I've decided to post some of the simple wisdom my married friends have shared with me over the past few weeks. Their insight, kindness and support was exactly what we needed in the last (mildly stressful) weeks leading up to our wedding.
Today the topic is "Money" (that old chestnut!)
"Always let Zac think he is in control of the finances" ;)
"Never let money rule your marriage... it's really not as important as our culture says"
"Never worry about it, you've got each other"
"Talk about money openly and be honest. Unity on this subject will keep the peace."
"Ask Zac for money, even if you have some in your purse." ;)
"Always trust God to provide. Never be afraid to be generous."
Monday, July 12, 2010
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Wisdom Pt1
I've decided to post some of the simple wisdom my married friends have shared with me over the past few weeks. Their insight, kindness and support was exactly what we needed in the last (mildly stressful) weeks leading up to our wedding.
Today the topic is "The Wedding"
"Always CELEBRATE each year - Go all out... make it the most important date in your year"
"Enjoy your day- ban stress - if something doesn't go to plan just laugh"
"Never worry about what others think"
"Have a special moment by yourselves during the chaos of the day - soak it in!"
"Savour every moment - you only get to do it once + take a moment to be alone."
"Smile and stay calm if something goes wrong"
Today the topic is "The Wedding"
"Always CELEBRATE each year - Go all out... make it the most important date in your year"
"Enjoy your day- ban stress - if something doesn't go to plan just laugh"
"Never worry about what others think"
"Have a special moment by yourselves during the chaos of the day - soak it in!"
"Savour every moment - you only get to do it once + take a moment to be alone."
"Smile and stay calm if something goes wrong"
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Friday, July 9, 2010
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Moving House.
So yesterday we moved all our gear into our new house!
(WARNING: this post will have bulk exclamation marks!!)
It was tough getting everything in, but Zac called in a favour and we had heaps of people come and help us. Although, I think Ryan (his bro & groomsman) managed to spend the whole time putting together 2x ikea bedside tables with lots of blood sweat and tears... haha!
So all our stuff is in, besides our suitcases, some of my clothes and my bed.
Last night we unpacked the kitchen (our favourite room) and it was SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!
We're going to unpack everything else once we get back.
Also, today the couches and some of our wedding presents get delivered!! :)
oh, and yesterday the necklaces arrived! YAY!
(WARNING: this post will have bulk exclamation marks!!)
It was tough getting everything in, but Zac called in a favour and we had heaps of people come and help us. Although, I think Ryan (his bro & groomsman) managed to spend the whole time putting together 2x ikea bedside tables with lots of blood sweat and tears... haha!
So all our stuff is in, besides our suitcases, some of my clothes and my bed.
Last night we unpacked the kitchen (our favourite room) and it was SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!
We're going to unpack everything else once we get back.
Also, today the couches and some of our wedding presents get delivered!! :)
oh, and yesterday the necklaces arrived! YAY!
Monday, July 5, 2010
Daft.
My brain is addled, the last week has been shocking! Sorry for being a bad blogger and not posting... To my one reader, I'm truely sorry! haha!
Did I tell you about the Anthropologie saga? About how my friend in CA is shipping me some presents for my bridesmaids? Well, I ordered them 10/06/10 and they got sent out 2 days later to Ali.
6 days later I check the postal tracking and I realised something horrible. I sent had sent them to the wrong address. It wasn't completely wrong, just 1 word was wrong - I had written "Sea Mist" instead of "Ocean Mist".
As Ali emailed me, "Same body of water, different word, sweetie."
Seriously.
So I emailed and emailed and emailed Anthropologie and they finally got back a week later, letting me know that they had received the package back and would I like to correct the address? At the same time Ali emailed me, "We're going away in 3 days (the 1st of July) for 10 days.. any word on the package?" So I emailed Anthropologie back, Yes Please, OCEAN Mist and Make it Overnight Express.
Well, they didn't send the package for 2 days. Wonderful! *sarcasm*
Ali and I emailed back and forth. Thank God she has a cat and it needed to be fed while she was away, because she organised a friend to take care of it. She sent the package and while it's cutting it fine, they're meant to be arriving this Wednesday. One month later.
Sigh... my brain has turned to mush!
It seems I'm not the only one, Zac spent last weekend down south with his mates. He went down with a developing cold and the next evening when I spoke to him briefly, he mentioned swimming, the ocean, boating, lack of jumper (it fell in the ocean) and, wait for it....
Sea Biscuiting.
He still has a cold, it has developed into a fully-fledged man-cold.
We also took a trip to the Physiotherapist this morning to get some work done on his shoulder because one of his friends decided it would be great to drag Zac behind the boat at 30 knots. Of course, Zac flew off and landed on the rock hard Indian Ocean, shoulder first.
So he's strapped up, with 2 more sessions to go before Saturday and warned not to lift anything.
Too bad we're moving house on Wednesday and Thursday.
This week is so messed up.
Did I tell you about the Anthropologie saga? About how my friend in CA is shipping me some presents for my bridesmaids? Well, I ordered them 10/06/10 and they got sent out 2 days later to Ali.
6 days later I check the postal tracking and I realised something horrible. I sent had sent them to the wrong address. It wasn't completely wrong, just 1 word was wrong - I had written "Sea Mist" instead of "Ocean Mist".
As Ali emailed me, "Same body of water, different word, sweetie."
Seriously.
So I emailed and emailed and emailed Anthropologie and they finally got back a week later, letting me know that they had received the package back and would I like to correct the address? At the same time Ali emailed me, "We're going away in 3 days (the 1st of July) for 10 days.. any word on the package?" So I emailed Anthropologie back, Yes Please, OCEAN Mist and Make it Overnight Express.
Well, they didn't send the package for 2 days. Wonderful! *sarcasm*
Ali and I emailed back and forth. Thank God she has a cat and it needed to be fed while she was away, because she organised a friend to take care of it. She sent the package and while it's cutting it fine, they're meant to be arriving this Wednesday. One month later.
Sigh... my brain has turned to mush!
It seems I'm not the only one, Zac spent last weekend down south with his mates. He went down with a developing cold and the next evening when I spoke to him briefly, he mentioned swimming, the ocean, boating, lack of jumper (it fell in the ocean) and, wait for it....
Sea Biscuiting.
He still has a cold, it has developed into a fully-fledged man-cold.
We also took a trip to the Physiotherapist this morning to get some work done on his shoulder because one of his friends decided it would be great to drag Zac behind the boat at 30 knots. Of course, Zac flew off and landed on the rock hard Indian Ocean, shoulder first.
So he's strapped up, with 2 more sessions to go before Saturday and warned not to lift anything.
Too bad we're moving house on Wednesday and Thursday.
This week is so messed up.
Friday, July 2, 2010
Tomorrow.
Tomorrow I'm going to a bridal shower the girls are throwing me. As per usual, they are VERY good at keeping secrets and I have no idea what's going on.
Thanks in advance to Chantelle and Sarah for being so lovely!
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