18 November 2008

cold! (both kinds!)

i'm not ready for the snow. it's too cold out. it's around 28 degrees here. i'd like the snow a whole lot more if it didn't have to be so cold to have it. i know, i know, i'm living in the wrong state. dan and i will just have to take a vacation every winter... this winter we'll be going with his parents to visit his grandma in NC for a few days after Christmas. i hope it'll be warm out down there. not holding my breath because that will be the weekend they have a freak snow storm or something down there. haha.

i'm already feeling the effects of the weather change. i think i'm getting a cold! :( i'm hoping it passes quickly. i mean, c'mon, i've been taking my vitamins and stuff!

and we've got a retreat this weekend! up at the highlands. it's going to be cold, so i hope i'm not sick for it.

been working on some wedding stuff. save the date cards and like that. :) should be good. and dan and i have been working on a playlist for the reception and stuff. so, if you think of any good ones, let me know. we won't be having the chicken dance, the macarena, or the hokey pokey... just so ya know. i think everyone will be pleasantly surprised with what we do have, though... :) dan and i have a surprise! i'm sooo excited and i want to tell you, but.... i can't! come and be amazed!

okay, so that's about it for now... gotta go get me some decongestant...


take care of you for me

03 November 2008

it just comes natural... I LOVE YOU! <3

(ps that song "it just comes natural" by george strait just came on as i went to put a title on this blog... :) and it's so true. it's what i was born to do, it's so easy loving him.... )

i just want to say how much i love dan brady. he is that 'perfect' one, meant just for me, and when i stop and think about it, i can't get over how much he loves me! he's everything i could have possibly wanted in a man and more.

you can't look at how everything came together with us and not realize how wonderfully orchestrated it all was. it points to no one but God himself. i know neither of us would have fathomed such an idea had it not actually happened with us.

moving from belvidere... living in whitehall... the whole stupid lawsuit... the 'perfect' house that ended our long search.... every past rejection from ex-boyfriends... going to praise band practice to talk to someone about a job... but meeting the man of my dreams instead (still don't have a stupid job).

he makes me smile when i think of him, he brightens every day. he's as excited as i am to get married (he counts the days down!), he takes care of me and listens when i talk. he understands my needs before i even voice them. we finish each other's sentences and thoughts. he cuddles up with me and lets me fall asleep on his shoulder, he cries with me when i mourn for my brother. i think he tickles me just because it always ends in a hug, both of us laughing ridiculously. he prays with me and for me and he looks for ways to surprise me and to show his deep love for me. he cares about the things i care about - not because they are important to him, but because i am important to him.

i could not have found a man better suited to be the father of my future kids. <3

i can't wait to marry this man. i thank God for him everyday, because He's the only one who could possibly have known what i would need and when. what an awesome feeling, knowing that before we were born God had it in his plans for us to be together... what a great God we have. :)


take care of you for me.