Happy 2011!
I know I'm quite late in wishing everyone a Happy New Year, but better late than never right (much like my wedding gift thank you notes)? The wedding came and gone and we celebrated our first Christmas together with my family in Virginia Beach. Despite being at the beach where not much frozen precipitation falls, we experienced a White Christmas, while back at home in Frederick...nothing. Yes, we got trapped there for an extra day, but it was worth skipping a day of work for.
n or disappointed by the outcome of this so-called "holiday o' love." So, instead of having my heart smashed into pieces year after year, I celebrated "friend day" or I just didn't celebrate it at all. If I didn't celebrate it, I couldn't get hurt. But this year was different. I'm Not Single Anymore.
Shortly after, Ezra and I missed the snow in Maryland for our Honeymoon in Puerto Rico. It was a week of bliss.... 85 degree weather, beaches, delicious food... who could ask for more? Our paradisiaca
l vacation wa
s interrupted by having to once again return to earning an income to survive. Hopefully we'll be able to travel again soon.
This year, despite my annual boycott of the mushy overrated holiday filled with flowers, cards, and candy stamped with sweet words that don't guarantee any type of security, I celebrated Valentine's Day with my hubby. I can't even remember the last time I celebrated it. I guess it started years ago when I always was heart broke
n or disappointed by the outcome of this so-called "holiday o' love." So, instead of having my heart smashed into pieces year after year, I celebrated "friend day" or I just didn't celebrate it at all. If I didn't celebrate it, I couldn't get hurt. But this year was different. I'm Not Single Anymore.
I'm married. I have Ezra to share my heart with and there's loyalty, fidelity, and honesty. I'm so grateful for that.
Besides the obvious celebrations of said holidays, life has been just peachy (for the most part, anyway)! I've been delving into literature again and have read some stellar books as I've joined a book club with some of the ladies at my church! I highly recommend The Help by Kathryn Stockett for anyone who loves historical fictions. I've also been plowing through The Lord of the Rings. My hubby got me reading that. I love it! My first time watching the movies w minor as when I first started dating Ezra back in 2009. I enjoyed the trilogy, but I can better envision all the details left out as I read the books! I can't put them down! I read whenever I get a spare moment. It was a little tricky juggling both books, but The Help was a teeth clincher too... What happens next? OooohHHh What happens next? I'd ask. My commencement of the series got my best friend, Lori excited about it and she once again picked the books up and started re-reading the series as well.
Wonder Book and Video, here in Frederick, has been one of my newest favorite places to shop as they are a local used and new book store. I indulge myself in finding classic literature that I read for English classes in middle and high school so that I can re-read books. I even found other books from Lauren Weisberger, author of "The Devil Wears Prada." I sure do hope the book I picked out doesn't disappoint.
Church life is going well too. I thought I'd be lost without having so much responsibility and planning dumped on me week after week, like in my last calling as Stake YSA Co-Chair. Being an adviser in the YW (Beehives) program, I can relax a little more and just focus on a smaller group. I love teaching the girls! They're such a great group! I just hope that I can help in their spiritual growth.
Well... that's about it for now. Next big event in my life... my birthday. Gettin' up there. It's the 29th. I'll fill you in later.
All the best......
