September 7th will be our 55th wedding anniversary, another milestone. It seems like just yesterday I posted about our 50th and the celebration trip to London, Paris, Maine, and Nova Scotia. Time flies. I'm sure that when I was young there were more than 7 days in a week.
No trip for us this time. We decided to redo the kitchen instead. Nothing really major; no wall moving! It all started with a discussion about the need for a new sink. You know how that goes -- "Well, we might as well do this, this, and this!!" We'll see how far our budget takes us. I see a lot of 'take-out'/ 'going-out to eat' in my future. Does anybody figure that expense into a kitchen redo? Maybe we should have planned another trip to Europe.
Back to the anniversary. I was looking for a picture of our wedding that I haven't already shown you, and came across this 'going-away' picture.
I spent more time picking out this outfit than I did picking out the wedding dress (hanging in the background, never to be worn again). Where did I think we were going away to? A hat and gloves?? -- remember it was the 1950s! No honeymoon for us as we had to immediately get back to school and new jobs. We left the reception at about 5:30, and headed to Pueblo, an hour away.
We planned to stop for dinner before heading north on our way to school. Upon arriving at the restaurant, I immediately went to the restroom to empty the rice from my clothes as it was really uncomfortable. I loosened my waistband, and the rice poured out. The little old ladies that were powdering their noses in the restroom got a kick out of my antics. I received a lot of matronly advice, a couple of hugs and best wishes from these friendly strangers. In the meantime, Bob was sitting at the table alone probably thinking I had bolted from the marriage for sure. I was gone in that restroom for a REALLY long time!
I've been thinking about that going-away brown wool suit lately. It's sealed up in the attic somewhere. You know how I love to find wool clothes at the thrift store, deconstruct them, and use them in my sewing projects. That suit is a lovely shade of brown - ummmmm. It's safe from my scissors for now, as I recently found four nice wool skirts at four different thrift stores for a total of less than $10 for all four.
Well, since I don't have to cook dinner, guess I'll hide away in my sewing room away from the dust and destruction of the kitchen, and try to finish a couple of wool projects.
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| Wool project #1 (in process) |
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| Wool Project #2 (in process) |
And here is the very beginning of the kitchen redo -- first thing, that curvy board over the sink is out of here. New cupboard doors are being made; new moldings on the soffit are going up; choices have been ordered for counter tops, etc.; paint chips abound! Mess will only increase, I'm sure.
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