just a 'lil something

i was talking with a group of girls the other day about our favorite blogs.  {how does it ALWAYS come back to blogs?!} and one girl rattled off a bunch that she doesn't read anymore because the writers have had babies and all they talk about is baby stuff now and she's bored.  this is NOT true of me, as i love all things baby, but i sure hope all you tens of readers of my blog don't stop reading because i only put things about marriage up on this thing now that i'm married to my muffin.

i use that disclaimer above because i am now going to post an article about marriage.

although i do not agree with only staying married 15 years and i'm iffy on some of the motivations, i do really like this list.  it's funny because if i would have read this two months ago {pre-wifey days} i would have thought "um, duh" to all of these things.  now that i'm in it, i'm just now starting to scratch the surface of this beast and realize more and more that i have no idea what i'm doing.  so this article helps immensely.  hope you like it, too.

15 Ways to Stay Married 15 Years

missing dg

isn't this just the cutest thing?  found it on etsy.  then emailed it to my new husband who is on his first work trip away from his wife this week.  just a friendly reminder to love me even whilst in vegas!

TGIGF

i spent three hours at the new york city DMV today.  came home and had to have a moment to erase the afternoon from my memory... then pulled out my valley of vision.  our good friday service is tonight and in readying my heart for reflection upon what this day actually means in history, and more specifically to me personally, i found this prayer and wanted to share it with you all.

calvary's anthem

heavenly father,
thou hast led me singing to the cross
where i fling down all my burdens and see them vanish,
where my mountains of guilt are levelled to a plain,
where my sins disappear, though they are the greatest that exist,
and are more in number than the grains of fine sand;

for there is power in the blood of Calvary
to destroy sins more than can be counted
even by one from the choir of heaven.
thou hast given me a hill-side spring
that washed clear and white,
and i go as a sinner to its waters,
bathing without hindrance in its crystal streams.

at the cross there is free forgiveness for poor and meek ones,
and ample blessings that last for ever;
the blood of the lamb is like a great river of infinite grace
with never any diminishing of its fullness
as thirsty ones without number drink of it.

o lord, for ever will thy free forgiveness live
that was gained on the mount of blood;
in the midst of a world of pain it is a subject for praise in every place,
a song on earth, an anthem in heaven,
its love and virtue knowing no end.
i have a longing for the world above
where multitudes sing the great song,
for my soul was never created to love the dust of the earth.
though here my spiritual state is frail and poor,
i shall go on singing calvary's anthem.
may i always know
that a clean heart full of goodness is more beautiful than the lily,
that only a clean heart can sing by night and by day,
that such a heart is mine when i abide at calvary.

{may the truth of easter resonate with each of us and drastically change everything.}

xo, seg (on my new driver's license) / smg (on my new ss card) / sem (on everything else)

#sGd

well it's friday afternoon in new york city and i can assure you i'm counting down the seconds to quitting time.  first week back from our honeymoon and we're settling into domestication by meeting up to run after work, making dinner at home and enjoying a night IN - can you believe it?

oprah came and visited me at my bachelorette party and brought me her april issue of O and i found some pretty delightful recipes.  going to be making these tonight in an effort to make both my hubby happy and get some vegetables down us.  will report back on how they were.

i seem to be posting and emailing this to anyone/thing that will stand still, so i clearly couldn't leave my blog out!  in a last minute decision (literally a week before the wedding) daniel and i decided our wedding gift to each other would be to hire a videographer to do a "highlight"video of the day for us.  it'll be going down as one of the best things we've ever done.  when people ask me about the wedding and what happened and how did it feel, i'm still at a loss for words.  so this video helps articulate the love and joy and appreciation i felt/feel as i continue to process and savor every single second.  so without further adieu, here it is!  happy weekend!

(ps: if you or anyone you know is getting married or would be interested in something like this, you MUST get in touch with sean greenberg!  he could not have been greater and i could not recommend him more!)

Sarah & Daniel from Sean Greenberg on Vimeo.

halloween 2012

liz lemon is now not only my personal hero, she's my halloween costume for this year.

please please please please tell me you've seen this 30 rock.  daniel and i have had it on repeat all week and can't get over it.

it's funny cause it's true.

you stir me

i'm trying really hard to work during the next 45 days until the wedding.  i really, really, really am.  just not at the moment...

confession: there have been some "heated" moments between my fiancé and i over the past few weeks.  i guess it's due to all the logistics and some uncertainties and planning... mostly i think it's a subconscious FREAK OUT over our two lives becoming one and just the reality of that.  we've had 30 years to become who we are and now we have to find a way to make that work with someone else and i'm learning that that takes work.  and sometimes that work creates conflict which sometimes translates into standoffs at the dinner table.  but i'm happy to say that after finding this video on some random wedding blog, i think i'm done being annoyed with daniel for life.



now stop what you're doing and go hug your hubby.

xo, sem

s that d

hello faithful readers.  cankle has been MIA lately.  let's just say the idea of planning a wedding in 3 months without it taking over my life has not come to fruition.  but happy to report that all is well in new york city!  maybe i'll post some updates this weekend.  but until then, let me just leave you with this little ditty.  she is my hero and no i am NOT over the sh*t ____ says phenomena.  toodles poodles!