Well.
It's that time of year again, though instead of like last year where it was just weddings, now it's babies and weddings.
Dear friends are getting married. Also, dear friends are having their first baby! Such an odd spot Hubby and I are in at our age, I suppose. Our friends are either getting married or having kids. Whee! Makes for a not boring summer, I suppose.
On that note, cue beginning of wedding season for the next few weeks. We're off this afternoon (in half an hour, actually) for a wedding (yay!). We won't be back till Sunday sometime.
So, ta for now. Hope you have a lovely weekend, and enjoy this fun season!
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Remember the Little Things
I need to remember the little things in life (Well, "little").
Like the way my (our) cat curls up against me in the morning purring and content to just cuddle.
The way my friends and I laugh and giggle together.
The way wild flowers make any room brighter.
The carefreeness of a child playing in a park.
The way Hubby looks when I catch him staring at me.
The way Hubby rolls over and pulls me closer, even in his sleep.
The way we both refuse to get up on weekends and are content to just cuddle under covers.
The way he smirks at me.
How much we've both grown and matured together.
How much we've become better together than we were apart.
How much better Life is together, than what it was without each other.
How one moment can change your Life forever.
The comforting and secure feeling whenever I see/feel the rings around my fingers.
How right it feels when his hand envelops mine.
How confident I am in myself, now, because of the freedom I have with Hubby.
The way we can look at each other and know what the other one wants/needs/is thinking.
It's the little things I tend to forget and neglect...when they are some of the most important things in Life.
Like the way my (our) cat curls up against me in the morning purring and content to just cuddle.
The way my friends and I laugh and giggle together.
The way wild flowers make any room brighter.
The carefreeness of a child playing in a park.
The way Hubby looks when I catch him staring at me.
The way Hubby rolls over and pulls me closer, even in his sleep.
The way we both refuse to get up on weekends and are content to just cuddle under covers.
The way he smirks at me.
How much we've both grown and matured together.
How much we've become better together than we were apart.
How much better Life is together, than what it was without each other.
How one moment can change your Life forever.
The comforting and secure feeling whenever I see/feel the rings around my fingers.
How right it feels when his hand envelops mine.
How confident I am in myself, now, because of the freedom I have with Hubby.
The way we can look at each other and know what the other one wants/needs/is thinking.
It's the little things I tend to forget and neglect...when they are some of the most important things in Life.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Bridal Shower! (And Visiting Friends)
Well, we had a crazy fun busy weekend. Saturday after my bike ride(last one! Yay!), we drove down to San Diego area to visit two dear friends. Hubby and Il Duce went up to his parents' property to go shooting, which they had a blast doing (no pun intended!). While the boys were off being boys, Lush and I went off to visit my dear friend who's on mandatory bedrest for the next five weeks. Apparently little baby wants to come way earlier than intended. We spent a good two-three hours just talking and laughing and keeping her company. She looked incredibly more cheerful when we left than when we arrived.
After that, we went back, met the boys for dinner and then crashed. (By this time it was 3AM). Then got up the next morning, talked a bit longer than intended (but isn't that always the case?) and headed back towards home.
Sunday afternoon was the Bridal Shower for a dear friendd we had planned. The theme was a Mad Hatter Tea Party "time" shower. Everyone got a little card in their invitations that said "Please bring a gift that would be useful between 1 and 2am" and so on. Thus ensuring the variety of the gifts that would happen. I was not in charge of decorating (MoB was), so when I arrived and walked in, I was sooo excited to see how amazing everything turned out. The food arrived soon after, and it all came together wonderfully. Another friend (not a part of the Bridal Party) came and helped us get tea all sorted (Thank goodness!).
Around 2:30, guests started arriving as did the huge pile of gifts. Around 3:05, the Bride arrived, blindfolded because she had been kidnapped by Hubby for lunch. MoB had put out a special ring and hat and a cute bottle with "Drink Me" on it out on the porch, so he got that all situated and then led her in. I undid the blindfold and she was sooo excited.
Overall, it went gloriously well and right on time (thankfully!). The food was wonderful. The guests hilarious and awesome. The gifts were varied and very useful (or not so useful). And overall, she was completely excited and overjoyed and happy, which was the whole point. So hooray!
Here are some "Before" pictures I snapped on my phone before I got swamped with hosting duties. Hehe.
If you can't read it, it says: Welcome, Welcome to all foe and woe, welcome to a tea party for the girl and the Bride, SHE has Fallen, Fallen, FALLEN, in love hard long and deep to a wonderful Mad Hatter that wants her as his Queen!
The Girls and the Bride (in the white hat) :)
After that, we went back, met the boys for dinner and then crashed. (By this time it was 3AM). Then got up the next morning, talked a bit longer than intended (but isn't that always the case?) and headed back towards home.
Sunday afternoon was the Bridal Shower for a dear friendd we had planned. The theme was a Mad Hatter Tea Party "time" shower. Everyone got a little card in their invitations that said "Please bring a gift that would be useful between 1 and 2am" and so on. Thus ensuring the variety of the gifts that would happen. I was not in charge of decorating (MoB was), so when I arrived and walked in, I was sooo excited to see how amazing everything turned out. The food arrived soon after, and it all came together wonderfully. Another friend (not a part of the Bridal Party) came and helped us get tea all sorted (Thank goodness!).
Around 2:30, guests started arriving as did the huge pile of gifts. Around 3:05, the Bride arrived, blindfolded because she had been kidnapped by Hubby for lunch. MoB had put out a special ring and hat and a cute bottle with "Drink Me" on it out on the porch, so he got that all situated and then led her in. I undid the blindfold and she was sooo excited.
Overall, it went gloriously well and right on time (thankfully!). The food was wonderful. The guests hilarious and awesome. The gifts were varied and very useful (or not so useful). And overall, she was completely excited and overjoyed and happy, which was the whole point. So hooray!
Here are some "Before" pictures I snapped on my phone before I got swamped with hosting duties. Hehe.
If you can't read it, it says: Welcome, Welcome to all foe and woe, welcome to a tea party for the girl and the Bride, SHE has Fallen, Fallen, FALLEN, in love hard long and deep to a wonderful Mad Hatter that wants her as his Queen!
The Girls and the Bride (in the white hat) :)
Monday, May 10, 2010
You say hello and I say goodbye....
Well, hello there. Yes, I know it's been a while. Almost three weeks. No, don't look at me like that. You know life gets in the way. Fine fine. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to neglect you. Are we good now? Yes? May I continue? Well, thanks.
*****
It's been a really busy stressful last few weeks. I kept meaning to write something on here, but...the inspiration so to speak just never showed up. Things I wanted to write on, I shouldn't (journaled about them instead). And to be perfectly honest, life just hasn't slowed up for me lately.
Celebrated Hubby's birthday on the 30th. That was fun! Went out to Benihana (yes, again) for dinner that night. Then the next day after a bike ride we had a fun BBQ with a bunch of friends over. Then we just relaxed and had some fun on Sunday. He had a full birthday weekend, which was awesome. He got to buy fun things he wanted, I got him some fun things, and overall, he had a great birthday [so he tells me. I think I'll believe him ;-) ]
Hm. I suppose it's not so much been busy, as just things catching up with me and not having time/energy/willpower/wanting to write about them. A lot (if not most!) are things I'm just figuring out and dealing with in my own personhood (is that a word? Blogger says no...hrm).
For instance, this past weekend was Mother's Day (Happy Mother's Day!!! Love to you all!!). Which put in the forefront of my mind all of my dear friends who are expecting their first baby in a few weeks or a few months. And...it was kind of hard. I know what I need to be doing and where I ought to be going, but...I still am feeling very left out and stuck in a place while they're going on their own way and moving forward. It's hard, and very restless for me.
Which leads to the other thing (well, one of the other things) I've been wrestling and struggling with. The feeling that my (our) support group/friend group is slowly dissapaiting (however you spell that!) away. Not maliciously, just...people moving on and away. Which is the way life is, I suppose, but also hurts and is frustrating because I (we, really) am a people-person (while being a bit of an introvert, Figure that one out!), and it's hard to realize that things are moving and changing, and feeling like you're stuck in the same place.
Also probably why I've been feeling so restless and uneasy (in just a not at ease place, not worried about anything) place in my life right now. I feel like there's a big change coming soon for us, that it's going to happen soon, but I don't know what (though I have ideas, but that's a blog for a later time).....like you're poised on the edge of a cliff waiting to jump and knowing you're going to but haven't yet and you're bouncing back and forth on your toes, just barely staying where you are.
That's what I'm feeling like lately, but also with a feeling like my friends have already jumped and for some reason I'm still here at the top, waiting (and anyone who knows me, knows I hate waiting!). Mix that feeling with a sense of loneliness at the moment and it makes for a very restless uneasy frustrated me.
Though as a dear friend pointed out, sometimes that strong of a feeling of restlessness and unease (I really need to find a better word...not unease as in worry. Unease as in just antsy and pacing, almost) of where you're at is God's way of getting you prepared for some Change that is coming, whether you know when or what.
I know that. Still....doesn't make this feeling any easier to deal with.
Though....I suppose that's a welcome to Life and Relationships. Nothing's simple and clear-cut. It's all messy and complicated and convuluted (sp??) and hard to figure out. People who say it's all Simple and Easy are following a Script of living, not really Living. And...I've tried it that other way and it's not worth it. I'd rather be Living, thanks, with all the complications and hardships and frustrations that come with just dealing with other humans. Even if it's hard and I need reminding a lot of times.
C'est la vie.
P.s. Go see Iron Man 2 and stay till the end of the credits!! It was excellently done, and the cast was awesome! I personally think it was a bit better than the first, but that's a lot to do with the plot and characters...instead of the first one just setting it all up (which it did very well).
Also, cannot wait for Inception to come out!! It looks amazing. And I'd see anything done by the Nolan Brothers. Also Robin Hood with Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott. Plus The Last Airbender. There are just so many good movies coming out! w00t!
*****
It's been a really busy stressful last few weeks. I kept meaning to write something on here, but...the inspiration so to speak just never showed up. Things I wanted to write on, I shouldn't (journaled about them instead). And to be perfectly honest, life just hasn't slowed up for me lately.
Celebrated Hubby's birthday on the 30th. That was fun! Went out to Benihana (yes, again) for dinner that night. Then the next day after a bike ride we had a fun BBQ with a bunch of friends over. Then we just relaxed and had some fun on Sunday. He had a full birthday weekend, which was awesome. He got to buy fun things he wanted, I got him some fun things, and overall, he had a great birthday [so he tells me. I think I'll believe him ;-) ]
Hm. I suppose it's not so much been busy, as just things catching up with me and not having time/energy/willpower/wanting to write about them. A lot (if not most!) are things I'm just figuring out and dealing with in my own personhood (is that a word? Blogger says no...hrm).
For instance, this past weekend was Mother's Day (Happy Mother's Day!!! Love to you all!!). Which put in the forefront of my mind all of my dear friends who are expecting their first baby in a few weeks or a few months. And...it was kind of hard. I know what I need to be doing and where I ought to be going, but...I still am feeling very left out and stuck in a place while they're going on their own way and moving forward. It's hard, and very restless for me.
Which leads to the other thing (well, one of the other things) I've been wrestling and struggling with. The feeling that my (our) support group/friend group is slowly dissapaiting (however you spell that!) away. Not maliciously, just...people moving on and away. Which is the way life is, I suppose, but also hurts and is frustrating because I (we, really) am a people-person (while being a bit of an introvert, Figure that one out!), and it's hard to realize that things are moving and changing, and feeling like you're stuck in the same place.
Also probably why I've been feeling so restless and uneasy (in just a not at ease place, not worried about anything) place in my life right now. I feel like there's a big change coming soon for us, that it's going to happen soon, but I don't know what (though I have ideas, but that's a blog for a later time).....like you're poised on the edge of a cliff waiting to jump and knowing you're going to but haven't yet and you're bouncing back and forth on your toes, just barely staying where you are.
That's what I'm feeling like lately, but also with a feeling like my friends have already jumped and for some reason I'm still here at the top, waiting (and anyone who knows me, knows I hate waiting!). Mix that feeling with a sense of loneliness at the moment and it makes for a very restless uneasy frustrated me.
Though as a dear friend pointed out, sometimes that strong of a feeling of restlessness and unease (I really need to find a better word...not unease as in worry. Unease as in just antsy and pacing, almost) of where you're at is God's way of getting you prepared for some Change that is coming, whether you know when or what.
I know that. Still....doesn't make this feeling any easier to deal with.
Though....I suppose that's a welcome to Life and Relationships. Nothing's simple and clear-cut. It's all messy and complicated and convuluted (sp??) and hard to figure out. People who say it's all Simple and Easy are following a Script of living, not really Living. And...I've tried it that other way and it's not worth it. I'd rather be Living, thanks, with all the complications and hardships and frustrations that come with just dealing with other humans. Even if it's hard and I need reminding a lot of times.
C'est la vie.
P.s. Go see Iron Man 2 and stay till the end of the credits!! It was excellently done, and the cast was awesome! I personally think it was a bit better than the first, but that's a lot to do with the plot and characters...instead of the first one just setting it all up (which it did very well).
Also, cannot wait for Inception to come out!! It looks amazing. And I'd see anything done by the Nolan Brothers. Also Robin Hood with Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott. Plus The Last Airbender. There are just so many good movies coming out! w00t!
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