The Dress

Categories: figuring it out, future gazing, love & marriage, makin moves

I walked into the boutique and it was your standard wedding dress boutique. Cute with the pink walls and ecru and ivory colored dresses lined the walls. It was cozy, and empty. At the time I showed up, all the lights were off (due to an advisory for the LES to keep their power to … Read More

Goodness

Categories: catching up, check in, family, friends, future gazing, love & marriage

Things were this weekend. Things were good. Not spectacular off the hook or like… mediocre. They were good. On Friday, I came to my baby’s rescue. He’d had a miserable day (on both work and home fronts). It was up to me to put some bacitracin on the wound, gently cover with a bandaid and … Read More

Feel It

Categories: celebrations, love & marriage, makin moves, mommy stories

So we went to get Max into some dresses yesterday. It’s only after the fact that I realize I could have been snapping away in the dressing room at the gowns she was trying on… but it didn’t dawn on me to multitask that way. She was stunning, though, in the 2 gowns she loved … Read More

Real

Categories: celebrations, love & marriage, makin moves

That’s what the date is. It’s “in the book” as Glenn from the catering hall said today as we put our first downpayment on the hall we’ve chosen to have our ceremony / reception. Now that date isn’t just imaginary anymore. It’s real. I can’t wait for the actual day. It really can’t come fast … Read More

Alive

Categories: figuring it out, good day, love & marriage

I just finished watching the last episode of Six Feet Under and I really have to say that I’m anxiously awaiting the premiere of what I now know to be the final season. I miss how much more I would appreciate life after I watched an episode. We really take this thing for granted. And … Read More

Blur

Categories: change, future gazing, love & marriage, makin moves

So when Sunday night closed out its final hours this week, i thought to myself “this is about to be a hella long week. I’m not looking forward to it.” And here I am. 41 minutes to Friday. It did go by like a blur. I’m glad for it and at the same time, more … Read More