Thursday, January 31, 2008

Birthday .............

Here are Sam & Samantha's birthday announcements on the Channel 8 website ....... scroll to the bottom, under birthdays, and click on their picture to make it bigger :) They will be on the morning news on the 27th & 28th of February !


http://rochesterhomepage.net/content/photos

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Hi :)

It's funny because coming back to this is like hugging a childhood friend..... Being Internet-free and without the blog for me was like not having my best friend to vent too. (Thank goodness she was still available .... tee hee hee) The only difference is that here, I can go on & on & on, .......... well okay I guess that there isn't much of a difference............

Our 12th wedding anniversary is this Sunday. 12 years married. 4 happy years. :) (kidding)

At our wedding I remember Fr. Jim talking about how there is no perfect marriage, and that marriage is like a huge circle, there will be highs, and lows, and times in the middle when it is kind of boring (my words not his) .

But one thing he was right about, was that it is work, and there have been times over the past 12 years that one or both of us has stopped working at it. And this goes beyond the "you left the cap off the toothpaste, and the "you snore too loud" kind of thing...... It's the important stuff.......

I'm glad that I have that homily to look back on, but If i could go back and forewarn myself (yes I said it forewarn) I would make sure that I knew that it's not always easy, that sometimes it's just plain hard work. That there might be times where you want to just run away, that sometimes those adorable little quirks you used to love might drive you to the point of madness, that even though you know marriage won't change someone, for some reason you keep trying to change them, that even the way they drive the car is infuriating sometimes, that you get to the point where you fore go that morning kiss due to morning breath, whereas before you didn't care about something as trivial as that. ....

Then there are the other times, the times where you realize that the person who snores real loud, and leaves piles of clothes and stuff all over the bedroom, and still plays air guitar & lip syncs to his favorite songs is your best friend. He is the one that you lean on in bad times, that will cheer you up in the grouchy times, and that there is a reason you've muddled through the past dozen or so years. Because it's worth it, because he's not perfect, and somewhere along the road you learned that you aren't either. And that even though you probably both have morning breath , sometimes that kiss is worth it :)

So here we are 2 kids, 2 houses, and a handful of vehicles later ........... we've lost loved ones, we've welcomed new members into the family, we've made new friends, new interests & new hobbies. Here we are ...... still.

And 12 years ago, if I knew all of this, I'd still make the same decision .....

I'll keep you updated on how the next year goes.....

Happy almost Anniversary Sammy.

Friday, January 25, 2008

I'm back


Hello :)

I was without Internet for the past couple weeks, but we are back! It's funny, I felt so out of touch with everyone :( However I learned that I can survive without it. Of course I had nowhere to vent out all my frustrations without this blog, so I may have been a bit touchy...... you'll have to check with my family on that one.....

I'll be catching everyone up soon, I'm just checking my 9000 e-mails !