monday's memory: mr & mrs, a year later

so a year and a week ago, we were getting married.
weird

and then last week on monday, we had been married a year
even weirder

when people have asked me how married life is this past year 

(and there have been a LOT of those people asking that question)

i always have said "i finally feel normal. like this is how it's supposed to be."

and that may not be a glowing recommendation of marriage

or the warm fuzzy newlywed right thing to say

but this us? this is RIGHT. 

i have no other ways to say it
except to repeat a few of the words i said to anthony the day of our wedding as we exchanged vows

"I think my deepest joy on this day

Is that from now on…

I get to experience LIFE with you"

and i love this life we share :-)

our actual anniversary: zoo, buying books for each other, yummy dinner

and cutting into the top layer of our still-amazing-tasting wedding cake :-)

monday's memory: april 366

366 project
my life in pictures, april

thursday's ten: the oops, i forgot editio

well, the time change happened, much to my dismay.

i have been a little off-kilter since sunday. we will blame it on the time change at least ;-)

so at approximately 8.29 am, i realized that i forgot to write today's thursdays ten.

oops.

so today is easy :-) please join me and catch me up on your lives! today is ten things that are going on for you right now, ten things you've done this week, or ten upcoming things that you're excited about :-)

i am choosing the first topic: ten things about my life at this moment. in complete and total randomness!



(1) we have been married over a month! in some ways that doesn't seem possible...but in other ways i think i feel more "right" than i ever have in my life. :-)
(2) we are finishing up this week cleaning out grandpas house (where i lived the months between foreclosure and marriage). there's really not that much left to do, which is why we've been putting it off. ha!
(3) i got back from the honeymoon to find out that the office i had been working 10 hours/week in was asking me to work more hours. this was a huge blessing and gift from God...fulfilling my hearts desire. i now have 24 in-office hours and 5 at home hours per week. yep, my hours tripled!
(4) if i haven't mentioned what i actually DO there, the basic rundown is that it's a non-profit online university that literally gives away (to international students and prisoners in the US) a religious studies degree to those who wouldnt ordinarily be able to afford it. i work in student services/registrar most of those hours, but i also get the privilege of grading prisoners work.
(much more about that in another post!)
(5) i hate colder weather, but i do so love dressing in layers and wearing cute scarves and boots. i guess that keeps me sane this time of year?
(6) if i never have to hear the handy manny toolbox toy that baby g plays with again i will be so happy.
(7) next weeks list will be ten things from pinterest i have actually completed! i would LOVE to see lists from those of you who are similarly addicted... :-)
(8) i love children's books and definitely want to get a couple for the kids i nanny for as part of their christmas. do you have any recommendations? (they are 3 and 1)
(9) we have found a church that we LOVE. it's nearly an hour from our house. i have lots of time to apply my makeup and clip each weeks coupons though...
(10) about a month ago, i told A that i was taking him on an "adventure" this saturday--a one day trip out of state. he finally decided this past sunday night that he wanted to know what it was. so we played a (very long) guessing game until he got it. he's really excited about it, and i can't wait to share with you what it is! it's small...but it's one of those little things i can do for him that'll make him happy :-)

(look for a post on it saturday...and i will post pictures next week)

that's not all that's going on, but it covers some serious ground! what about you??

hey, it's ok (tuesday) 11.1

hey, it's ok

...to be in shock at the fact that it's november.  n.o.v.e.m.b.e.r. people!
...to love the fact that baby g sleeps longer in the mornings now.  i get a whole hour to myself most tuesdays and thursdays!  this means i can 'nap', play online, or catch up on a show...love.
...to be hopeful that the eye appointment i have in a couple of weeks will show that my eye is improving.  i'd rather not have to wear one day contacts for years.  they are expensive!
...to not be sure whether the harvard sweatshirt i'm wearing is mine or my husbands.  i don't remember having it, but it was on my side of the closet.  the fact that it's an xl though likely means it's not mine.
...to be thankful the family i nanny for has finally turned the heat on consistently.  i was a bit tired of frozen appendages!
...to still bump up their heat a bit because apparently i'm a bit (lot) more cold natured than they are
...to be craving candy corn pretty much all the time from september through november
...to not know where to begin in showing you wedding photos and telling the story.  what do you think?
...to feel the itch to create.  i need to make some jewelry or something, stat.
...to feel a huge sense of accomplishment that your google reader is ALMOST caught up. woo-hoo!
...to feel like this is a lame/boring list.  um...sorry?

(go visit amber for the original!)

it's a great day to update my work wardrobe (cheaply)

on this lazy saturday i slept later

and lounged for hours catching up on my dvr

while my husband watched the end game of the world series upstairs

(he's actually in inning 3 at the moment.

whatever you do...

do NOT tell him what happens!)

(i already know)

in about an hour

natasha and mandy are coming for lunch

and then we will head super target

because i have very little clothing that i am currently loving for work

and there's 50% and 75% off racks at target

i can build something from that :-)

after that, natasha and i are going to the 1.50 theater

(conveniently about 2 miles from my house)

and we'll watch crazy stupid love

and then we'll come back to the house

where we will cook dinner for the guys my husband will be playing poker with

just a normal saturday, really

but at the end of the day

when everyone else leaves

anthony doesn't have to 

:D

it's been 3 weeks...

and i'm LOVING it.

have a wonderful weekend everyone!

it's a great day to reappear

if i posted a wordle today it would look very much like my last post
because that was 2 weeks ago!

i cannot believe that i've been married for 2 weeks
it's been wonderful
in some ways feels longer than 2 weeks
in others, shorter

i get to share life with the most wonderful man...forever.  it's amazing, terrifying, wonderful and crazy all at once.  :-)

i'll post a few pictures and then sign off for the weekend, but i promise i'll give you details soon...in stages.  no overwhelming posts!

during the ceremony -- it was the perfect weather, perfect day.  which i kept telling people would happen -- Papa and i had an agreement! :D

individual pics

after THE kiss

our photographer was amazing.  you'll see as i post all the details of the day...seriously!

 my girls and i (minus one who fell sick the day before :( )

 the guys -- one take wonders here!

 us with our crazy wacky wonderful wedding party

and ONE of my favorites of the two of us

have a wonderful weekend!