Our Every Day

It is hard to believe that six years ago, Mike asked me to be his wife. I knew to some extent that it was coming. We had already been ring shopping, but I hadn't realized that Mike had been working with the jeweler all along to come up with the perfect, one-of-a-kind engagement ring for me. :) At that point, we had already discussed wedding flowers and where we would be honeymooning. I knew it was only a matter of time. So when Mike suggested a day trip to Lake Erie - our last trip for the year - I figured something was up. And when we had to wait around at my parents' camper until sunset, I grew a little more suspicious. And when we sat on a large flat rock overlooking Lake Erie as the sun was setting, and Mike started to quote the Bible verse about the greatest of these things being love, I knew that was it. Before I knew it, he was slipping the most beautiful ring I had ever seen on to my finger and I was crying happy tears. Mike told me tonight that proposing to me was easy...

When I tell people what my husband is doing right now, I have been getting a lot of weird comments. Mostly negative. I struggle with that because this is not a negative for him - it is a HUGE positive, and if they were in our shoes, they'd see it too. I guess this comes with the territory, hm? I guess I had better get used to it. I think people are just bothering me in general right now. I have been running into mean people just about everywhere I turn, and it is wearing me down. Tonight I decided that I should take up this pent-up frustration and use it for something good. So I mowed the lawn. No...I didn't mow straight, and no, I didn't edge by the sidewalk like Mike does. But it's done and it doesn't look half bad. At least I don't think it does. It felt good to be outside. It felt good to do a hard workout (yes, our mower is not self-propelled and our backyard has a hill). I talked to our neighbor. I laughed at Daisy as she pranced around in the grass clippi...

I decided that I needed a few projects to tackle while Mike is away/studying. Keep in mind that I start projects but rarely finish them. So that complicates things. I've been finding small victories in accomplishing little tasks - like keeping my house clean during the week. Or rather just the kitchen and living room, but that's all that really no one sees because I haven't had anyone over. As for the kitchen, that's not really a stretch because I haven't been cooking much. Who likes to cook for just one person? Not this girl. I said "small victories" after all. :) So I thought maybe I could keep myself accountable...here's what I am chomping at the bit to do: -Clean out the second bedroom upstairs. Mike is using it as a studying area, but it is filled to the brim with a lot of junk. How he can focus in a room surrounded by junk is beyond me. Thankfully we have a desk in there now, thanks to my inlaws! At least he has a place to sit... -Paint the secon...