These are a Few of My Favorite Things....

I have to keep it brief tonight as I have a date with my handsome man to watch The Office.

I've been thinking about all of the people that helped to make my wedding such an amazing day and how nice it would be to spend a little bit of my blog space saying thank you. They may not have been family or friends when they arrived, but they certainly were by the end of the night!

Thank you Paulette
The Catalyst Ranch, Chicago

Thank you Peter & Ashley
Tulipia Floral Design, River Forest

Thank you Dorothy Perry

Double Happiness Family Photography


Thank you Paul and Staff
PhotoWorks Interactive

Thank you Scott Ligon and The Federalis

Thank you David
Harry Caray's Catering & Events

As far as weddings go... this one was great!

The dust is just beginning to form a thin veil over the toes of my patent leather wedding shoes. Left sitting on the ledge of a sunny window since the Sunday after my wedding, they make me smile each morning and remind me of the day that I became this perfect someone's Mrs.

This wedding has been a lot of things that I didn't know/expect it to be. I feel more married than I ever felt engaged. I know what permanence is in the scope of love. I know what "family" can be in the scope of love.

I learned that 2 friends are better than one and that three friends can make all the ends meet. I found a sister in more than one place and I became an aunt and a niece in a single day. I felt beautiful and radiant in a way I hadn't known before.

I learned that "A wedding is where you decide forever who you want to be your best friend." thank you Mary

And thank you to everyone else who had a hand in our wedding. Family, friends..new and old, passer-by's and all the countless other people I have forgotten to thank..and the academy (Wait! Wrong speech.) Seriously though, thank you to everyone who wished us well and made it all the better for meeting them along the way.

Photo taken by Kristin Cannon. Visit her flickr site.

Something borrowed. Something blue...

Only 6 hours after signing up I breathe a sigh of fatigued happiness as I write my very first blog entry.

I have long admired the wonderful blogs from decor8, hula seventy, the conscious kitchen and dozens more and it's with great humility that I enter into a community of talented writers, thinkers, creators and inspiration-makers.

I thought it would be appropriate to begin my new blog with the my most exciting event to date...My Wedding! The big day is right around the corner (09-08-07) and as I coast along these last few days I am relieved to be on auto-pilot and I am looking forward to exchanging vows and making a life-long commitment to the best man I have ever known. Sappy...yes, but true. I'm blessed to be in love and be loved back and I can't think of anything better than that.


I would also like to take a moment to send a special thanks out to my good friend Kristin. She has been my support system right up to the end and I couldn't have done it without her.