The Feelings I have! -Owen

"Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you was beyond my control."

In the end, it's not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away

"WHAT EACH KISS MEANS"- Kiss on the Forehead: We're cute together .- Kiss on the Cheek: We're friends.- Kiss on the Hand: I adore you.- Kiss on the Neck: I want you, now.- Kiss on the Shoulder: Your perfect.- Kiss on the Lips: I LOVE YOU...

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

People who are willing to get off their a** to search the entire room for the TV remote because they refuse to walk to the TV and change the channel manually.

When people say "it's always the last place you look". Of course it is. Why the hell would you keep looking after you've found it? Do people do this? Who and where are they?

Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poke me in the ribs and cackle, telling me, "You're next." They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.

Balanced Rocks & Balanced Life

After Stefani and I got engaged, we decided one day to grab a few Yinglings and walk down under Rt.83. We wanted to try our hands at rock balancing. I think there is a name for it but that's all I could come up with for now. We had a great time and it was cool to compare styles. Stef's was a tall tower that was stable but the main goal of hers I think was to go as high as possible. (In a nut shell that is Stef. Always growing, learning, pushing, but nothing is done half ass.) That's why I love her.

My Rock formation became more of a pile. It had a strong foundation. I thought if I made it wider at the base and focused on that my formation would last forever.

The thing that I learned from this little adventure was that Stef and I are a perfect match. She is reaching for the ski and has no limits. I am looking ahead and making sure that we have a strong platform. We can learn so much from each other and plan on doing that the rest of our lives.

I am really excited to move forward every day with the love of my life. This Sunday we are going to celebrate 2 years together. We are going to go and build a Rock formation together and hopefully we can come back to it years from now and remember where we started.

The rings that washed off...But never came off.

My First Blog Post Ever.

We were on the Train coming home from New York (My Christmas Gift...Awesome trip). I had been waiting to propose for 2 months. I couldn't stand it anymore. After some great conversation, which made me fall in love with her even more, we started doodling. Which of course then led to us drawing rings on each other. I was so looking forward to getting home and having a little box waiting. No Little Box... (Whole other story). I knew at this point I couldn't wait any longer.

After coming home 2 hours before Baltimore got its 3rd snow fall of 20" that winter. Stef and I cleaned up and hung with the cats. I noticed that after our showers our rings had washed away. The only thing I could get my hands on that night was two ring-pops. So I kept a ring on her for a few more hours (FACT: My ring tasted better). The next day Stef was my Fiance.

Bloom Where You are Planted!

This past weekend Owen and I shared our first real weekend together. It was jammed packed with tons of fun stuff (including that Zac Brown Band concert we'd been dying to go to). We finished it off with a nice relaxing day by the pool, working on our adopted planter.

The way it works is, anyone who wanted to adopt a planter and maintain it for the summer is given one first come first serve. The only rule is that there needs to be a hibiscus in the center. There is a contest held in July, for who has the best planter- and the winner gets a pool party!

Owen and I are hoping that we can win, first off, and second, put the party option towards our wedding  venue!

Plan of attack: Stand out & Be different by using great smelling herbs & using a lot of textures

Missing Those Farm Days

Sooo, I came across this post on oncewed and instantly fell in love, once again. You may have seen a similar posting on Pat & Kay a month or so back. It is adorable, this girl on a farm with the new love of my life (sorry Owen), Mr. Baby Goat. I am missing Farm life a little, just because I want a goat- maybe married life will bring it to me??? Do you think I can register for a goat?...well, that and a couch. We definitely need a new couch.

I love that idea for a center piece.

Feeling One with Nature

This is how my mind works:

I had to go in to the Police Station today to get fingerprinted for my job. I'm looking at my fingerprint card, thinking just how strange fingerprints really are. I mean, to some, the police world (more specifically), they signify identity. No one else has my  fingerprints. They are uniquely me.

The closer I look, the more and more they resemble a cross section of a tree. Now, without going total nerd, and without drawing any outrageous relationships to turn this posting into a 40 page thesis, let's just consider the most fundamental connection here--The relationship living beings have to trees & all the great goodies they give us to keep us healthy. Just on that relationship alone, I feel even more connected to nature, when I see the same trade marks hidden on our bodies.

   

   

Moral of the story: Don't kill trees, because they are part of us.

This inevitably led me to the beautiful tangent of creative guest book ideas.

Found Love in a Laundromat

I pulled this straight from Green Wedding Shoes and think it is such a cute idea for an engagement shoot. Very natural and playful! Isn't it great that our cheapest entertainment often turns out to be the best entertainment!