Three = Leather

So we’re not doing the ‘leather’ gift idea, because ‘Europe’ isn’t the gift on any year, and well, that’s what we’re doing!

We’re having dinner tonight at our new favourite up-market local resturanut, Nephtali. If you live on the Sunshine Coast and want to go somewhere really nice, this is the place! Carpet floors, proper dining room chairs, linen napkins etc.

I don’t have anything truely amazing that I’ve learnt from being married for three years. I’m sure to some of you that seems like no time at all! I do know however that I live and work with my best friend, that we are together nearly 24/7, and that we don’t get sick of each other. I think that’s pretty special. We enjoy each other’s company. I like that.

Luke,

I’m pretty sure the next three years will be full of changes and adventures. But we’ll always be together. I’m looking forward to spending the next 70-odd years with you.

xo

T

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Tags: anniversary, marriage, wedding

Seasons of Life…

In my short (almost) 23 years of life, I have been throough a few different seasons.
Here are just a few of my more favourite seasons…

My childhood: here I learnt to be creative, enjoy life, the importance of family…

Married life (current season): Here I’ve learnt, and am still learning, about patience, love, forgiveness, responsibility, joy.

Pepper (current season): Here I’m learning about responsibility, helplessness, unconditional love, happy tears.

Uni (the first time round): Here I learnt about resilience, teaching, passion, eLearning, adaptability, friendship.

Tags: childhood, love, Luke, marriage, pepper, rachel, rhys, Uni

Keeping Memories…

You may have noticed that I have a very cute little plugin on my blog for showing other posts that might be of interest to you, when you finsih the post you’re reading. I myself was very interested to see what other posts came up, as some of them stretch back to the beginning days of my blog, back in January 2007. I stumbled across this post which I wrote after Luke and I had been married for six months. In the post I more or less talk about how I’m managing my time now that I’m married, and where we will be when we hit the ‘one year’ mark. Well, it’s recently been that same time of year again, when we’re half way through another year of marriage (!!). I thought I would exam where I thought we’d be, where we really are, and make another prediction for the future!

Well, we’re definitely spending more time together- and making regular date nights every week, to make sure that we’re doing something special.We’re balancing life and uni and work, only now it’s Luke at Uni, and me working, and Life? Well, it just seems to happen all the time!! I have become some sort of a work-a-holic, where I need to spend more time there then I actually get paid for, but I think it is worth it. We are doing a great thing, and Luke and I always make time for each other.

I DO have my sexy Digital SLR, HAVE finished Uni, and DO have more time for blogging. Yay! We are definitely a year closer to having a baby… I think. Actually, maybe we are year further away, cause we’ve changed our minds! Haha. But we’ve been talking about it a lot more, and deciding on some foundational areas on parenting years away from having one. It is a good feeling, even if Luke doesn’t like the awesomely cute girls names I like. Ladies, HOW DO YOU CONVINCE YOUR HUSBAND ON AWESOME BABY NAMES?! I am totally in love with the name “Avery” at the moment. It is the sweetest thing I’ve heard in ages!

Haha, one of the last things I say in that post is “My other thing I am constantly working on (but getting much better at) is apologising immediately after I say something rudely, or in a huff, or hurtful. Wish me luck!!” This cracks me up, because yes, I am STILL working on this! But I am a bit better…!

Beautiful images captured by the scanner!

Above is one my latest creations- some scan art! I love making these, because they are super beautiful and easy to make! They can also be really beautiful and meaningful. I started doing it ages ago, and think I might take it up again! Here’s one I did back then…

This lace is from our wedding invitations, and ribbon from my bouquet. LOVE.

Tags: 2007, 6-months, balance, beautiful, blog, images, life, marriage, memories, reminise, scanart, Uni, wedding, Work