It's Our Anniversary

Cue the music!


Tony! Toni! Tone! is so appropriate for this post. I always like to add a little throw-back jam to spice the blog up a bit.

Derrick and I celebrated our first anniversary on May 1. I couldn't really call it a celebration. My immune system decided to let down its defenses and allow some kind of bacteria or virus to attack. The Saturday before our anniversary, all I did was lay on the couch wrapped in a blanket and watch Swamp People (fascinating show) while Derrick worked on the yard. I managed to muster up enough energy to go to my parents' house that Sunday to get our cake topper so it could thaw after being in the deep freezer for 365 days. To our surprise, it was delicious! My mom did a fabulous job wrapping it up. I didn't remember how big our cake was until we opened the topper. That thing was huge!

Wedding cake.

Our anniversary cake.

After getting the cake from my parents, I had to get my bottom in gear and play kick ball even though I felt terrible. I did make Derrick take a corny First Anniversary picture. I think I'll make it a tradition.

Not one of my cuter moments.

We ended up losing our game, but I was just glad I didn't keel over and die afterwards. I did manage to get hit in the face with a kick ball. Regardless of my ill-timed illness (pun intended), Derrick and I felt very blessed to celebrate a year of wedded bliss and we certainly are looking forward to many more. Yes, life is Lunderful.

I Know, I Know

It's been a while. Spring is has sprung, so it's time to dust off the cobwebs on this 'ole blog and start posting again. What better way to ramp things up again than to talk about my upcoming wedding anniversary. That's right, folks! It has been a year since yours truly tied the knot with her beloved husband. In honor of remembering when I married the love of my life, I plan to catch some of the hoopla that is the wedding of Prince William and the future Princess Kate. All of this fanfare has really gotten me intrigued. What will she wear? What will here hair look like? What does the cake look like? What's on the menu? You know, all the cheesy, boring stuff Derrick's been so glad to be done with over the past year.

Of course, I won't spend the entire weekend with Wills and Kate. Derrick and I will kick off our first anniversary weekend tomorrow night when we head to dinner at the Hereford House. This restaurant has a special place in our hearts because it is where we had our first date. However, the location we are going to isn't the same location we went to three years ago. Some angry person decided to burn and destroy the original location where our love began to blossom. That's okay, angry person. Fortunately for you, there is another location in the 'burbs, but it won't have the same magic as the one downtown. Oh well. The other location will have to do.

Our Saturday likely will be filled with yard work (a must-do activities for couples in the deepest of love--no arguments will come out of this, I'm sure) and on our actual anniversary, we'll be playing kick ball. Yes, Derrick and I have gotten our lazy butts out of the house each Sunday afternoon for a couple of games of kick ball with some good friends. Our team has been doing pretty well and we're hoping to make it to the playoffs.

Sunday night, we'll probably look back on our day while eating a cake that's been in my parents' freezer for the past 365 days. Thank goodness we have the video because it was such a blur. I don't remember much. It's true what they say, the day goes by so fast. The year seems to have gone by even faster.

I'll be sure to dish on what I thought about the Royal Wedding (if you care about my opinion on such matters) as well as update you on the inaugural anniversary weekend. I promise it won't be three months from now before I write again. Stay tuned ... really, I mean it.

Staying the Course

Yesterday I had a meltdown (a meltdown no 31 year old should have, especially when operating a motor vehicle). But yesterday’s meltdown equals today’s profound wisdom, so I thought I’d share.

My route to and from work involves a usually busy street, but yesterday, the drive home was much slower than normal. Both left and right lanes were backed up so I decided to stay in the right lane in case I wanted to turn on to another street. I remembered that one of those streets was a dead end so I kept deciding not to turn each time I inched passed one only to see that they were actually thru streets. Finally, I got close enough to what was causing traffic to creep along: a stalled car in the right lane. The part of my brain that lacks patience told me to make a right at the next opportunity, so I did. Sure enough, that was the one street that was a dead end. My week was already starting out pretty lame, and when I say lame, I really mean it's been full of suck. So this was enough to make me completely lose it in my car. I’m sure people thought I was crazy. I had to turn around and not only go face the awful traffic, but also pray that drivers would have pity on me let me in so I could get around the stalled car. Fortunately, two drivers did and I was back on track and heading home.

What does this have to do with the profound wisdom I want to share? Well, I’m sure, at one point or another; we have felt like the road we’re taking to get to where we want to be in life is taking too long. So what do we do? We take short cuts to avoid obstacles. Then what happens? Short cuts seem to only make it worse. Lately, I have been feeling like it’s taking too long to achieve the things in life I still want to achieve. But, if my drive home yesterday taught me anything, it was when I get off course, somehow, the good Lord gets me back on track. I was reminded that although I want what I want when I want it, life doesn’t always work that way. I’m not saying I should just sit back, do nothing and all my dreams will come true. But with a little patience and a lot of faith, I know the things I desire in life will come when the time is right. Until then, I’ll just turn the music up and rock out while I wait.

Are you taking short cuts or staying the course?