Marriage is Serious

Today I have been working on baking cakes for a wedding cake I have to do for Saturday. This is the first time that I am doing the brides cake and the grooms cake, so I have a lot of work ahead of me. The grooms cake is going to be the emblem of the Red Sox..two socks that touch each other. I didn't think it would be hard, but now I am starting to get nervous about it. Which brings me to my point today...

I spoke with the bride on monday and asked if she was getting excited and she replied that the fact that she will be married on Saturday (less than a week) has not quite set in yet. I was shocked!!! I was so excited the week of my wedding and even now when I watch the video or even think about my wedding I get excited. It was such a happy time and fun, so to hear this bride-to-be say that she wasn't excited hurt my heart for her. I looked on her check only to see two names: hers and a males. So I am assuming that her and her husband to be are living together, which somewhat explains her blahness (not really a word, but it works). This made me even sadder for her.

This encounter with her made it more clear to me that it is important to save oneself for marriage...not just physically, but emotionally and mentally. There is a lot that goes into a marriage. Marriage is not just a wedding day and then you live happily ever after. Don't get me wrong, there are happily ever after stories, but it is only because these couples have worked their bottoms off to keep their marriage a priority. I have only been married for two years and I love being married, but I know that we have not been tested yet. We don't have children and when we do, that will be a whole other level.

I feel that if this young woman has been living with her boyfriend, that they have both taken something out of their marriage that should have been saved. Again, not just physical, but emotional and mental. They will never get that back!!! I pray that they both understand the full responsibility of marriage and are mature enough to handle it.

*I am no marriage expert, these are just my feelings and beliefs.*

New Roof

So, today is Friday!!!! Last night "the office" was a rerun, so jeremy and I did not watch it. We watched "the other bolyn girl" I really enjoyed it. It is about ann bolyn and her sister mary and the relationships they both had with King Henry of England. You know Ann is the one who was beheaded...overall, I like it.

Yesterday, Jeremy and I took some of our senior adults to the bible history museum at Houston Baptist University. It was really interesting and historical. I cannot imagine living in the 1800s where it was illegal to read the Bible or even to know the Scriptures and if caught then to be burned or just killed. It makes me realize the opportunity we have and that we shouldn't take it for granted. I think everyone should go and tour this museum...I know that isn't a great description but I am a little distracted this morning because there is probably half a dozen men on my roof which takes me to my main point today...

Our roof was damaged in Hurricane Ike and we have not taken care of it because Jeremy wanted to wait until after the holidays to where the roofers were not so busy and the prices were cheaper. and of course, my smart jeremy was right about that. so today, february 20 at about 8:30 the roofers arrived and have started tearing apart our roof. it is a bit loud but the worst part of it is that chewy doesn't like it. He has now settled down a bit but I just know that he will be a mess as long as they are here. Foster on the other hand has no idea what to think. He barks if chewy barks, but otherwise he is sitting next to me with a puzzled look on his face. His face is quite cute. As long as the roofers are here, chewy will not be able to go outside and he won't be able to run around the house, so he must stay in our bedroom. It is just annoying to me and i feel bad for him but I know the roofers will be afraid of him and he really doesn't mean any harm. But the main point of all of this is that we are finally getting out new roof with some upgrades so hopefully we will not have any damage come next hurricane season.

Oh...I did get all of my valentine cookies baked, glazed, decorated and sent away. They looked really great this year. Next week, I am doing a brides cake and grooms cake so maybe I will learn to post pictures. Have a great day and weekend!!!

Not Jims Baby!!

So, I know that "the office" comes on Thursday nights and I am suppose to post on Friday about the episode but this week time got away from me. Now it is tuesday afternoon and I can hardly remember what happened. Bummer...but I do remember most importantly that we find out Karen is pregnant with her husbands baby...which means the baby Karen is carrying is NOT Jims baby. I was so glad, because I didn't know how Pam and Jim could go on with a baby...Crazy!!! Also, I am glad the writers had Karen get married so that way she will not be a single mother. I will try to do a better job at time management on fridays from now on.

Anyway...I had a great birthday on Saturday and then yesterday I met some of my family at my fave mexican restaurant for lunch. It was a good time.

I am in the process of baking 210 valentine cookies to be picked up by thursday. right now, it is looking bleak but I believe I can do it. Jeremy is out of town so I will probably be baking late into the night so I can get them done.

And Congratulations to my college friend melissa who got engaged in cancun!! She lives in Virginia so I have not seen her in a while, but she is a great girl and I am excited for her.

Birthday Week

This week is my birthday week. Some of you may not be familiar with birthday week, but let me tell you...you should be. Birthday week is the week of you birthday. For example, my birthday is Sat, Feb. 7 so my birthday week started Sunday, Feb 1. Now you may ask yourself, why should you or do you even need a birthday week? I guess you don't have to, but why not!!!

I started celebrating my birthday week while I was in college. My friends and I in college were all away from our families so we became a family of sorts. I think it was our way of letting each other know that we cared about the birthday person enough to celebrate all week. Now, this doesn't mean that you have a party everyday or cake everyday, it just kind of means you are special that week. In college, we would give the birthday girl a small present each day of the birthday week and then on her actual birthday she would receive her real present.

Now that I am not in college and married, birthday week doesn't happen that way. My birthday week, might consist of my husband cooking dinner one night or bringing me flowers one day or just treating me special all week long. My husband is amazing, he doesn't ignore me all year and then is nice to me my birthday week...i don't want you to get the wrong idea. He comes up with the most creative and special presents to give to me.

My birthday this year falls on a Saturday, which I am excited about because it is a Saturday. What better day to have a birthday. We have plans to see an IMAX movie and have dinner. I am ready for my birthday. I love my birthday but I don't love getting older.

Bottom line is that I think everyone should celebrate their birthday week and have lots of fun!!!!

Stress Relief

Last Thursday, "the office" was a repeat so I didn't take the time to review it on Friday, but last night after the superbowl, there was a special one-hour episode of "the office" and boy was it great!!! First off, Dwight tested everyones fire safety skills and almost killed stanley. and then they had a CPR class in which Dwight stabbed the dummy to remove its organs and took the face off of the dummy which i think is classic dwight.

I was super excited because there was a sub-plot with Jim and Pam, my favorite characters. Pam parents are having problems and her dad is staying with Jim and Pam, which means that they are living together. I don't really approve of that situation, but it is hollywood and they didn't ask for my opinion. anyway...pam asks jim to talk to her dad, which he does and then her dad decided to find an apartment. we don't know what jim said at this point but later we find out, jim said some amazingly sweet things about pam and their relationship. so, we love jim!!!!

jeremy keeps saying that the writers are going to break jim and pam up, but i don't believe him. he is just trying to discourage my optimistic outlook on life.

Later, Michael decides to hold a roast for himself and ultimately gets his feelings hurt. oh well...the previews for several upcoming episodes showed Karen P. coming back and she is PREGNANT!!!! Can you believe that!!! and of course, NBC wants us to think that it is Jims baby, but i don't believe it. So we will definitely be looking forward to that episode and much more.

AWWW...Monday

Mondays have become my new Saturday. Our weekends before were like anyone elses...saturday I try to sleep in but Foster won't let me and the rest of the day is kind of piddled away doing random things. Sunday I wake up earlier than anyother day of the week so I can prepare lunch in the crock-pot and get ready for church. This has always seemed odd to me that I get up earlier on sunday..the day of rest...than any other day, but that is how it goes. Sunday I get to church around 9:20 and leave about 12:20. Come home, eat lunch, take a nap and go back to church. And then Monday rolls around and Jeremy and I are exhausted. He use to take Fridays off, but that wasn't working very well, so recently he has started taking Mondays off and that is why our Mondays have become the new Saturday.

The past two Mondays we have woken up late, I have cooked breakfast, and we kind of rest. Now this may seem odd and all, but I it is the rest that we need. Even though I take a nap on Sundays, it is still a mentally tiring day. So, since our Mondays are our new Saturdays, our Saturdays must be used for something...right?

This past Saturday we spent all day doing yard work. Good back breaking yard work. Jeremy mowed the lawn and all that that entails, while I picked up lava rocks in our backyard. There is a section in the backyard that doesn't get much sunlight, so the previous ownders decided to fill it with these red lava rocks, which I very much dislike. So saturday was a beautiful day and I thought I should seize the opportunity and start work. It was a bigger job than I had anticipated...isn't that how they all are?! but after about 5 hours working on them, they have all been moved. YAH!!!

My plan is to put bark in its place and grow some grass in another area and try to fix up the backyard. So after working that long doing back breaking work, Jeremy and I are still a little sore to be honest. I guess that it is why I am glad our Mondays are the new Saturdays.