Quick Update (revised)

The past few months have been absolutely incredible, in a lot of ways. W and I found out that (through no fault of our own) we would have to move out of the house that we thought would be paid off by the end of the year; we had to find a new house, get W and B all moved, continue to pay on the old house while also paying on the new one... we've (in no particular order) had a yard sale, seen my brother leave to go back to Chicago, celebrated my brother's 21st birthday, celebrated my 24th birthday, sold nine geckos (hopefully that'll bump up to ten tonight), injured my back&W's knees, had friends in from New York, celebrated another friend's wedding, continued to work on wedding planning, continue to balance in time with our family and our usual commitments, and - next weekend - I have my bridal shower. Life has been absolutely jam-packed.

I am incredibly frickin' proud of my fiance and myself. Life has definitely thrown us some curve balls in the past few months, and the two of us have - remarkably - sent them out of the park. If building a life with someone means being able to step up to the plate together, no matter what is coming at you, I think the two of us are going to do pretty a-okay. It feels good to be part of a team that's building something.

I thank whatever is out there for the continued abundance in my life; my loving family, my incredible friends, and, somehow, always having the money where we need it at the time.

The other day I ordered W's wedding band - it's going to look like this:
It is an engraving of the Taos pueblo (...I believe - either that or Acoma), and it represents the closeness and endurance of home, the joy and presence of harmonious family life. I really like it, and I'm happy that he picked it out so that I could get it ordered. I feel a lot better when I'm in action on the wedding stuff. (...I feel better when I'm in action, in general.)

I've also had a LOT of help on the wedding front from a friend of mine - she just recently got married, and she's pointed me in the direction of a lot of excellent deals that I hadn't found. If you want some really cool DIY projects for a wedding, check out her blog at: http://cognitivefragments.blogspot.com/

My MOH has been putting together some freakin' awesome stuff for the bridal shower coming up, too - makes me really relieved that no one has asked me to be their MOH yet, I would have had no idea what I was doing. You can check out her blog at: http://candidpets.blogspot.com/