Back from a terrific week at Camp Dreamcatcher, and another four stimulating days at an HIV prevention conference in Atlanta. In the last two weeks I've used nearly every piece of luggage I own, and two days after my return they are still scattered around the house, semi-unpacked. Tomorrow will involve sleeping in, watching ridiculous amounts of TV, grocery shopping, looking after our neighbor's cats, and unpacking. Nothing else. The more being a shlub I can pull off, the better.

This pic is of me and Adam at the big dance last Wednesday. The dance is a Very Big Deal at camp, and my girls were talking dates and outfits and drama from the moment of their arrival. Adam and I agreed to be each other's dates, but then he didn't even ask me to dance. And there were multiple slow songs, plenty of opportunity!

In fact, the little boy who took this picture of us did ask me to dance. And not only did he ask me to dance, he privately told Adam that he was going to steal me away from him. Ahem. Well, the kid was a good dancer, but Adam is much taller. And he treats me right. :)

Aaaannnnnd we're back! I must post my collection of wedding-themed comics, and cross items off the To Do List! Thankfully, only one more work trip scheduled before the wedding, which means that I am now all wedding, all the time. Heaven help us.

Drat! I finally picked out Adam's wedding band -- I learned his size and exacting preferences, identified a suitable vendor, thought of just what I wanted to engrave on the inside -- aaaaaannnnnddd..... if I bought the ring today, it would arrive while we were on vacation and no one would be around to sign for it. Guess I'll order it when we're back from camp, and I'll post about our rings then.

In the meantime, enjoy this image from Silhouette Masterpiece Theatre. I love this guy's works!

Here are a few items from a great blog called Indexed...

Clever... but only if you watch the whole thing...

So things have been super busy lately, making posting a little more difficult. As I said last week, the wedding To Do list is frightening. We do have a few new developments though -- we booked our photographer (the uber talented JJ Tiziou), ordered a cake topper, my wedding dress arrived to Adam's parents' house, and we figured out our non-numeric table identification system. Now all that is left is everything else!

We're beginning to get RSVPs, which is quite exciting -- it's hard to believe that the wedding is only two months away! The online survey form we created has some short answer questions, and it's been great reading our guests' responses -- which have ranged from touching, to amusing, to downright scandalous. Adam is working on a slide show for the cocktail hour, and the original plan had been to interweave the responses in with the pictures... clearly, this plan may need amending (for the record, we love our friends and their twisted minds).

Here are our goals/activities for the next week:

1. Pick out and order Adam's wedding ring
2. Finalize wedding vows, and order Quaker-style wedding certificate
3. Frederick, MD outing: Check out a couple Frederick-area wineries for the wedding weekend, purchase some Brewer's Alley beer to taste-test, try a new restaurant, and give the caterer her deposit.

Current thought: Wow, it's really all happening!