Patriotic & Kindred Spirits

We've been to 3 BBQs in the last 4 weeks. That's a lot of eating. I keep telling myself that I have to fit into a dress in 3 months, but with the food just sitting there in front of me, it's just hard to say no. The SF symphony orchestra was very enjoyable. Brought back memories of Blossom in Cleveland and Ravinia in Chicago. Except without the mosquitos. The music was great and they showed movie clips while they played. It ended with some great fireworks accompanied by some patriotic favorites.

Last night, I was up until 4AM. I had no intentions of staying up that late, but I found this hilarious blog and I couldn't stop reading. Basically, this woman is like me- Chinese American trying to plan a wedding this year, but lives in NYC. She's going through a lot of the same things with wedding planning, but I think that she must be able to type a lot faster than I can because she writes in excrutiating detail about the things that she is working on. She had me in stitches because of the amount of labor she is putting into her invitations. I laugh maniacally because I am not doing the exact same thing, but close enough and wondering if anyone else will realize how much labor we are putting in. She also wants her wedding to be unique with some Chinese tradition thrown in. She's gone to 3 different ribbon stores- I've been to more, but it makes me feel a little less crazy for doing so. It's taken so much effort that spending $65 on 75 yards of ribbon is actually sounding good to me. Check her out if you feel like reading about someone else's wedding instead of ours (http://bigfatchinesewedding.blogspot.com) I almost feel like a kindred spirit because she also talks about the battle with the belly bulge and not having enough time for her other projects like knitting.