My husband has a wonderful sense of humor that I adore. You can see it here clearly in his store front offerings. Feel free to purchase and wear out. LOL. Enjoy!
Lots of hugs,
Kat of Team Devine
Category: marriage
Just Ranting and Rolling Along . . .
I’m probably going to rant a bit right here, but you all know me well enough by now to know – I love me a good rant!
So the reason I haven’t had a chance to update this blog in over a month is because well the holidays happened (which was totally . . . weird, but more on that some other time) and then school started back. No big deal, this is now my fourth semester with a full load, so not only do I know what to expect, but I felt going into this semester (my last by the way) that I had this covered and would be good to go.
Will the depths of my naivety ever cease to surprise me?
Four classes. Four Senior level classes; two of which are required to graduate and have to be taken concurrently in the LAST semester before graduating. (WTF?!) Right? Ok, still in and of itself – no big deal, right?
WRONG!
All four of my classes require a lengthy research paper. Ok, still nothing for me to panic about, but one class in particular flat out said we could NOT use a recycled paper – ok, again no big deal, just have to buckle down and start working, [But FOUR different subject materials, FOUR Thesis Statements, FOUR Bibliographies and FOUR Abstracts; all in APA 6th Edition Format. (WTF?!)]
And as if that weren’t enough work two of the classes also have tons and tons of regular work to be done with deadlines etc . . . I mean I knew we wouldn’t have much of a life this semester but gosh – really?! The sad part is that I’m so overwhelmed by the thought of all these papers and the fact that one of them has to be over 70 pages long that I’m having difficulty focusing and diving in.
SIGH.
So to relax these days I’ve been cross – stitching. I’m so goofy; I love to just sit and breathe and keep my hands busy and my mind still; monotonously stitching. I guess I’ve grown tired of gaming.
Who am I kidding?! I will never grow tired of gaming. LOL.
I can just only handle so much Hay Day, Candy Crush, Marvel’s Champions, Bubble Witch Saga, Soduku, and Puzzles. I briefly got back into playing on the Xbox over the holiday’s but I know myself well enough that if I get hooked into a game there I will never get my homework done. At least with the phone or iPad Mini I can take breaks and not get sucked in.
At least that’s what I’m telling myself.
Only three more months and I’m done with school. I don’t even want to think about graduate school as yet, but I suppose I should. At least a little.
Work has been interesting. I was given the role of ISO internal auditor last week. I am already the document control for all things ISO, so I guess it makes good sense. In addition I still have to ensure that all the office IT works, that the website is up and running and that all employee documents are accessible through the employee portal, and take care of all things security related. It feels good to be busy. LOL. I love my job!
That’s all I’ve got on this dreary January Thursday.
Well there is this one thing . . . thanks to the beautiful wedding and engagement pictures that Southern Cotton Photography took, we were featured in a local magazine! How super exciting and weird is THAT?! Sharon Palmer can seriously rock a camera!
Best of luck to those of you literally snowed in up north and out west.
Kat of Team Devine outta here . . .
Pre-Marriage Counseling / Discussion . . .
Pre-Marriage Discussion
When we first met our potential officiant I approached the situation very ambivalently. I am not religious at all. My fiancée is much more so. I am spiritual and believe in the presence of a higher being, I choose to call them God, but I do not appreciate organized religion nor the monsters o f judgment, hate and mis-representation that it breeds. Having said all of that, I was incredibly ambivalent about our wedding officiant. My only dictate was that the individual performing my wedding ceremony NOT be overly religious sounding.
So when we met an acquaintance of my mother’s for coffee and to see if we would all get along, I was pleasantly surprised by my emotional reaction to him. He was everything I never realized that I wanted in our wedding officiant. He was soft spoken; kind eyed and exuded a quiet confidence born from years of prior military service. He is a good family man and an elder within his church. He knew immediately that I would not tolerate nor appreciate the hollow recitation of bible scriptures that religious people are oft to quote as a means of trying to elevate themselves above others.
He spoke plainly, intelligently and with just the right amount of religious reverence that my spiritual heart appreciates. Actions speak louder than words in ANYTHING. When people act upon their good will and intent, they don’t have to prove anything with words. The TRUTH will always win out, no matter how hard the lies fight against it. There is real EVIL in this world and it starts with one’s heart, leads to ones intent and manifests itself in ones lies. Good people know other good people, and our officiant is ‘good people’.
We met this past Saturday evening for a bite of dinner and our first pre-marriage ‘discussion’. I was a nervous wreck. My anxiety stemmed from the mindset that because our relationship has been very smooth and easy that some hidden upset would be announced and I would be blindsided. As it turned out that never happened, thank goodness! We discussed the five love languages and identified what they were for each of us. (Mine are; physical touch, words of affirmation, acts of service, quality time, and gifts. My fiancée’s are; words of affirmation, physical touch, acts of service, quality time and gifts.)
In addition to identifying and discussing these topics we also went through a brief discussion on likes and dislikes. The bottom line and I would like to think this is a great thing for us, is that we communicate really well. This was noted and discussed repeatedly.
I was able to breathe a sigh of relief.
I suspected that we communicated well with each other; I know I did, but I wasn’t always sure that my fiancée did – he tends to be conflict adverse. Needless to say, when you harbor an environment where both parties feel safe – communication really isn’t THAT difficult. Even if the topic is something you know the other party might not want to discuss or might not be happy discussing.
So there you have it. We passed our first pre-marriage counseling/discussion with flying colors. I am actually looking forward to our next. Stay tuned.
Now we begin sending the invitations. Holy cricket bat-man – this is really happening!
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