9.18.2008
I have a Blog and I don't know how to use it.
I'll be back soon!
7.31.2008
So the first dance. Well we weren't going to have one and i was perfectly happy about that. I hate people staring at me and if i get all emotional I would have for everyone to see. BUT my mom begged and pleaded and so since t wasn't that big a deal to me I decided to do it.
Asking Michael what song he wanted was a pointless because he doesn't see music and lyrics in that way. So at first I just picked a song I liked and that was At Last by Etta James. The song is beautiful and although I love it the song really didn't have meaning for us. Then one day i came across a Paul McCartney song that I love called "Maybe I'm Amazed." The song as sung by him is too rock and not mellow enough to slow dance to but as i did some searching I found one sung by a group called Jem. When I heard the song it just fit. The song was perfect. It is my song to him.
So here it is:
"Maybe I'm Amazed"
Maybe I'm Amazed At The Way You Love Me All The Time
Maybe I'm Afraid Of The Way I Love You
Maybe I'm Amazed At The Way You Pulled Me Out Of Time
And Hung Me On A Line
Maybe I'm Amazed At The Way I Really Need You
Maybe I'm A Girl And Maybe I'm A Lonely Girl
Who's In The Middle Of Something
That She Doesn't Really Understand
Maybe I'm A Girl And Maybe You're The Only Man
Who Could Ever Help Me
Baby Won't You Help Me Understand
Maybe I'm Amazed At The Way You're With Me All The Time
Maybe I'm Afraid Of The Way I Leave You
Maybe I'm Amazed At The Way You Help Me Sing My Song
Right Me When I'm Wrong
Maybe I'm Amazed At The Way I Really Need You
Maybe I'm A Girl And Maybe I'm A Lonely Girl
Who's In The Middle Of Something
That She Doesn't Really Understand
Maybe I'm A Girl And Maybe You're The Only Man
Who Could Ever Help Me
Baby Won't You Help Me Understand
Maybe I'm Amazed At The Way You're With Me All The Time
Maybe I'm Afraid Of The Way I Leave You
Maybe I'm Amazed At The Way You Help Me Sing My Song
Right Me When I'm Wrong
Maybe I'm Amazed At The Way I Really Need You
30 days to go!!
I just sent an email to the Dj finalizing some of the songs and well here is the final list:
Ceremony:
Michael & bridal party: In your eyes - Vitamin String Quartet, Peter Gabriel
Bride Entrance: Just Like Heaven - Vitamin String Quartet, The Cure
Our Exit: Today - Vitamin String Quartet, Smashing Pumpkins
Reception
Bridal Party: Sargent Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (intro), Beatles
Parents: Young at Heart, Frank Sinatra
Mr & Mrs Presents: Crazy little thing called love, Queen
1st Dance: Okay, I am going to make a separate post for the one.
Father /Daughter Dance: Have a little faith in me, John Haitt
Cake: Grow old with you, Adam Sandler
Garter: Here comes the snake, Cherry Poppin Daddies
Bouquet Toss: Sex and the City Theme
Last Dance: At Last, Etta James (originally the 1st dance)
So I think that's it. Any suggestions or am I missing any songs??
7.18.2008
Last day at work.
Today is my last day at my current job. It is kind of sad because I have been some pretty awesome people and I will miss them dearly. At the same time I can’t wait. Most of the people here have been great and I know that everyone has their moments but there will be a couple of people that I will not miss at all. Actually it is one of the main reasons that I left.
7.16.2008
Ignorance is bliss? Well what is Pride?
Okay back from lunch and I am very upset. For those of you that read www.bookwormygirl.blogspot.com she touched on a subject that is just going crazy. We have a family feud and it’s just getting so upsetting. We have the wedding coming up and mike refuses to invite them. They refuse to see us. It is something so stupid but I can also see how it could have hurt him. No there is a family member that is really sick and no one wants to go visit because they fear that they will be turned away. I went once and I am afraid to go again incase I am not wanted. If god forbid that he passes will going to the funeral be forbidden? Those people have always been extremely nice and they are not even involved in this. When does it just go too far?
I mean that is his sister and he wasn’t included in a special part of his niece’s life. Everyone was but him. I can see how that can hurt. It can make you feel as if you aren’t important and I see that’s how he felt. Had they just told him and explained what happened this whole thing would have been avoided. Had he just told them that he didn’t like what happened it would have been avoided? I know if I was in his shoes I would not have said anything. I would have waited to see if they said anything to me and see if they cared enough that it bothered me. He says he doesn’t care but I could see it in him. He does.
I also understand that there is more history there than I can understand but I have had a similar situation happen in my family. My mom, grandmother and aunt had an argument with my uncle and it broke up the family for 10 years. Though that time we all had deaths, birthdays, graduations, babies and hardship where we could have been there for each other and instead pride got in the way and stopped us from being there. We went through things alone and in the end it was not worth it. All of that wasted time for something that should never stand in the way of family.
Now this fall-out isn’t between my family but between the family I am marrying into. I really love his family cuz they are as dysfunctional as mine but still together. I am extremely sad because his sister won’t share in our wedding, when her brother has his first child, through birthdays and they won’t be there through times when family is needed. Then I get upset because its all over something so small that a simple I am sorry would have fixed it all. I understand her not wanting to be the one to bend because she always has when it came to other family matters but this is a brother and sister. A brother who can be a jerk but never has gotten into a fight with her and who really had no fault in what has happened.
Anyways, maybe I shouldn’t be expressing my thoughts on this because it is not my family but it’s something that just really depresses me and I know will just divide the family more and more. Especially as events happen and people refuse to go so that they aren’t confronted.