We’ll Make This Honeymoon Last Forever

It’s been a little over a week since the wedding. I am sitting on my inflatable bed that is placed in the living room in my new Oceanside apartment listening to Michael Buble music that should have been played at the wedding. My husband is at work and I miss him already after spending a week together with no disturbances. As I sit here and write, I am filled with such peace. Why? Yes, we are newlyweds, and life is now filled with brilliant and fascinating new concepts and beginnings. Though we are still on a “honeymoon” per se, we have faced some bumps into marriage. My reaction was mistrust and doubt to the situation. On our first night of the honeymoon on the ship I was out of words and I needed Him. I opened the Bible and God spoke so clearly to me. I mean CLEARLY! The same issue my husband and I were facing was right there! I had to make a decision, as I prayed about it; God gave me peace and comfort knowing that all was going to fall into place.

I am blessed as I write this. My husband may not be perfect, I am not perfect, but we rely on God, and He is perfect. My husband and I pray together knowing that without God our relationship can’t be strong. I am thankful to God for blessing me with a great man such as my husband. I hope I am able to give him the happiness he has given me.

I have to go now, lots of folding to do and meal planning for today before he gets home from work!

Wedding Dress, Lowe’s, and Tanning

What a week I have ahead of me.

Only six days ’till my wedding. How am I dealing with it? I wouldn’t be able to answer that with accuracy. So far there have been a few wedding mishaps and Bridezilla has not taken over. My wedding dress was taken to the seamstress to get some last minute touch up’s over a week ago. The lady promised she would have it done in a week. I went to pick up my dress yesterday and the lady had forgotten about my dress. I looked at directly into her eyes and said “my wedding is in one week and you told me you would finish this dress by Wednesday or Thursday, what are you going to do?” She apologizes and promised to have it done by Monday the latest (let’s hope).

Considering that Danny has been in San Jose with his brother and that my aunt is away in Mexico for the weekend, I didn’t do too bad alone. I went to Lowe’s and bought eighteen eight inch by forty eight pillars and stuffed them in my little car. By this moment I was overwhelmed and frustrated on how to get things done. I had to return some stuff at Target when I saw someone from church and asked me how the wedding plans were going- my answer was uncontrollable- I cried.

I also tanned this past Thursday. Not because I wanted to look a tad bit darker or because I had slight color imperfections but because my left arm has a visible shirt tan line. I mean VERY VISIBLE!! So I went to get a spray tan and after it was over, my face looked like I had freckles and my palms of my hands look like I have been working out in the fields. I have scrubbed while showering and it didn’t work! To say the least, I am liking my new color, though that Thursday I kind of ended up looking like Ross from Friends when he got his tan!

The second living room in the house has become the wedding workshop. Everything from the wedding is there! & it’s a mess! My room is getting bared as well as I am also packing my things to move. What a week! Pray for me!

Oh the beauties of having a wedding!

The Making of My Bucket List

I was inspired when I watched the movie The Bucket List over a year ago. It was absolutely encouraging. I was intrigued in starting one but hadn’t taken the initiative to do so until now. Maybe I am doing it now because many things that I wanted to put on that list are happening and I want to make sure they are noted as time passes by.

What is a bucket list? It’s a list of things we want to do before we die. So here it goes, mine has just started and as I accomplish them I will cross them off as I venture on in life. I will cross them off here on my blog that way I can share these experiences with you!

What’s on your Bucket List?

This is the link to my bucket list!

Lighten Up!

As if you haven’t watched this video before! I laugh every time I watch it! Thought I might post it up for a quick laugh of the day!

Let’s Elope in my Beautiful Wedding Dress

…please?!

This wedding is just too much to handle!

I just want to be with my honey, tell him how much I love him, make a pact before God to love, honor, respect, care for each other, laugh and cry in good times and in bad, never to part, as long as we both shall live. Isn’t it what it’s all about?

Oh, and I want to wear my pretty dress!

Plus, I’m planning the wedding to be outdoor and I woke up today and it rained! Uh, I need a meeting with mother nature to discuss about my wedding day, and since I can’t get a meeting with mother nature, I am looking for back up locations.

Now my head hurts…

P.S.- That’s not my dress, mine is prettier! I can’t show it because Danny will see!

I’m Getting Married! [As If You Didn't Already Know]

It’s all hitting me!

I ordered my wedding veil online and received it about a few weeks ago. I try it on occasionally and pretend its my wedding day! I am so excited! I have to yet send out the invites but they are printed and ready to go. We are moments away from booking a great photographer who will do the job for a great price! The table and chairs are reserved and so are the linens. The cater is hired and the food menu is almost done. My dress will be home in about two weeks and after that I believe I won’t sleep just to stare at it!

Can you tell I am excited?

The cake arrangements are still pending and the house needs some work. With all that said… I enjoy my days off from work like never before. My last day of work will be sometime within the first week of October. The best part is DANNY will be here by then! I can ‘t wait to see my groom! Planning this wedding seems to have a toll of different rolls of emotions on me- some days I say I rather get eloped (the only thing that’s stopping me is the beautiful gown I have for the wedding and I MUST, must, must, wear it), other days, I am a wreck and rather not even think about the wedding, and days like these where somethings must get done and wedding is all I think about!

Nonetheless we have 42 days ’till the wedding!

Moving is also on my mind. Soon after the wedding I will be moving to Oceanside with my groom. We have our eyes on a beautiful apartment and are hoping we can get all things settled soon after Danny arrives. More things on my mind! Apartment moving, new furniture shopping, pots and pans and spatulas, car shopping, and school hunting (once we’re settled in), and most importantly… church hunting. We are praying that God leads us where He wants us to serve and receive. Though as for me, I am sad to be leaving this church family, I know that God has something greater for us in Oceanside- and we are READY!

That’s all for now!

Keep us in your prayers!

Two Men

Less than fifty days ‘till my wedding. Putting all things aside with wedding havoc, I decided to take some time to write. There is something so amazing that happens daily in my life now. I fall in love with two wonderful men. First and foremost there is my God, my Lord, and my Savior. Then there is Danny, my fiancé, soon to be husband, and Marine.
A few months ago, Danny and I started reading His Needs Her Needs as a part the pre-marital class (I recommend that book to everyone who plans in marrying one day). As Danny read the first chapter, he shared to me his thoughts on the book. Later on he tells me “Betty, my goal is to win your heart over every day”. Man that made my heart melt! I noticed change soon after. Sometimes in the simplest ways he would try so hard to make me laugh, he would compliment me even more often, he started praying for me everything, so on and so forth. The list goes on. This week he did something out of the ordinary! He being in Georgia made a Starbucks order through phone, paid with his card, and told me to pick up my coffee. His treat to me! Sometimes there have been things I wouldn’t notice, sometimes I would, and all I knew was that somewhere in his heart; Danny wanted to win me over, daily.

Isn’t that what God does every day? He tries to show us knew ways, wants us to see the rather more simple things in life and teaches us how to laugh through the storm. A few months ago I prayed to God to show me how to laugh at the silliest things. I had become bitter, hard, and uninviting. As I made that prayer while driving, immediately God began to work! I saw a Veterinarian Hospital and there was a caricature of a cow standing up waving. Normally, I would make a comment such as “wow, these people are so unprofessional with such sign”, instead I started laughing! Then about ten minutes later down the road I noticed two little birds on my lane and I was scared that for some reason I would run over these birds! Suddenly I hear a little voice saying “Hey meet you at the tree at three!” then another voice says “See you there!”. Talk about amusing! From then on, I was enjoying the little things. God wins my heart over every day.
So here I am, thanking God for placing such a wonderful, amazing, romantic, handsome, and God loving man in my life. Knowing that I will be spending the rest of my life with a man that knows the ways of God is something I’ve always prayed for. I’ve got my God, my Rock, my Savior, and life and boy am I in love!

Laugh!

Laugh

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

-E.E. Cummings

 

Thought you might enjoy the quote as much as I did.

My Days Have Been Filled…

with…

1. Coffee
2. Joy
3. Morning dance work outs
4. Intense wedding planning
5. Work
6. House/ apartment hunting
7. A lot of praying!

and sleepless nights.

& I haven’t blogged. If you noticed, my side bar (twitter) has been tampered with throughout the days. That’s about how much time I have.

So there is a wedding update for those who I haven’t kept up with; the wedding is officially on the go and the date is set to October 23, 2009. There are many things to do yet I have a peace in my heart about it. I know all things are falling into place perfectly and know that God is slowly providing all my needs.

I will be moving out of town and maybe even out of state, across the country. We are waiting for Danny to be mid-way into school so that we have an idea of where they will be placing us. The Marines may want to send us to Japan, Georgia, Arizona, or even San Diego. Our prayer is for God to send us where He wants us. We already feel He is openning doors for Georgia but we keep on praying it isn’t only our instincts.

I am excited for this new chapter of my life to begin. So many things are occuring and I have felt peace and joy and complete confidence in the Lord. Just this last week or so I found out my mother was pregnant. It all came as a surprise having in mind that I too in a few years will be walking that same path. I just ask God to bless my mom in this pregnancy and I continue to declare life over that child’s life.

As for God and I, He still continues amazing me. Tomorrow, God willing, I wake up to my 20th birthday. Twenty wonderful years knowing God, serving Him, and falling daily in love with Him.

Odd Facts

1. I feel so alive; like never before.
2. I got a tan that has a mix of a farmer’s tan with a driver side tan.
3. My birthday is exactly one month away.
4. Texas was fun but I missed being home.
5. I haven’t had one reader in two days.
6. Something truly amazing is happening in my life- my winter season is over.
7. We found the wedding location!!
8. I want to dye my hair back to my natural color- fingers crossed it comes out right.
9. God is daily showing me obvious reasons to smile.
10. I’ll be posting a good post soon!

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