As of today, 48 days left!
I don't know where the time has gone since July of last year. I did work a LOT last summer, but the months have simply flown by. In 2 weeks I'll be moving into the apartment that will be our first home together, then it's only 5 weeks until the wedding! Plus, the week after I move in, Mike graduates with his Master's degree in Electrical Engineering. I couldn't be happier, couldn't be prouder.
On another note, we've been taking lindy hop classes and having a BLAST with that. We have an all-day intensive workshop coming up next weekend that I am REALLY looking forward to. It should add a lot to our repertoire, and give us a lot more polish to the stuff we already know.
Finally, a little treat- you can take a peek at our engagement photo session here:
http://www.ganderproofs.com/store/picturesNew.asp?event=SK100240088
Monday, April 14, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
WeddingTop 3 FAQ
1. "How are the wedding plans coming?" Invariably, this is the question I hear from friends I haven't seen for some time. What's odd is that it's an even more common question from complete strangers. I have just about perfected the monologue:
"Well, when Mike proposed he had a month before he was headed back to school for the last semester of his graduate program. He mentioned that he was more than happy to help with all the planning so I didn't have to do everything, so we jumped into it right away. By the time class started for him 3 weeks later, we had nearly everything planned."
The most common response: "WOW! You guys are really on top of it!" The segue may not seem clear, but I assure you they're related:
2. "Now it's time for all the last-minute details!" I can assure you that while I'm certainly aware that there are things that will have to happen in the next 3 months, there are not THAT many details to be taken care of. In fact, there are not that many details I'm concerned with at ALL. As a matter of fact, that leads me directly to the next question:
3. "You must really be getting stressed now." Why must I? Having considered the previous two questions, what is there to be stressed about? It's not as if all of a sudden one day we decided to get married and have that to be nervous about. We'd spent a year and half dating nd ultimately discussing in great detail our faith, our plans, our values, our futures- not to mention the hours praying and surrounding ourselves with people who share those values and helped us grow our relationship to what it is today.
Culturally, it must seem odd that I'm not nervous in the least, but it's funny how that can happen when you're in a Christ-centered, loving and monogomous relationship. Is that redundant considering I started the description with "Christ-centered? As far as last minute details, I've recruited a dear friend to play "day-of-coordinator" because my plans for that day are as follows:
1. Wake up
2. Get Married
3. Celebrate with people that are JUST ABOUT as excited as we are about our marriage- note: marriage, not just wedding
4. Enjoy my new husband (Take from that what you will. I'm entitled to anticipate that as we begin our life together!)
"Well, when Mike proposed he had a month before he was headed back to school for the last semester of his graduate program. He mentioned that he was more than happy to help with all the planning so I didn't have to do everything, so we jumped into it right away. By the time class started for him 3 weeks later, we had nearly everything planned."
The most common response: "WOW! You guys are really on top of it!" The segue may not seem clear, but I assure you they're related:
2. "Now it's time for all the last-minute details!" I can assure you that while I'm certainly aware that there are things that will have to happen in the next 3 months, there are not THAT many details to be taken care of. In fact, there are not that many details I'm concerned with at ALL. As a matter of fact, that leads me directly to the next question:
3. "You must really be getting stressed now." Why must I? Having considered the previous two questions, what is there to be stressed about? It's not as if all of a sudden one day we decided to get married and have that to be nervous about. We'd spent a year and half dating nd ultimately discussing in great detail our faith, our plans, our values, our futures- not to mention the hours praying and surrounding ourselves with people who share those values and helped us grow our relationship to what it is today.
Culturally, it must seem odd that I'm not nervous in the least, but it's funny how that can happen when you're in a Christ-centered, loving and monogomous relationship. Is that redundant considering I started the description with "Christ-centered? As far as last minute details, I've recruited a dear friend to play "day-of-coordinator" because my plans for that day are as follows:
1. Wake up
2. Get Married
3. Celebrate with people that are JUST ABOUT as excited as we are about our marriage- note: marriage, not just wedding
4. Enjoy my new husband (Take from that what you will. I'm entitled to anticipate that as we begin our life together!)
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Not a Weimer... YET.
I know what you're thinking- I'm not a Weimer. My response to that? "YET." I knew I wanted to start a blog again, and there's really no point starting a new one in 8 months when my name changes. 8 months! Some days that seems like it's a million years away because I just can't wait, and other days it seems like time is just FLYING by because of how busy I am.
Come mid-October, life will slow considerably since I'll no longer be working weekends. I'm really looking forward to that- I have learned a valuable lesson that my friend Dora summed up very well, "There's a reason God told us to keep the Sabbath." I am really beginning to believe that. I think that our bodies were designed in such a way that our circadian rhythms are attuned to having two days of general rest.
Even if you're like most of us who really don't get to "rest" all that much on the weekends because of other household chores and errands, the effect of not being on your "regular" work routine those two days is more calming and relaxing than you'd realize. Before you question this, you need to have experienced the seven-day work week for a prolonged amount of time. I am absolutely convinced that even if you are very busy on the weekend, the power of mostly having control over your choice of activities during that time is what constitutes a two-day "break".
With all this relaxation talk, surprisingly, you make more Monday-Morning fatigue for yourself if you sleep in on the weekends than if you get up at your regular time- check it out: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Neurology/APSS/tb/3586
Now that you're in the know, look forward to your weekend!
Come mid-October, life will slow considerably since I'll no longer be working weekends. I'm really looking forward to that- I have learned a valuable lesson that my friend Dora summed up very well, "There's a reason God told us to keep the Sabbath." I am really beginning to believe that. I think that our bodies were designed in such a way that our circadian rhythms are attuned to having two days of general rest.
Even if you're like most of us who really don't get to "rest" all that much on the weekends because of other household chores and errands, the effect of not being on your "regular" work routine those two days is more calming and relaxing than you'd realize. Before you question this, you need to have experienced the seven-day work week for a prolonged amount of time. I am absolutely convinced that even if you are very busy on the weekend, the power of mostly having control over your choice of activities during that time is what constitutes a two-day "break".
With all this relaxation talk, surprisingly, you make more Monday-Morning fatigue for yourself if you sleep in on the weekends than if you get up at your regular time- check it out: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Neurology/APSS/tb/3586
Now that you're in the know, look forward to your weekend!
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