual Comfort Object meets Something To Do With My Hands for Stress Relief.) I'm almost through with the foot. Notice that I dropped the 2 circular needles and went with double points. Size 1 bamboo dpns. I'm waiting to see how long it takes me to break one.

I just like the dpns better.

Soon I'll have to turn the heel, and I've only done that once on a toe-up sock. Shouldn't be a big problem though.