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sorry to be all posty, but I just wanted to write that today when Reagan and I were in the mall, she gave me a hug and said "I'm so happy I have a step mom". Made my heart melt.

I know it's not an ideal or always easy situation, to be a blended family, but I do love that child, and I'm so glad she loves me.
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I got the most awesome WOODEN postcard in the mail today! My friends Harald and Wistine are traveling through China and sent it to me. It is very cool and nothing I've ever seen before!


Oh, and I'm such an ass for forgetting to write here that the lovely [livejournal.com profile] uncommoncold took a photo and made a large print for me, of a gorgeous view at the ocean back home. So sweet of her to send it to me!!
mellybrelly: (valentine hearts)
I'm one of those people who loves holidays. I'm a firm believer in showing your love daily, but hey, why not celebrate it even more on Valentines. ;)

Last night Tim went to the store, so Reagan and I sat down and made him Valentines day cards. Glued and cut and coloured. I made a tissue paper flower on the front of mine and Reagan loved it so much she made one too. Cute. I also wrapped up some heart cookies Reagan and I baked, and tied them with red ribbons.

This morning I woke up to a snuggly Tim and a bouncy Reagan. We got up and Tim made waffles, bacon, and eggs along with clementines. Reagan got a card and a bucket of candy with a balloon and a heart cookie. Tim gave me a very sweet card with a lovely love letter inside, and a gift card to my favourite second hand bookstore, and Reagan gave me a heart balloon. Tim got handmade cards, the cookie and a threadless t-shirt. (Friday I'm in Love Cure shirt)

I suggested Reagan make her mom and step dad valentines day cards too, so she's upstairs working on those. Tim is cleaning the kitchen.

I think I should go back to bed. Mmmmm full tummy. (I ate a waffle and bacon, no eggs for me)

ahhhhh nice

Nov. 7th, 2009 08:46 pm
mellybrelly: (bumblebee happiness)
We really honestly did luck out in the neighbour department. Reagan, Tim and I were picking up leaves and sweeping the back patio, after Tim mowed the front yard, and Billy passed two more rakes over the fence for us. Awesome.

Then I was talking to our other neighbour, on the other side, and she told us that these two dead bushes in the back yard were originally in the front yard, and she knew they wouldn't make it. I said that we'd be taking them down, and her son (13) said he wanted to chop them with an ax. Hell yeah! Hahah, well, next thing I see, her husband is on the ground sawing them, and the son is chopping branches. Awesome.


I just read Reagan the first two chapters of Little House in the Big Woods. She was so interested and asked a ton of questions. Lots of hunting talk, a whole world that we just can't imagine. It makes me feel all warm and squishy to read them to her, my dad read the entire series to us four kids a few times. He always cried when Jack the dog died.

I love this stuff. I love yard work with my family. I love reading together, snuggled under a warm blanket. I love dinners together and a clean kitchen. These are the things that I appreciate and the things that make the not so great stuff easier to deal with.
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What a great day! Woke to the smell of bacon cooking, wandered into the kitchen where my husband had made me an omelette, bacon, toast with my mom's homemade oregon grape jelly, slices of apples and pieces of orange and a nice big cup of coffee. What a good man!

He even cleaned the kitchen..

Reagan and I worked on her fraction homework, and her spelling words (my test for her, nothing to do with school). Tim made us lunch, tortilla soup and grilled cheese sandwiches with raw cucumber and carrots.

Amy called to see if Reagan and Amelia could play, but we were heading out for my birthday, so I invited them to come bowling with us. Sadly it was way too rainy for the zoo. Doubly sad, bowling is way more expensive than the zoo! It was fun with the girls though. They were sweet, Reagan kept encouraging Amelia, and tied her shoes, and they'd high-five and give hugs and squeal, even if the balls went in the gutter.

I had decided on perogies for my b'day dinner, since I love them and rarely eat them, but Amy said that if they weren't homemade, they weren't going to be my birthday dinner, and she'd make dinner for us instead. She brought over all the ingredients, and together we made barbeque chicken pizzas. Soooo good!

After dinner we put sparklers in my cake, and everyone sang to me, and then delicious cake. Yum. Strawberry chiffon cake. It was really light and airy, not too sweet.

By the time we were done dessert and visiting for a bit, it was bedtime for Reagan, so we said our goodbyes and put Reagan to bed and then Tim and I watched Marley and Me. Bit long and drawn out, but sweet. Didn't shed any tears, I'm just cold-hearted ;)

Tim bought me an awesome calendar that is made up of vintage movie posters, and Wii Mario Cart, which I've wanted forever! I had no clue what he was buying for me, even though I told him a billion times I wanted Mario Cart. Obviously I'm clueless. He says there are other things coming in the mail. Very exciting. He bought me a very beautiful card and a silly one from Reagan.

Birthday ended 8 minutes ago. Was an excellent day. Full of family, friends, love, fun. What more could a girl want.. oh, and my nephew Steven sang to me (after he asked if I turned 50). Talked to both my sisters, my brother, and my parents called early this morning. My auntie sent a birthday card from England.

I feel blessed. I appreciate that he realized this was important to me, and really made a huge effort to make it special.
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The day started with me finally getting my hair cut. The ends didn't need it as bad as my bangs, I've been cutting my own for a few months and that's just a crime. It looked so pretty afterward. If I was ever a bajillionaire, I'd want someone to straighten my hair every day.

Tim took me into DC and it turns out he took me for a tour of the Capitol Building. The only lame thing was that it was PACKED with people, and a huge school tour, so our tour guide cut our tour short, and then we got blocked by a girl in a wheelchair and we lost our tour! I asked a guard where they would have gone next, and she said downstairs, which was a lie. Downstairs was the exit and when we realized and went back up, she told us we weren't allowed to come back up and we lost our opportunity to do the tour. Bummer. What we saw was interesting. Tim said that he needed to start teaching me about the USA gov't system, since I lived in Canada for over 30 years and didn't learn theirs.

It was drizzly and cold outside, so between that and my sore ankle, we didn't go as many places as we would have liked. We jumped on the metro and found a place for coffee, and then went to where Tim had reservations for us, Georgia Browns. It was good, but not excellent. Neither of us were sure we'd go back. Good service though, and large portions, and really yummy peach butter and peach ice tea.

We thought about walking around DC for a bit after dinner, but we were both full (even though I didn't even eat half my dinner) and my ankle was hurting pretty bad.

It was an excellent day, even if it didn't turn out exactly how Tim was wanting. I enjoyed seeing the Capitol Building, and spending time with Tim, and just being out of Manassas.


Oh, and he brought me a big bouquet of red roses last night, so pretty. I feel loved.

ETA:It isn't actually my birthday, that is Saturday, we just wanted to celebrate today too. :)
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The husband is upstairs doing dishes and cleaning the kitchen. What a sweetheart.

I got a bit bored, this afternoon, so I went outside and mowed the lawn. I LOVE our new lawnmower, waaaay lighter and easier to mow with than the one I had in Canada. Even though it's gas, it's still light. (Not light to lift out of basement, so kudos to Tim for managing that on his own)

We just ate our Canadian Thanksgiving photos dinner, and for once I finally uploaded the photos. I'm so lazy with lj and photos these days, haven't even posted my wedding photos!

Dinner that I couldn't finish:
Canadian Thanksgiving dinner

Cornish game hen, stuffed with cranberry/bread stuffing, scalloped potatoes, green beans (went lazy with veggies) and homemade cranberry sauce.

Dining room from kitchen.. we need pictures.. new table..... on and on. Oops, I mean, grateful, I'm grateful for what we have!!
Dining room

Living room with curtains up, first picture up:
living room

(Tim and I's wish list: big beautiful rug, new curtains, leather furniture, art!, new paint)

pictures from our walk/bike ride with the neighbours )

I have triple chocolate custard cooling in the fridge, just waiting to be made into ice cream. Just need to let my stomach empty a little. So full.

Thankfulness
I know I cried after I hung up the phone with my family yesterday, and I was very grateful Tim was there to give me a hug and just understand, but today I was full of love and gratefulness for the fact that I'm here with Tim. I can't even explain how much I miss my family, my friends, the Island, my country, but at the same time, I don't want to trade it back, you know? I love Tim, I love Reagan, I love my house and my yard, my new friends, the blue Virginia skies, even being a foreigner is fun sometimes. I knew I was sacrificing a lot to move, but it's 100% worth it to be here with the guy I've loved for so many years.

bliss

Oct. 11th, 2009 11:32 am
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Can I just brag that on Friday night, my husband gave me the best foot massage.

So good that I fell asleep on the couch right after, and only woke up because I had a dead hand.

oh hey

Oct. 2nd, 2009 12:05 pm
mellybrelly: (till death // mellybrelly)
Yesterday was our six month anniversary of being married!

love life

Sep. 13th, 2009 05:02 pm
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Yardwork was always done as a family in my house, and I don't really remember it ever being a negative thing. When we cleared our land, we were all out there picking rocks and throwing them into the forest, we had huge burn piles and forts and being outside working was just a fun time. I wasn't a big fan of stacking wood, but the rest of it I loved.

This afternoon I felt like my heart was just swelling, probably partially because I posted my wedding photos to facebook (they'll be here later), and because we were all doing yardwork as a family. Tim was mowing the lawn, I was weeding and feeding him water, Reagan was riding her scooter, grabbing garden bags when we needed them and running through the sprinkler. Really, this is what I dreamed for my life. Family, a yard, a home, sunshine, love, working together. Of course I thought I'd live up the road from my parents so my kids could walk to their grandparent's house, but we can't have everything.

I need to jump in the shower, I'm absolutely filthy. Covered with dirt and bits of grass and dust and probably spiders. Then make dinner, red curry with chicken and rice and veggies. Then Reagan heads to her mom's house. This weekend felt too short.

Our yard looks great though!!! (If you ignore the fact that we need a big truckload of fill out back!)
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I picked Reagan up at school and she was SO happy to see me, it was such a great thing. She showed me her classroom, and I met her teacher and we went over what Tim and I are doing with Reagan on the weekends (journal, math and phonics work, plus spelling and working on neater writing etc) and she was so pleased. I really like her, at first from what Reagan was telling me, I thought she was a pushover. Reagan told me she didn't have to do homework if she didn't want to, and her teacher didn't care if she spelled words right or wrong, but today the teacher told me that she also has been talking to Reagan about being more careful about her spelling, especially when the word is written down in front of her. She told me that the students were not understanding about writing down their homework. It was so nice to be able to connect with her teacher and be more involved. I think I'll try to touch base every few Fridays to see how she's doing.

We picked Tim up from work and came home for his second birthday dinner, he wanted shepherd's pie and I have to admit, it was pretty darn tasty! As a surprise I bought him a fruit tart from Wegmans. He had requested one, but didn't know I got it.

I gave him an xbox game the other day on his actual birthday, but tonight was his awesome main gift, and aerobatic bi-plane ride, from The Flying Circus Airshow.

The Aerobatic Ride is approximately 15 minutes and includes some or all of the basic aerobatic maneuvers: Spin, Aileron Roll, Barrel Roll, Loop, Snap Roll, Cuban 8 and Split "S". I think it's insane, but he's thrilled. It made me happy to make him happy!

We all hung out at the park for a bit, and now starting to get Reagan ready for bed. I'm going to try to quickly pack up some more boxes for Tim to run over to the house. I think we are going to hire some help for the move. It's a decent price, and with my back as weak as it has been the last couple weeks, plus this cold, I'm not sure I'd be a great moving partner. I don't need Tim hurting his back doing it all by himself either. I feel really good about it.


Life is good.
mellybrelly: (Tim and Melanie)
Sickie sickie. Still feel like crap. I woke up in a nyquil rage, I was so stuffed up and couldn't breath or sleep and I felt like ripping my face off. It was pretty. I grabbed a second pillow to prop my head up and fell back asleep.

I woke up, wanting to make Tim breakfast for his birthday, but he sent me back to bed, cause I was so out of it and felt gross. First birthday, out of five years of knowing Tim, that I've actually been with him and there were so many things I wanted to do, but we were both too sick this year.

I did some running around after I dropped him off at work, then came home and baked some massive chocolate chocolate chip cranberry cookies for ice cream sandwiches. I made custard for ice cream, but tonight it didn't go solid enough. It's in the freezer right now, hopefully it will get more solid.

I picked Tim up from work early, he still wasn't feeling well. He came home and opened his present (Soul Caliber IV), then we went out for dinner at Sweetwater Tavern. He had a bit of nap, just sang happy birthday to him and ate ice cream sandwiches made with chocolate ice cream we already had in the freezer. I think Tim loved it, I can't get through mine, it's so rich. (Tim's exclaiming because he just found the plate of all the other cookies I made)

We'll continue the birthday celebrations on Friday night with Reagan. Tim has requested Shepherd's Pie for dinner, with fruit tart for dessert and he'll open his main (surprise) present.

Happy birthday to the man I love!!
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I just watched our wedding video, and I realize that I haven't even written about our wedding day.

The overall feeling of the day is of joy and happiness and fun and love. Few irritating moments thrown in, just for fun, but whatever. ;)

The night before the wedding, I realized that I hadn't steamed my dress yet, and started around 11 pm, and quickly realized that it was not going to work. The steamer burned my hand with hot water, and the wrinkles were not coming out. I felt very frustrated, but my amazing husband had the solution. We'd iron it. We set up the ironing board, and he carefully ironed every bit of it, as I held it in place, moving it when it needed to be moved. In that moment I knew I had married the very best man in the world for me.

In the morning, I ran to pay for my flowers, order balloons for the entrance of the yard, and get my hair done. I was a bit worried about my hair, as she was doing it. I knew it was looking gorgeous, but it felt like the bottom was not going to hold. It didn't. Within an hour it was falling out, but everyone said it just looked really pretty and natural. I hope they were right and not just keeping a bride happy!

Went back to my parent's house, realized my mom had forgotten to tell my b-i-l to pick up my flowers, so Tim and I went and got them. Fun running around with my hair up and veil on. When I got home, my mom was running around like a crazy person, doing SO much work. She really put a lot of work into the wedding, food wise. My dad was picking up 120 chairs, but apparently the guy who he rented them from showed up 45 minutes late and there were 8 other people waiting... Bit of a panicky moment when I asked my mom to help me get into my dress and she said no, I'd have to ask someone else, but the only "someone else" was Tim and that was NOT happening, even though he was happy to. She finally snapped into mother of the bride mode and came upstairs and helped me. My photographer came with us, and her assistant (also a friend of mine) helped my mom with the lacing on the back of the corset. I wanted it TIGHT.

My flowers were gorgeous and HUGE. Not as pink as I wanted, she used white flowers where I asked her to use pink, but I was still really happy with them. I gave my sister their jewelry, pink freshwater pearl necklace and earrings, and I wore large white freshwater pearls. I made jewelry for the flower girls, they looked so sweet in their white dresses and shoes. The boys all looked awesome as well.

I felt so beautiful in my dress, I felt like such a bride, which was wonderful. I'm so glad I went with a veil, even though we got married on our 4 month anniversary of our first wedding! Tim was gorgeous as well. I loved his suit and his pink tie. I made the men their boutonnières and made the flower girls their little bouquets, and my throw away bouquet.

Tim and I did photos out in the back field behind my parent's house. I thought the session was a lot of fun, and I was able to have some creative input. Unfortunately none of my family was dressed or ready at 1 pm when the family photos were going to be taken, so we only got one shot. My mom was a bit upset later at that fact, but I kept telling everyone "one o'clock" and no one listened. It's a shame.

The wedding started at 2. My dad kept trying to get everyone out the door before 2, but I kept telling him to chill and just let Peter (the pastor) let us know when to leave. Their clocks are 10 minutes fast and he was STILL trying to get us out early.

Isaac, who is 2, dropped his glass covered candle on the floor just as he walked out, so it smashed everywhere. Poor bub! He carried it out anyway. The kids were just too cute, and my sisters looked beautiful. My brother walked my mom down the aisle, and then we started.

As soon as I stepped out the door, holding my dad's arm and saw all my friends and family standing there, I couldn't help but cry. That's what I wanted, to share my husband, my love, my life with the people I love so much. That was the most important thing to me. Tim was gorgeous and it was special to say our vows to each other again. I cried the first time we said them, but not the second.

Emily, my one flowergirl, ran off at some point during the movie, and the boys kept fighting during the ceremony. Isaac was mad that Steven had the ringbearer pillow, because his mom made it and he thought it was hers and he thought Steven took it. He threw grass at him and then took his sandal off and threw it at him. In the wedding video I can see him hitting Mattheus in the head till Tyler finally pulled him away. So funny!

My best friend Brandi read a verse and my wonderful friend Rebecca sang. My friend Peter married us and did a way too long sermon. hah It was so hot, I just wanted it over.

After the ceremony, we cut our cake so people could enjoy it, and then the reception began! It felt like not enough time to see anyone, you could only speak for a moment and then there was someone else to say hello to. Friends and famiy came from all over the place, the States, Vancouver, Victoria, etc. Wonderful. It was so hot and everyone kept telling me to take off my dress and get changed, but I said forget it, I was going to stay in it as long as I could!!

Tim ate fruit and I had one dessert, but that's about all I had from the reception. Too busy! I did have some water I think. I threw my bouquet and Rebecca was determined to catch it, but her best friend Erin caught it instead. Tim threw the garter and my friend Judy's son caught it, none of the single guys seemed that interested in actually catching it!!! :P I was so happy to have a garter. I remember the night before that I didn't have one, and looked in some stores, but no one had any. Rebecca phoned and asked if there was anything I needed, so I told her, and she ran downtown in the morning and bought me one. Such amazing friends.

Tim's mom and dad phoned from North Carolina. I so wish they could have been there, I love them so much and I know they would have loved to be there, it just didn't work. It was sweet of them to call.

Once the reception started getting quieter, Tim and I went to the beach with the photographer and took more pictures there. I hauled my dress up around my waist and climbed up on a rock and Heidi took pictures of me there. My feet were killing me by that point and the bottom of my dress was filthy!!! We hurried back to my parent's house and ate some dinner. I ate 2 burgers, I was so hungry. I hadn't eaten since 8 am. Tim ate two as well.

I changed out of my dress, but kept my veil on, and packed the car for Texada Island. Someone (my dad) drew "JUST MARRIED" on three of the car windows with soap. It was awesome. When we got to the ferry, the ferry worker noticed the JUST MARRIED and the wedding veil and didn't charge us to get on the ferry! Savings of over sixty bucks!! Sadly my veil flew off when we went onto the outer ferry deck. Tim tried to make me feel better by reminding me that I lost it in the place that I love the most.. the ocean. He's sweet.

My aunt and uncle were on the ferry. My uncle Brian told me that he had to wipe tears away during the ceremony.

It was such a beautiful day and I am so happy that it happened the way it did, and I never want to ever plan another wedding again. hahah.

Couple pictures from the photographer.. I can't wait to get them all.






... I've probably missed a million details..
mellybrelly: (Default)
The wedding was wonderful. I don't have photos from our photographer yet, so I'm gathering up photos I like from friends and posting those here and facebook. Some of you have seen them on there already. :)

The happy couple
us

wedding photos! )

Expect more photos.. and post about our vacation to Texada Island!

wedding day

Aug. 1st, 2009 06:59 am
mellybrelly: (Default)
Well, second wedding day. Heh.

I hope this nausea goes away, my stomach is just flip flopping. Went to bed way too late last night, and woke way too early. I went to steam my dress last night, and started way too late, and the steamer wouldn't get the wrinkles out. Tim ended up ironing my entire dress for me. I stood there and helped him move it around. He did such a great job, I couldn't ask for a better partner, really.

I need to go blowdry my hair a bit, make sure it's really bone dry. Still need to pack our clothes for Texada Island (leaving tonight). I'll do my makeup before I go get my hair done.

I think today will be fun. I hope the kids are not chaotic, they were super busy last night, but it was their first time being together, mom was feeding them cookies and dad was yelling "dog pile" at them so they were all riled up.

I put off picking flowers for the flower girls till last night, and then suddenly it was dark and I kept picking yellow and orange snap dragons instead of pink and white. Oh well, they rae done now.

I really want to enjoy today.

Today.

Jul. 10th, 2009 09:50 pm
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basically just cleaned the house, mopped the floors, vacuumed, etc. Tim picked me up and we went and looked a a few houses, and then we drove to get Reagan.

She's in bed now, I think I'm going soon. I've been so tired all week.

I thought I had a dream that I was snuggling with Tim and being all silly, but tonight he told me that when he got into bed last night, about 15 minutes after me, I was asleep but sort of woke up when he cuddled up to me, and I got all giggly. Funny.
mellybrelly: (blue hat on a rainy day)
I just took the car in for an oil change. It's so silly, but I really love doing those kinds of errands, as I've said before. Anything I can do to eliminate from Tim's long list of things to do, makes me feel useful and I know a shorter list is a relief for him.

I had an emotional drive back though! I saw an ambulance, and then a fire truck, and then a second fire truck, and I always try to say a little prayer in my head when I see emergency response people, for the people needing help and for the people helping them. Watching my neighbour die in the middle of the night, a few years back, in a fire, made me pretty sensitive about those things. Suddenly I could see all the lights right in front of me in an intersection and I burst into tears. I thought there was an accident right in front of me, and it just makes me ache to see people in danger like that. Turns out they were all just doing u-turns to get to their destination. *fans eyes*


I'm going to head to the bank right now to talk to them about establishing credit in my name. A lot of married women don't realize that being joint on accounts, being secondary on credit cards doesn't actually build credit for the woman (in Canada anyway). I have beautiful credit built up in Canada, but since they can't do a credit check for me here in the USA, I have to start from the beginning. I'm keeping my Canadian credit card open, even if I rarely use it, just to keep my credit in Canada.

Have a few other errands, a few jobs I want to do, and some housework to do, but I'm going to make sure I get out in the sunshine for a bit this afternoon!

engaged!

Apr. 7th, 2009 08:51 pm
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Oh wait, we already did that!

This morning I remembered that my ring was arriving today, but I forgot by the time Tim arrived home! He brought me tulips, and I still didn't clue in that I was getting my ring, and he actually forgot too!

All of a sudden, after dinner, he dimmed the lights, grabbed a tulip, went down on one knee in the living room and asked me to marry him. Even though it was almost a week after we got married, it still made me all mushy.

Turns out that rings are really hard to photograph!! For me anyway, I'll try again tomorrow, but here's one attempt from tonight. I think my wedding ring looks a bit big beside it, since it's a 4mm ring and the engagement ring is maybe a 2mm, but I like it.

rings

pictures

Apr. 3rd, 2009 07:19 pm
mellybrelly: (till death // mellybrelly)
Nelson Park, a rainy wedding day
Nelson Park

Something blue, Reagan's butterfly
something blue..

My flowers
my flowers

And a further away view. I was pretty happy how they turned out, since I made the bouquet myself
bouquet

Col. Ulysses Xerxes White, before he took off his hat and coat
Col. Ulysses Xerxes White

Listening and preparing
listening

I started crying
crying

and he put his arm around me
arm around me

me saying my vows
vows!

him listening.. the look in his eyes while he looked at me almost made me cry
my love

The kiss
the kiss

The rings
with this ring..

He was supposed to whisper sweet nothings into my ear for a photo, but he went with less than sweet
too much

he took to married life very easily. Handed me the umbrella and automatically took my purse
takes to marriage well


Our future looks bright, and we look ready!!
the future looks bright
mellybrelly: (till death // mellybrelly)
I know you all have congratulated me a million times between facebook and here, so don't feel like you have to again if your fingers are just worn, but I want to write out my day yesterday!

First off, I just have to say that somehow a bomb went off in our home. We just laughed when we got home last night. I dumped out a bin in Reagan's room, looking for something. I dumped two purses out on our bed. There were bras all over the bathroom and ribbons and flowers and paperwork and things everywhere.

In the morning I went and got my hair done, kept it simple. She straightened it for me. I then was brave and drove places I had never been.. I went looking for flowers. I was going to do tulips because I figured the red would go well with my shoes. None of the grocery stores had them, so I phoned Tim and he gave me directions to Wegmans, which was further than I've driven anywhere, by myself, since I've been here. They have a massive floral section, which was awesome. The florist found some bear grass for me in their back cooler, and I saw the tulips, but then I saw the red ranoculus and loved them because they reminded me of peonies. I phoned Jenna for her advice, and she said ranoculus. I then saw ivory ones too, and phoned again, and she said go for both. Thank goodness for girlfriends. Thankfully there was a Michaels in the same parking lots, so I ran in and bought some ivory satin ribbon to wrap the stems with.

After that it was just getting ready! I made my bouquet, did my makeup. Tim looked gorgeous in an ivory shirt, and a tie that had the same reds in it, black dress pants and shoes. I bought spanx, but I honestly thought they'd be tighter and firmer, but they worked well.

I talked to my siblings on the phone, and my mom, and my mom cried three times and I just laughed. I had cried enough the day before. Talked to a few of my nieces and nephews as well.

I kept reminding Tim to bring the park permit with us, but when we arrived at the park with the permit, we realized that neither of us remembered we needed our marriage license!!! Hah! It was at home in the envelope we put it in when we got it! Tim drove home and I walked to the gazebo with Col. Ulysses Xerxex White. (love that name!) We went over the vows, and I showed him where we wanted to stand.

I was so grateful that Dan and Lova made it, with their baby Josoa. Dan's work has been crazy this week, and he wasn't sure he could make it at first, but he worked early to be able to go, but then his train from DC to Manassas blew its engine!! He was put on the next train and just made it on time. Funny enough, since Tim had to go get the paperwork, Dan arrived before him. Dan kept telling me things like "Tim is going to go home and lay down on the couch and fall asleep for three hours" or "April fools! He's not coming back!" hahah!

Jenna was there as well, her husband had to leave on a business trip. She took photographs for us, and Dan video taped. I was also very happy that Lila, [livejournal.com profile] tlatzomia and her husband and daughter were there. I know Lauren had hoped to be there as well, but things happen!

It was an intimate crowd, and I liked it. Even the rain was okay, it actually reminded me of home, and it was kind of romantic.

I can't even explain the feeling I had when Tim was looking into my eyes (intently! as Col. White kept saying), it was just such a great feeling. I can't remember when I started tearing up, I think it was right before I said my vows. The rings went on easily, I've seen so many people struggle with their rings during the ceremony, I thought mine might be tough, since it might need to be sized up just a little, but it was fine.

It was funny, after the ceremony, the officiant said "I'm so happy to see kids like you two, doing things right. Getting married, not living together first and doing all that, but marrying and then living together and having a family, right?" I just nodded like a sweet virgin who was living in her own apartment, and Tim turned and gave an evil look to the video camera. Hahah! Gave us a good laugh.

We all hugged, took more pictures, laughed a lot. We wandered around in the rain for a bit, and then Dan, Lova, Josoa, Tim and I went for dinner. Jenna was feeling off, and unfortunately I didn't think to pick a gluten free place for Lila and her family. We'd like to get together with them sometime in the future though!

I had a massive steak and baked potato and salad as my wedding meal. Nothing says blushing bride like bloody steak! Tim had chicken breast something or other. He handed me the receipt with what we ate, and said I could scrap it. I thought he meant throw it away, but he meant scrapbook it. He's on top of things!! I had wedding brain.

We came home and I phoned my parents and left them a message, and then we watched LOST. I was so tired I kept falling asleep, and then after a good shagging, he tucked me into bed and I slept the night through.

I woke up and the first thing I felt was the ring on my finger, and then my headache. Post wedding headache I guess, cause Tim had one too. I loved watching him getting ready for work, his ring on his finger. He's my husband! Crazy! I love him so much.

Col. Ulysses Xerxes White came to my door not long ago, with our new wedding certificate. He wrote Tim's name as "Ellis" on it, which he realized when he started the ceremony, so he re-did it and dropped it off.

Tim was back at work today, romantic I know. I'm tiding up the house, since it is just completely up-side-down, as I mentioned up there. We aren't doing a honeymoon, we are just going to save up for a trip to Canada! I'm down with that. Some people say they don't feel different after getting married, some do. I think I just feel happy and kind of more secure. It feels really good to know that he loves me enough to do this.

I'm sure I left out half the stuff I wanted to write. I keep getting distracted by my left ring finger. Soon I'll be even more distracted, when my engagement ring arrives! Yes, we do everything backwards. There was an issue because the diamonds Tim picked out needed a special setting and the couldn't locate the proper ring, but finally found one, so it is being put together and will be ready next Tuesday, I believe. I was upset about it all at first, but now I have this beautiful gold band and just have something else pretty to look forward to!!!

Photos will follow eventually. My friend who photographed is in the middle of her own exciting things and will be slightly distracted!

PS. I think my favourite part of the ceremony was when we were standing in front of him, and Tim knew my eyes were welling up with tears, and he put his arm around me. I just love him.

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