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February 22, 2006
Every Little Things She Does Is Magic
Mi Mama has the magic touch. After weeks and weeks of painting and home improvement, she put her house on the market on Saturday morning. The realtor held open houses on Saturday and Sunday with a fantastic turn out. On Monday Mi Mama met with the realtor to discover she had FOUR offers on the table. FOUR! She has accepted one and (if all goes well) they have a settlement date set in March. Crazy, no?
Meanwhile, no she does not have a new house to move into. The hunt continues. The majority of her stuff will go into storage and she will camp out in our basement until she finds the right place to buy.
Makes me wish I had painted the basement before now.
Quote of the Day:
I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do any thing. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more.
Dorothy Parker
February 19, 2006
Mark It Off The List!
I struck at the heart of the wedding to do list this weekend and cast down tow major items!
Yesterday Gma H and I went shoe shopping. We searched DSW top to bottom to find a pretty pair of wedding shoes that wouldn't kill my fat hooves. No Dice. I was not discouraged though. A quick trip to Payless solved my problem. I bought not one, but two pairs of shoes for the low low price of $17.85! I picked out one with a mid height heel (I really can't to truly high heels) and low slipper stlye. I will covered rain or shine. Whoo Hoo!
Today, Flounder and I went down to the Dulles Expo Center to check out the jewelry show. Such success we had. We purchased both Flounders yellow gold wedding band and my white gold and diamond band. We are both thrilled with our choices and you can't help but be pleased with jewelry show prices.
Tomorrow we have another pre-wedding milestone. Mi Mama and I going to pick up my wedding dress and veil. O dear, this wedding really is getting close.
Quote of the Day:
In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again. We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless. That is the luxury of the wedding ring.
Enid Bagnold
February 17, 2006
Everything Is Changed
Forgive me if I have been belaboring this topic. It is really starting to hit that I am entering a very new phase of my life. As I mentioned previously, Mi Mama is putting her house on the market this weekend. She has really be working her ass off to get the house in shape to sell. She is selling this house without having a new house to move into. Mi Mama -- the Nomad. This very exciting for her. While this is happening Micah is apartment hunting with some friends since he has nogotiated for a living wage and full-time hours at his job (which he loves). Yay for Micah! Our little boy is not so little and more and is really taking care of business. I couldn't be more proud. Our family dog Bailey took a turn for the worse (Cushings disease, bladder tumors) and Mi Mama had to have her put down yesterday. Very sad for every one. Bailey's passing has really brought home to me how much my family is changing.
The town where I spent my teen and early adult years is no longer my second home base. Micah is an independant adult. Mi Mama is envisioning a home where I know I will always have a place, but where I don't have a history. And all the while I am getting married in May. My family is on the move.
Which takes me to a slightly related topic. There are lots of people around me who are just as excited about our marriage I am. A lot of the time they will say things like "You're getting married!." Which I have been hearing as "You're throwing a wedding!". This is true! We are throwing party with the marriage ceremony attached. For many months I have been very focused of the wedding part and less focused on the marriage part. Don't get me wrong, I am not suddenly freaking out that I am "settling down." Instead I am trying to focus on the pre-marital counseling and long-term planning. You know, life after May 27th.
All of this blather boils down a whirling-dervish of change and I am in the middle of it.
Quote of the Day:
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Norman Vincent Peale
February 13, 2006
Flaked
The amazing snow fall kept Flounder and I from driving up toe Philadelphia as we original planned this weekend. Instead we celebrated his birthday rather quietly at home and watched the snow. In the end we had a blanket of 8-10" around our home and a solid 14" on top of my car. We got a solid workout clearing the snow away from the house and cars. Otherwise we were quite sluggish and watched enough TV to totally rot our brains.
A Cherry Blossom Update:
This snippet was taken from the official National Cherry Blossom website:
Relax! The Yoshino cherry blossom trees are not yet in bloom. Click here to read a detailed explanation on the variety of cherry blossom trees that are in bloom and how they are not indicative of the blooming period for the cherry blossom trees around the Tidal Basin.
Not enough info for you? Check out the Peak Bloom page maintained by the National Park service.
Posted by La at 11:21 AM | Comments (1)February 6, 2006
Freak Of Nature
Weather Blogging has to be an even more boring blog subject than the much maligned Cat Blogging, but bear with me for a moment:
I am not at all liking this mild winter weather. Cherry blossoms are blooming in DC, and more than a few bulb flowers have began to emerge for the earth. In fact I noticed a handfull of snowdrops in full bloom in a garden along the path of my commute this morning. What is the world coming to? Song birds and woodpeckers are making as much racket in the morning as if it were June. I just hope we don't have a dreary Spring because Winter has been so frostless.
End Rant
My weekend was perfectly productive and I couldn't be happier. I accomplished all I set out to do, with the help of Flounder.Signe was also a great help when she came over for a few hours on Saturday and helped me make another batch of Blackberry preserves. There were plenty of other tasks completed as well, including completeing my taxes, giving the main floor of the house a good scrub and doing some homework. I am feeling quite on top of things.
Quote of the Day:
“Dear Lord,
be good to me...
The sea is so wide
and my boat is so small.”
Irish Fisherman's Prayer
February 4, 2006
Happiness Is...
A clean kitchen. Such order! Such serenity! So many possibilities to creatively mess it up again.
I just started to write a diatribe on the bad wrap domestic bliss is getting these days and I stopped because I realized something. There is no such thing as domestic bliss. I think one can find happiness in domestic pursuites but that isn't the end of the story. I just wished people could each make the choice that worked best for us and stop pressuring one another.
I am getting married, and I am looking down the road to having kids, because that is what I want -- not because I feel the need to fulfill a social norm. I would like to stay home with my children if it is financially possible. But again that is me. I want to have a great adventure with my husband before the kids hit the scene. My ambitions aren't grand things, but they are mine and I cherish the freedom I enjoy to have them. Where am I headed with this? I want to go on record saying that support each individuals right to seek the best route to happiness for them as long as it includes the right to request we each adopt the maxim "first do no harm." Live and let live I say.
Quote of the Day:
Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become the conscience of the free market if it's to have any meaning in this world - and stop being its apologist.
Bono
February 1, 2006
Putting It Together
I will not be sharring the detailed goings on from our pre-matiral counseling sessions. I will however say that we had a very constructive meeting and I think we both really got a lot out of it. I expected it to be a little uncomfortable to deal with Pastor RBT, but I was wrong. Having back ground information on him as a person really lent credibility to his advice and opinions about adulthood, parenthood and marriage. I am very happy with our choice. Yay!
The current issue I am freaking out over: What song should I walk down the aisle to? Here is the background. We have asked my Godmother's Husband to play the accustic guitar in our wedding ceremony. I need to talk to him about what he will play when Flounder and I walk down the aisle. His musical background is rather rock/folk so I thought we could go with something that played to his strengths. But what? WHAT? I am wracking my brain.
What else is going on? I am making another batch of jam this Saturday. Flounder and I are meeting his parents for lunch on Sunday in celebration of Flounder's upcoming birthday. Also on tap is some very exciting cleaning and organizing. Seriously though, for the first time in several weeks I feel like I have managed my time well enough so that I can construtively use my time with weekend. Bring it on!
Quote of the Day:
"Never judge a book by its movie."
J. W. Eagan
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