NavBar2013
WEDDING INTRO
SO.
I have been meaning to put together a
series of blog posts about our epic DIY wedding, but I have SUCH a hard time
getting my ass in gear. So here it is-at least the start of it.
Like
every other awesome and original couple out there, Dave and I wanted a small,
simple wedding that completely reflected our personalities and would be totally
unique to us... and to everyone else on Pinterest. :)
While
we do live in the big (ish) and awesome city of Montreal, QC, we are actually
country bumpkins at heart (from the far away Laurentians). Therefore we wanted a beautiful, sweet
wedding ceremony outdoors and near a lake somewhere up north, followed by a super
fun dance party style reception.
Photos by Zoe Arniotis (zoe-arniotis.com)
Of
course, being that I am obsessed with all things design/ DIY and with my Interior
Design education and a job in construction project management, I was pretty
confident that I could handle one teeny wedding. It almost broke my spirit,
actually-but we will get back to that.
But
it actually went well. Really well, seeing as I went into our first date
already loving the person I was about to date. There’s a lot that you learn
about someone in 10 years that you can’t unlearn when you start dating them. [Sidebar]-I
highly suggest marrying someone you have known for 10 years. It’s pretty
awesome. Also, NO SURPRISES. [End Sidebar] I had been dating Dave for about 2
weeks before I knew that I wanted to marry him. I was totally, down for the
count, in LOVE with this guy who had been among my best friends for 10 years.
Who knew?
We
adapted to this big change quite quickly, our friends adapted quickly and I moved in with Dave and his
roommates almost immediately. After
talking about marriage for a long time (about 2 years), we got engaged on
Thanksgiving of 2011 (Canadian Thanksgiving, eh?) and got married in July of
2012. Whoohoo! WIN.
So
that’s our little story, and that’s about it for this post.
If you would like to check
out our love story from both of our perspectives, we each wrote our “side” of
it on our wedding website:
In
the next wedding post, I will get more into the details of the actual day.
EXCITING!
DEEP DOWN, CANADIAN COLD
This week is by far the coldest, COLDEST, most freezing week of the winter thus far. Being a Canadian, I take pride in the fact that I can survive -35 degree weather and look cute doing it.
BUT DAMN!
This morning my hair was frozen into little pieces after a short 5 minute walk to work and my thighs were burning with numbness.
Oh well winterz...I'll just have to go skiing.
BUT DAMN!
This morning my hair was frozen into little pieces after a short 5 minute walk to work and my thighs were burning with numbness.
Oh well winterz...I'll just have to go skiing.
Good luck surviving everyone!
WHY I WON’T SUCK SO BAD IN 2013
Every
year I tell myself I am not going to make New Year’s resolutions because I’m a
shitty person that just breaks them anyways. And low and behold, every year my hubby Dave
sucks me into a conversation about his goals, than I get all excitable and by
the end of the hour I have set like 14 totally unachievable resolutions for
myself. Working out, doing daily
crunches, eat less chocolate, yadda, yadda, yadda.
Obviously,
by Jan 2nd yearly I have broken 99% of my resolutions because 1) I’m
too lazy to actually attempt any of them and 2) have decided that I made them
in a moment of insanity / holiday sugar high when the pure quantity of
chocolate I have consumed made me feel like I could attempt anything and
succeed at ALL OF LIFE! But what was I thinking?!? Cold reality sets in as I
come crashing down from that lovely high only to realize that I have nothing,
want nothing, can’t achieve anything, that I have a headache and that my
sweatpants actually DONT look as amazing on me as I thought. (They may
have started out looking all cozy & sexy, however are now are covered in chocolate
smears and have an obvious butt-sag.)
I
digress.
SO
THIS YEAR WILL BE DIFFERENT
(Yeah,
right).
This
year Dave and I calmly talked about out goals and I confessed that I had made
some pretty big (secret) goals for myself this year. (Why secret? Because
nobody judges you when you fail.)
Goal
#1: Start a blog. CHECK.
I
have been wanting to start a blog for more than 2 years, but as an avid blog
reader/judger/all-around generally opinionated person, I don’t want to be on
the judged-end of that stick. AND I was afraid that my starter blog might not
be perfect right off the bat or measure up to the high standards I have set for
the other blogs that I read. Also, I thought I might suck at writing the blog
content in general. I tend to get bored with a project quickly, and often my
thoughts and my writing don’t really follow each other, and I thought that
readers may be left with a weird, chaotic impression of whatever point I was
trying to make. Thus, the hesitation.
However
I must say that I’m pretty psyched (has anyone used this word since the 1990s?)
that I jumped on the blog bandwagon, and that I am launching my “blog” for the
world to see RIGHT THIS VERY MINUTE! Ready or not, nice design or not, pro
photos or not, I’m starting it and I will just have to see how it goes. And to
protect my ego, I’m not actually telling anyone I know about this blog. I
figured that I can deal with strangers judging me, but not those that I love.
Goal
#2: Don’t give up on goal #1. Seriously. I vow to put out more than an overall 2
blog posts. This is very important. Also, I will not set too high of a standard
for myself in terms of quantity of posts per week. I’m not a damn super-hero!
Goal
#3: Do SOMETHING excercise-y. Anything at all will do. Walk just a little bit further
between the metro and bus during my commute. Go skating or something. Remember
that I actually LIKE skiing and that convincing myself to go is the hardest
part of going. So, to recap: I am not
going to join a gym and waste my precious money. I am not going to pop in my
yoga DVD twice a week, every week and yogi it out. I’m just going to make an
effort to be ever so slightly less lazy. Simple, right? We will see.
Goal
#4: Ummmm.....Oh yeah. Spend less money
on clothes and stuff. But then again, I
love clothes and stuff, and house stuff, and expensive stuff, and even the cheap
stuff. But honestly, I really should spend less money on myself. Must stop
buying gimmicky snakeskin Essie nail polish that costs a small fortune and instead
save up to enjoy larger items with my husband.
(Or scratch this whole goal and enter an equally responsible
budget-savvy goal similar to this.)
Goal
#5: Wait before nesting! I am moving in
6 months and still can’t stop myself from constantly decorating. I’m bad at
this. I just want to paint, and paint, and craft and invest money in our
current rental when I know that I’m going to be living in another apartment
soon. And no matter how nice the new
place will be I am literally going to want to change EVERYTHING once I move in.
So I need to learn to practice self-control. This is HORRIBLE, because I am the
queen of instant-gratification. It’s awesome.
I’m
winding this up now because to be honest, I just can’t remember what other
SUPER IMPORTANT goals for 2013 that I made over dinner. I was super distracted
by my delicious $85 sushi to actually take the time to write them all down. Oh-one
last one-
Goal
#6: Stop buying $85 sushi. Oh, and stop doing it twice a week.
(Sidenote:
If you are from Montreal, you must go
to Sushi 5 Saisons in NDG. Its ‘da bomb. I mean, I practically weep every time
I walk into the resto and see the delicious food.)
And
that’s it! Happy New Year to everyone and good luck in keeping your crazy
resolutions! May at least one of us succeed!
(and it probably wont be these guys)
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