Well, it has been quite sometime hasn’t it?
This has really been the first time I have felt that I could get on here and write. A lot has happened in my personal life in the last month and a half that it has not been feasible for me to get here and write, mostly because I couldn’t really go forward without talking about what has been going on, and I haven’t been able to talk about that until now.
Now that everyone is in the know, I can officially say, Steve and I eloped back in October! When we were in Colorado, we said our vows at the base of 2 mountains next to a river, and it was perfect and beautiful, and everything I had hoped it could ever be. It took me FOREVER to get our announcements out due to working long hours/weeks when we got back from Colorado and having to go to 7 different places to get the damn picture printed. We will be having a reception in the spring in Ohio, but we’ll get back to that later.
I can also officially say that I quit my job, today in fact. This was not a decision that Steve and I made lightly but I know that for me, my marriage, and my family it was the best decision. I am going to still be working but in a position that will allow me a lot more flexibility over the coming months that both Steve and I will really need from me and my job. I will still be working full-time, no worries, family. And I have nothing against my employer, we are not separating on bad terms, it’s just life is taking me in a different direction right now and I am completely open to the change.
Which brings me to the third point. I will need that flexibility to be able to travel, because Steve and I will be relocating in the spring of 2013. It has been something that we have talked about and discussed for a very long time and it is what will be best for the 2 of us. There are 3 or 4 different locations that we have thoroughly vetted, but for now, life is up in the air. It is very painful to think of leaving Steve’s parents and Sid, but Texas just is not a good fit for us, and me quitting my “real” job was one of the first steps in the transition. The second is Steve receiving his degree in December. Then we are going to take our time working out the details during what everyone is predicting will be a potentially hazardous January/February weather wise here and even hairier January/February/March in the north and then we are going to see what happens. Which rounds it back out to why we are waiting 6-8 months or so to start having wedding festivities with both sides of our families.
So, now you know where I have been hiding. And honestly I have had no creative energy what-so-ever. Its been horrible and I know that anything I could have written would have been stressed/anxious/forced babble. So really I was saving anyone who could be reading this blog from that. Because I promise, I have not been fun to be around lately trying to make all of these life altering decisions. The only thing I have been doing during my free time is sit in front of my sewing machine and sew and sew and sew. It’s the only thing that has made sense to me. After I made our announcements I put away my paper crafting items and they have just been collecting dust in their respective corners. I have been making blankets for family members for Christmas, starting with the matriarchs on both sides and working my way down the family tree, because that is about all I know how to make, but I really, really enjoy it. I share random pictures on instagram and twitter if you are interested.
So, now that all the big news is out of the way, I will be working this week to share more pictures from Colorado, including our wedding, and my Project Life Updates (I even made our wedding in the Project Life style, and had enough pictures to fill an entire white album!). I also have my December Daily album ready and rearing to go.
Here is to a wonderful and exciting end of 2012 and beginning of 2013!
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