Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Finalized wedding "theme" ???
I think Jesse and I may have nailed down a general "theme" for our wedding!! So excited. I'm not sure how we will pull it off but we have a direction! I can't wait to start getting more ideas and trying to figure out how to make this happen! If it's anything like what's in my head, it will be so freakin' beautiful :) I am one excited bride-to-be!!
Monday, January 24, 2011
"The 5 Love Languages" by Gary Chapman
Just finished reading "The 5 Love Languages" by Gary Chapman. I recommend it to anyone, no matter the relationship. It was a very easy read and it's a fairly short book.
It focuses on the 5 Love Languages: Words of Affirmation, Acts of Service, Quality Time, Receiving Gifts, and Physical Touch. Chapman says everyone has there own love language and finding out your partners (or whoever else in whatever relationship) love language will help keep your "love tank" full. All are important of course, but everyone has a main language that speaks best to them.
We took the quiz to find out our love languages and Jesse and I are both Quality Time. I had close seconds with Receiving Gifts and Words of Affirmation, but Jesse was very much so Quality Time dominant.
Great read for those in a wonderful relationship or those in a troubled one!
It focuses on the 5 Love Languages: Words of Affirmation, Acts of Service, Quality Time, Receiving Gifts, and Physical Touch. Chapman says everyone has there own love language and finding out your partners (or whoever else in whatever relationship) love language will help keep your "love tank" full. All are important of course, but everyone has a main language that speaks best to them.
We took the quiz to find out our love languages and Jesse and I are both Quality Time. I had close seconds with Receiving Gifts and Words of Affirmation, but Jesse was very much so Quality Time dominant.
Great read for those in a wonderful relationship or those in a troubled one!
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Slideshow
Today Jesse and I had the house to ourselves! We spent the morning playing video games together, then we went to Figlio's for a super yummy pizza lunch date followed by a little shopping. Then we came home and football playoff game time commenced. While Jesse watched the game, I started what I hope will be a slideshow we will play at our ceremony!!
I am by no means a video-slideshow tech but I think it's coming along nicely. Windows Movie Maker has made it pretty fool proof. I have a bunch of photos of Jesse and I but need some of our younger years and some of Jesse and his friends. Apparently his friends don't take pictures religiously like me and mine.
Little projects like this keep me wedding-sane since we can't really start planning yet!
I am by no means a video-slideshow tech but I think it's coming along nicely. Windows Movie Maker has made it pretty fool proof. I have a bunch of photos of Jesse and I but need some of our younger years and some of Jesse and his friends. Apparently his friends don't take pictures religiously like me and mine.
Little projects like this keep me wedding-sane since we can't really start planning yet!
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Back to School!
Jesse started another semester of college today! Exciting and not so exciting all at the same time :)
Exciting because (1) it's one semester closer to a wedding (2) some said he'd never go back to school and he's proving them wrong one semester at a time! (3) he's one semester closer to achieving his goal of becoming a coach.
Not so exciting because (1) he's got to go back to Kerrville while I'm here in Cibolo (2) he's already decided he has at least one pretty challenging class (3) he got a new (not so wonderful) roommate.
Like last semester and the ones before, we will make it through and Jesse will rock the socks off of his classes :) Hopefully Jesse will only have 3 (maybe 4) semesters left.
On another note, we are debating opening a savings account. We have been saving money for the wedding and would like somewhere safer to keep it (and somewhere we may collect a little interest). The only problem is we don't know a thing about savings accounts except for the simple (low to no interest rate ones) at our banks. Hoping to get a little insight ASAP but chances are we will just open a plain jane one, but it'll be our first joint account :) :)
Exciting because (1) it's one semester closer to a wedding (2) some said he'd never go back to school and he's proving them wrong one semester at a time! (3) he's one semester closer to achieving his goal of becoming a coach.
Not so exciting because (1) he's got to go back to Kerrville while I'm here in Cibolo (2) he's already decided he has at least one pretty challenging class (3) he got a new (not so wonderful) roommate.
Like last semester and the ones before, we will make it through and Jesse will rock the socks off of his classes :) Hopefully Jesse will only have 3 (maybe 4) semesters left.
On another note, we are debating opening a savings account. We have been saving money for the wedding and would like somewhere safer to keep it (and somewhere we may collect a little interest). The only problem is we don't know a thing about savings accounts except for the simple (low to no interest rate ones) at our banks. Hoping to get a little insight ASAP but chances are we will just open a plain jane one, but it'll be our first joint account :) :)
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Communication, Communication, Communication!
Jesse and I have done a lot, A LOT of traveling over the years being a long distance couple and we have always had a good time roadtripping. When we are not jamming out to my ipod, he and I have had some of our best conversations. We have never had trouble opening up to one another and sharing our thoughts and future plans. Jesse knows some of my deepest, darkest secrets, my fears, my hopes, my dreams, and I know his. Communication is one of the top priorities on our list of relationship musts and I feel like we have an amazing line of communication! To us, this will be a strong building block for our life together.
I had heard of a book called "1001 Question to Ask Before You Get Married" and received it as a Christmas gift from mom and dad. We took it on our most recent trip to visit Momma Bear in Gtown and had a lot of fun answering the questions. Some of it was things we obviously discussed before we made a commitment to each other (i.e. How many kids, where would you like to settle down, do you want pets...) but other questions have really opened up our eyes to how we want our marriage to be and how we don't want it to be (i.e. do you want your marriage to be like your parents, how will you discipline children, what about daycare, jobs, etc.). Jesse and I have been skipping around a little because some of the topics are things we have already beat to death as you would expect when people date and decide to get engaged to ensure compatibility. The book has questions for every topic newlyweds may encounter (in-laws, family, children, pets, friends, finances, personalities...). We are not even close to finishing it, some questions spark long conversations, but have many more trips in our future to work on it!
Though some of the questions are no-brainer, early relationship questions, there are many chapters and many categories of questions that you may not have discussed fully or in depth with one another. There are also some relationship pointers throughout the book. I would highly recommend this book to any engaged couple. It not only opens up the lines of communication and makes you think about your future life together, but we had a lot of fun talking about the life we want to create together!
I had heard of a book called "1001 Question to Ask Before You Get Married" and received it as a Christmas gift from mom and dad. We took it on our most recent trip to visit Momma Bear in Gtown and had a lot of fun answering the questions. Some of it was things we obviously discussed before we made a commitment to each other (i.e. How many kids, where would you like to settle down, do you want pets...) but other questions have really opened up our eyes to how we want our marriage to be and how we don't want it to be (i.e. do you want your marriage to be like your parents, how will you discipline children, what about daycare, jobs, etc.). Jesse and I have been skipping around a little because some of the topics are things we have already beat to death as you would expect when people date and decide to get engaged to ensure compatibility. The book has questions for every topic newlyweds may encounter (in-laws, family, children, pets, friends, finances, personalities...). We are not even close to finishing it, some questions spark long conversations, but have many more trips in our future to work on it!
Though some of the questions are no-brainer, early relationship questions, there are many chapters and many categories of questions that you may not have discussed fully or in depth with one another. There are also some relationship pointers throughout the book. I would highly recommend this book to any engaged couple. It not only opens up the lines of communication and makes you think about your future life together, but we had a lot of fun talking about the life we want to create together!
Monday, January 3, 2011
Happy 2011 !!
It's 2011 :) That means it is one year closer to whenever me and Jesse are getting married!!
We spent New Years at my house with my parents. We all went to eat and then we had a Wii tournament. Of course, I was the WINNER :) Then we watched the fireworks go off in downtown SA on tv at midnight. I got myself my first New Year's kiss from a Fiancé! (We kind of have this thing for calling attention to things we do for the first time as an engaged couple)
After New Years, we roadtripped it to Lubbock for my cousin's wedding. Every wedding we go to (seems like a lot) I get more and more excited for our own wedding. I can hardly contain myself when we are sitting in the pew because in a couple of years we will be the ones at the alter as others look on. Plus I like to get ideas on things I may like to do myself. Like from Leanna's wedding, Jesse and I had talked about slideshows of old pictures of us and she had one (that was great!). Jesse liked it too and so we've decided that we may incorporate a slideshow at the end of our ceremony or during the reception..
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
&
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO AMANDA!
We spent New Years at my house with my parents. We all went to eat and then we had a Wii tournament. Of course, I was the WINNER :) Then we watched the fireworks go off in downtown SA on tv at midnight. I got myself my first New Year's kiss from a Fiancé! (We kind of have this thing for calling attention to things we do for the first time as an engaged couple)
After New Years, we roadtripped it to Lubbock for my cousin's wedding. Every wedding we go to (seems like a lot) I get more and more excited for our own wedding. I can hardly contain myself when we are sitting in the pew because in a couple of years we will be the ones at the alter as others look on. Plus I like to get ideas on things I may like to do myself. Like from Leanna's wedding, Jesse and I had talked about slideshows of old pictures of us and she had one (that was great!). Jesse liked it too and so we've decided that we may incorporate a slideshow at the end of our ceremony or during the reception..
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
&
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO AMANDA!
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