broken*saucer

I've been pretty tight-lipped about the drama in my life lately.  Sometimes I think that I should be less open with you, my dear readers, because I don't necessarily know who you are, because by putting myself out there, here, I open myself up to the cruelty of anonymous trolls.  But all this quiet has only caused me to open up more in real life which I feel has been even more detrimental. There is nothing like the instant gratification of getting the wrong response to what you are trying to say - in person. The look. The screwing up of the forehead, the quick, interrupting response before you've entirely composed your thoughts, the blank look of misunderstanding. Well. Suffice it to say that I have done a lot of opening up in person lately and it hasn't worked out so well. Don't get me wrong, I've actually had a lot of moral support lately as well, but I'm a dweller, and this thing has been dragging out and so I keep dwelling and I'm frankly, annoying m...

It's raining. giant penetrating drops, this rain wants to make me cold. but. it's friday and verging on a three day weekend. it's almost valentine's day, a day that never really mattered to me, but I guess I'm just feeling cheerful. When we got engaged, i, like so many brides, was convinced we had to have our wedding in the summer so that there would be sun and it could be a happy occasion. as if the sun itself determined how our wedding would go. I believe even G said, "it will be happy regardless of the weather." I think he even looked a little bit hurt at that. the farmers almanac predicted a 30% chance of rain on our weekend so G insisted that we needed an indoors. and rather than just a contingency plan, which is really just more stress. So we had our ceremony and reception indoors in a place without a deck. it was gloriously sunny, although sunset was an hour after the ceremony. but, did we really need a summer wedding? a more expensive bec...

I just love it when I stumble on a wedding that makes me swoon. and you know how I feel about a blue dress. meet Ben and Beth. I just love every detail of their gorgeous wedding. go see !

I have been a huge fan of erin ever after since I first started blogging this wedding stuff nearly a year ago (has it really been that long??). She was recently picked up by Style Me Pretty to do a few posts (or more...) and the first real wedding she decides to post? this gorgeous lovely with the bride in a jade silk dress. I'm drooling over Farra and Juan's gorgeous wedding. And I just love that dress. Congratulations to Farra and Juan and woo hoo to the lovely Erin !

Yesterday was our one month anniversary. which, given the eight years we were together before our engagement, one month doesn't seem like such a big deal. except, that we have been married for one month! I have actually had a few circumstances where I have called him my husband. And I get to look down at this pretty ring every day. This last month has not been monumental, but it has been a bit chaotic. after the wedding, I went back to work for a few days. we didn't leave for our honeymoon on Kauai'i until ten days after. then we were there, which was wonderful and filled with sun and surf and sand. and then we came home. and my first week back at work was interrupted by two dentist appointments, the arrival of our wedding photos and a costumed cyclo-cross bicycle race (I was Dorothy from the wizard of Oz - more on that later) and did I mention that it has been cold in our fair Seattle? We are officially back to the grind. Yes. Here we are. But we are married. And it feels ...

i see things that completely make me want to elope. { a practical wedding }