Archive > July 2011

i’m gettin’ married

yes, dear world of readers, it’s been decided. and since i know you’ve all been wondering i thought i would quickly tell you a bit of delightful information.
in 82 days i’ll be living a magical dream.
that’s right, on october 15, 2011 i’ll be married.  a mrs.  forever living life beside another.

and i am so ridiculously [...]

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i got my answer

last night’s meltdown?  i know you’re all wondering what it was about.  the whole time i told myself i was being completely silly — who gets so upset simply because they have not yet found a reception venue?  apparently i do.  two weeks of looking and i felt defeated.  so i called crying.
the words he [...]

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welcome to reality

i dialed his number with red puffy eyes and a slight “hiccupy” rhythm to my breathing.
that’s right, my future husband received a phone call this early evening that started with, “i’m a mess.”  i wasn’t a pretty picture — trying to get those three words out in a rather high and squeaky voice with tears [...]

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best

somebody pinch me so i know this is real.  a wedding dress was purchased today.  MY wedding dress.  a beautiful dress for a ridiculously good price.
and now i sit with freshly painted toenails (it’s the little things in life, okay?) browsing online for chandeliers and pendants.  wait — what happened?  didn’t i used to make [...]

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a HOUSE into a home

tonight i had a grand revelation: not only am i planning a wedding but there’s also an entire house that i’ll be making into a home.  has there ever been a more overwhelmingly exciting thought?  i’m almost more happy about that than trying to put together the day of my dreams.  but wow, where do [...]

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a complete beauty

did i mention the exquisite gift i received in the midst of all this?  my josiah boy gave me a beauty that i’ll wear for the rest of my days.

i’m the most loved girl.

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i want you to know

once upon a time i drove down to the Great Big Apple with my very favorite person in the world.

and my two other favorites, daddy & mumsie.

we stood on jersey’s shore and looked at the most magnificent skyline.

we attended church with a boy we love so much, lunched with many friends old and new, and [...]

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him & her.

sunday afternoon lunch in the city pre-proposal.

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best thing

sometimes the very best things in life come as a complete surprise, when you least expect them, when you’re not even looking for them.  that happened to me three months ago exactly.  it’s when i first read an email from a boy who i had never met but somehow recognized his last name.  he told [...]

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vacation here we come!

IT’S HERE! IT’S HERE!  well, it’s almost here.  tomorrow starts my annual family vacation (and wow i had hair back then.  remind me why i chopped it off?).  i left my office today and knew that i wouldn’t be back to the”real world” for 9 whole days.  the feeling you get when realizing that is… [...]

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