That's what I'm doing right now...hanging my head...in shame. I have been told by reliable sources *mymom* that there are some who are a little upset with me for not blogging...again with the shame.

It's not all the way down the back because I don't have a shot of that yet, but hey you can see my hair with Krista's hair clip in it...cute huh. I was actually having a conversation with my mom and my sister-in-law Jenny about flipping the bird...it was highly entertaining...lol

Okay so we got good pics and then we got to the log cabin where the reception was being held and oh my goodness it was decorated so gorgeously. Joelle had basically got some family friends to do the decorating and they did a fantastic job, I was so very impressed.

We had a short ceremony that everyone seemed to love...it was great. My mom's side of the family was all there. My family from California was there! All my uncles on my mom's side were there so I did have some family representation. It wasn't complete I wish my whole family could have been there...but they will be in the THIRD reception which doesn't have a date yet...but when it does I expect to see all of you Ontario blog readers there...with flowers. ;) As well as the Wiebe fam that I missed...a lot...I'm really getting married all year aren't I?

AND I get to wear the dress again...in hotter weather...hopefully not as tight...lol I don't know how ANYONE wore a corset...seriously it was intense...on the plus side I am told I looked good...so that made part of the not being to take deep breaths worth it. :p

So this is my blog today...tomorrow I'm back to work. I'm starting at Starbucks and then working three hours at Fabutan...it should be a full day and after my relaxing honeymoon I'm looking forward to it. Barrier Bay was awesome and just what we needed. I did a lot of napping and sleeping...something I very much needed. PLUS I got to spend all kinds of time with my hubby...who is awesome. :)

I'm signing off now...cause if I don't post it now I won't post it...and I don't want to make anyone else sad. ;) Love you all!!

Thank you, Anthony Burgess! I couldn't have said it better myself.

So it's Sheri's first week as a married woman. Would you like some highlights? Don't worry I'll stay G-rated. ;) Let's start with I now sleep in the same bed as a man who is training for the sleeping Olympics. I kid you not, I thought that I moved a lot while I slept...I have nothing on this man...yikes!

He doesn't just turn over in bed he launches upward and then lands. Plus I think he was talking in his sleep and I kid you not, there was humming. My husband hums when he sleeps. This is turning out to be a very interesting marriage already. So he knees me in the back one night because of his launch and land turnover technique so that wakes me up. Then he, still sleeping, is talking and humming. Me...still awake. Then after the conversation and the humming performance he starts snoring.

LOL...oh my. Luckily this hasn't been an every night thing, but really I may have to go to sleep wearing protection...and I don't mean 'that' kind. :)

So in case you were wondering how married life is treating me, the first 4.5 days has gone really well.

Oh and about pics...I'll put up the 'red dress' wedding pics as soon as I get some. I'm excited to see them too, I hope they turned out. :)

So work...still here...I should do it.

That quote was by: Mignon McLaughlin I don't know who that is but I like to give credit to whomever gave the quote. :)

So I'm married now. Honestly it's still kinda bizarre. What resonates the most is the fact that I don't have to go home at the end of the day because I am home. This morning the cat was very confused with the new arrangement. She loved it of course because I cuddle her way more than he does...but still. She jumped up on the bed and sat on my chest looking at me like she was saying 'okay what are you still doing here?' LoL

We're not in OUR apartment yet so it's still transition but heck it's closer. And wow I can't stop looking at my rings. The waitress we had for our brunch on Sunday said she could tell we just got married because I kept looking at my rings and Jonathan's ring was too shiny to have been worn longer than a day. lol

The wedding went fantastic. Although it was kind of bizarre, we wanted it to be formal but at the same time it felt too intimate to be formal. Technically we only had one person in the congregation (Yay Michele! :) but it was still fantastic. I didn't cry as much as I thought I would although I got a bit choked when we read our vows and then when Krista and Vergil read the blessings that my parents sent. Mainly though, I got to focus on the man I was marrying without the distraction of anyone else. It was wonderful. So after that we went to 'The Melting Pot' which is just a great restaurant! If you like fondue and live in Winnipeg you have to check it out. We had a lot of fun!

We were at the Fort Garry Saturday night so we got enjoy the Sunday brunch there in the morning. It was SO GOOD! Mmm...great food and so much of it. I wanted to eat way more but there is only so much food I can fit into my body...I ate my fill at least. Then Jonathan and I went home and just relaxed. It's kinda weird being here at work because it seems as though I should be gone for awhile...but that's okay I'll be doing that soon enough in May. (See the new coutdown? ;)

So yeah, I'm a married woman...a wife...wow...so bizarre. I'll post pictures when I can, I don't have any right now but I'll get too it *poke* Krista *poke*. LoL

All in all...a great day. A perfect little civil ceremony all about us starting out marriage which is exactly what we wanted. Now I get to go into the planning of the bigger event where I get to wear my dress! YAY!

Yeah that title/quote is from Tom Clancy...I am telling you this quotations page is just an endless supply of entertainment. Like the next quote for example:

His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork. - Mae West (1892-1980)


Now tell me that's not funny, actually don't I think it's funny so that's all that matters. I'm not sure why, maybe it's because my brain needs mindless entertainment because right now all I can think about is everything I should be doing before Saturday.

Actually that last quote reminds me of a story. Once my maternal grandparents were curling with another couple. If you don't know much about curling I'd suggest looking it up cause I can't explain it...ahaha Anyway during one point when my grandmother was 'sweeping' the skip (the other gentleman) started yelling at her cause she didn't do it the way he wanted or whatever. Anyway my main point is she got so ticked at him (no one yells at my grandmother :) she walked up to him and said 'If you were my husband I'd trade you in for a cow...and then I'd shoot the cow'...LoL If you know me at all can't you just tell she's MY grandmother? :)

You know what's fun, I got a call from the salon where I'm getting my nails done on Saturday just to be sure that I remember I have an appointment...how great is that! I don't know why that phone call made me so happy but it did. It was great. Now I can't wait for the actual manicure ahaha.

I am in need of actually purchasing the shoes I'm going to wear on Saturday so my look is then complete. I also have to find a way to move things into Jonathan's apartment without driving myself just slightly insane. The next few weeks aren't going to be all that fun what with having to move yet again. Although I get to visit my parents on Easter weekend so that's good.

I saw this documentary Sharkwater last night. It was an amazingly done movie, really it was. There were some preachy moments where it sounded a bit like they were trying to really tug on the heart strings. But for the most part it made a lot of sense and really made me think. I mean I didn't realize how much abuse the Ocean takes from us. I mean I knew about whaling and for the most part don't agree with that and stuff...but the fact that fishermen will do things like 'long lining' and 'shark finning' just astounded me.

Long lining is when they put out about a 60 mile long fishing line with baited hooks on it to catch certain types of fish. The problem is hundreds of other sea creatures get stuck and killed on the lines at the same time. And the most use they want out of the sharks on there is to fin them. Which means the cut all of their fins off and then throw the still breathing carcass back into the water where it either drowns or bleeds to death. It saddens me how stupid humans can be. We can really get a god complex about some things and stuff like this ticks me off.

Anyway the whole movie was quite beautiful and I hope that it raises awarness for their cause. My only complaint is since half of it was hand held I got a bit naseous trying to watch it. But that's my own fault. :)

Catch ya later!

My new title/quote is by Joseph Chilton Pearce. I get these quotes from: The Quotations Page just in case anyone was interested. Anyway I'll get onto this blogging thing, not quite sure what I'm going to say today so it's a bit of a surprise even to me. Bare with me.

Oooh the stomach it does grumble I do believe I'm going to have to go eat some lunch soon before I can actually write anything because I am distracted by the pain of needing to eat. I'll be back in an hour, which will seem like moments to you. :)

Wow it's been a bit longer than an hour...whoops. I got caught up in work things...odd huh? Don't worry though I'm back and in full form...well more like 3/4 form cause my neck hurts. Honestly what is up with my back and neck protesting these days. I am too dang young for these sorts of pains...someone tell my body to behave!

Okay so today I get my hair done and I'm very pumped about that. Like VERY. :) I'm not sure exactly what I'll get. I don't want anything drastic but I would like something flattering that looks good curly and straight and I always like it when my hair is one colour...ahaha I'm gonna have to try to match it for the other two weddings. Although I guess they can stand alone cause they are gonna be in the ivory dress and this is the one in the red dress. :) I'm so unique aren't I? Yeah well if I can't have what I want then I'll just do the next best thing.

Hmm...question...can I talk about anything but the wedding in this particular paragraph, cause it's painfully obvious that this entry is going to be mostly about the wedding. Oh crap I already started this paragraph about the wedding. I'm so losing this...ehm

I am going to admit it to you guys I just feel like I need to get this off my chest. I have this bizarre fascination with reading 'Angel' and 'Buffy, The Vampire Slayer', transcripts. I'm serious I've almost read two seasons of both. I'm telling you Joss Whedon is friggin' brilliant. He'd be the creator of both shows...he also created this ingenious show 'Firefly' but for some reason that didn't take off the way Buffy and Angel did. The man, frankly, is a dialogue genius and I think TV is missing out by not having him involved in a current TV show. However he may be ahead of his time and not ready to be properly appreciated. Either way...genius...to the point of it being fun to read transcripts as well as watching the actual episodes.

Okay I'm off to be productive before my evening of hair dressing...wait...does that make sense?

I'll go ponder that. :)

...and shortened period of mental assimilation. Konstantin Stanislavsky (1863 - 1938)

...between his inner vision and its ultimate expression. - Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904 - 1991)

I have now taken to finding random quotes to use as my titles since my ability to create unique titles is on hiatus at the moment.

My mind is kind of all over the place these days. It's doing a dance and I'm not invited to hear the music. I'm in the throws of trying to get ready for my wedding on the 24th. But it's not really my wedding is it? It's the start of my marriage but my wedding is actually in May...although if my dad is not walking me down the aisle in May then does that not make that a wedding either? It's all convoluted in my head with the weirdness of it all.

Breaking it down to the bare bones March 24th is the start of my marriage so that is a very important day, even if I'm gonna wear a red dress. :) I'm saving the white (read: ivory) for the other two celebrations. It gives my mom a chance to see me wear it for the first time in May. She's walking me downt he aisle on that day...Dad gets his own day as soon as we can plan it.

Anyway trying to figure that out is just a whole lot more thinking then I want to do right now. I'm getting married to the man I love that is the main thing. I shall now move onto the things that are distracting me right now.

It's funny when my mind gets all bogged down with things I have to do I manage to distract myself with things I shouldn't be doing...or at least I don't think I should be doing them. For example I just wanna watch TV...back episodes of shows I never watched and new episodes of shows I find interesting. I feel guilty when I do this because I feel like I should be doing something 'more productive' how sad is that? I can't even lie down for an hour reading something I want to read without looking at the boxes in my room and thinking 'I should be packing'.

It's friggin' sad I tell you. I want to be able to truly and really relax but I'm so wound up relaxing is almost painful and insanely guilt inducing.

I'm gonna go get some coffee now (cause that'll help with the jitters lol) and attempt to get some work done without constantly thinking about the fact that I'm moving and getting married in a week and a half.

If someone happens to see my life can you please tell it to slow down?

I would like to make sure it's understood that I by all means trust God implicitly. All things are done in His timing and according to His plan and just because I don't like or understand it does not make His timing any less divine.

That said...

What the HECK is up with His timing?? I mean really. I don't think I could conceivably think of a worse time for me to get married, aside from the all important fact that I am quite in love and want to desperately marry this man. However, the celebration that is supposed to accompany this event is all messed up because of the situation surrounding my dad. So now I'm getting married three times, to the same man at different dates this year. It's my marrying year. :p

To make matters worse or just even more bizarre when it comes to timing is the fact that my best friend is going through such a rough time in her desire to be pregnant. This of course leads me to not understand why in the name of heaven some people who should NOT be procreating are doing so like rabbits and my wonderful friends the delaRosa's are still not pregnant. *pout* It makes me mad...NOT FAIR I want to scream.

Krista and Vergil would make fantastic parents and I'm not saying that only because they are my best friends. It's because it's a fact, they would make fantastic parents. They are a great blend of humility, strength and downright fear of parenting that just makes them so ripe and ready to have kids. So you know what God, do it already! :p Oh that's right I stuck my tongue out at you...so help them then! (I want to stomp my foot like a petulant child after saying that.)

On a random other note, that really has nothing to do with the above rant, I had a great week this past week. My friend Jenn was here so through her I got to see a lot of my old Prov friends. This is sad because I live here it would seem silly for me to have to wait for someone to come from New Brunswick before I see friends that are mere blocks away. But such is the case when life is overwhelming.

Anyway it was a lot of fun. We had a sleepover, she came to work with me and watched CSI:NY on my laptop, we went out for sushi and just basically hung out. It was great and now I miss her again. Sometimes I wish we could telaport to wherever we wanted whenever we wanted to see someone. Of course that would lead me to the conclusion that it would probably go the same as it does when you live in the same province as someone. I would come home from a long day at work look at my telaporter and think 'eh I'll go visit BC another day' and then I'd have to plan the vacation to see it anyway.

I think as I grow older (and I am by no means old but still...getting older) my spontaneity is dwindling. Or at the very least suffocating under the responsibility that came up out of no where. Now I just don't go places I have to worry about how much it costs and how that impacts my future. I mean really. Heck even this week with the sleepover I'm still recovering. I used to be able to party till 1 or 2 AM and then work at 6AM and be fine. Now one night when I go to sleep at midnight a few days later I'm still tired.

Well one thing I've got that my early twenties self did not have. I have the actual countdown till I get married which is something I really wanted then.

15 days till that happens.

Weird.