Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Sweet Love
Just some images I found off of Google of "candy buffets" - a trend in weddings nowadays. I think it's a really 'sweet' idea. Guests get to pick an array of candy at the reception, and you can even make the candy fit into your theme by playing with different colours, containers, ribbons etc. I think it's a really neat idea and I would love to have one, I think, at my reception! :)
From the Mouths of Children...
When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name... is safe in their mouth.When my Grandma got arthritis, she could not bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my Grandpa does it for her all the time... even when his hands got arthritis, too. That's love.
Love is when someone hurts you and you get so mad, but you don't yell at them because you know it would hurt their feelings.
Love is when Mommy sees Daddy all smelly and sweaty... and still says he is handsomer than Tom Cruise.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Prose poetry...
"Beauty is Everywhere."
Life is beautiful sometimes.
Except when it's not.
But most of the time it is. Most of the time God paints the sunrise in such beautiful colours that, even though the sun rose yesterday, it seems like something brand new and exciting. And in a way it is. In a way, the sun has never risen on that day before. And the start of the new day is always beautiful. No matter what. Even when God decides to hide his canvas behind a layer of cotton batting, you know the sun is there. And that is beautiful.
You know what else is beautiful? Beauty is the calm intake of breath, proof that you live. Serenity. Just sit there and breathe and write and look out the window. Breathe in. Breathe out. That lovely gasp of life that we don't even notice normally. Isn't it a beautiful thing?
Beauty is walking down the aisle, surrounded by people, but with eyes for only one person. Beauty is brushing your daughter's or your sister's hair. Beauty is finding a lady bug. Beauty is laughter. Beauty is knowing we are all brothers and sisters holding hands without ever touching. Strangers meeting strangers. Beauty is the web of true beauty, of friendship and love and faith, that connects countries to countries, hearts to hearts. Beauty is everywhere because life is beautiful.
And even when it's not, all we have to do is open our eyes. Because beauty is everywhere.
Life is beautiful sometimes.
Except when it's not.
But most of the time it is. Most of the time God paints the sunrise in such beautiful colours that, even though the sun rose yesterday, it seems like something brand new and exciting. And in a way it is. In a way, the sun has never risen on that day before. And the start of the new day is always beautiful. No matter what. Even when God decides to hide his canvas behind a layer of cotton batting, you know the sun is there. And that is beautiful.
You know what else is beautiful? Beauty is the calm intake of breath, proof that you live. Serenity. Just sit there and breathe and write and look out the window. Breathe in. Breathe out. That lovely gasp of life that we don't even notice normally. Isn't it a beautiful thing?
Beauty is walking down the aisle, surrounded by people, but with eyes for only one person. Beauty is brushing your daughter's or your sister's hair. Beauty is finding a lady bug. Beauty is laughter. Beauty is knowing we are all brothers and sisters holding hands without ever touching. Strangers meeting strangers. Beauty is the web of true beauty, of friendship and love and faith, that connects countries to countries, hearts to hearts. Beauty is everywhere because life is beautiful.
And even when it's not, all we have to do is open our eyes. Because beauty is everywhere.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Letters of Love
Read this recently. SO adorable...
A couple celebrating their diamond wedding anniversary have shared the romantic story how they fell in love in the aftermath of World War II - by writing 600 love notes to each other.
Geoff and Pat Bunyan, now 83 and 82, met as teenagers in 1945 and became friends but he was posted abroad before love could blossom.
The couple wrote to each other nearly every day and their friendship gradually turned to romance as their letters became ever-more amourous.
When Geoff was finally demobilised in 1948 they married and bought a house - which they still live in today.
The couple have kept all 600 letters, which they shared with family and friends as they toasted 60 years of married life.
Mr Bunyan believes the letters are the secret to their long and happy marriage.
'We became friends before we became lovers and those letters helped us get to know each other properly,' he said. 'I think that's why we're still together today.
'I guess you could say we're the last of the ultra-romantics. Those letters were my lifeline while I was miles from home.
'They were up in the loft for a long time but in the past ten years or so years I've been reading through them again.'
The couple met on the Clifton Down fields in Bristol when Pat was 18 and Geoff, then a 19-year-old Londoner, was doing his medical training at Bristol's Southmead hospital.
Wiping away a happy tear, Mrs Bunyan said: 'I was just 18 when I met him on the Bristol Downs, but I was a very innocent 18-year-old.
'We got on straight away and became best friends, spending every day together but before anything could happen he was whisked away to war.'
The war in Europe had ended but Geoff, then Private Bunyan, was drafted to India and then on to Japan for two years in the aftermath of Hiroshima.
Their letters progressed from casual chats to declarations of love sent across 6,000 miles. They numbered each one to make sure none went missing in the post.
Just after Geoff had arrived in India, he wrote to Pat on 19 October 1945 and said: 'My dear Pat. Today I had one of the greatest moments of my life.
'We arrived in smelly Bombay early this morning and after dinner, to everybody's surprise, a couple of dozen mail bags came on board. Mail! What a glorious word that is.
'And how lovely to have six letters of yours waiting for me! How excited I was! I ripped open the envelopes and read them through quickly. Tonight I feasted on them again.'
Two years later their love had developed and the tone of their letters became more romantic.
On 19 January, 1947, Mrs Bunyan wrote a letter to Geoff which read: 'I'm glad you think yourself lucky but I can't think why.
'I'm quite ordinary really darling and it's only because you love me that you think I'm wonderful. It's wonderful loving someone like you. I'm so glad I fell in love with you first.'
Mr Bunyan wrote back on February 10, 1947 by saying: 'You have the nerve to say you're quite ordinary and point out that it's only because I love you that I think you're wonderful.
'Maybe so, but have you thought that perhaps I'm in love with you because you are wonderful... I am lucky to have such a girl as you in love with me.'
The couple kept up their letter writing until Mr Bunyan was demobilised in January 1948. He moved straight to Bristol and they got married on August 13, 1949.
Later that year they bought a house in Horfield, Bristol, for £450 where they still live now - after 60 years, three children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Mrs Bunyan, who worked as a school secretary for 28 years, said: 'Our secret is that we both have a love of laughs. And we still talk a lot and are the best of friends.
'I had a terrible fall and broke my pelvis a few years ago and he has looked after me so well.'
Mr Bunyan, a retired sales manager for an engineering company, said: 'We have both worked hard, and believe in the division of labour, but we have always shown integrity and respect.
'We have never gone to sleep on a quarrel, and when we were young we had a great sex life, and have been very lucky with children.
'Meeting her is still the best thing that ever happened to me and we are still going strong. She is my rock.'
A couple celebrating their diamond wedding anniversary have shared the romantic story how they fell in love in the aftermath of World War II - by writing 600 love notes to each other.
Geoff and Pat Bunyan, now 83 and 82, met as teenagers in 1945 and became friends but he was posted abroad before love could blossom.
The couple wrote to each other nearly every day and their friendship gradually turned to romance as their letters became ever-more amourous.
When Geoff was finally demobilised in 1948 they married and bought a house - which they still live in today.
The couple have kept all 600 letters, which they shared with family and friends as they toasted 60 years of married life.
Mr Bunyan believes the letters are the secret to their long and happy marriage.
'We became friends before we became lovers and those letters helped us get to know each other properly,' he said. 'I think that's why we're still together today.
'I guess you could say we're the last of the ultra-romantics. Those letters were my lifeline while I was miles from home.
'They were up in the loft for a long time but in the past ten years or so years I've been reading through them again.'
The couple met on the Clifton Down fields in Bristol when Pat was 18 and Geoff, then a 19-year-old Londoner, was doing his medical training at Bristol's Southmead hospital.
Wiping away a happy tear, Mrs Bunyan said: 'I was just 18 when I met him on the Bristol Downs, but I was a very innocent 18-year-old.
'We got on straight away and became best friends, spending every day together but before anything could happen he was whisked away to war.'
The war in Europe had ended but Geoff, then Private Bunyan, was drafted to India and then on to Japan for two years in the aftermath of Hiroshima.
Their letters progressed from casual chats to declarations of love sent across 6,000 miles. They numbered each one to make sure none went missing in the post.
Just after Geoff had arrived in India, he wrote to Pat on 19 October 1945 and said: 'My dear Pat. Today I had one of the greatest moments of my life.
'We arrived in smelly Bombay early this morning and after dinner, to everybody's surprise, a couple of dozen mail bags came on board. Mail! What a glorious word that is.
'And how lovely to have six letters of yours waiting for me! How excited I was! I ripped open the envelopes and read them through quickly. Tonight I feasted on them again.'
Two years later their love had developed and the tone of their letters became more romantic.
On 19 January, 1947, Mrs Bunyan wrote a letter to Geoff which read: 'I'm glad you think yourself lucky but I can't think why.
'I'm quite ordinary really darling and it's only because you love me that you think I'm wonderful. It's wonderful loving someone like you. I'm so glad I fell in love with you first.'
Mr Bunyan wrote back on February 10, 1947 by saying: 'You have the nerve to say you're quite ordinary and point out that it's only because I love you that I think you're wonderful.
'Maybe so, but have you thought that perhaps I'm in love with you because you are wonderful... I am lucky to have such a girl as you in love with me.'
The couple kept up their letter writing until Mr Bunyan was demobilised in January 1948. He moved straight to Bristol and they got married on August 13, 1949.
Later that year they bought a house in Horfield, Bristol, for £450 where they still live now - after 60 years, three children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Mrs Bunyan, who worked as a school secretary for 28 years, said: 'Our secret is that we both have a love of laughs. And we still talk a lot and are the best of friends.
'I had a terrible fall and broke my pelvis a few years ago and he has looked after me so well.'
Mr Bunyan, a retired sales manager for an engineering company, said: 'We have both worked hard, and believe in the division of labour, but we have always shown integrity and respect.
'We have never gone to sleep on a quarrel, and when we were young we had a great sex life, and have been very lucky with children.
'Meeting her is still the best thing that ever happened to me and we are still going strong. She is my rock.'
Dress to Impress
So, I started today's wedding dress search, looking for 50's-inspired dresses. I have always loved the 50s, probably one of my favourite decades. And I found this dress. Isn't it cute?
Then, I just kind of broke out into looking at other vintage dresses, and I found this picture. Love. So pretty. Her dress isn't my absolute favourite but it really works in this photo, and wow - love her hair. Such a romantic picture, in general!
This next dress comes from one of my favourite wedding dress designers - Augusta Jones. Such a simple dress, but so, so, so lovely. In fact, I THINK this is the kind of style that I would like for my eventual wedding... for now anyways! Love the pearls around her neck, too!
Then, I just kind of broke out into looking at other vintage dresses, and I found this picture. Love. So pretty. Her dress isn't my absolute favourite but it really works in this photo, and wow - love her hair. Such a romantic picture, in general!
Then, I was thinking that I'd like to look at some dresses with lace on them, for a bit of an old-fashioned feel. The dress in this picture isn't really old-fashioned, but I thought it was gorgeous still. Very elegant!
This next dress comes from one of my favourite wedding dress designers - Augusta Jones. Such a simple dress, but so, so, so lovely. In fact, I THINK this is the kind of style that I would like for my eventual wedding... for now anyways! Love the pearls around her neck, too!
Dresses just make me so happy.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Worldwide.
Wow. I was just watching "Julie and Julia" today, a movie (for those of you who haven't seen it) about this woman named Julie Powell who decides to cook some recipes by the famous cook Julia Child. Julie starts a blog to document her jouney. Soon, the blog takes off and she has a lot of readers. It got me thinking to my blog; I didn't really think anyone outside of my immediate circle of friends - Shell, Leigha, Sydnee, Abbey-Shae etc - read it. Until I found a little link where I could see the "audience" that this blog is reaching. And here are the results, of how many views my blog has gotten to date by country:
United States 520
Canada 417
United Kingdom 108
Russia 105
Germany 39
Australia 32
Poland 32
Finland 28
South Korea 26
Brazil 25
Netherlands 7
Philippines 5
Sri Lanka 3
Malaysia 3
Bahrain 2
Norway 2
Puerto Rico 2
Singapore 2
Denmark 1
Georgia 1
Hello out there to all of you! Wow. I don't know how many of those views are actually people READING this, or how many of those numbers are just "oh, what's this... Wow, this girl is nuts. Get me out of here." Haha. But still! Could not believe it! Very strange to think these words are not just being thrown out there and heard by no one! Thanks for reading, everyone! :)
United States 520
Canada 417
United Kingdom 108
Russia 105
Germany 39
Australia 32
Poland 32
Finland 28
South Korea 26
Brazil 25
Netherlands 7
Philippines 5
Sri Lanka 3
Malaysia 3
Bahrain 2
Norway 2
Puerto Rico 2
Singapore 2
Denmark 1
Georgia 1
Hello out there to all of you! Wow. I don't know how many of those views are actually people READING this, or how many of those numbers are just "oh, what's this... Wow, this girl is nuts. Get me out of here." Haha. But still! Could not believe it! Very strange to think these words are not just being thrown out there and heard by no one! Thanks for reading, everyone! :)
Dressed to the Nines.
Just some dresses I found on bridalweddinggowns.ca. I have to say, I'm not AS in love with empire-waisted dresses as I once was, but here are some that I liked off their site. There is also a magnificent ballgown thrown into the mix here. But yeah. Kindda uncertain as to what style of dress I want to wear for my far-away wedding. I still do really like empire-waisted dresses, though, but we'll see if I find anything better out there in the coming days, weeks, months, years...
La Créativité!
Just some creative ideas I found on Etsy, about guestbooks! This first one is a puzzle, and you can pick whatever colours you want, to correspond with your wedding colours. Cute, huh? Then, guests can sign the different puzzle pieces!
Another creative idea - you make a picture of a tree and then let your guests put thumb prints as leaves on it! They can sign their names or a short message around their thumb prints, too.
Another creative idea - you make a picture of a tree and then let your guests put thumb prints as leaves on it! They can sign their names or a short message around their thumb prints, too.
Creative, non?
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