Love & Stress: A Screenplay

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Scene One: Cooking with the “Culinary Master of Canada”, 5:00pm

Cut to Leah and Tim, romantically preparing an appetizer of coconut shrimp and a delectable-looking shrimp, garlic and white wine cream sauce complete with fresh pasta. Also, he has quartered a chicken and is making home-made chicken stock in the oven for a soup the following day. They are kissing, googly-eyed at each other and at one point Tim even says to her that she is the most wonderful, amazing and thoughtful girlfriend in the whole world. And he compliments her on her Nintendo skills as he feeds Read more

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Mar

31

I believe in love.

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Today, I was driving to meet a friend for lunch when I heard a woman call into the country radio station I was listening to.

“I’d like to make a song dedication.”
“Sure, what would you like to hear?”

“Sissy’s Song, by Alan Jackson.”

“And who is this song dedication going out to?”

“(Caller’s voice breaking) My Mom passed away on Friday (full out sobs) and I’d like to dedicate it to my Dad”

I couldn’t take it anymore, and I was crying right along with her. I like to think that all of the listeners of that station, at that moment, were crying right along with that woman. My heart truly went out to her.

I have been incredibly emotional lately, as every relationship has it’s ups and downs, mine has been going through a trying time. Moving in with, and across the country with, someone proves to be fun, challenging, and exciting. I believe the tough times were put in place so that a couple can come out the other side stronger than ever before. I believe in love, fate, destiny, the powers of emotions and grief, and I believe in my relationship.

Mar

27

Reasons I Want My Wedding To Be Over

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I want to be able to appreciate the colour purple for what it is – a great colour, not My! Wedding! Colour! matchy matchy!

I want to be able to stop worrying that…

There’s something I should be doing right now
The centrepieces will look good
The food will taste good
The DJ will play great music
The weather will be nice (May 2 – could go either way)
Our families will get along
I’m forgetting something (actually, this worry will never go away)
We’ll look good in our pictures – and get all the pictures we want.

I want to be able to sit down and knit for a few hours so I can finish my sweater (what’s that you say? Sweater? Heck yes. My greatest knitting accomplishment to date is nearing completion). And then start some awesome new knitting projects.

I want to start the process of changing my last name on every legal document/account/etc that I have. The sooner I get started, the sooner I’ll be done. I figure it will be like having to change the password for most of my important computer logins – but having to send in paperwork to get it done.

I want to go on our HONEYMOON! We paid it off this afternoon. I hope we’ll be able to buy groceries tomorrow…(just kidding!)

I want to be officially part of his family, and him officially part of mine.

I want to stop seeing bridal advertisements on Facebook.

I want to stop second-guessing all of our decisions.

But mostly…

I want to wake up in the mornings with my husband. I want to be his wife. I want us to be a real, official, family. Erica, Denis, and our cat Max (to be continued…).

I want the cliched “rest of my life” to start ASAP. 36 days to go.

Mar

20

What I’m loving.

Filed Under Etsy Fun, Wedding, decorating, fashion, internet, love, micaela, photography | 14 Comments

Micaela here. A few things I’ve been loving for the last month:

Anna Turns Six on Tarawhitney.com. A beautiful tribute to this photographer’s daughter.
I cut these shoes out of a magazine because I loved them so much, and then my favourite fashion blogger found a $69 version. (Fate.)
Maybe it’s partially the fact that I have been dying for really long hair lately, but there is something about Madeleine M. that I adore:
The bedroom at This Young House. I love so many interior design photos I’ve seen on blogs recently. It’s a shame, really, because I have no permanent residence to decorate at the moment. I love the chandelier, the lamps, and the huge curtains. And well, everything:
Most definitely the cutest daddy-to-be in the world! (Uh oh, mothering instincts quite possibly kicking in too!):
Youaremyfave.com has been focusing on a different design accent colour every day. The pictures she finds are so gorgeous that each colour quickly becomes my new favourite. Today, orange is our fave. Photo from where else but Apartment Therapy.
And a couple that I tweeted about yesterday:
I saw this shirt on Design Crush today. The French: Moi, je veux te dire que je ne te quitterai jamais. Et puis, si tu es triste, je pourrais toujours te donner un peu d’alcool pour te rechauffer le couer. xo Basically this means that “I’ll be there for you always. And I’ll get you drunk when you’re sad.” Get it on etsy.
Peonies and Polaroids received this dress and a fancy camera from her husband on their one year anniversary. I am tres impressed. If you are inclined, check out her wedding in her archives (about one year ago!) It was perfect.
This wedding wins my heart. I’m having a tent wedding in 148 days (according to facebook.)