Wedding work frolic planned; sister promises eggs to help make wedding noodles
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Cleaning house for Susan’s wedding, Eichers save worst bedroom for last . . .
We are wrapping up the month of June. The year 2016 is now already halfway done. Amazing how time seems to go faster and faster. The wedding for Mose and Susan is only five weeks away. It’s getting too close way too fast for me!
We still want to make noodles for the wedding, and there … Continue Reading ››
On Lovina’s birthday, another summer wedding gets “published”!
It is 6:42 a.m. and our three youngest just left with the bus for another day at school. They are counting the days left of this term. Eight and one-half days left! I still have a hard time getting used to the bus coming this early. All the years our children went to school the … Continue Reading ››
Plant garden, clean and work on cookbook: all in a spring day’s work for Lovina
We are having really nice weather this week. The garden dried up and we were able to plant some onions, lettuce and radishes. I need to go get some sweet onions and peas to plant this week. Spring is such a lovely time of the year! Dandelion blossoms are popping up, making the greens too … Continue Reading ››
Lovina’s daughter offers glimpse of a week in the life of an Amish teen
Hello! This is Lovina’s 17-year-old daughter, Verena. I decided to help Mom out since she is busy sewing Loretta’s dress for Friday. Mom sewed hers yesterday. She will be a cook and Loretta is a babysitter at Aden and Ruth’s wedding. I gathered the laundry for tomorrow, as I’ll be washing the laundry alone since … Continue Reading ››
Lovina’s friend Ruth provides additional background on Amish wedding
Editor’s Note: Lovina Eicher is on vacation. Guest columnist Ruth Boss, an “English” friend of Lovina’s, shares her perspective on the wedding of Tim and Elizabeth from her ringside seat as a “gopher” leading up to the wedding August 14.
August 7. One week until the big … Continue Reading ››
August 7. One week until the big … Continue Reading ›› Elizabeth’s wedding day brings sacred vows and 1,000 meals served
The wedding day of Timothy and daughter Elizabeth (August 14) is now past. We had a few sprinkles of rain early in the morning and then nice weather the rest of the day. After everything was over and cleaned up, we had a thunderstorm and more than an inch of rain. We were thankful that … Continue Reading ››
Lovina’s prayers of blessing for her daughter on the eve of the wedding
It is a hot and humid Sunday afternoon. My husband, Joe, and I and our four youngest children are the only ones home this afternoon. Everyone is taking naps. It would be nice to take one too, but I need to get another column written before next week.
Church services were held at our neighbors Joas … Continue Reading ››
Lovina’s diary, one week and two days before wedding!
For this week I’m going to write a daily diary for August 5.
3:15 a.m. Time to get up and pack my husband Joe’s lunch. For his lunch he wants bread slices, sliced tomatoes fresh from the garden, and mayonnaise. I also put frozen peaches, some cheese … Continue Reading ›› Noodle making, cleaning and fixing up fill the weeks before the wedding
This is already Thursday and it’s time I get this column written. Today, July 30, is nephew Steven’s eighth birthday so happy birthday wishes go to him!
It seems like the days are flying by. Tomorrow in two weeks is the wedding for Timothy and daughter Elizabeth. I ordered 350 pounds of chicken this morning … Continue Reading ››
