friday-i'm-in-love...the anniversary version





today
i am in love
with this guy...

who gets me...
really and truly gets me.
more than i get myself sometimes.

we've been married ten years today
and there were people
who thought we would never last
having built our beginning on
a very dramatic foundation.

but we have lasted
and grown stronger...
i feel like anything i want to say
would be cliched and lame and not
come across as i want it to.

but what i can say
is
i am in love with him
as surely and strongly as i was
the night he pushed me against the wall
and kissed me hard
and fast
at the red light...

i love that on the outside
he is the big guy, the tough guy,
the full of jokes and booming voice,
but inside,
for me...
he is soft and sweet
understanding and thoughtful...

i'm so looking forward to another ten years...
and more.

whirlwinds...



i have been quiet this week...
i have been blindsided by the busy-ness
that is "back to school"
checking out cubs for 8,
attending parent info nights at 2 different schools,
packing lunches and checking schedules.

i realize i didn't even post my usual
"first day of school" photos
but here they are...
and when i went back and looked at
last year's,
i could have cried for the subtle differences
a year can make.

38.




today


i am 38 years old.

today.

and you know what?
i'm ok with turning with 38.
i'm happy.
i'm healthy.
my kids are great, my husband is fantastic.

i am taking up new things {like photography}
and practicing older things still {like knitting}
i want to go back to school {realistically? for bookkeeping}
{in my imagination? to be a psychologist}

i am running, which is new to me,
and loving it...
and watching what i eat, also new to me,
but getting easier.

there is so much to be happy about.
and turning 38
today
is just icing on the cake.


friday-i'm-in-love...


with sharing blog love...
i keep finding new blogs to add...
to peruse and study,
to make notes and be inspired...
so i thought for a change today
i would share a few:

this blog has sweetness in the form of
cupcakes that is out of this world...
every time i visit, i want to break out the
mixing bowl....

i stumbled upon this one yesterday
and fell in love with the tutorials,
the cuteness, the craftiness...

this one totally gets my geek-side excited...
so many ideas....where to start!!

and this one i have been reading for a while now
but am not sure if i mentioned it here before...
she is so talented in many ways and i love
the images she posts, as well as the lists
and links...

so...some friday love...shared...
enjoy!