Sweet Friends

Tonight I had dinner with my dear friend Jillian. Jillian and I have known each other since we were 9 and tonight I was so blessed by her. I was feeling down today because of missing Joe and just some other things that have been on my mind. I really needed to just unwind and laugh about nothing. Almost always Jillian and I find things to laugh about. While we were eating Jillian received a text message from her boyfriend Jimmy, and it was a picture (shown above) of Joe and Jimmy at his going away party. In the summer of 2006 Joe and Jimmy became friends, or BFFS as Jill and I like to call it, through the day camp at our church. Not long after, Jill and Jimmy began dating and so our foursome was born. We have been through lots together, and even though the times we spend all together are becoming further and further apart I know that our children (future: don't get any ideas) will call each other Auntie and Uncle. I love you both!

And off we go...

This post is dedicated to a MacBook, lets call her Tina. You lived a good life.

This weekend was quite life changing. Ok, not really all ttthhhhaaatt life changing, but monumental none the less. Friday evening I was using my sweet husband's computer and (because of details I'm choosing to leave out) it broke, to say the least. Well of course this resulted in a huge ummm we'll call it, discussion. We both just about had a melt down. Numerous irreplaceable photos and videos from our honeymoon etc. were saved on that particular laptop and I'm a bit sentimental. Ha, a bit. Joe is as well, so to loose those things was/is a process to get over. The 'discussion' that was the result was our first exit out of the 'honeymoon stage' and into married life. Don't get me wrong, I know we are still very much so in the 'honeymoon' stage, but this was the first time we were genuinely irritated with each other since being married. Neither of us slept much, and yesterday morning didn't bring much relief from the pain of our loss (the laptop). I knew if I didn't give my man some lovin' we would not be having very much fun that day. I know this sounds terribly dramatic or be too much information, but it really was awful. Joe had to leave today to go out of town until Wednesday, so we just tried to enjoy our day together yesterday. We are going to be in Houston Thursday-Sunday and are going to take the laptop to a data recovery place. If you think of it, say a little prayer that our videos and pics would be recovered.

Happy Birthday Grandma!

Today is Joe's grandmother (and my new grandma) :), Norma's birthday. I feel blessed to call her family. From the very beginning of our relationship she was warm and loving. Norma, thank you for the huge part you have played in Joe's life. We love you so much and look forward to many more birthdays to share with you!

Happy 2nd Birthday Gabe! We love you lots!!

Pics. from our Honeymoon!

At the airport

Our bikes-how cute!

Our bathroom

The main inn

Joe reading in front of the fire

Dinner in Savannah, GA

In front of our cottage

The White House

A New Beginning

As of yesterday January 16th Joe and I have been married for two weeks. It has been the slowest, fastest two week period I have ever experienced. Our honeymoon to Palmetto Bluff in South Carolina and Washington D.C. was just spectacular. Palmetto Bluff is a resort and it was amazing. When I say amazing, I mean amazing! We got there late on Sunday night and were greeted by a driver with a sign reading M/M Weinberger. Eeeh so fun! We checked in at the main inn, were driven to cottage #18 and welcomed by a lit fire. I love my husband. Our time there was very special and relaxing and I know that it will always hold a special place in our hearts. Washington is one of my all time favorite cities. I'm not sure why, but being there makes me all giddy to be an American and I love the history. It was so great to just get away and enjoy each other. Moving back to College Station that Sunday was quite an experience. I don't know how we did it, but we managed to stuff all of our stuff into three cars with the help of our sweet parents. Unfortunately Joe's job has him out of town 50% of the time, so of course he was in Abilene this week. I spent a lot of my time unpacking, cleaning etc, but it also gave me time to think. This is a good and bad thing I've decided. It was surprisingly easy for me to obsess about the wedding. It was like I'm so used to thinking/stressing that it was natural. Is this normal? You know the feeling after you come home from a vacation or mission trip that you have planned and planned for? That is what a part of me feels like, except on a much larger scale. On the other hand, I had excellent mornings with Jesus. Anywho, my sweets is back and will hopefully be home for this whole week. This whole being a wife thing hasn't seemed to sink in yet, I feel like I'm playing house. I'll let you know when it does.

On a completely different note, today is my grandmother's birthday. I love you mimi. You introduced me to a beautiful thing called a musical and I miss our sweet times of watching Shirley Temple movies, dancing in the living room and eating ham sandwiches at the kitchen table. I wish I could be there to sing you Happy Birthday.