Ever since I was in high school, I've pretty much felt that marriage was not something important to me.  Commitment, yes, but not a ceremony.  In my mind, getting married was stupid.  Most marriages end in divorce, so why bother going through the expense of it all?  Common law was the way to go, because my verbal vow to be faithful and his vow to ( Read more... )

I've now had TWO different people tell me that I need to make sure to write down all the things that are going on right now.  They both said "you're going to want to remember every detail of these occasions."  And they're right.

I knew the engagement was coming.  We chose the engagement ring around Thanksgiving and over Christmas, I got him to ( Read more... )

I think this weekend wins as the best I've had in a long time.

It started with the Hallowedding.  One of his co-workers decided to have a Halloween wedding, which I thought was a pretty cool idea.  They rented the opera house in Grand Ledge.  It was a beautiful day, and after the outdoor ceremony, we headed inside the opera house for the reception ( Read more... )

Happy Halloween!


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I played hooky last week. In the middle of the day, I had an email from a coworker: "Wait until you hear the political discussion that took place with fourth grade." Being that it is election season, I immediately knew what it was.   Unfortunately, it wasn't the first time I have run into this issue...

The next day, I went to school and talked to my ( Read more... )

Brett and I took a drive out to the cider mill yesterday and I FINALLY managed to snap a Couple's Shot of the two of us.


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Happy birthday, cuz!


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Just now.

My ears are bleeding.

A commercial.

"It'll fill your heart with Christmas...."

I thought we were DONE with this.

Just please don't show that creepy little girl in your ads when you sing "bringing someone that you love!"

ugh.

Lately, Brett and I have been doing a lot of talking about the future. Apparently, he has the engagement all planned out and, because he knows I'll say yes, he's going to have fun with it. I think that that is fantastic - I'm not at all about doing things seriously.

I'm learning a lot about myself in the process. I've always thought of myself as ( Read more... )

Don't forget that tomorrow is "International Talk Like a Pirate Day!"

Here's something fun:

My pirate name is:
Dirty Bess Flint
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