Happy Bday to Me!

Sorry for the radio silence, folks! It's been a pretty busy week. Hm... let's recap the camping in Tahoe. We went to Emerald Bay with Tom and Debbie. It was a really nice weekend to go. The weather was absolutely perfect, we got to eat a lot of smores, and saw lots of stars. On Saturday, we went on a hike that was very nice. I think that I need to get some hiking boots. (Not that I do a lot of hiking...) But I really don't like using my cross trainers to go. I like them clean. I know- they are for working out. That tells you how often they get used... Anyway, they got very dusty and dirty.

The campsite was very nice with showers and bathrooms. I thought that was pretty luxurious for camping. I was pretty annoyed though when I had to wait 20 minutes for the bathrooms because someone was drying their hair with a hairdryer in the bathroom. (hello- we're camping!) However, that was not the worst offense. The worst offense I heard was that these teenagers were using flat irons. ??? Does that sound absurd to anyone else? I am not really complaining- it's just more amusing than anything else. Otherwise, we had a great time.

Last week, we spent a LOT of time working on the invitations. I've been having invitation making parties with some of the ladies and made a discovery this week. The optimal number of people working on invitations is 3. We had 5 people and someone was always waiting for someone else to finish something. Michelle and Corinne had to leave early, so Nikki, Edwin, and I worked for a few hours and were able to crank out at least 50 complete invites! I'm just happy to see some finished product. We still have to address them and put stamps on them, but they are ready to go! Edwin and I spent most of the week trying to prepare for this invitation making party by creating and printing out the inserts and invites. I was up to until 2 or 3AM all week. Not fun. But I'm just happy that part is over. I expect that we'll start sending out invites in the next 2 weeks. At least, that's my goal.

This weekend was also my birthday. 31- according to nikki, that means that I am officially a thirty-something. I thought that that I got that classification when I turned 30 last year. Remember that TV show in the 80s called thirtysomething? You know, the one with Michael and Hope? I always thought that they were so old. It doesn't really feel so old anymore... According to Steve, this is the second anniversary of my 29th birthday. It's funny, I think that I felt older last year than I do now. So I guess that old adage may be true, you are only as old as you feel. To celebrate, Edwin took me to a French restaurant called Clementine. The service was very good and my favorite was the duck. I had the scallops with lobster risotto which was also good, but the scallops were a little chewy and I couldn't taste any lobster in the risotto. They also gave us little meringue cookies which were very tasty. Edwin liked the dessert which was like french toast on crack with hazelnut ice cream. Way too sweet for me, but for a sweet tooth like Edwin, he loved it. I would definitely go back. We also went to karaoke last night. As usual, a lot of fun.

I also got my reception dress on Saturday. In Cantonese, it's called a cheung sam and in Mandarin I believe it's qi pao. I've tried on a lot of these dresses and I found this dress about a month ago with Matilde, but went back and got it because I felt like I had done enough research to decide. It's going to need some alterations. Most of these dresses are now made in Vietnam and it seems that they have some pretty different body proportions over there. The smaller one I tried on fit me perfectly in the hips, but the bust was way too tight. So I ended up having to get a bigger size so I am totally swimming in the bodice, but at least the bust fits. I'm told that it's better to get a size too big and take it in than trying to let things out. So, I have to have it taken in. Anyone know a good seamstress in the Bay Area? Shoot- it's 2AM again. Gotta get to bed. Good night!