It’s IMPOSSIBLE to land on May 1 and not think of the song from Camelot – the Lusty Month of May (as evidenced by two blog posts in my history referencing the song!). So go ahead, take a minute and have Alexa play it for you or find it on YouTube…
Ok. So I’ll forever think of that and sing it often – in my head and aloud – throughout the month.
Since it’s May, that means it’s TIME FOR A WEDDING! Last March (2016) Marissa got engaged and dreamed of a destination wedding – so here we go! She and Adam are celebrating their marriage on Cinco de Mayo in Cancun! How fun. We are all looking forward to warm weather (upper 80s during the day! 70s at night!), family time (every Grimsrud child and grandchild will be there!), and fiestas galore! I’m hoping I’m not a blubbering fool because it’s going to be a joyous day – so I will do my best not to blubber! I worry about finding words of wisdom or having an eloquent speech, but actually there is lots of life ahead to share wisdom, so I’ll try not to stress about that.
More about the wedding when we get back… it will be a memorable time!
Haven’t done a post in a while, so I’ll just blather on here a bit about what’s been making me happy in these last few months. So much to be thankful for (always!).
- We have been searching – first casually and then more seriously – for a new home. It all started with wanting a gas stove. We tried to see if it would be possible to update the kitchen in our townhome. And then we started dreaming about aspects of our dream homes. Me, I wanted big windows, lots of light, an open floor plan, not too big but big enough to be able to host gatherings. Chris wanted a fabulous bathroom with tile shower and a glass door and granite countertops. We both wanted that elusive gas stove. Well, we found it. It’s just big enough for us but with that open floor plan that will make it fun and possible to host Christmas and Thanksgiving and singalongs and game nights and backyard BBQs. But it’s small enough that we won’t have to spend all our free time taking care of it. It’s just perfect. More on that later, as well! We will close in June, so this summer will be filled with changes!
- Movies – not as many of those lately, but we did get to one movie during the International Film Festival. We saw a Romanian film called Two Lottery Tickets. It was a funny little film. So glad the festival is here in Rochester and so glad that I got to at least one movie.
- Books – I’m on a bit of a reading streak, so that is fun! Book Club is meeting MONTHLY so that helps! Recently we read “The Light Between Oceans,” “Euphoria,” “Big Little Lies” and “Thirty Rooms to Hide In.” Next is “The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat.” I’m also reading “When Breath Becomes Air” for a book club at work. Looking forward to beach book time in Mexico!
- Food – We haven’t been going to as many restaurants because we are cooking at home! We have now tried Marley Spoon, Hello Fresh, and Blue Apron in the past few months. We are going to stick with Marley Spoon, because all the meals were so very tasty, although the most challenging to make, and you have control over the meals you get (unlike Blue Apron) and have an option for 2 meals in a week rather than 3 (unlike either of the other two). We find it hard to cook at home 3 days out of a week and most need to be eaten within that time frame. So we have had some really good food at home recently – today we had a spicy rigatoni with lemon ricotta. Looking forward to cooking on our gas stove in the new house! I do love having the house smell like good food!
- Wedding Wedding Wedding! – There have been showers, bachelorette parties, a USA wedding, too-many-to-count Mother of the Bride dresses tried on and returned, and the various ablutions that come with a fancy to-do. So that has taken up quite a bit of time recently! The day-long mermaid themed bachelorette was an incredible time on a beautiful April day (April 1!). We had mimosas in the morning with a Beyonce drag show, failed an Escape Room in the afternoon, had a patio party at Betty Danger’s in the evening and then went clubbing into the wee hours. Oh my. So fun! Looking forward to more such shenanigans in Mexico!
Be of love (a little) more careful than of anything.
— E. E. Cummings
May you find many things to be happy about in this Lusty Month of May!
