i have great ideas in the shower...maybe not great but a lot of ideas at least. bws and i have arranged thursday playdates and today is my day to pick. i originally thought we could go see one of those new movies that our significant others would not be interested in but it is beautiful outside...71 degrees is the high today and it is november! you really cant let that go to waste! we may just end up on some sidewalk cafe...not a bad date! i have had the last three mornings off! and have been very busy doing household things...laundry, piling things up...but also a few crafty things for the wedding. i worked on luminaria to put out on the sidewalk at the entrance of the reception, a remembrance candle, the food menu and other decorating ideas. i feel like i have gotten a lot accomplished!

in other news i am reading the book "encyclopedia of an ordinary life" by amy krouse rosenthal and it is wonderful. she is an author from chicago and has written this book just like an encyclopedia with short entries like catch, coffeehouses, bozo circus. it makes me giggle a lot and the references to chicago specific things makes it even more fun! i highly recommend it!