Dear Hubby,
Happy Anniversary!
13 years ago today I was getting ready for our wedding that was beginning at 11am. I remember feeling nervous and scared. I wasn't nervous or scared about marrying you, I was feeling nervous and scared about walking down the aisle in front of all of those people. What if I tripped? What if my dress ripped?
At the young age of 23 I was never more sure of anything. I knew that I wanted to marry you and I knew that I wanted to share my life with you and the family that we were going to create but at that moment in the morning I kept worrying about the actual wedding. All I wanted to do was see you and hold your hand and feel safe with you standing beside me. Together I knew we could withstand anything.
13 years later I still feel the same way. You are my rock. You are the first person I want to talk to in the morning and the last person I want to talk to at night. Your smile and your hugs make everything right in the world. I still, all these years later know there isn't anything we can't accomplish as long as we do it together. We are a team. My life is so much more rewarding with you by my side.
I see you with our children and it makes me love you even more. You make me a better mom and you make me a better person. Thank you for loving me, being my best friend and thank you for being you. I wouldn't have it any other way.
"It had to be you, wonderful you...it had to be you...."
I love you.
Love, J
Monday, July 13, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Hear that??
Yeah...that. The pure silence...
Both children are across the street playing, hubby is reading and Molly is sleeping.
It is so lovely on this rainy Saturday afternoon....
I'm just sitting here...
enjoying the silence...
Both children are across the street playing, hubby is reading and Molly is sleeping.
It is so lovely on this rainy Saturday afternoon....
I'm just sitting here...
enjoying the silence...
Friday, July 10, 2009
Friday morning musings...
I've been a blog slacker all week long...I've felt uninspired and we've been pretty busy. Yesterday was "cleaning day" and I scrubbed this house from top to bottom. It feels good to have a clean house although it will only stay this way through today. If that. My children are hurricanes and they try to keep things clean but somehow it is never quite that "just cleaned" feeling for long.
I've mentioned this before but friends of ours have a coffee micro-roasting business in Maine. Their company is called Maine Morning Micro-roasters. Click on that link to experience a slice of heaven. I am currently drinking a cup of "Ethiopia Idio Misty Valley and it is awesome. There is just something about a really good cup of coffee to get your day started off right. They don't even know about my blog so I'm not getting any kick backs for saying so either. They ship anywhere in the continental US. It really is that good.
Yesterday's news was that Molly was spayed and my mom finally completed her radiation treatment. Molly is currently walking around with a donut like thing around her neck to keep her away from her stitches. She looks just slightly pathetic and I can't help but think she is looking at me like I'm a mean monster or something. She is doing really well though and I am really glad that we took the plunge and got her. She just adds something to our lives that we didn't have before.
We went out to dinner last night with the family and we are having a big party at my mother-in laws on Sunday to celebrate my mom "kicking Cancer's butt!" She is done with chemotherapy and now radiation too and she has just done amazing through the whole process. I am so proud of her...she has been so strong and I am really looking forward to putting this whole ugly mess behind us.
I hope that all of you have wonderful Fridays!
I've mentioned this before but friends of ours have a coffee micro-roasting business in Maine. Their company is called Maine Morning Micro-roasters. Click on that link to experience a slice of heaven. I am currently drinking a cup of "Ethiopia Idio Misty Valley and it is awesome. There is just something about a really good cup of coffee to get your day started off right. They don't even know about my blog so I'm not getting any kick backs for saying so either. They ship anywhere in the continental US. It really is that good.
Yesterday's news was that Molly was spayed and my mom finally completed her radiation treatment. Molly is currently walking around with a donut like thing around her neck to keep her away from her stitches. She looks just slightly pathetic and I can't help but think she is looking at me like I'm a mean monster or something. She is doing really well though and I am really glad that we took the plunge and got her. She just adds something to our lives that we didn't have before.
We went out to dinner last night with the family and we are having a big party at my mother-in laws on Sunday to celebrate my mom "kicking Cancer's butt!" She is done with chemotherapy and now radiation too and she has just done amazing through the whole process. I am so proud of her...she has been so strong and I am really looking forward to putting this whole ugly mess behind us.
I hope that all of you have wonderful Fridays!
Monday, July 6, 2009
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Knock me on my butt...
It's strange...two weeks ago I was a mess. My anxiety was getting the best of me and I was not in a good place at all. Flash forward to now...I've been in a really good place. I've felt rested, relaxed and just enjoying my time off with my children and husband. So could someone enlighten me? Why is it when I am relaxed I get the worst migraine that I have had in a long time?
Just the other day I was thinking that I hadn't had a real migraine in a couple of months. I keep trying to attribute the cause of my migraines to my mood or my stress levels. I keep thinking they are my bodies way of telling me to slow down. Well I'm slowed down right now and I still get one so there goes that theory.
It started Friday night. Hubby had Friday off so we had a great day. Molly ( our puppy) slept until almost 8:00am...I took her out for a nice walk, came home and fed her and than she played with the children while I went for a quick run. Hubby slept in. Came home from my run, made a nice breakfast for everyone. Hubby and I ate out on our backporch. We worked outside for awhile, mowing the lawn and weeding. The children played with friends. We layed around and read our books while the children played and than later we went to dinner and watched a movie. It was one of those relaxing wonderful days where you aren't constantly going but just enjoying being together. Nobody fought, everyone just had a nice day.
So we put the children to bed and I went to go and walk the dog. All of a sudden out of nowhere I got a wave of nausea and I was seeing spots. Hubby went to walk the dog instead and I went to take a Compazine and go to bed. The thought was I would sleep it off and be fine for Saturday. I woke up Saturday morning feeling kind of woozy but okay. I wanted to run but hubby thought it would make things worse so I didn't go. As the morning wore on I began to feel better.
We went to my mom's for a barbecue and about halfway through the day I felt it coming on again. Stupidly, I tried to ignore it and go about my day. By 9:30pm last night (just in time for the fireworks) I was in agony. I felt lightheaded and nauseous and the pain was horrible. I skipped the Compazine and took a Percocet and went to bed.
This morning I feel better. My head still hurts but not nearly like it did yesterday. I'm sure by tomorrow morning I will be totally better. I just need to be careful today. I have already brewed the coffee and I am sure I will not be able to run unless things get drastically better soon. I do have my period so I am sure it is hormone related but if it is hormone related than why am I not getting the migraines every month like I was before?
This really stinks...I hate feeling like I am missing out on things because of my head. I hate trying to pretend it doesn't hurt and I hate the look in my families eyes when they realize that I have yet another migraine. Ugh...
Just the other day I was thinking that I hadn't had a real migraine in a couple of months. I keep trying to attribute the cause of my migraines to my mood or my stress levels. I keep thinking they are my bodies way of telling me to slow down. Well I'm slowed down right now and I still get one so there goes that theory.
It started Friday night. Hubby had Friday off so we had a great day. Molly ( our puppy) slept until almost 8:00am...I took her out for a nice walk, came home and fed her and than she played with the children while I went for a quick run. Hubby slept in. Came home from my run, made a nice breakfast for everyone. Hubby and I ate out on our backporch. We worked outside for awhile, mowing the lawn and weeding. The children played with friends. We layed around and read our books while the children played and than later we went to dinner and watched a movie. It was one of those relaxing wonderful days where you aren't constantly going but just enjoying being together. Nobody fought, everyone just had a nice day.
So we put the children to bed and I went to go and walk the dog. All of a sudden out of nowhere I got a wave of nausea and I was seeing spots. Hubby went to walk the dog instead and I went to take a Compazine and go to bed. The thought was I would sleep it off and be fine for Saturday. I woke up Saturday morning feeling kind of woozy but okay. I wanted to run but hubby thought it would make things worse so I didn't go. As the morning wore on I began to feel better.
We went to my mom's for a barbecue and about halfway through the day I felt it coming on again. Stupidly, I tried to ignore it and go about my day. By 9:30pm last night (just in time for the fireworks) I was in agony. I felt lightheaded and nauseous and the pain was horrible. I skipped the Compazine and took a Percocet and went to bed.
This morning I feel better. My head still hurts but not nearly like it did yesterday. I'm sure by tomorrow morning I will be totally better. I just need to be careful today. I have already brewed the coffee and I am sure I will not be able to run unless things get drastically better soon. I do have my period so I am sure it is hormone related but if it is hormone related than why am I not getting the migraines every month like I was before?
This really stinks...I hate feeling like I am missing out on things because of my head. I hate trying to pretend it doesn't hurt and I hate the look in my families eyes when they realize that I have yet another migraine. Ugh...
Thursday, July 2, 2009
The Big Apple
I have never considered myself a "city person". I grew up on Long Island, NY and always lived in the suburbs. We went boating and swimming at the beach and always had a big backyard to go sledding in. When I was 14 years old we moved to Florida. Again to the suburbs. We had a two car garage and a swimming pool in the backyard. We were two minutes from the beach.
Hubby grew up in the city. First, Jackson Heights, than Ridgewood and finally Sunnyside, Queens. He grew up on public transportation...subways, buses, trains. He also moved to Florida at age 14. To the suburbs, but the city was in his blood.
After we were married we moved to NYC and I found that I really did love it. I missed my car and I missed my family but I loved the ability to do anything you wanted. Central Park, museums, restaurants and the theatre. After #1 was born we moved back to Florida to be near our parents and we settled back into life in the suburbs.
This trip to NYC made me realize that the city is now in my blood. We hadn't been back for 4 years so the last time we were there the children were only 2 and 5. This time at almost 7 and 10 it was much more manageable and they were able to really experience all that the city had to offer. We took them to Times Square, Central Park, the Museum of Natural History, China Town, Little Italy, Battery Park, Statue of Liberty from the Staten Island Ferry and of course Sunnyside, our old neighborhood and the same neighborhood that Hubby's cousin and family still live in. Being able to walk to dinner or play at the park or talk to your neighbors on your front stoop was so much fun. The best part of the whole trip? Getting to see the children with their cousins. For five days they all played nonstop. From the moment they woke up until the moment they went to sleep. They swam in hubby's uncles pool in New Rochelle, they ran around and caught firefly's ,they shared ice cream in the park and ran through the sprinklers. They experienced hot dogs and pretzels on the street and climbing the rocks in Central Park. The stared in awe at the big buildings and the even bigger whale in the museum of Natural History.
One night we had the opportunity to go out just with the adults. Hubby's cousin and her husband and hubby and I. We walked down the road to a wine bar and drank a bottle of wine. Then we walked over to a restaurant for muscles. We talked, we laughed, we reminisced about when we were all first married before children, living in NYC. We used to party hard and laugh even harder. This trip made me realize how close we all once were. We've vowed that now that the children are older it can't be 4 years before our next trip. We need to make sure we see them more often. Right now I feel sad. I love living in Florida but I miss the city. I wish our trip would have been just a little bit longer.
Hubby grew up in the city. First, Jackson Heights, than Ridgewood and finally Sunnyside, Queens. He grew up on public transportation...subways, buses, trains. He also moved to Florida at age 14. To the suburbs, but the city was in his blood.
After we were married we moved to NYC and I found that I really did love it. I missed my car and I missed my family but I loved the ability to do anything you wanted. Central Park, museums, restaurants and the theatre. After #1 was born we moved back to Florida to be near our parents and we settled back into life in the suburbs.
This trip to NYC made me realize that the city is now in my blood. We hadn't been back for 4 years so the last time we were there the children were only 2 and 5. This time at almost 7 and 10 it was much more manageable and they were able to really experience all that the city had to offer. We took them to Times Square, Central Park, the Museum of Natural History, China Town, Little Italy, Battery Park, Statue of Liberty from the Staten Island Ferry and of course Sunnyside, our old neighborhood and the same neighborhood that Hubby's cousin and family still live in. Being able to walk to dinner or play at the park or talk to your neighbors on your front stoop was so much fun. The best part of the whole trip? Getting to see the children with their cousins. For five days they all played nonstop. From the moment they woke up until the moment they went to sleep. They swam in hubby's uncles pool in New Rochelle, they ran around and caught firefly's ,they shared ice cream in the park and ran through the sprinklers. They experienced hot dogs and pretzels on the street and climbing the rocks in Central Park. The stared in awe at the big buildings and the even bigger whale in the museum of Natural History.
One night we had the opportunity to go out just with the adults. Hubby's cousin and her husband and hubby and I. We walked down the road to a wine bar and drank a bottle of wine. Then we walked over to a restaurant for muscles. We talked, we laughed, we reminisced about when we were all first married before children, living in NYC. We used to party hard and laugh even harder. This trip made me realize how close we all once were. We've vowed that now that the children are older it can't be 4 years before our next trip. We need to make sure we see them more often. Right now I feel sad. I love living in Florida but I miss the city. I wish our trip would have been just a little bit longer.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Lots to share...
We are having a wonderful time in NYC. Visiting family, seeing the city and eating lots of wonderful food. We come home tonight and I will be sure to post pictures for all of you tomorrow. I'm sad that our vacation in ending!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Focus people....focus!!
Why am I blogging and drinking coffee when we leave for the airport in two hours??? I still need to finish packing...make me focus people!!
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Am I jinxing it...
if I let you know that "Molly" has gone one week and two days with no accidents??? Woo-hoo!
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