Putting it out there.

I'm not sure if I made it abundantly clear in my original post that I didn't intend for this blog to made public for quite some time. I'm a little self-conscious of my blogging because there are so many darn good bloggers out there! I really intended for this to be something that I would look back on...and reminisce about after the chaos of planning our wedding is over.

But today, Mom forwarded a blog to me from her friend, Judy. Now Judy is one of those good bloggers. She's funny and smart and kept my attention (which isn't easy to do when I have 16 browser windows open at any one time, ranging from a client contact system we use for work to theknot.com. What can I say...I like to multi-task).

Anyway, something Judy said in her blog finally put me over the edge...gave me the courage to post my blog for the world wide web. She said that maybe now was the time for her to be willing to be open, vulnerable and brave enough to examine her feelings and examine life itself. I often have thoughts to myself about things, and sort of blog them internally. But maybe now I"ll be able to blog them "out loud".

I'm not guaranteeing I'll be as funny, smart or inspiring as any of you great bloggers, but I'll do my best! And hopefully along the way, I'll learn something new about myself and give my family (and my future family!) something to look back on and smile about.

My post wouldn't be complete without my daily dose of something I love about Mike....he hates the throw pillows I have on our bed. He takes "throw pillow" to absolute literal meaning - he actually THROWS them every single night before we get in bed. Sometimes he throws them lightly, but most of the time I'll be in the bathroom taking out my contacts and I'll hear the closet doors slamming or something flying through the air hitting the ceiling fan. Yep, those are my "throw pillows". I think some women might get mad at their partner for throwing very nice, PEARL STUDDED throw pillows every night. But it actually makes me laugh. Every single time.