Itching

Man, my eyes and my camera lens are just itching to see something new! I guess I'll get my fill of that come March. A road trip to El Paso! And a move there to boot. Thinking I might take a trip to Asheville or Charlotte soon. Just need to see something other than Taylorsville for a day or so. Walk around. Snap some photos. Ya know.

Missing Things

I find myself wishing to be near these people/things today:

1. Noah. :( I miss my lazypanda.Terribly.

2. Boone. Hiking when I'm bored instead of sitting around going crazy.

3. Don. My brother from another mother and driver co-pilot.

4. Throwing dance parties.

5. Biking

6. Caroline. And dinner, movies, and cookies, and sometimes coloring books.

Wedding Recap

It just occurred to me I haven't even touched on the wedding here in blog world. Dad and I watched the DVD of it today as I hadn't seen it yet and I was just smiling the whole time. 

All I can say is--it was perfect. The decorations were more beautiful than I had hoped, so many of our friends and family were there, and the ceremony itself was just...perfect. There's no other word for it. 

We wrote our own vows, and I guess that was my favorite part. When we got married "officially" at the courthouse in July we said the standard vows. But this time we got to say what we really wanted each other to know; got to spell out our commitment in our own way and voice. I thought both sets of vows were exactly "us" and beautiful. 

I don't really have much more to say than that. It's a day I could relive every single day, that much is for sure. It was absolutely amazing.  

2012 Resolution and Things

I have decided on a pretty huge challenge for my new year resolution:

To really work on not letting myself get so stressed out over things.

Seriously, this is a huge HUGE challenge as I pretty much get stressed over everything--wanting things to be perfect, figured out and done as immediately as possible.

I have no idea how to go about it all, exactly--it pretty much goes against my personality not to worry and plan and make list after list after list of what must be done and when. But I feel it's something I really need to work on.

So will I be successful in this endeavor? I have no clue. Maybe. Maybe not. I don't know how possible it is to change the roots of your personality. I just know it's unhealthy for me to be as stressed out as I am most of the time. We'll see how this goes. Any tips, books, advice--are absolutely welcome.

As for life--Noah went back to Germany yesterday :(. But should only be gone for a month-ish. Then he comes back and we have a little while in NC and then off to El Paso. Hah, this will no doubt make my new year challenge even harder. ;)

Ah, 2011 was extremely epic. At the end of January/first of February, I started dating Noah (after 11 years of being close friends), July we got engaged and 4 days after that we were married :), June-July took my first trip overseas to the UK, then October my second trip overseas to Germany, August moved back home, December had a wedding, got a new car... all in the span of 12 months. So yes--Epic doesn't even cover it. But I feel like 2012 is going to be even better-- I'm looking forward to this move. Actually I'm really looking forward to all of 2012. I'm happy that this year Noah and I won't have to be apart like we were this past year. We get to have a home together, I get to move to a brand new place, we just got a new car--new new new! I feel like that's the word of 2012. I'm ready for new--adventures abound!