JD Salinger passed away last week, the same day that we bought another puppy and named her Franny. I feel like it all is very fitting, and we are currently getting ready to pick up little Franny next week–it feels like a child preparation process…purchasing collars and leashes, little squeaky mallards and pheasants, explaining to Zoey that she’ll have a sister soon and when that happens she can’t sleep in our bed anymore (this last part will take some convincing).
Bryant and I bought a house, we closed last Tuesday and are enjoying the feeling of being homeowners. Bryant has been recruited to be the Treasurer of the Home Owners Association, he’s excited to share his fiscal conservative policies with its fellow members. I think I’m going to bake something for the first meeting, just to make it known that my opinion matters too.
Life is taking shape. We are making our house a home, and spending lots of time making dinners together…it all feels like we are “nesting” as some would call it though I’ve never really understood what that means. When we first got married, people always threw around the “Aw, so your in the nesting newly wed stage?” and I never knew how to respond. Every time Bryant did something nice for me people called it the “honeymoon phase” and I would always say “Uh no, not really.” I think marriages that don’t experience a honeymoon phase are better off–a little bit more solid because Bryant has always done nice things for me, always getting me flowers and bringing home treats for me, and I’ve never chalked it up to the “honeymoon phase” I just always felt like I picked a good one.
So anyway, this blog post isn’t really about anything in particular, just life…my life…moving…changing…progressing…
Bryant and I are starting to make ‘plans’ now that we are grounded in this cute little small town for awhile. We’ve started talking about our China trip, planning on going sometime next year; we are making plans, and the whole ‘marriage’ and ‘team’ concept is really coming into play. We bought a house together, we are raising puppies together, and just enjoying being young and married.
I’m starting to write just a little bit more, and plan my next steps a bit more. Life is good, its happy, and I’m loving it.
I feel it coming and its still January…is that weird?!
I am anticipating the picnics, the smell of grilled vegetables, flip flops, and the feeling of consuming my coffee on an outdoor patio.
Excited to feel the sun beat down on my cheeks…
That’s all.
Found this amazing Tumblr Site (http://blinksoflife.tumblr.com); made my afternoon just delightful…
“You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance and write poems and suffer and understand, for all of that is life.”
- J. Krishnamurti -
