mercy! where to begin? the past few weeks of my life could be called insane. i have:
1. found a wedding dress. after changing my mind a thousand times,
spending endless hours looking at different pictures, discussing
different options (like having it made, making it, buying it,
borrowing, renting, ect.), and so on, i finally found it! and its
perfect! i would put a picture of it up, but my fiancee has access to
this site so that would never do (mel, i'll have to email it to you
;)). but, like i said, its gorgeous and i think it might have
been made for me by an angel. really really.
2. picked out and made (with help from a beloved sister and mom) all of
the bouquets. lots of work but its wonderful to be able to look at them
all and know they are done.
3. found pattern and got material for bridesmaid dresses. and flowergirls (there will be three!). and candlelighters.
4. found centerpieces and decorations for the reception. have i said
how wonderful my mother is? what a wonderful, dear, perfect help and
comfort she is. praise God.
5. moved. this experience consisted of me, with a laundry basket,
walking up and down the stairs of my apartment building from 2 AM until
noon the next day. why, you ask? because i forgot i had to move until
1:30 in the morning on the day i had to be out of my old apartment by
noon (i just moved three floors upstairs, so no packing was really
necessary. yep, just me with a laundry basket, all by myself, filling
it, taking it upstairs and dumping it out on the floor. and cleaning my
old apartment. thankfully two wonderful, strong men came over last
minute to help me with the heavy stuff.) and i had to work at noon that
day, so i ran, literally, all the way to work and got there 11 minutes
late. talk about one of the longest days of my life. and coming home to
an apartment full of enormous mounds of tangled up cords, clothes, cds,
candles, etc, etc, etc, for some reason, to me, at the time, felt
extremely funny. i think i actually laughed in a delerious, crazy kind
of way, and then i stayed up until 1 AM getting things put together
(with help from a wonderful jared). and then i had to get up a 5 AM to
work AGAIN. i am pleased to say i am still alive.
6. getting ready for derek to come home! and he is home! you all know,
of course, how wonderful, wonderful, wonderful this is. but yes - there
were many preparations involved. surprise parties, cleaning
houses and such.
7. getting two new jobs. clovers, the local health food store, and
taking care of three adorable children. oh, but i will miss the artisan
sooo much! it is so hard to leave! but i will still be making
cheescakes there, so there is that at least. aww... but once you work
at the artisan, you never
really leave (or at least thats what they tell me).
....and there is still so much left to do. too much to write now at
least. i'll have to really sit down and make out a list - this time
before i do it all ;).
Comments (12)
Ashley! so funny about your move in a laundary basket! I'm amazed. Many people would have given up, called the landlord to buy more time, whine and buy more time. Whether that would've worked for "many people" or not is another story, but good moving all by yourself in the middle of the night!
and good to see another to do/has been done list :) (and welcome home derek! and NO i will not forward you the picture of Ashley's wedding dress!)
and your mother and sister sound wonderful, and it seems they are wonderful wedding planning assets.
MOST importantly about this comment is that I just bought Flannery O'Connor's complete collection of short stories. $16, there are 32 of them. I'm going to read the enduring chill tonight (lord willing) and the rest will take me across oceans, on planes, in coffeeshops, etc. maybe they will even last long enough to use them on my 30 minute lunchbreaks when I start work!
there! now i've given you one of the long posts you've been missing. and everyone else can read it, too, because it's available to the whole wide world. (email coming soon that will not be available to the www.) :)
I am very happy that you and D are again together. And that plans for your wedding are going so well. That is very joyful and good news.
I miss all of you. I am very lonely. The only person I have is Ryan and it is hard. I miss my friends. I really do. At the same time, I know it was hard there, too. I want to break free & draw very close to the Lord. It is hard. It really is. Ever since I "quit Christianity", faith is not my gift. I have to work for my faith. I do want to feel the simple joy of belonging and feeling at home. Sometimes life is such a struggle.
Hi there!
1. I'm glad you shared in my sorrow over the event (Lists 1 & 2) but also enjoyed it. Sometimes funny stories are worth poo in the bathtub, aren't they?
2. Aww, you're welcome. I like that we could have a divinely appointed conversation that could result in a blessed event. It's good to be part of stuff like that. And I'm excited that we can continue to converse over the Job--it will help me, too, to not forget what I've learned.
hey thar curly sue,
i am not supposed to be writing you while at work, but i must. i want to tell you that last night i ate carrots and peanut butter for dinner and it was delicous. yes ..yes!! it what all part of your plan to get me hooked on this combination...wasn't it. got ta go!!
ok, so this book "the way of the pilgrim" i really wanted to read so i had it put on hold for me at the local library. i just picked it up and i think it may be the wrong book (same name different content); on the front is this space trooper holding a laser gun and in front of him stands a princess laya look alike. i opened the book to read this paragraph:
"every Aalaag had his personal weapons that were, in effect, heirlooms, having been passed down from generation to generation since the time they had been carried against those who had driven the Aalaag from thier home worlds."
this might not be the same great read?? i'll try to read this book (for laughs) and then could we switch? also, the last comment i couldn't finish because the evil employers found out my great plan to communicate via computer.....darn.
Hey! I could send you an email, but I enjoy comments, getting them and receiving them. And so, here I am...
I was wondering about your job. If you've started. If you want to talk.
That's all. Let me know :)
pssst! maybe you are online at this very moment. Just now, getting ready for my day, for some reason I remembered the first time I met you, and tim and i scared you because you thought we were at the outermost door, when in reality we were at the innermost door of your Independence house. And then I remembered your wonderful, joyful, huggy greeting, and it made me laugh out loud with fondness and joy! Really, really it did! that's all :) good memory. short memory, but one that necessitated me writing on your xanga. love~mel
(i remember that innermost/outermost door fiasco, too. :) such joy!)
i'm glad to hear things are going well. (as stressful as they may be.) i was going to put my mailing address here, and then i realized that i can just email derek. that sounds like a better solution. (stalkers, you know.)
i'm so looking forward to your wedding!
i've managed to make myself extremely busy as well....but we'll have to find time to get together and catch up.