Of Honeymoons and Vests

The best part of the wedding was the honeymoon [well not really, but DAMN it was nice to have a week off with no cell phones or computers, and lots of wine and beach].



The new hubby and I headed down to Coronado on a little "pre-honeymoon" right after the wedding. [Our big trip is next January, when we go to Italy and Greece, but that is for another post].



We stayed at the Loews Hotel, which I can't recommend strongly enough, and generally did a whole lot of nothing except eating, drinking, and lounging (which included a bottle of wine and YUMMY food on a Wednesday at 2pm for no good reason, other than just because we COULD)



Most of our planned activities, like whale watching and the Cays Gondola ride, got rained out, but it didn't really matter to us.

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I knit like a maniac during this trip, which was nice because I hadn't been able to knit a stitch in a couple weeks. I pretty much knocked the entire Back-to-School vest on that patio.


Day 1

and when I got home, I had this:


Day 10 - Click for larger

No blocking yet, but overall I am pretty happy with it. I love the shaping at the bust, it's perfect for my body type ["busty"]. I used Knit Picks Wool of the Andes in Maple Leaf, 4 skeins, and size 7 needles. Raveled here.

Terror

Matt and I like terrorizing our dog, apparently.

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Sweater updates soon:

2.5.2008

Gawd, where has the time gone?

First and foremost, a very heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone for sending the good vibes our way through this entire process. From our engagement, to my mushy-sappy posts, to talk about flowers and cake. I really do appriciate it. And I apologize that I never responded to any of your comments (looking at you, Eca!) - I plead wedding-induced amnesia!!

I want to do a nice post about the entire day, but I am still sorting through mounds of photos and it just seems a bit too overwhelming right now. I will get to it soon - I promise :)



It's been quite a crash landing back into reality, after having like 16 days off in a row and you know, experiencing one of the biggest days of my life. I have been knitting like CRAZY. In the days leading up the wedding I tried, I really did, but my fingers just wouldn't budge. But the minute we hit the road for the honeymoon, I was off and running. I've almost finished two sweaters in 3 weeks (nevermind that one is knit on size 10s). Matt is finally getting a handknit sweater too, but more about that later on.

I leave you with one gem from the wedding: My new brother-in-law's speech. Between him and my sister, I laughed so hard my ribs hurt. The best part is if you fast forward it to about 1:50 left, and listen for "Everything Matt's done....."