{ My sweet husband }   I don’t know if you know this, but since the end of October, I’ve been working as a front desk receptionist.  Do you remember the episode of “The Office” where it’s Valentine’s Day, and all these wonderful flowers and plants and teddy bears keep coming in for everybody but Pam Beasley, [...]

Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
- – – Erica Jong
 

A heart garland I made from some fabric and lace scraps:

(( it’s beginning to look a lot like Valentine’s Day! ))

I read this here yesterday and I thought it was worth sharing:
“a few years ago, my father shared with me some wisdom about relationships. he said (in essence): ‘your relationship is not about that big fight you had yesterday, or your wedding day. it’s about all the other days. it’s about the day-to-day rituals, the [...]

It is 5:51 and I am sitting at my kitchen table, waiting for Funnel to get home from work and enjoying my first quiet moment in this hectic day. 
Today, Funnel and I have been married for three years.  At this time, on this day, in 2006, vows had been said, rings had been given, photos had been [...]

Our apartment is becoming kind of empty and sad looking.  Pictures have been removed from the walls, some of our things are packed, boxes are stacked in our living room.
I was just reflecting on the two and a half years that Funnel and I have spent in this little apartment on John Steven Way.  I came here [...]

I make wishes whenever I can.  On stars and birthday candles and at 11:11.  But my favorite is to wish on a dandelion.

 
((top two taken by me, bottom one taken by funnel.  on a walk in the schoolyard across the street)).

((taken on an unusually warm day the other week, after the snow had melted.))
We’re on to month two of 2009, and I am still feeling good about this year.  I hope saying that doesn’t jinx me, but I really feel hopeful about what’s to come.  Like we are (or maybe I am) am on the brink of something [...]

((Funnel, at Rising Park in May 2005.  One of my favorite photos.))
Right now my Valentine is sleeping in the other room.
I was just remembering our first Valentine’s Day together, in 2005, when we had been dating a little shy of 4 months.  We went to P.F. Chang’s for dinner, and Funnel bought me a bouquet of [...]