Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree...

Early this morning I went to Redwood Covenant Church to help pass out food to those in need. I'd never done this before so I hardly knew what to expect. I showed up at 7am to see hundreds of families posted up waiting for us to "open". The line wrapped around the church and some had been waiting since midnight. It was great to see so many families getting food, gifts, and Christmas trees this holiday season. Despite the long line and long wait, kids and adults alike were smiling and thankful.

Making a list...

Anyone who knows me well knows that I like to make lists. Grocery lists, lists of stuff to do, lists of stuff I like, stuff I don't like, things I wish I had, places I wish I was, and it goes on and on.

Today I will make a list of things I am thankful for in my life. However important or ridiculous they may be, I am thankful for the following...

The mystery of napping.

I was all set to go back to work in January. We found a wonderful lady to watch over Stella a few days a week, which was quite a relief (which reminds me, I need to call her).

Wedding, Honeymoon.....baby.

Whoah,,,,,it's been a long long time since I've last blogged and A LOT has happened since June of 2009. Well, we got married and it was amazing. Everything went off without a hitch and the only uncomfortable part was that it was a steaming 108 degrees. Soooo hot! But luckily for us with the help of a fabulous photographer, no one looked sweaty at all in our pictures.

Someone called me...

yesterday and said in her message, "Have you killed him yet? I'm sure you're stressed. Call me." I really had no idea what my girlfriends were talking about when they said they were going to kill their soon to be husbands or that they were about 2 seconds away from calling the whole thing off the week of their wedding. Maybe now I have an inkling of what they were feeling. I'm not going to kill him and I'm not calling anything off, not to worry. But when simple things like me wanting tortilla chips and him wanting Doritos sends me stomping off in the opposite direction of him in a grocery store, I know the stress is getting to me. So, in this final week before the wedding I am trying to tell myself to breathe....in through my nose, out through my mouth.

"Behave now..."

said Clementine at the County Clerks office in Santa Rosa. Yesterday Richard and I ventured out to get our marriage license. Richard was all jokes and smiles, even clapping for the couple in front of us who was also applying for their marriage license. He made funny quips about how this was the last day of freedom, how we can't turn back now, and my personal favorite when there were two Richard Clark's with different brides in the system..."Don't tell her there's another woman!" And even though he raised his right hand and recited the "name change" statement with more emotion than the best actor out there, it was fun and exciting to do this life-changing thing together. I'm ready for next weekend and a lifetime of fun with my groom.

The Month of July...

Is crazy before it's even started. It's approximately 22 minutes before July 1st and I already feel overwhelmed by the weight of this month. 17 days till the wedding, 13 days before I head down to San Luis for wedding extravaganza, 12 days till we have to move out of our house and into a storage unit till after the honeymoon, and in the mean time there are about a million things to do. Everyday the list gets longer. You'd think it would get shorter, but it doesn't...longer. Weird.