moving part 1.

This weekend was busy...we moved. Or well Zach moved in and I just moved things :)

We have officially began unpacking into our new nest. Zach is living there and loving it now, while I wait until May.

I would love to be up there now, there is so much potential and stuff I still want to get done. But I will be up there next weekend to continue my decorating and getting asked "What is that for?" and "Do we need that?"

Speaking of which- decorative bathroom towels got vetoed and tossed back in the linen closet by Zach. He said the towel rack was for his towels, not some tasseled towels. Now on the purchase list, a decorative towel rack to hang.

Special thanks to my parents, Zach's dad, Gavin, Lindsay and Caleb for their help! With all the guys there I didn't have to move one piece of furniture- horray! Instead Lindsay and I unpacked and started on a wall collage. We are officially pros. 

Here's a preview of how it got started:

More photos to come once its all finished and once we actually have a couch! 

exciting change.

Change. We don't like it. We fear it, but we can't stop it from coming. We either adapt to change or we get left behind. It hurts to grow, anybody who tells you it doesn't is lying, but here's the truth sometimes the more things change the more they stay the same. And sometimes, oh, sometimes change is good. Sometimes change is everything. 

-Grey's Anatomy

 

 

It can finally be official...Zach and I have a plan.

 

This has been a very long process to figure out where and what we were going to do after the wedding, but I am excited to announce that we now have a plan! Zach accepted an architecture job in Franklin, Tennessee. He is actually moving into an apartment this weekend. So after the wedding we will be residents of Tennessee. One plus to this move- no state income tax. Only an accounting major would get that excited over taxes. 

 

Its a bitter, very bittersweet move. I love my job, and coworkers. I hate to move and not see the people who I have became so close to everyday! It is going to be a difficult adjustment. Hopefully, though plans with work will soon unfold and I can share more on that. 

Thank you, Lord for answering prayers. For providing Zach with such an awesome opportunity and releiving much stress. God is good, all the time. 

 

Stay tuned for apartment decorating, stories and more! We are very, very excited.

 

Bonus- the best friend will be less than 15 minutes away! Seriously, awesome.

That Paul Newman...

As I have noted often, I love Paul Newman. 

Well, tonight as I worked on wedding programs, I was searching for a verse of scripture to place on the back of our programs. As I read through Weddingbee post's, I stumbled upon a jewel from Paul Newman's very own wedding to Joan Woddard. I swear this wedding is making me a big happy mush. But it was so sweet, that I had to share...

Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens. A good marriage must be created. In the Art of Marriage: The little things are the big things. It is never being too old to hold hands. It is remembering to say 'I love you' at least once a day. It is never going to sleep angry.

It is at no time taking the other for granted; the courtship should not end with the honeymoon, it should continue through all the years. It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives. It is standing together facing the world. It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family.

It is doing things for each other, not in the attitude of duty or sacrifice, but in the spirit of joy. It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways. It is not expecting the husband to wear a halo or the wife to have wings of an angel.

It is not looking for perfection in each other. It is cultivating flexibility, patience, understanding and a sense of humor. It is having the capacity to forgive and forget. It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow. It is finding room for the things of the spirit. It is a common search for the good and the beautiful.

It is establishing a relationship in which the independence is equal, dependence is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal. It is not only marrying the right partner, it is being the right partner.

Did I mention my helper for today's work on programs?

Yes, MoJo graced me with his assistance today.