First 100 Days Of Marriage & Other Stuff

Wow, I can't believe it's been 100 days since my wedding! Colin and I have survived our first 100 days of marriage! Amazing! Honestly, it's getting better every day! It was tough for a while, and I'm sure we'll have more tough times ahead--that happens throughout life--you have your ups and downs. But I can honestly say that I love him more today than the day I married him--even though I loved him a lot then! LOL! We're having a lot of fun together and learning how to really be a team, and work on our marriage and enjoy our time together--it's so great! We've also been together 2 years and 7 months today, so that's cool too! But other than that, I'm so tired today. I just have no energy and didn't sleep very well the last few nights--and it's catching up to me now! Whew! Anyway, my mom's birthday is tomorrow and that's really cool! I just love birthdays, always have, always will! I always try and make my mom's bday pretty special because she's always made them so special for me! Yesterday, I sat and watched Food Network ALL day long and had so much fun! I made biscuits and gravy--from scratch--for brunch! So beyond yummy! Then, last night I made halibut and broccoli for dinner, it was yummy too! I'm really turning into quite the cook--I've always been good, but now I'm getting really good! Perhaps it's because I'm a wife now, I don't know. That and also the fact that I've been cooking on my own for 15 years now. I started making my own meals and practicing in the kitchen by myself back in 1994 when I was 10 years old. So, 15 years later, yeah, I'm findin' my groove! It's so cool! My husband inhaled the fish/broccoli and raved about the biscuits, it made me feel so good! I'm a good wife, I think, I try at least! Anyway, this past Friday night, my mom and I went down to the Las Vegas Strip and the MOST fun! We just walked around saw TI (Treasure Island), the Wynn, Venetian, the Mirage and had dinner at the California Pizza Kitchen (again, yummy)! We were able to see the strip at dusk and it was so pretty, I feel so lucky to live here! I've been here 5 and 1/2 years now, I'm actually just now starting to truly love and appreciate it! And I do now, I love living in Las Vegas! I don't think I've ever been able to say that before! It's not for everyone, that's for sure, but it IS fun and so culturally different than where I grew up. I loved growing up in Reno, don't get me wrong. So lucky & blessed to have been bored and raised there, totally appreciate that! So, anyway...I've had a lot of fun lately! Watched a lot of movies! "Bride Wars" funny, comical, great! Total Chick Flick, but lots of fun! "Angels & Demons" sucked, love & adore Tom Hanks, but too much grotesque violence for me! Tom was great, the rest of the movie, not so much! "Slumdog Millionare" excellent film, powerful, heavy, not for everybody, great music, deserved the Academy Award it won for movie of the Year! And "Grand Torino," excellent, violent at parts, heavy and racially loaded, but a great lesson for us all and a great film by the always outstanding Clint Eastwood. Who is STILL not bad to look at at seventy-something years old. So not fair! Oh, my husband just got home! I'm glad! Last night, I watched "Friends" and laughed until my sides hurt, it was so funny! I love that show! I'm watching them now as I type this! I'm trying to laugh more, and laugh every day! It's so important! Laugh at myself and at life, it helps a lot! I'm almost half way through 25 already, which is hard to believe, but really kinda cool! I love being 25, I truly believe it's the age when you start to figure stuff out, at least I have! And I'm so glad I waited until I was 25 to get married, totally necessary! :) I'm glad we got married when we did, not a moment too soon and not a moment too late--for us, it really was perfect timing! Anyway, tomorrow night I'm going to make Birthday Brownies for my mom and try and write her a poem. She really is such an incredible lady, I'm so blessed to have her. I'm enjoying being friends as adults. We've always been close and we've always been friends, but I'm loving being her adult daughter friend, it's cool! I hope the brownies turn out alright, I'm still learning how to bake. I used to say I hated baking, but now, I'm kind of gaining a liking for it, I don't love it, and I'd still rather cook--but baking isn't so bad, and it's good to know how to do it. I like knowing how to do things and as you all know, I LOVE learning new things. Who cares if I mess up? That's how we learn in life! I really wish I wasn't so tired today because there's a lot more I wanted to write about. But, oh well. At least I've updated you on what's going on in my life! I'm happily married, for 100 days now--congratulations to me and my wonderfully sweet, handsome husband! We are so blessed to have each other! On a sidenote, and this may be TMI, but I feel like crying today. I'm not depressed, and I'm not sad, it's not sad tears or even necessarily happy tears, I'm just in the mood to cry. Like a long cathardic cry, not over anything imparticular, just...cry. I started crying yesterday when I was thinking about the awesomeness that is my mother, my husband and my life...it started to pour out of me and I stopped, and I don't know why. Maybe it's that time of the month. I'm not being overly bitchy, and I'm pretty patient right now, so maybe not, but I am craving chocolate--so who knows! Anyway, I know I WILL cry this weekend at Yoni's wedding! My husband's best friend, Yoni, is getting married to his sweetheart Heather, this Saturday and I'm SO excited! It'll be the first wedding Colin and I have attended as husband and wife! And I always cry at those. I cry more at the wedding of others than I did my own--although I did tear up pretty well! Anyway, I'm also excited because it means that I'll get my husband to dance with me--he only dances at weddings! But, that's okay. Because you know what...he's stopped being a buttmunch in the morning, he always takes out the garbage, he's a fantastic cook, he does the dishes whenever I've cooked lately, he made the bed the other day, I've taught him really well in the giving massages department (HEAVEN) and he's just incredibly sweet! I'm a very lucky lady! And overall, even though I may not be where I want to be (writing a best selling book, buying a house, have a job), I'm sure as heck not where I was. And life is good. Life is very, very good! So, here's to the next 100 days of marriage, Yoni & Heather getting married this weekend--my fantastic husband, my amazing mother and my incredibly blessed life! Please Lord, continue to bless it all! Oh, and if You would, please, tomorrow...wake my butt up bright and early and give me the energy I need to delve through this week! Thank You!

In Light N' Love,
-Sarah Liz :)