Sunday Quote

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                 - Milli Vanilli
 

Not Sure What to Call This....

I am married to an idiot. 

My husband is also married to an idiot. 

We are, literally, a couple of idiots. I should really use a word that begins with A & ends in HOLE, but my parents still yell at me when I cuss so IDIOT it is. I could explain our idiocy-ness (totally a word) in many ways, but I will use one of the most recent examples: Our 10 year wedding anniversary was August 12. It came & went, pretty much like any other day. He went to work & I stayed home with the girls & the other 3 children I volunteered to watch that day. We went to dinner, but took the girls. We reasoned they were part of the first 10 years of our marriage, so why shouldn't they join us? We had a nice dinner, came home, & put the girls to bed. Happy 10 years....Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my girls & am thankful to God every day for the miracles they are. 

August 12, however, should be a day reserved just for me & my idiot partner. August 12, 2000 was a day we pledged to love each other in spite of all the crap that may come our way. And, believe me, there's been a lot of crap. It has frustrated me every day since that we didn't make the day OUR day.Ten years of marriage is a big damn deal these days. Hell, making it past two years is a miracle it seems.

I mentioned the crap, so let me elaborate a bit: major surgery 3 weeks into our marriage, moving 6+ hours away from family & friends for a while, 5 years of infertility & treatments, depression, 2 difficult pregnancies, more depression, countless squabbles & fights over countless stupid things....We've even contemplated giving up. 

But we haven't. We have weathered the storm that has been our 10 years of marriage. We fight hard, we love even harder. We cuss at each other under our breath (Or is that just me, baby?! Whoopsie.). We slow dance in the kitchen & in the aisles at a Dave Matthews Band concert at Wrigley Field. We watch baseball together & he explains to me for the 300th time how to figure a pitcher's ERA. He takes the passage of gas to an Olympic event; you can read about that here. I, on the other hand, am especially adept at the ever popular hissy fit. One gets annoyed at the other when we feel we are carrying more of the "life load" than the other. We sing (or scream at the top of our lungs) Styx & Poison in the car together. We even have actions ---- Our rendition of "Come Sail Away" is particularly amazing. I have always loved thunderstorms, but love them even more now since they remind me of the first time I told C I loved him almost 15 years ago.... 

I have no other point to this rambling than this: I will take the rest of this, our 10th year of marriage, to celebrate US. Far too often we have forgotten to rely on the other or celebrate the other. Or thank the other member of our TEAM. I will make it a point to do these things for US. Because WE deserve it. We are a couple of idiots, but we are damn awesome idiots. And together we make an idiotic TEAM. I love you, idiot.

Sunday....

I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life. 


        Deuteronomy 30:19

Bricks, Take 2

OK, let's see if these pictures are better....I had no idea the others were so dark; thanks Bryan!

Are these better?! I just love the bricks ---- you can go here to read why I chose bricks. 

Sunday Quote

" Love you're all I ever could need only one good thing worth trying to be...."  
    
        Sara Bareilles

Bricks

I have spent the last few days designing a new banner for my Etsy shop which, in turn, led me to use the same design to create some new business cards & packaging materials. Take a look: 

What do you think?! The first picture will be an oval shaped sticker placed on the wrapped product. I chose to only use part of my mission statement because the product itself is the "simply wonderful". The middle picture is my new business card with ALL my information (I left off the shop webpage on the first batch!); & the final picture will be an oval shaped product label. I will probably use these mostly for fairs, booths, etc.

I could have chosen something colorful, crazy, & tacky (all of which I LOVE) but something about the bricks just spoke to me. The main elements used to make a brick are relatively simple: usually clay & sand. And when you look at a completed brick it is also a pretty simple object. A single brick is strong, but when we put a bunch together....Think about all the things you can build with bricks: streets for traveling, garden walls for beautification & order, fireplaces for warmth, & homes in which we raise our families....

The bricks remind me of what I am doing with myself: building a strong foundation for me & my family. They also make me think of the items I make. Alone the materials are fairly simple. But when I put them all together, they are simply wonderful....

Sunday Quote

The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels. 

 

Hazrat Inayat Khan

FALL....

How I LOVE thee & LOOOOOATHE thee at the same time! I love to see the colors, the cooler weather (SWEATSHIRTS & SHORTS!!!!!), & pumpkins! My big kid let the dog outside this morning & said, "Woah, it's cold out dayuh!" 

But....I do NOT like the itchy, scratchy, sneezy allergies that come with you. If you could make those things go away, I would greatly appreciate it. It is not easy to fully appreciate fall from inside the house! Perhaps I should craft myself a giant hamster ball so I can just roll around outside without breaking out into hives....

Now, if you'll excuse me I am going to dig out the fall decorations. And sneeze.