Monday, Feb 6, 2012

It's already Feb. and I'm still trying to get stuff done that needed to be finished in Jan. But I guess that's just the way it goes. Christen's shower is this Saturday! I wish I could say I felt good about where I am in the "getting stuff done" for it, but I'm not. I have made progress, but I'm sure Thurs and Fri will be spent doing nothing but shower stuff, that just seems to be the way I do things anymore. I am making these tissue paper pom poms that are so cute to hang from the ceiling. Melissa Andrus showed me how to make them a different way than I found on the internet and I love them. I'm doing white and different colors of pink. I'm also making different sizes to change it up a little and some small ones to put on the serving and eating tables. I think I'm going to try to come up with a couple of games just to have something else to do besides the quilt to tie. It should be fun. At least the food is assigned and taken care of..all I have to do is get some pink lemonade and the meat/cheese tray. I suppose I should shop for my gift at some point as well.
I have made no progress in finding a dress for the wedding. I have gone a couple of times to look, but it's still all winter colors so I have found nothing. I have also looked at some patterns since mom offered to help me sew something if I couldn't find anything to buy. I have had better luck finding patterns of dresses I like than actual dresses, so we'll see. Christen and I are going shopping on Wed. to see if we can find anything now that it's Feb. Hopefully the shops are starting to put out their spring clothes.
It also had worked out nicely to have Spencer and Christen go through the temple at the same time. They are going through Tues, the 14th! I can't think of a better way to spend Valentine's day! We are doing the 7 PM session, so we have to be there at 5:30. I'm not quite sure what to do with Trevor...maybe we'll leave him at Mom and Dad's house. But I'm glad that it worked out this way for Dad's sake. He is getting better and has managed to stay all 3 hours for church and he went through a temple session, so I'm hoping he will feel better enough to come.
Dad's radiation has stopped now as well as his chemo. He is still pretty sick and tired all the time, but he is improving. He's lost 45 pounds, but has kept his hair. His taste is still gone, but he is eating more each day. We haven't heard any news as far as whether or not his tests are clean yet. I'm not sure when those will come. He has an appointment Wed, so we'll see what they say. Here's to hoping for good news.