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There are 17 days left until daughter Lovina and Daniel’s wedding day. Although we are getting a lot accomplished, there is still a lot to be done. I sewed my dress, cape and apron and also daughter Verena’s for the wedding.

I still have Lovina’s wedding dress to sew. It keeps getting pushed off to another day. Today, sisters Verena and Emma; nieces Elizabeth and Emma and Crystal; and daughters Elizabeth, Susan and Loretta are all planning to come help.



I have a list of things to do. We will make more noodles for the wedding. I need around 40 pounds, and we already made half of that another day.

We also need to make rhubarb juice to put in cans for future use. I have strawberries here that need to be put into jam for the wedding as well. And then we will wash more windows if we have time.

On Saturday, daughters Elizabeth and Susan cleaned the living room and dining room windows and washed the screens. The basement and back porch windows need to be cleaned yet and the bathroom and kitchen windows. Our house has over 40 windows, so it takes time to clean all of them.

Last night, daughter Verena’s special friend Daniel Ray went with her to pick up her new glasses at the eye doctor. After they were back, Daniel Ray and Verena cleaned half of the windows in the pole barn where we plan to have wedding services. Last Saturday, the men in our family — my husband Joe; sons Benjamin and Joseph; sons-in-law Tim, Ervin, and Dustin; and special friends Daniel, Daniel Ray, and Cl.

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