At last

Being married is great. The best part, I think, is not saying goodbye at the end of the day. It's like a great slumber party every night. Not that we've stayed up late this week since work has started back, but it's a slumber party to me nonetheless. We had an incredible wedding and an amazing 2 week honeymoon as well. :) Part of me wishes we could stay in those blissful moments but I know good times are comin too! It's obvious I am a newlywed, but I don't care... I love my husband!!!

Wedding Fast Approaching

Daniel and I are getting married in FOUR days. I cannot believe how quickly time has passed especially since we've been engaged a year. We have looked forward to this for so long and I just hope and pray that the day goes smoothly. My house right now has a hussle-bussle atmosphere with Aaron's graduation, family flying in and all of the preparation for the 24th. There are times when everything seems so nerve racking but most of the time I am beyond exited and just ready to run off with Danny Boy! I am thankful he is so cool and mellow throughout all of this. That helps a lot. :o)

Limbo

I wish I were blogging under better circumstances but my heart aches for Daniel and his dad. His father is in the hospital with pneumonia and is not in such great shape. Along with that, he's frustrated to be in there hooked to the many wires and tubes. Who could blame him??

I know Daniel is a private person...but the weight of the world is on his shoulders and I do this in the sake of prayer and healing. So whoever may come across this, have faith with us.

Teaser

I love snow but snow doesn't love Alabama. :( By the time church was over everything had melted except for a few patches that still lay on my roof. If only we could get snow for more than just one day out of the whole year.

Valentines Day

Daniel and I decided to recreate a meal from one of our favorite restaurants, McGuires, for Valentine's Day. Usually we aren't terrible cooks but this meal was not up to par. I guess it went downhill when we decided to grill our steaks on a pancake griddle and make mashed potatoes without any instruments to mash with. Then someone caught a napkin on fire while trying to clean up the stove. But, oh the memories! We don't even have a dining table so we sat indian style at our homemade coffee table and tried to muster up the strength to eat the food. Even though the food was terrible, I had a pretty cool valentine.

The chef!

Something I dread..

So last weekend Daniel stunk. I say this lovingly. But he realized he hadn't washed his clothes in quite sometime so we decided to try out the neighborhood's laundry mat for the first time which is in walking distance from our new place. We walk in to see several middle aged bachelors who are all awkwardly standing there in silence staring at machines they are using. Occasionally the silence would be broken as one might say, "Bad day to wash clothes, huh?" or "Wonder if this guy would be mad if I pulled his clothes out?" We both would just chuckle in response and then give each other 'the eyes'. Like...let's get out of here as soon as possible eyes.

To our dismay all the machines are taken as we stand there patiently. We sit down and the machines almost lull you to sleep from the constant noise and boredom of waiting. We were so happy when someone would finally come in to remove their clothes. $1.00 to put a load in the washer...we wait..it finishes. The dreadful cycle starts all over again when we realize all the dryers are in use.
When one opens up we shove the clothes in..4 quarters and leave. We come back 40 minutes later and the clothes are still wet. One more dollar. Again we come back 40 minutes later and the clothes are still so damp.

We gave up and when I left that night poor Daniel's underwear, shirts, and socks were hanging all over the place to dry...on curtain rods, chairs, the sofa, the fridge, doorknobs, etc.

I know this is a long blog about absolutely nothing..but that was just plain ridiculous. I will never take my future washing machine/dryer for granted.

Oh happy daaaay

I am so thankful for all the help with this wedding. I've been feeling very spoiled lately as people continue to offer help, provide showers, run errands with me, etc.

I got a lot done with mom this week: ordering flowergirl dresses, buying candles and such, getting together the music list for the band, finalizing the guest list..I'm on a roll!

Anyway, I'm just really excited and truly blessed by all the support.

Our Venue: Madelyn's at the Grove