The Devil's in the Details

Wow.  We are 8 days out.  Holy cow.  That is about all I can say.  It's been an interesting few days, yet productive in unexpected ways.

We spent yesterday in the hospital with Mike's family - his dad, Jack, had triple bypass surgery and a valve replacement.  He cam out of a very successful surgery, and is now on the long road to recovery.  It was a long day, but everyone let out a big sigh of relief seeing him, and then hearing him talk for a bit last night.  Today, he should be going over to a chair and sitting up, and tomorrow walking!  Apparently they want him to not be laying around, but instead be up and moving around.  Clearly, he won't be running a marathon any time soon, but he will be just fine before we all know it!  Be sure to send some positive thoughts his way!

The surgery took about 6+ hours, which left a lot of time for us in the waiting room.  I brought lots for us to do; games, cards, reading, DS, and of course, origami.  Mike and I started when we got there, which was around 8:30.  We got them all finished, and now have our good luck 1,000 cranes!  We also bought some extra because our floral plans have changed (Jack was our florist!) and so we added a few punches of beautiful Japanese prints to the mix!

We learned this stacking technique from Auntie Fran

Now all of the origami is finished we can turn our attention to other places!  I finished about 80% of the centerpiece labels last week, but need Mike to print out the cards that will go inside.  I had to buy one more package of escort cards, and have to emboss them and then I can start writing names!  Then, we have to put bows on bubbles, pack for the honeymoon, keep up on thank yous, find something for cards,  make all of the floral centerpieces, and that is about it!  Phew!  It's actually  not that much, as I have been ticking away at it all for a long time.  Oh, and Mike and I would really like to make a scrapbook for the rehearsal dinner walking through this wonderful process!

I also had my final FINAL dress fitting yesterday.  The bust is still a bit loose (must have lost a bit more weight...even though I really wasn't trying - you should have seen my plate on the 4th of July!) but it is going to have to work because, w e only have nine days!  It is off to be pressed and steamed and then I pick it up one week from tomorrow when it will move into my mom's hotel room until Saturday!