Shiny Sink!

A very important part of the flylady.net process is having a shiny sink.

Find out why this is important, and how to shine yours by going HERE.

This is my shiny sink. I am quite proud of it.

New Year - New Blog

I (Kerri) am using this new year to jump start a new me.

My goals for this year are to get fit. Mentally, physically, whatever.

I've joined a gym and have gone 3 times so far. I hope to go at least that often every week.
I started using flylady.net and started putting together my control book. I hope to get my apartment organized as well as our finances, budget, and everything else.

I want to be more organized, try to be on time, and be comfortable in my skin.

I'll be posting to do lists, goals, achievements, tips, and other household related stuff here.

I'm excited about this year. It sounds so cliche and everything, but hey you gotta start somewhere right?

Father's Day

This year several people I know lost their fathers to battles with cancer. Several friends and family lost their fathers to other causes throughout the year and many more in the years before this one. With so many poeple being without their father today, I was left with a feeling of sadness and an unwillingness to flaunt my fabulous father in their faces.

I did not want to put anything about Father’s Day in my facebook status, or on my twitter, I did not wish a general happy father’s day in my AIM away message, nor did I blog about it in my livejournal. I did not want to make the day any harder for those that were already having a hard day.

As the day went on however, I started feeling guilty. I felt like I was neglecting my dad by not telling the world how wonderful he is. I was standing in Walmart reading some Father’s Day cards when I just started to cry.

The truth is, I wasn’t avoiding talking about Father’s Day because I didn’t want to hurt anyone else, at least that wasn’t my entire motive, I didn’t want to talk about it, because it reminded me of my loved ones who did not have a father to celebrate with, and I became extremely anxious, sad, and frightened.

You see… I cannot fathom a world without my daddy in it. Typing that sentance alone has reduced me to tears.

He is my first love. My first experience with unconditional, unbridled affection. His strength has seen me through the darkest of times. Through break ups, sunburns, skinned knees, the death of loved ones, the loss of a treasured stuffed animal, the death of the family pet. He is my rock, my inspiration, he is always ready with a cup of tea. He is the reason I had faith that someone like William existed for me.

It would be wrong of me to ignore how important he is, to hide from how much I love him for fear of hurting others, for fear in general.

We must live for the moment, celebrate life while we have it, embrace every second before it’s too late.

So…

This is me and my daddy at my wedding.

And these are the lyrics to the song we danced to at my wedding. I sobbed through the whole thing.

I Loved Her First lyrics

Look at the two of you dancing that way
Lost in the moment and each others face
So much in love you’re alone in this place
Like there’s nobody else in the world
I was enough for her not long ago
I was her number one
She told me so
And she still means the world to me
Just so you know
So be careful when you hold my girl
Time changes everything
Life must go on
And I’m not gonna stand in your way

But I loved her first and I held her first
And a place in my heart will always be hers
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
And I prayed that she’d find you someday
But it’s still hard to give her away
I loved her first

How could that beautiful woman with you
Be the same freckle face kid that I knew
The one that I read all those fairy tales to
And tucked into bed all those nights
And I knew the first time I saw you with her
It was only a matter of time

But I loved her first and I held her first
And a place in my heart will always be hers
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
And I prayed that she’d find you someday
But it’s still hard to give her away
I loved her first

From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
Someday you might know what I’m going through
When a miracle smiles up at you
I loved her first

We've Moved!

It's not that I don't love blogger, b/c I do.
But I'm bored and our old website is being taken down in a few weeks so I have moved our blog/website elsewhere.

EDIT:
01/16/10
We're Back!

Mmmm Year Old Cake

I can't believe how fast this year went by...
It's been a whole year since I married the love of my life.
I don't know who I'd be without him... I love him.

We spent the weekend in the Hamptons. It rained... we ran errands for work...we shopped. It was nice. I love getting to spend time with him, no matter what we're doing because his job takes him away from me 9 days a week if not more. (yes I know standard weeks are 7 days, but William doesn't work a normal 9-5 job so his weeks can be 2 - 18 days without a day off)

I never get to spend the weekends with him so this was just super special and I loved it.

Lord and Lady Hill

It’s a well known fact in our circle that William is my knight in shining armor, and I am his princess. Our love story is a perfect fairy tale complete with villans and fire breathing beasts. Our wedding was subtly themed with royal touches and our first dance started with the song “Storybook Love” from The Princess Bride.

When our anniversary approached I was at a complete loss as what to do for a gift. I had one idea that I was excited about but it fell through quite suddenly and I was left with nothing.

But, as they say, fairy tales always have a happy ending…

I came across a gift idea that fit so perfectly it was like losing the other gift was a blessing in disguise.

William and I are now the proud owners of a plot of land in the UK. A plot of land that entitles us to use the titles of Lord and Lady.

My sweet knight now has the nobel title he so rightly deserves.

Now to plan our trip to Scotland so we can go camping on our newly aquired estate!

Good Morning Blogosphere....

I never believe it when the weather man says we're gonna get a lot of snow. It always goes just east, just west, just south, or just north of us and we get maybe a few flurries. Never any accumulation...

So imagine my surprise and delight when I took Tango out for his morning piddle:




Tango did not share my enthusiasm.