We should have checked with the church first before we set the date… But there’s a conflict so we decided to change it. The NEW wedding date is:
July 29th, 2006
Location: Near Atlanta, GA
I hope that doesn’t change anyone’s plans. :-) Only 158 days!
(P.S. Any pianists out there interested in playing for our wedding? Let me know!)
In case you can’t tell what’s going on in the picture, I am very happy to announce that Paul and I are engaged! This is something we have been looking forward to and praying about for a long time, and we are both thrilled. Paul called my dad on Saturday morning, and received my parents’ blessing, as well as his parents’ blessing. (For those who know our background, you will know what a joy it is to have both sets of parents approve!)
I’m afraid there isn’t a story to tell (if you want a proposal story, you can read this), but I think our whole relationship is a story. :-) That will be my pleasure to tell later, once we get our wedding website designed, up, and running. We are doing it backwards – setting the date, getting engaged, and then Paul proposing (when he gets to Atlanta – we’re not big fans of a FedExed ring). Oh well, who says you have to be traditional? He will be joining me in Atlanta on March 26th – so exciting!!
The wedding date is set for Saturday, August 5th, 2006 (only 166 more days!), and everyone is invited! Make sure you save the date. :-) We would love for all of our friends to be here with us for this special event.
Thank you, and good night!
EDIT: The date has been changed to July 29th, 2006
I have nothing interesting to say, especially after Becky’s exciting news, so I will do a little survey (from Nichole). :-)
1. Have you ever been searched by the cops? No, unless you count the standard bomb-searching procedure we ran into all the time in Peru.
2. Do you close your eyes on rollercoasters? I can’t stand roller coasters.
3. Don’t know what happened to this one.
4. Would you rather sleep with someone else, or alone? Right now, alone. I’m used to having the double bed all to myself and I move a lot during my sleep. Once I’m married I’ll probably change my mind. Oh, I like sleeping with my cats, does that count?
5. Do you believe in Ghosts? I believe in the supernatural, but not in dead people who haven’t “crossed over”
6. Do you consider yourself creative? Probably, but I’m more right-brained than a lot of graphic designers. I have a hard time coming up with original ideas.
7. Do you think O.J. killed his wife? Oh gosh, I was like 12 when that happened. I have no clue. I think this question dates the person who came up with this survey. ;-)
8. Who do you want to become president in ’08? To be honest, I don’t even know who’s running.
9. Can you honestly say you know anything about politics? Not as much as I should.
10. Do you know how to play poker? Yep.
11. Have you ever been awake for 48 hours straight? I’ve pulled two all-nighters in a row a few times. Once was right before my friend Beth’s wedding. I fell asleep at the rehearsal dinner. :-)
12. Do you kill bugs that are in the house? Well if I don’t the cats will.
13. Have you ever cheated on a test? Once in 7th grade. I got caught and felt instant remorse. It was a Bible test, too. I was bad.
14. If you’re driving in the middle of the night, & no ones around…do you go through red lights? I can’t bring myself to do that, but at Taylor I used to go through stop signs sometimes on my way home to Fairlane.
15. Do you have a secret that no one knows but you? If I do, it’s nothing important. I pretty much tell everything to Paul.
16. Boston Red Sox or New York Yankees? Anyone but the Yankees.
17. Have you ever Ice Skated? Yes; my favorite is Paul teaching me to ice skate. *smile*
18. How often do you remember your dreams? Most nights.
19. When was the last time you laughed so hard you were crying? A few nights ago my cat was cracking me up and I laughed for 10 minutes straight. It felt good.
20. Can you name 5 songs by The Beatles? I probably would recognize them if I heard them…
22. Do you believe in love at first sight? I think it’s more attraction at first sight (or lust at first sight).
23. How many times have you been in love? Just once… not counting silly high school crushes.
24. Do you always wear your seatbelt? Yes.
25. What talent do you wish you had? Hmm I wish I had more self discipline. Is that a talent?
26. Do you like Sushi? Not really. I can’t get past the texture.
27. Have you ever narrowly avoided a fatal accident? I don’t think so, but I don’t know how many times my “guardian angel” rescues me without my knowledge. *smile*
28. What do you wear to bed? Sweat pants and a T-shirt. In the summers I usually trade the shirt for a sports bra.
30. Do you like President Bush? Let’s not go here.
31. Do you truly hate anyone? I don’t think so, but there are definitely people who make me angry when thinking about them.
32. Do you give money to homeless people? Not directly; I was taught that too often they use the money for drugs so it’s better to give to an organization or give them clothes and food instead of just straight money.
33. If you could sleep with one famous person, who would it be? Didn’t I say I like to sleep alone? Oh, you mean THAT kind of sleep…
34. Have you ever gotten a stranger’s phone number or gave them yours? Once my friend and I got a stranger’s number, but it’s was because we were gringas (American) and he was trying to hit on us. My friend called him, too, but nothing ever came of it.
35. Do you appreciate poetry? Sometimes. Probably not as much as I should.
36. Do you know how to play chess? Yes but I’m HORRIBLE.
37. What food do you find disgusting? Mustard. Ick.
38. Did you ever play, “I’ll show you mine, if you show me yours”? You know, I didn’t even get this question at first. I’m thankful for my innocent childhood.
39. When’s the last time you were onstage? I guess you could call the Christmas cantata on “stage”… or every week singing from the choir loft.
40. How was your day today? I’m exhausted. But it was a gorgeous day.
41. Have you ever been punched in the face? Once accidentally when I was 12. This boy jumped out and scared me. I felt really bad.
42. When is the last time you threw up from drinking too much? Never.
43. Have you ever walked out on a movie at the theater? Not that I can remember.
44. What’s your favorite kind of juice? Anything with berries.
45. Do you have any addictions? Right now I’m addicted to the internet – blogs and forums. I need to learn to do it at home and not while I’m at work.
46. Are you a romantic? Do you like to date romantics? I think I can be, and so can Paul.
47. Have you ever been stood up? All the time by the youth group in high school. I was very happy to graduate and leave.
48. Who’s the last person you hugged? Oh gosh I don’t even know the last time I hugged someone. Probably my family at Christmas.
49. What are you currently reading? My Bible. I’m “between books”.
50. Tag five people to do this survey! Whoever wants to do it. :-)
You know those days when you wake up and suddenly realize that *Spring* is here? Today was one of those days. When I went home for lunch, I just felt like singing! I even saw buds on the tree by my apartment! The sun was shining, it was warm outside, and my hair was curly (a sure sign that warm weather is on its way). I opened the door to my porch and ate lunch outside. The cats joined me, but they were more interested in the birds chirping. I really love living in the woods like this. It has its drawbacks (i.e. can’t get television without cable), but it’s very nice. I live less than 4 miles from the perimeter of Atlanta but you wouldn’t be able to tell that from looking at my apartment complex. :-)
I also found out some very good news at work. Postive feedback always makes me want to work extra hard. :-)
I told Paul that I think the reason why I’ve been struggling so much at work is because I’m a person of change. If you think about it, I’ve never done one thing for a year before in my life. In school, we always have semesters and breaks, and when I was in college I would move between Orlando and Indiana during those breaks. I’ve been at the same 40-hr/week job for almost a year now, and I’m getting slightly bored. I realized that I would work a lot better if I could get a laptop and go sit outside on the grass and work on stuff. So I think I need to find a way to change things enough to keep me from getting stuck in a rut. Perhaps I could rearrange the furniture in my office, or I could hang things from the walls (that’s a novel idea. It looks like I just moved in right now.) I’d love to get curtains for the window in my office, but that’s probably too much work.
I had a horrible headache this afternoon and I took off my glasses and worked like that for a while and my headache went away! I was happy. I haven’t had a headache in a long time, which is a good. For a while there, I was taking my Excedrin Migraine every other day (which is bad for your body, or so I’ve read).
In general I’m in a pretty good mood. :-) Today would also be my Grandmother’s birthday. She passed away in 2001 from Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. I never really knew her that well, which makes me a little sad. That’s one disadvantage of going overseas – missing out on grandparents. I do have one memory that sticks out in my mind… My grandmother had a heart for the blind, and she would work hard translating books into Braille for blind students. Once my parents went out of town, and my grandparents came to stay with us. I was in 1st grade at the time, and we were talking about Braille in school. My grandmother came to school and taught my class all about Braille. We took index cards and dried halves of peas and made our own Braille cards. I remember being really proud that she was MY grandmother. My grandparents were featured on the news many years later for their work with the blind. I thought that was pretty cool. :-)
So I’ve been trying to figure out what to write for a Valentine’s Day post. Maybe I’ll figure it out while I’m writing. :-)
I stayed late at work today, by about 1/2 hour. I am glad I stayed late because flowers were delivered to my office! It made me smile hugely because Paul had gotten a bouquet with my newest obsession, Peruvian Lilies. He’s wonderful. :-) I missed him a lot today, I don’t know if it was because of Valentine’s Day, or if it was just normal-missing-Paul. I was feeling very down, and decided to take a break from work. I read Nichole’s blog and saw this picture. It totally made my day! Is that silly? Oh well, for me, a new picture of him is a luxury. :-) Anyways, Paul was soo kind and called me during lunch and encouraged me. In typical female fashion, my mood went from down in the dumps to riding on clouds… Ah well.
I don’t have much to say. There has been a lot on my mind recently; I’ve been finding it really hard to concentrate. Most of it is related to Paul moving to Atlanta and so many questions about our future. Paul and I have been praying a lot for God’s guidance… I wish things could be clearer…
Nothing Valentine’s Day-related is coming to me. So I shall end this post now. Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone!
