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Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
11 more sleeps
Well, well, well. Finally I am posting again. Here we go:
House!
Tyler has been living in our place since Thanksgiving weekend. I have been moving my stuff over gradually, so my room at my parent's house is getting more and more empty. I can't believe the amount of JUNK I've kept all these years. Last night I started to go through my closet, and have begun a big pile of clothes that will go to the lovely Brenda at Grace Baptist Church, who will use them for the community clothing sales. Brenda sets up clothing sales a couple of times a year at our church, and people from the communit comey and fill bags of clothes for 1 or 2 dollars. The money she gets goes toward buying food packages for people who come into our church and ask if we have any food for them. Altogether, it's a great place to donate.
I've been thinking a lot about simplicity lately; this moving business has really brought home to me how much JUNK I keep just because I think I "may need it later". No, I will not need those pants I used to wear in high school later. I will never be that skinny again. It's time to give them to high school students who are.
My thoughts on simplicity go beyond junk gathering of course. My schedule has been way too crazy for years on end. I have been so concerned about developing every possible skill that I may possess that I've just become kind of ok at a whole bunch of stuff. I'm tired of that. Now I have a husband-to-be to think about as well, and he is priority. When he comes home, I want to eat dinner together and be able to spend time having fun, not ignoring him while doing homework. I realized at the end of this semester that I can continue to try to know and do everything, never really experiencing life, just passing time, or I can do a few things exceptionally well (b/c whether I like to admit it or not, I am relatively intelligent and talented), and enjoy life as it comes. I've had enough of enduring my life. It's time to enjoy it.
Gifts!
Tyler and I have been showered with gifts. We have been overwhelmed with people's kindness, and in one very special case, brought to tears, but that event shall remain anonymous. People have started us off well, and we are so grateful. Where we are coming across duplicates, we're putting them away, and saving them so that we can bless others when they're starting out or just need something. Did I mention that we're so thankful? B/c we are.
Honeymoon
We're going to Canmore for our honeymoon, and we're looking forward to that. After all this busy madness, we're looking forward to sleeping in, going for long walks, and getting lots of rest.
My Dress Fell Apart!
So, as many of you know, I'm wearing my mom's wedding dress on Dec 30th. Well, we took it in to get it drycleaned (after we finally got it to FIT), and all the lace came off. HA! It's been suggested to us that the lace was probably glued on with some sort of fabric glue when it was originally made, and that over the years and through the drycleaning, it just fell apart. So, my mom's been sewing that back on. (Thank you very much, mom.)
Bridesmaid's Gifts
I was very happy to get my bridesmaid gifts (as well as a gift for both my mom and Tyler's) while shopping with Tyler on Satuday night. It was a fun time. I hope they like them.
Well, that's pretty much it. Probably by the time I get around to posting again, it'll be after my wedding, so Merry Christmas & Happy New Year...
House!
Tyler has been living in our place since Thanksgiving weekend. I have been moving my stuff over gradually, so my room at my parent's house is getting more and more empty. I can't believe the amount of JUNK I've kept all these years. Last night I started to go through my closet, and have begun a big pile of clothes that will go to the lovely Brenda at Grace Baptist Church, who will use them for the community clothing sales. Brenda sets up clothing sales a couple of times a year at our church, and people from the communit comey and fill bags of clothes for 1 or 2 dollars. The money she gets goes toward buying food packages for people who come into our church and ask if we have any food for them. Altogether, it's a great place to donate.
I've been thinking a lot about simplicity lately; this moving business has really brought home to me how much JUNK I keep just because I think I "may need it later". No, I will not need those pants I used to wear in high school later. I will never be that skinny again. It's time to give them to high school students who are.
My thoughts on simplicity go beyond junk gathering of course. My schedule has been way too crazy for years on end. I have been so concerned about developing every possible skill that I may possess that I've just become kind of ok at a whole bunch of stuff. I'm tired of that. Now I have a husband-to-be to think about as well, and he is priority. When he comes home, I want to eat dinner together and be able to spend time having fun, not ignoring him while doing homework. I realized at the end of this semester that I can continue to try to know and do everything, never really experiencing life, just passing time, or I can do a few things exceptionally well (b/c whether I like to admit it or not, I am relatively intelligent and talented), and enjoy life as it comes. I've had enough of enduring my life. It's time to enjoy it.
Gifts!
Tyler and I have been showered with gifts. We have been overwhelmed with people's kindness, and in one very special case, brought to tears, but that event shall remain anonymous. People have started us off well, and we are so grateful. Where we are coming across duplicates, we're putting them away, and saving them so that we can bless others when they're starting out or just need something. Did I mention that we're so thankful? B/c we are.
Honeymoon
We're going to Canmore for our honeymoon, and we're looking forward to that. After all this busy madness, we're looking forward to sleeping in, going for long walks, and getting lots of rest.
My Dress Fell Apart!
So, as many of you know, I'm wearing my mom's wedding dress on Dec 30th. Well, we took it in to get it drycleaned (after we finally got it to FIT), and all the lace came off. HA! It's been suggested to us that the lace was probably glued on with some sort of fabric glue when it was originally made, and that over the years and through the drycleaning, it just fell apart. So, my mom's been sewing that back on. (Thank you very much, mom.)
Bridesmaid's Gifts
I was very happy to get my bridesmaid gifts (as well as a gift for both my mom and Tyler's) while shopping with Tyler on Satuday night. It was a fun time. I hope they like them.
Well, that's pretty much it. Probably by the time I get around to posting again, it'll be after my wedding, so Merry Christmas & Happy New Year...
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