Before: we were two people, each with our own priorities and sense of balance between them all. I kept a pretty easy balance between things I needed to get done, things that could wait, and how each would affect my overall happiness and relaxation. Now: we are two people, living as one, and we need to find a new balance. Time to restructure!...
The following playlist is a collection of songs that have served as sountrack to our relationship over the past four years. 1. May It Always Be - Bonnie Prince Billy 2. Oh La La - The Faces 3. Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads 4. Italo - Anathallo 5. Look at What the Light Did Now - Little Wings 6. Home - Edward...
Fashion Update: because it takes less thinking than putting to words all my feelings and thoughts that have conspired over the last two weeks!I took a break from commercial fashion endeavors to design and sew a personal collection for my wedding: my wedding dress, created from my mother's 1986 wedding dress, a flower girl dress, and four bridesmaids dresses inspired by the women...
The difficult thing about blogging is that the most exciting times are the times I have the least amount of time to keep up with blogging. Needless to say, I am getting VERY EXCITED. Tory and I are getting married in 12 days?? To me, that is unbelievable. I am still feeling a bit overwhelmed by all the details of planning the wedding,...
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Tory and I went to our first block club meeting yesterday. It was really great to meet neighbors and connect with those we've seen around. At one point during our discussion with the crime prevention officer the conversation turned to our neighbors who rent across the street from us (they weren't at the meeting) and people were offering us solutions with the assumption...
I wrote a book reflection for Americorps about "The Impossible Will Take a Little While" which I have been thinking about a lot lately. It includes stories and essays from the likes of Nelson Mandela, Maya Angelou, Arundhati Roy, Tony Kushner, and Vaclav Havel, Alice Walker, Jonathan Kozol, Diane Ackerman, Susan Griffin, Marian Wright Edelman, Cornel West, Terry Tempest Williams, Jim Hightower, Desmond...
What a family.Maid of HonorJessica, mon soeur. So beautiful and getting so old. She's even old enough to sign as a Maid of Honor, thank goodness. This from the baby who made me cry when I found out a sister was born. It is so fun to continue to get to know her as she becomes an adult. And stay up late in...
A month ago, it felt like we skipped spring and went straight into summer.Swimming and Scrabble on the beach, two weeks ago.Now we are getting more of that spring weather and I feel like the world is in transition. This morning a tiny baby kitten walked out from behind the foliage. If you've read earlier notes of mine, you know more cats is...
The other half of what made our trip so great was family. I was able to make it to my cousin's wedding and have a special window into the lives of my cousins and family through that night.Later that weekend, my family threw us a party and showered us with wedding gifts. Tory was thoroughly welcomed to the family and we were very...
When we were house shopping, Tory and I came across a sign advertising a "sexy house" and I laughed, but when we looked at the pictures, I decided that it really was a sexy house. Our house... not sexy. More lodgy. Perfect for us. I would extend to say though, that as a city, Vancouver is sexy. In a really good, natural way....
A PACKAGE ARRIVED!Its my mothers wedding dress from 1986.And cleverly labeled "soon Roff :)"(addresses smudged with photoshop because I don't trust the blog spammer)A great fit! But not exceptionally flattering.I can't remember the last time I looked like such a giant. And I've gotten multiple Beetlejuice references to prove it.Consider this the "BEFORE" picture! Thanks mom!SOON: Tory and I are heading to my...
North Minneapolis is a really neat place to be. Even the news is loosening the stereotypes;Two articles in two weeks!Bringing back the mundaneFighting the stigma ...
I am in Minneapolis. I am engaged to my wonderful fiance, Tory. We are very excited about this recent step in our lives and plan to be married by late summer. Instead of a wedding blog, I decided to pick up my old blog again and update it about whatever seems to be relevant to continuing our life together. Tory is living in...
