Love, love, love...Bum bah bum...love, love, love...

As a result of Two People Falling in Love, a few things recently came to fruition. After a year long cross-cultural, cross-sea engagement, surrounded by friends and family on a beautiful September day, Matt and I exchanged our vows. It was perfect, with one exception; one of my brothers could not be there because of a different "fruit."


After a great honeymoon in Mexico, I hopped into the car with Mom for a long drive to Texas. Waiting for us was a warm bundle of gurgles and grunts that kept Adam from walking me down the aisle. At first glance, I decided Collin was probably worth missing the wedding, and I fell in love, again.


At a friend's baby shower, her mother shared her thoughts from when she was pregnant with her 2nd baby (which turned out to be be TWO babies!). I will paraphrase..."I couldn't imagine how I could love ANOTHER baby, when I already loved my little family so much! But I did!" She went on to express her amazement at how we never really run out of love; the more people in our life in need of love, the more we have to give. I thought that after spending so much time with and loving my family, my already existing nuggets, and my new husband, there was NO WAY I would feel strongly about another nephew. Oh Young Grasshopper, you have so much to learn.

I love him, so much. With a (gas-induced) grin like that, how could you NOT love him?

Oktoberfest in September

An evening with friends is only bettered by Oktoberfest beer! Friends Al and Tim hosted the 1st Annual Oktoberfest Tasting and not being a big beer girl, it was better than expected. Grading is usually easy for me since I'm a teacher, but it was hard to rank each one, especially the first one, and I got a new appreciation for the judges at music festivals. If you're the poor student who has to play first for the judges, know it's not your lack of talent that got you that middle-of-the-road score, it's because you're first.

productivity; a product of laziness

I did not run today and since I failed to throw out my mirrors yesterday, it is definitely both a 'fat' and 'bad hair' day.

The bright side, and YES! there is a bright side, is that the wedding programs are finally being printed aaaaaaaaaaand the guest book is also on it's way to the 'almost presentable' category. Procrastination really does suit me.

The other bright side is that there is still time to run, fix my hair, and enjoy this beautiful day. Yay!

blog request

I posted this on my facebook status today and Greg, my former boss from Luther College requested I start a blog with my 'thoughts from running'. OK. :)

saw an albino squirrel on my run today and wondered if he knows he is different from the other squirrels. unless he has a little squirrely mirror in his nest, probably not. then i figured we should all throw out our mirrors and we'd never have 'bad hair' or 'fat' days.

There ya go, Greg. Let's just hope tomorrow there is running in which I will wonder some more. I'm feeling kinda lazy.

Rosa never has a fat day and every day is a good hair day. She doesn't need a mirror to KNOW she is pretty. She also knows the window is dirty. Like I said, feeling lazy...