same company new position new responsibilites. awesome

although its not complete i uploaded a bunch of photos to the wedding album http://www.flickr.com/photos/15518186@N06/sets/72157621782647398/

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I nearly cried when we walked in the reception space when our mc announced.  Now introducing for the first time Mr Amory Huliheenamakaokalani Burgess and Mary France Ka'iulani Burgess.   I was so happy that so many of our friends and family could be there with us.  Not everyone could make it of course but we were grateful for those who were there to share with us..  But Let me go back to very early that morning. 

 We were requested to be assembled by 6:30 to start getting ready.  I had five wonderful bridesmaids, Pictured below though is my Mom, and my bridesmaids Jodi and Kawehi.  I share with these two ladies the distincion of being welcomed into the Burgess family.

While the ladies were getting ready upstairs, then men were busy themselves.. practicing posing, writing speeches and getting eachother together.

Prior to the wedding the wedding party got together to take photos.. and just in time my flower girl ran in.  ohh.. wait how did that get in there, I really am married to a ninja...chuck norris watch out for Amory Burgess.

  our wedding parties were wonderful and gave our MC a challange since he could not crack a scandalous story from anyone!!! they truly are members of the House of Burgess

(part two to follow)

I will have more details for you later.. oh and pictures (only a couple so far but i will share)

But instead I am enjoying having the day off. I am sitting at the folding tables which have been put together to compile a make-shift desk for my Fiance and I. THis works because from my vantage points I can see my favorite things.  The greenery out side the window with the sun shining in, My fiances handsome face is scrunched up in concentration as he works on some web coding, soothed though by the naruto epidoe playing in the back ground.   and My bookshelf.  I love books, and I love the fact that they are not in the same room as my bedroom anymore.  

My last post I mentioned we were waitin on some furniture, some ordered some not.  They have all arrived and I will post photos later, but I am very happy becasue while our peices are brand new and look it, they are not modern peices.  Our dining room table recembles a period peice and seats 8 as was our goal, with beautiful wood grain and curved feet.  Two of the chairs are done in queen ann's style and I love that.   Our dresser is an 18th century looking peice made of mahognony and lined with velvet. a large mirror over the vanity looks very nice.  We were very lucky to find these peices either on sale or on base and there fore able to get real wood at faux wood prices.   Our couch set is unfortunatly quite a bit more modern, but it plushy and comfertable and sometiems cozy just overwhelms.  

THe bad thing about startign out with new furniture is we are afraid to use it, So far we have not touched our new table, nor have we made use of our new dresser, and the couches still have the covers on them. 

NOT A BAD DAY JUST BUSY

Last week monday we realized that I would need to be out of my apartment before the end of the month and that the end of the month fell on a week day.  In many ways this made us very happy because Amory and I have been looking forward to living together ever since christmas, and what helped is we knew the house renovations would be done soon so I had been packing a few boxes a week anyway.  Unfortunatly my  move out date came prior to the house being completed.   Also there was the problem of renting a uhaul.   Amory's friends are wonderful they stepped up and volunteered their vehicles to help us move and with their help we moved my stuff and his into our house in close to 4 hours.  If it had just been the two of us theres no way we would have been done so quickly.  

So now we are two days in our new home (new for me, newly renovated for him)  and still quite a bit of unpacking to do.  Unfortunatly we are a bit on hold until our dresser arrives next week.  But we at this moment ordered our  our bed, and a guest bed.  (we are using my old bed in the other guest room) and our sofa set and the afformentioned dresser arrive next week.  Still on the list is a dinner table that will fit 8 at least. (this will be for meals and for game nights)  but I think for game nights we will have to work something else out.

One way or the other I am very excited.  I have always either lived in rentals or military homes, or with someones family.  It is a great feeling living in a house that belongs to us.

its so not fair to be pmsing and have a kidney infection at the same time.  All i want to do is stay home and curl up and sleep. But i have too much work to do

So, I have decided to make my move to the house as easy and painless as possible. In an effort to do so, I am packing up the things I will not need in the next month.  This is so that I can concentrate on the wedding plans. By the way, on a side note, it looks like we have a date picked. I am reserving the venue tommorrow and we will be paying the deposit as soon as we have confirmation.  Back to the story though.  So as I stood on my computer chair, removing my graduation tassle and my glass wind chime from the ceiling I looked out the window.  I was rememebring the day I placed them here.  It was about the same time of day and just about a month shy.  In fact i will have lived here exactly 2 years when i do move out.  This was the second place I have lived on my own in and I want to take a mometn to reminice on the past two and a half years. 

About that time I was thrown into the grown up pool and had to learn to grown up.  I had just broken up with E and i was very torn up.  Not only had I loved him, but I also loved his two children.  I am certain much of my distress was also fear of supporting myself. How on earth would I survive.  I didnt at first not really.  I was struggling to make ends meet and pay my rent. and if that wasnt enough i rememebr one vivid incident in which i cried in the bank when I tried to cash my check.. My account was over draft  and as a result they of course wanted their money.  I told them quite honestly that although I understood their circumstance, I had absoloutly no food.  And I wouldnt until I got paid again.  While I dont reccomend  tears when logic will work. My stomache was empty and so was my pride.  Fortunatly they let me have the money and i of course settled my affairs with them and am now in good stead.   There where many times that I chose my shelter and food over my financial obligations. 

I started seeing a very nice guy around this time.  I tried my best at first to hide my circumstances, unfortunatly when he started coming over after taking me home from work it became apparent that I was not eating regularly.  Unfortunatly this set a pattern for un and he begain to take care of me. I was very afraid this would lead to resentment. and in a way it did. But mostly because I was always on the defense about it.  Well I went to full tiem work, had a few pay raises. Eventually moved into a better position at another company. (better as in pay and situation. both companies are wonderful and I would reccomend working for both)   And I moved Into my current residence.    I havent driven in the  past 2.5 years and the gentlman took it as his duty to guide me towards indepence.   This ultimatly led to another pattern in our relationship and likely contributed to our relationships end. (not so much his choice but the neccesity for it)   So I have for the better part of a 1.5 years taken care of my own financial obligations. I have also learned to take the bus if i need something or... walk.   

Thse ast two and half years have been exactly what they should have been. a period of growth and learning. I have fallen, cried, begged, depended on others. and then.. when I was ready got up and walked.     I have thought of my room as  a college dormitory.. and I suppose thats appropriate as this has been a time of education.  Now, though the door on the past is shut, and one relationship has ended.  Both another door and another future have opened up. I am packing away the past.. and my memories.  and in a month, I will open up boxes of dreams.

For all those past, present and future have helped me to grow up, Thank you.  You have taught me that being independant does not mean you have to walk alone. 

Please Read below  im going to comment on it when your done  :)

"Guns in church bill dies in Arkansas Senate panel

AP – Pastor Debra Carl Freeman, of Westover Hills Presbyterian Church, speaks against a bill sponsored by …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A state Senate panel has rejected a bill that would allow concealed handguns in Arkansas churches, a proposal that divided religious leaders.

The measure would have removed churches and other houses of worship from the list of places where concealed handguns are banned in Arkansas. Only churches and bars are on that list.

The House approved the measure earlier this month. The Senate Judiciary Committee stalled the bill on a voice vote Wednesday.

The bill's sponsor, Rep. Beverly Pyle, R-Cedarville, told the panel after the vote that she may try again with the proposal.

"This is not a gun question, it is a question of religious freedom," Pyle said.

Gov. Mike Beebe has said he'd sign the bill if it made it to his desk.

Nathan Petty, a pastor at Beech Grove Baptist Church in Fordyce, said churches should have the right to decide whether to allow concealed handguns.

"It's not the role of the state to preserve the sanctity of the church, and it's not the role of the state to impose religious judgment calls on churches," Petty said.

But Debra Carl Freeman, pastor of Westover Hills Presbyterian Church in Little Rock, told lawmakers that the proposal went against the nature of churches.

She said the bill "would fundamentally change the perception of sanctuaries in this state from places of safety, peace and openness into those of fear and suspicion."

State Sen. Sue Madison, D-Fayetteville, said she didn't see the need for the bill.

"I don't know of any church where the carrying of guns is a sacred belief intrinsic to the doctrine of that church, like the holding of communion might be," Madison said.

Grant Exton, the executive director of the Arkansas Concealed Carry Association, said of 48 states that allow concealed carry permits, 42 let churches make the decision to ban or allow firearms."

 

 

Now having read the above article I am wondering if Rep. Pyle has a brain in her head.  I understand seperation of church and state just fine.  But if you tell a bunch of people its legal according to the law to carry conceled weapons in a church.. and the individual ministry says you can not carry that here sir, What you want to bet hes going to cite man's Law not church Doctrine.