The Reception

The reception was beautiful, as was the bride. My friend's son looked very handsome, and his mom (Virginia) knocked my eyes out  she was so pretty yesterday. Really, movie-star pretty! She said, "I clean up pretty good, don't I?"
I had duck a l'orange for dinner and Mike had shrimp and salmon. My duck was delicious, something I'd  never make at home.
Mike and I were glad there were plenty of slow songs to dance to, as we don't do the fast thing. I used to, but now I just feel clutzy. They invited all the married couples on the floor at one point and asked people to leave according to how long they were married. Of course, Alec and Jenn left first. Finally, it was down to four couples and the host was counting into the twenties. Mike and I were one of the four, and the other three couples were at least in their 70s, or older! The host kept looking at us as he was calling out numbers and I kept shaking my head at him. Finally, he skipped from 30 to 32, and I told him, "31 years." He made everyone clap for us. I think the long-lasting couple on the floor was married 47 years! Good for them. They got a bouquet.

Speaking of flowers, we did a 'pass the buck' game for the centerpiece. Virginia's mom won, but she let me have the arrangement. They had to go back to Oregon in a few days, so there would be no carrying a heavy vase and flowers. Here it is, making this today's '366 pic':

A friend visits

My good friend Virginia came by for a visit today. Her son is getting married and she was down here for the bridal shower. (I couldn't go because of work.) She had a lot of leftover food, so she brought it over and we enjoyed a delicious dinner of baked ziti, meatballs, a vegetable-cheese-pasta dish and salad. Plus really good garlic cheese bread and Italian bread. I'm sure my points went through the roof.
She had a light come on in her car so Mike used the diagnostic tool the kids got him for Christmas to figure it out. It is the first time he really got to use it since none of our cars have given us trouble lately (knock on wood!) so Mike had fun with it. Then he looked up on line what the reading meant:

Once he found out what the code meant, he called Erick, who explained what it was all about. Mostly, he reassured Virginia she could make the two-hour drive home safely.
We talked about a lot of things (especially weddings), and when Michael came over he and Virginia and I played a game of Scrabble. Katherine came by for dinner, too. I had Mike take a picture of me and Virginia:

All in all, it was a wonderful day with a very good old friend (not that she's old)!