@downtoearth - Yup, waiting for the official ice out on the lake! We (D, fiance, & I) were supposed to be driving up today to a bakery in one of the towns on the lake for wedding pie tasting, but with this nasty weather, it will have to be postponed. H has been making snippy comments about how pie isn’t traditional for a wedding, how will we ever figure out how many of what kinds of pie we need, cake is easier, etc. I finally told him he doesn’t need to participate in the tasting. Honestly, what a grump!
Report from B’s doctor appointment yesterday was so-so. He got some tubes out, which is good. The biopsy report on the lymph nodes showed cancer in 2 of the 40, so he’ll have to have chemo. Bummer. Although he was told recovery would be fairly long, SIL said he didn’t believe it. I guess the reality is settling in.
Pie is a family favorite in my extended family either. When I was looking for a genetic history, I asked my aunt if we has an Ashkenazi Jews in the family since we have many relatives from Germany. She said I don’t think think so because we don’t have any pie recipes. My h is a traditionalist. too.
Has your brother CBB? It is hard to wrap yourself around your expectations and what actually happens. 2 nodes isn’t bad though. I had drains in and just hated them, many people say that. Once they were out I felt much better.
All the weddings so exciting. Our good friends daughter is getting married the end of the month. It is exciting.
Still sick with 101 temp. Doc thinks the flu. He tool a test but did not have the rapid. Doesn’t matter same treatment. Trying not to panic.
I love love love pie! I need to make it more often. H brings home these grocery store pies from the clearance cart and they are so bad that I’m not tempted to eat them.
DTE, please feel better soon!
Sending vibes for healing and endurance.
I had a great Women’s Final Four weekend with older D. The Miss. State/UConn game was one for the ages. We were exhausted from stress by the time the game ended.
Both of my daughters are so delightful…when they are not with each other!
I LOVE fruit pies! I would rather have pie than cake. D2 also had oreos and milk at her reception as they are her H’s favorite. Whatever makes them happy is perfect. I so admire brides and grooms who personalize their weddings. H was just asked to officiate another wedding this summer. It will be at a park in Minneapolis. We are friends of the bride and her family. The park where it will be held is “green” and a zero waste facility. I am so excited to see how they put their personal stamp on the day!
Ice out for us was just last Thursday. Unusally early. Hoping we can get the dock in soon. I know we will have snow again.
So, as the weekend went, D and her fiancé drove up to NH yesterday to do the pie tasting. I/we couldn’t go since I had a meeting – ironically a meeting of the Camp Committee for the family camp where the wedding is. ANYWAY, they brought back pie for H and I to taste. Really good! Now trying to decide if they should have 3 or 4 varieties. Apple (D’s favorite) and lemon meringue (fiance’s favorite) are definites. We also tried chocolate mousse and blueberry. We were thinking maybe just the chocolate for variety, instead of also having the blueberry, so 2 fruit pies. Opinions?? (There’s also an ice cream sundae bar that comes with the dinner package.)
Apple pie and ice cream…yummmmmmm! Send the bus please!!! I have too many favorites… strawberry rhubarb, cherry, triple berry, raspberry for fruit pies and pecan pie for non fruit. H loves French Silk! I don’t think you could go wrong with any type of pie!
Do all of you still do Easter baskets for your grown kiddos? I was thinking of stopping since they are married and have their own homes but then I change my mind. D1 and her H are diabetic so I don’t want to put sweets in a basket and D2 and her H are so incredibly healthy that they don’t eat anything with added sugar. I did order the Target Beauty Box for each of the girls but don’t know what to get the guys. Is it time to stop until grandkids are around?
MILs was okay. She did purchase a new bed for the spare room - basically like sleeping on the floor it’s so firm. No give what so ever and the pillows were like pancakes so came home yesterday with very little sleep.
On the way home D contacted us in tears. The venue that she had picked is no longer doing weddings. So we are now trying to quickly (6 months out) find a new venue and who knows how much of what we have already done will need to change. Ugh! I thought we were in good shape and now this! So we are deep in to trying to find another venue now. Not what I needed.
Pie sounds nice - I’m in to binge eating at the moment so I’ll take 2 pies for myself - not pieces but whole pies please.
NM I still do Easter baskets. I do one for each couple and then the grandkids get theirs as well. Just something I"m into.
DTE - get better!
CBBBlinker - hope your B feels better shortly; good thoughts for him.
Well off to do some more googling to see what else might be available. Ugh!!!
Oh, no, RM! Hope you are able to find another venue quickly.
I have not done Easter baskets for years - kids were never home in college for Easter, and I decided it was not cost-effective to send Easter candy since I’d probably spend more $ in shipping than for the candy.
CBB, I love pie. Much prefer it to cake. I think having apple, lemon meringue, and chocolate would be a nice variety.
DTE, hope you are feeling better.
I have been here in Edinburgh, Scotland for a week for work. D joined me for the first five days and we celebrated her birthday, but she had to return home and was back at work today. Really enjoyed sight-seeing this past weekend. I fly home on Thursday.
That’s terrible the venue didn’t lt you know sooner, RM. Keeping my fingers crossed that you find a new place soon.
I like both pie and cake and I love the idea of having pie at a wedding.
Like c_q I have not done Easter baskets since the kids lived at home. They really don’t want a lot of candy at this point. D’s birthday is a few days before and she sent us a “wish list” complete with links. Mostly clothes/shoes etc.
We were in NYC this weekend with both kids though they stayed at D’s place in Brooklyn and H and I had a hotel room in Manhattan. It was nice to see everyone and I always like being in the city. Now back in reality and it is a very busy time at work with quarter end.
Oh @RochesterMom, that’s horrible! Don’t they have some sort of contractual obligation? In your shoes I would not be at all calm!! Sending all the good vibes for finding another venue.
I’ve mentioned D’s choice of having pie at the wedding to a number of people – including all of you. Everyone thinks it’s such a great idea. Honestly, sometimes H is just such a grump!
So interesting you brought up Easter Baskets, @NorthMinnesota. It’s hard enough to fill Christmas stockings these days… D & S don’t need the candy; future SIL doesn’t like chocolate; I’m always stumped to come up with ideas; etc. So, I had been thinking of calling it quits this year, too. Although, I may just give them a package of Peeps for old times sake – both D & S love them and I think they’re among the most obnoxious things ever; it’s become a family joke.
I’m into STRESS eating currently… I"m sure you can relate.
Long story short it appears that the guy didn’t follow all the town permits etc. So they were shutdown. Now I did go through old town meeting minutes on line and this has been going on since last Oct so I’m very UPSET that they didn’t let u know sooner.
Jumping to some good news we did see a venue yesterday that seemed nice. Waiting to see if the caterer and the cupcake lady are good with the new venue. More to come. I think if they are we will sign. It’s actually a bit cheaper and we get the venue from Friday morning until Sunday afternoon to setup and cleanup. More work of course for me and they don’t do much it’s just the setting but it is a lovely barn and lots of acreage. Hoping to hear from the caterer this morning and that things will work out… If not I was able to find 2 other places that have openings for that day - one is terribly difficult typically to get into but the people who booked it just changed the date of their wedding so timing is everything. The place is an garden venue with a tent so that would work out and there are inside bathrooms. The other place is inside near the caterer. The caterer pointed us there. Not really what D wants but is an option if we are out of others. I will say that the places I’m currently working with are wonderful and understand that I’m still reeling from the news this weekend.
More to come but in just 36 hours I think I’ve made progress…
RM, so glad things are looking up. We hear stories like that frequently on the local news…bridal shops where the brides go to pick up their dresses and the landlord has locked them out, caterers that go out of business with no warning at all, etc. Stressful!!!
DTE, congratulations. You deserve a lot of credit. Sorry to hear that you are not feeling well.
ShawD is really enjoying her job. Very well-run primary care clinics. They gave her a staff of 3 (she had never had one). They are giving him a fair amount of mentoring and have been very complimentary about how good she is. They are giving her her own panels of patients. They told her that her job is to think and that there are other people to handle things that don’t require thinking (e.g., nurse who handles PAP smears, nurse who handles registered substances, etc.).She is finding it challenging and rewarding.
She is working 7:30 to 5 or 5:30 M-Th and has the long weekend off. She met a young man at Rosh Hashanah services in Boston a few months before she moved out to Western Mass. Now she is driving in every weekend to see him (now explicitly the BF) and her friends and isn’t making a life there. Potential problem if they break up. Last weekend they visited his cousins in Martha’s Vineyard. This week he asked her to go to Vermont to visit his aunt.
We are packing to leave CA. It is perfect weather. Nice view of Mount Tamalpais over the water and boats from my home office. I wish we were staying longer (or even full-time).
I am stress eating today after watching the news. A sarin attack!?!?! I was horrified watching the video of babies and children who had died from this dreadul attack. I refuse to feel hopeless and am looking to see what an average person like me can do. Surely we can do something to save these children.
Thanks NM - VP of Engineering stopped over today to apologize but he said he isn’t sure who I’m going to report to either. Oh well – It’s your organization - I don’t understand why you don’t know what to do with me but whatever…
I really have more important things to deal with right now like a venue for the wedding. Hoping to close on that today. We’ll see…
Shaw - Reorg was announced. I still don’t understand where I fall and well I don’t think they do either. So depending on how you look at it currently I either have no bosses or 2 bosses. I think it will eventually all work out but it baffles me that they had no idea that I should be thought about. Mind you I have the largest staff so all my staff are asking questions as well.
Well we have a venue for the wedding!!! My stress level is slowly dropping. It’s a barn venue. Very large. More than enough space for our medium sized wedding. I’m crafty so I think I can see a lot of potential with the site. So far caterer, cup cake bakery, and DJ are fine with the change. Caterer and Venue discussed all needs based on our menu selections yesterday so we are all okay there. I’ve sent a message to the florist. We will definitely need more flowers as the other place had flower beds – this is more stark. I can’t imagine that she will not want to work with us and the flowers that we have picked so far (wildflower bouquets) will go great with the barn theme. Biggest hit will probably be the limo service. I’ll need to contact them and see if we can figure something out. If not I can contact another service.
D has the action to talk to the photographer and the officiant.
