Normal Life Stuff
We have had just general life stuff going on lately. Last week seemed kind of long since it was our first week back at work after our Hawaiian honeymoon. We made it through though and were glad when the weekend arrived. It was a pretty busy weekend overall - I went out with some girlfriends Friday night, Saturday we worked around the condo for a while and then I had a wedding shower in the evening. Since the shower was out in the suburbs, I stopped to see my mom for a bit on the way home, which was really nice. I love our life in the city, but I miss my family sometimes. On Sunday, we went to church, went to the Merchandise Mart for a furniture sample sale (we didn't buy any furniture, but I bought 2 pieces of jewelry) and then we did a TON of work around our condo for the rest of the day.
Not that there isn't always stuff to do at home, but we are particularly in high gear with house work these days because we are having both of our immediate families over this Sunday for our first "party" at our condo. We wanted to have a get together like this before the wedding since our immediate families didn't know each other much, but since that didn't work out, we figured no better time like the present. We keep a pretty clean house, but when you are having guests, suddenly you see your place with different eyes, so we have been working hard to get ready. We are very excited though to have everyone over! It should be nice and cozy too since we'll have a total of 14 adults and 5 kids in our place all at once, plus Bentley who we'll need to keep separated from the bunch part of the time because my nephew is scared of dogs and despite his friendly intentions, Bentley can be a little too much excitement for some. :)
All of our family generously offered to bring something so the burden wasn't on us, but I really wanted to host everyone so we are providing all the food. I have come to like cooking and would like the chance to provide a meal for those close to us. I better start praying now that it all turns out OK! I am not going to list off what I have planned because a) it is not TOTALLY finalized and b) some of those coming read this blog and although I am not making a 5-course fine dining meal, I still want it to be a bit of a surprise.
That's all for now. Love to all!