Cleaning out the clutter has begun. Plus removing personal belongings and extra pieces of furniture. We are putting the house on the market - hopefully early to mid May and have to get it ready. We went to UHaul to buy boxes. So, today the CDs and DVDs got packed away as well as some cookbooks. The boxes of stuff to get rid of grows and the garage is beginning to look like a storage unit. Wall pictures have been moved and personal pictures need to be put away. Furniture will need to be rearranged. I think we're going to be busy for the next few weeks.
The Wedding Weekend
Wedding weekend at last! Mom and Carolyn arrived on Wednesday - Joy and Dan, Anna and Daniel arrived on Thursday afternoon - John and Lee, Ellen and Harry arrived Friday morning. Good to have the whole family here. Just as the rehearsal started on Thursday a big rain storm came through Oak Park - with a little microburst - trees down, thunder and lightning - rehearsal started a little late. Dinner was at Skrine Chops in Forest Park - in their party room upstairs - turned out very nice, plenty to eat and all went well - there were probably 30 people there. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. I think we threw a pretty good party! The wedding was wonderful. Many people said it was the most fun they had had at a wedding. Sasha was a beautiful bride - John was a beaming groom. The weather cooperated turn - we stood outside and greeted friends, and took pictures before the ceremony. The ceremony was nice - and included two Mexican...