Our handful of projects

We've got a lot of projects going right now. We both slept an extra couple of hours yesterday, in fact, because the work is catching up to us. We've already claimed some downtime for the weekend of Oct 31-Nov 2. In the meantime, here are the project updates.

Invitations: We've gathered all of the pieces needed for writing and putting our invitations together, and we know what process we are going to use for the "mass production." Keith has selected a calligraphy font that he likes for the most part, and we've modified some of the letters that look awkward to us. We're pretty excited about these things! Jennifer did some online searching and learned that NO ONE handwrites wedding invitations anymore. The only references to handwritten invitations are calligraphy on the envelopes and copying an invitation as many times as desired. Each invitation that we send will be slightly different from all the rest (even though we hope to minimize those differences as much as possible!).

Painting: The exterior of Jennifer's house looks great from the street. We've painted the front and one side, which means we're well over halfway through the surface area that needs to be covered. We have a couple of sections that we think need a second coat of paint on the front, and we've left the windows for next weekend. We'll do the other side and the back before we tackle the nine windows around the house. Keith is a great supervisor (he gets lots of practice at work every week!), and Jennifer learned quickly about working with a paintbrush. Keith painted almost all weekend. Jennifer did some painting, but she also did laundry for two and made sure the painters stayed fed.

Flowers: Jennifer hasn't touched the blue flowers since last week, but she hopes to make some progress on the slow days at work this week. She's hoping to see the halfway point before the end of the month.

Pre-Wedding Dinner: We've been shot down for our first choice of locations for dinner on the day before our wedding, but Jennifer has gotten a few more suggestions to look into. Lynne is going to check out one spot this weekend.

Books: We try to read some of our books on marriage when we get time, but we're not making a lot of progress with those lately.

No wonder we're tired! We're happy, too!