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Getting married is fun

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The other day I had an eye doctor appointment.  I’ve actually had a lot recently.  Short story: I’m trying to get contact lenses, but none of them are working.  Therefore, I have tried 5 different kinds, the 6th is being ordered and if that one doesn’t work, I’m ready to be done trying.  Anyway.  I’ve been seeing a lot of the people there.

They all know that we’re getting married soon.  Yesterday they were asking lots of questions about the wedding and where we’ll be living.  One lady in particular was soo excited for us.  She was the youngest of the group and she related how she just loved her wedding day and was so sad when it was over.  She loved being married.

“Aww, it’s so fun,” she said to me.

“What is?”  Says another lady walking in the room.

“Getting married.”  1st speaker

“It is?”  2nd speaker.  They all three had a laugh at that point.

3rd lady speaks, saying something like, “We can see how you feel about it.”  A little later, “I love marriage.”

“Really?”  1st speaker.

“Yeah.”

“You never talk about it.”  1st

“No, I loved it.  I did it twice I loved it so much.”  3rd speaker

Again they shared a laugh.

It made me sad.  I was struck by the one lady’s comment that the other woman never talked about her husband or marriage.  It just wasn’t a topic of conversation.  I currently don’t have a job…but even though I don’t have an official workplace, I really want people to know that I love the fact that I’m getting married.  That I love Michael.  And after we’re married, I want them to know that I love marriage (because I’m pretty sure I will!).

I know, I know, it’s easy for me to think all this now….before more of the “real-life” marriage issues hit.  But it just really hit me again how marriage is seen in our society today.  It’s sad.  It really is.  To love your wedding day, to love your marriage, for your marriage to last for a lifetime…is more of a fantasy or a fairy-tale.  It doesn’t really happen that way.

But it can.  And it should.  Marriage is beautiful.  It’s a gift from God.  It’s about companionship, love, forgiveness, intimacy on all levels, encouragement, and faithfulness.  It’s about showing a tiny picture of God’s relationship with us.  I really want my marriage with Michael to show this beautiful, wonderful design for marriage.  And I know that it doesn’t just come “because we’re Christians.”  It’s a day-by-day, minute-by-minute choice.  By God’s grace, we will have such a marriage!  I want to encourage people so that they see that you can love and enjoy marriage.  For life.

-Bonnie

Creative Dreams…

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The other day I shared with The Pilot an odd dream I had….and he commented, “Well, I can say for sure that you use the right side of your brain in your dreams.”

It’s true.  I’ve had some really wacky dreams, some really random dreams, and some really odd dreams.

Exhibit A:  A dream I had in June 2010.

I was a spy and I had some sort of small device or item that the bad guy was after.  Riding a motorized wheelchair, I sped through the mall away from the enemy, guarding the precious device carefully.  Expertly, I rode up this circular ramp that went around a pool.  The bad guy saw me and threw his poison pizza slice at me.  I immediately knew all that had to happen was for it to touch me…and I would be dead or at least have very serious injuries.

I saw the poison pizza coming and cleverly decided to jump into the pool.  As soon as I had done so, however, I realized how…unclever…that had been.  Right on my heels, the bad guy jumped in as well and started swimming toward me.  I had to evade the pizza.  In the process of swimming away, I dropped my spy device and was trying to reach for it in the water.  The bad guy reached for it as well.  I touched part of the pizza crust and I thought, “Well, I don’t want to die, so I’ll just say that part isn’t poison.”

It was very epic.  I don’t remember the end of the dream…I hope I made it away safely…with my spy device and without any pizza.

-Bonnie

Since School…

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So…what have I been doing since school let out last semester?  For one….I have been reading.  For fun!!!  What a nice change of pace.  😀  Here’s a sampling of what I’ve been reading…..

100 Amazing Answers to Prayer by William J. Petersen and Randy Petersen

Amazing Love by Corrie ten Boom

Audrey Hepburn, an Elegant Spirit by Sean Hepburn Ferrer

A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks

Flywheel by Eric Wilson

Hard Times by Charles Dickens

How to Live with a Neurotic Dog by Stephen Baker

Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton

To Love and to Cherish by Roy G. Gesch

I’m currently in the middle of about five other books as well.  It certainly is a good feeling to be able to read more than just school books.  (Not that I have anything necessarily against school books….I had some really good assigned reading for classes…but there’s something different about choosing your own book to read.  😉 )

-Bonnie

Disneyland!

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Last May The Pilot and I got Disneyland passes….and last Monday was the first time that we were able to go after the summer block-out dates.

We went out to breakfast with my family…then headed out.  The first half of the day we spent in California Adventure with my parents.  Even though we had been to Disneyland/CA Adventure numerous times, we still discovered new activities/rides this time!  The Pilot and I had never seen the Aladdin show…but we went this time.  I haven’t seen the movie in forever…but as they were acting it out I kept going, “Oh, yeah!  I remember that!”  My favorite song was Prince Ali.  😀

We played Midway Mania….a favorite ride in California Adventure.  Then we headed different directions…Mom and Dad went back to Disneyland, and The Pilot and I went to check out the new ride Goofy’s Flight School.  When we got there…we discovered it wasn’t at all a new ride…….it was merely Mulholland Madness with a different name.  haha!  But we went on it anyway.  It’s a very short roller coaster with sharp turns and short drops.  It was fun!  😀

Once we made it back to Disneyland we discovered our second new activity for the day.  Somehow we had managed to never go on Splash Mountain before!  So we remedied that and went on it twice!  😀

At the end of the day, a nice lady offered to take our picture in front of the castle.  Then we headed out to beat the traffic from the fireworks show.  It was a wonderful day…..so much fun….and a wonderful time hanging out with my love and my parents!

Borders

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Well, we’ve been home from our vacation for almost a week and a half…and we have been super busy!  Not only have I been trying to regain control over my google reader after being gone for two weeks, getting a lot of stuff done with The Pilot for our wedding, playing tennis for the first time (yay!), and starting to gear up for the class I’m teaching that starts in a few weeks….but….we went to Borders.

Although I am very sad that Borders stores are closing, I always love sales.  And book sales are amazing.  We left the store spending about $42…and we got a basket full of items ranging from 30-50% off.  I found several things that were perfect gifts…and The Pilot bought me a book I had my eye on.  I read this series when I was younger and loved it.  Since it’s hard to find good fiction, I was excited to see this 2-in-1 book at our store.

While browsing the shelves, I discovered a delightful book.  Honestly it made me so excited.  The title itself intrigued me…”The Glamour of Grammar” but when I looked at the table of contents, I got so excited.  Seriously…how can you not be excited about sections like, “Read dictionaries for fun and learning?”  Or “Learn seven ways to invent words?”  Or “Master the elliptical art of leaving things out?”  😉  I can’t wait to read this book (and another awesome one my Mom picked up for me!).

It’s always so fun to have new reading material!  Especially with such exciting books as these!  🙂

-Bonnie

Texas!

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Yesterday my family returned from a trip to Texas.  Almost all of my Mom’s side of the family lives there, so we’ve been going out to visit every couple of years.

Plus…this year my dear cousin, Lindsay, got married!!!  Last Saturday I had the privilege of being the maid of honor as she married her love, Ryder.  I am so happy for them both and I can’t wait to see what God does in their lives and marriage!  Congratulations to you both, Lindsay and Ryder!!

The Pilot got to fly out for a few days and meet my relatives.  That was definitely exciting as I had been looking forward to them all meeting him for quite some time!

I realized a few things on this trip, though.

First, I rather surprised myself when I realized the beauty of the flat land in Texas.  Every time we visited there, I didn’t understand when people said how big the sky was, or how beautiful it was.  This time…I got it.  The sky, the clouds, the miles of land…all beautiful!  Hmm…maybe God is preparing me for when we (most likely) will someday live in that state?  😉

Secondly, I think I must be getting old.  For the first time, it was difficult to live out a suitcase for two weeks.  And even though I loved seeing family, I was quite happy to be home again yesterday.

Third, I realized that I have an amazing family.  Not that this was a new discovery, but it was impressed upon me again.  🙂

-Bonnie