It's sunday again.

Today is Sunday. Lately I've been feeling on sundays that there's somewhere I should be.. It's times like this that I wish I had close friends who were religious. But I don't.

Tim is not religious. When I say I envy the closeness and community feeling that just radiates from religion he brushes it aside. And maybe I'm only seeking that sense of closeness and family who isn't related. But shouldn't there be a reason why I keep looking at religion?

Isn't there something more?

Home made-sicles

Today at work was hectic, but very satisfying. We decided to make home made fruit popsicles. Since we had our new centre policy of no junk food, I had been sort of sad that the kids wouldn't get popsicles this summer.

So I went out and bought tons of strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries. And we mashed them up! It was so fun to see how excited they were talking about making their own. And when they finally got to eat them, they were amazed that they tasted so good and so proud of themselves for doing it! Yay kiddies!

In other news, I had my first voice lesson with Sharon yesterday. I was nervous, but feeling better about the state of my voice since that awful audition. (I swore I was a better singer than that!) She was so nice about it... telling me I just needed to warm up, and that I had a nice natural clarity to my voice. I like compliments :)

Later on yesterday we vaccinated Alice the cat (camel has - four humps!). She got sick... she wouldn't eat, wouldn't jump around, and was NOT herself. It made me mad at myself for taking her to the vet. But thankfully she has gotten happier today. My little purring machine.

In wedding news, I created a wedding newsletter, but no one wants to read it. They think I'm crazy... and you know... thinking about it, if I had heard of any other girl doing this, I would think they were crazy.

But we already knew I was crazy.

You know you need to post when...

You know you need to post when you get a phone call from your mother (who lives in town) and asks you why you haven't blogged lately. Ah, to live in the information era! The last time I posted was back in the end of March... wow.

Since then I had a quietly celebrated 22nd birthday. I worked ALOT. I also finished my block practicum, which means that I am so so so close to becomign a fully liscened early childhood educator. Crazy.

I also had my engagement pictures done! They are absolutely beautiful, and I feel like I need to share them. My photographers, Erin and Biance (http://www.out-there.ca/) are amazing. I loved working with them.

This was the exact bench, by the way, where Tim asked me to marry him. I'd say that makes for an adorable picture!

My brother and his fiance moved back home in June. I never really realized how much I missed them untill they came home. I talked to Julie on the phone for an hour and a half without even realizing it! We do have tons to talk about, I guess. She's one of my bridesmaids :)

Speaking of weddings, we were invited to four weddings between now and November. Two of Tim's cousins are getting married (July 27th and November somethingth). And two of his friends (August 8th and August 15th). Yes. You read that right. Our august weddings are a week apart! I'm going to be on wedding overload.

It'll be nice though, to get to see what other girls have done.

Whoops! I lost March!

I have lost the month of March! It went by so fast it was almost scary. Does anyone else feel like it was just Christmas time? I swear I still have wrapping paper hiding in my house!

March has been full of stuff. Tim turned 24. My doctor was actually optimistic about my arthritis! I've applied to write a wedding blog for a certain website. I'm actually very excited about that. I like talking weddings. So to be able to do it every week or so would be awesome :)

I have had a very good day today. It was absolutely a Spring day. Sunny, warm, very beautiful. I opened all my windows wide and let it in. I got to visit with my neighbor, Erin, who is also getting married (This August!). Its nice to have someone to discuss things with. I think I've said that before, but it is true.

Moving on, my birthday is coming up soon! Which means that a slew of other people's birthdays are coming too. Elina, Benjamin, My mommy, a particular person who I call a friend in my mind where no one can hear.

So goodbye to March, and lets welcome April. Hurry up!

R.C.M.P.

Lately Tim has been talking about becoming a police officer. And then he finally said to me that he wanted to do it. To start the appliation process.

"How do you feel about it?"

How do I feel about it? It's strange. I know that he would be a good police office. I know that he would be happier in this sort of career where he could do some good. I know he would like the fact that he could support us, so I could stay home with our children.

I don't have any real objections to it. I would worry about him, yes. It's hard to worry about him when he works at grocery store with 40 other people each day plus countless numbers of customers. He's doing shift work now, which is annoying but I deal with it just fine.

There's no real rush. He can't join for another 2.5 years due to some of the requirements they have. But he wants to do it. He's already started to get himself into better shape. So that he's ready.

I do not like the fact that he will have to go to Regina for 6 months of training. During which time he'll like in barrack-style accomidations. *sigh*

I suppose I just needed to vent about it. (ventventvent)

Weddings galore!

It feels like there is an abundance of weddings coming up. Tim and I's wedding, Ryan and Erin, Tim's cousin Michelle and Curtis, as well as Kristi and Mark! That's four weddings. All in the next year and a half.

In some ways it's nice. I get to talk about the experience with people who understand why it's so hard to cut people off the list, and the importance of the dress! But I suppose any girl or liberal male will appreciate dress details. I wish I had a dress. I can't wait to have a dress.

The only bad thing is that everyone else's wedding is before mine. I am jealous. I tried to convince Tim to move the wedding up to this May instead of next. He refused and I pouted for two days. Silly me.

I had forgotten how much I liked the sound of Regina Spektor's voice.

Optimism and Yoga (aaaahhh)

For the first time today, my doctor was positive about my arthritis! He looked at my inflammation levels over the last 2 years, and it has finally started to level out. He said that he's happy with how I'm doing!

Now, this might not seem like much, but for the entire two years I've seen this doctor, he is always hoping for better, always wishing things would improve. And it started getting a bit pessimistic. But it was a great change to see him be excited about my progress. That, combined with the beautiful day we had today made for a perfect first yoga day.

It wasn't really a "first" for the yoga. I took it back when Tim was in Belize to give me something to do while he was gone. And it helped with my flexibility and range of motion. So I figured, lets do it again!

The instructor was great. Really understanding and willing to modify poses for me so I could get the same benefit. And it was relaxing... so calming and grounding. I've felt great all day :)

Speaking of great days... Valentine's Day was pretty cool this year. We went out for breakfast together. Tim had to work 1-10, so I puttered around cleaning up and such, and he called me on his lunch break:

Tim: What are you up to?
Me: Oh, just cleaning up and stuff.
*DING DONG!!* (The doorbell rings!)
Me: Oh shit. The doorbell just rang.
Tim: Oh really?

I go to answer it, and it's Tim! Bearing tulips and some hagen-das caramel latte ice cream! Yum! I surprised him late on with candles and hot chocolate on our deck. In all, it was great.