My blog is my story

I have loved this story.  Its been so many places with me. We've been all around the world and we've ran races.  We've been through heartbreak and happiness, so much even that I thought we might bust at the seems.  We've told lots of stories.  Some stories I wrote and never finished, some I wrote over and over again.

At times my blog has been my outlet and a stress reliever.  Other times it was way for my family and friends who are far away to actually see how life it. Regardless, a more trusty blog I couldn't have asked for.

When I set up the blog I thought this day might come, some day.  An end to amberdegeorge, to the 3 years and 156 posts.  And end to the me, a beginning to the we.  Well here it is - with a heavy heart we must say goodbye to DeGeorge and hello to Walunas.

Pack your bags and follow us! Change your reader and links to http://walunas.blogspot.com/ . Now, let's be honest, nothing is really going to change as far as content- it will still be me posting {we all know how much Ben loves blogs}. We're just moving to a place for the two of us and I can't wait.

See you there!

By the way - GO NOW!  There is wedding amazingness waiting for you!

I don't know if I can do it....

Say goodbye to this blog that is....  it's harder than I thought.

So INSTEAD - in light of our upcoming, my most very favorite, thankful holiday I would like to just list a couple things I am very thankful for.

01.  Mine and Ben's jobs.  We are so lucky to be working for stable companies where we can use our brains and get paid for it.

02.  My sweet husband who reminds me a hundred times a day how much he loves me.  It's probably annoying that I always say I am so lucky, but I am.  He is a good good man.

03. Tuna fish.  I would probably die without it.  It's my main source of nutrition. I am so obsessive, give me 2 weeks and I will move on to something else.

04. Family.  How boring would we be without our families?  I don't even want to find out.  I love family and the little adventures that come along with each.

05. Friends.  It's amazing how you can meet people who it seems you were "meant" to be friends with.  I have so many of those amazing friends that I don't think I could live without.

06.  Anthropologie.  I know, it is silly, but you knew I would go there... I love Anthro.  I can't explain it.  I walk in that store and a little bit of my soul is healed.  It's weird, but I can't get enough.  I wish I owned that little piece of that special heaven.

07.  Jesus Christ.  What if you were in his position, could you have been the Savior of the world?  Could you give it all up so your brothers and sisters could live?  I hope I could,  I am glad he did.

08.  My mother.  I have to give her her own.  She knows me so well it's almost strange.  She never gets worked up, she works so hard, she lives for others, and when I think I am acting completely in left field she reminds me that my little girl personality was the same as my grown up personality - so at least I am consistent.  It's nice to have a sweet mother with that history. :-)

I am thankful for so many wonderful people, blessings and things in my life.  I love this time of year.  As we move into this happy holiday season I pray we keep a thankful attitude and remember what it is that we really celebrate.

Looking Forward

Our wedding pictures are getting ready to knock your socks off...  

 

...but we are looking forward to the future and you won't find them here!

Soon, we will say goodbye to the Amber blog and hello to the Walunas blog.  So this is a heads up to prepare yourself for some good pictures and a new place to visit.  Don't lose us, details to come! 

3 weeks!

I was never really sure I was the marrying kind.  Honestly.  I am not just saying that.  When I was young, 18-19ish - I thought I should be married and I tried like hell to make that happen.  Thankfully, it didn't.  One day something inside the 20-year-old me said, "Make something of yourself - then worry about marriage."  So I did.  I graduated from college, I got a great job, I made a reputation of hard work, I developed hobbies that were my own. I read, I thought, I wrote.  I tried to understand myself, learn who I really was.  I accepted myself and under no circumstances was I going to lose that.

As Ben and I moved through dating the thought of marriage came around.  I was hesitant, I had worked all this time on making it on my own.  I was good at it.  I couldn't always see past that.  When Ben and I actually started talking about marriage, I knew I loved him, I knew he was a great man, I knew his list of qualities were exactly what I needed in my life.  I knew he was the right decision for me and I knew the Lord agreed. That part was easy, but I wondered how I would settle in my new role as wife.  I wondered how I could successfully transition from me to we.  I wondered how these two completely opposite independent people would merge lives and habits, opinions and goals while still being true to the people they had become.

Well I am happy to report that we did it.  We got married! As I sit here in my wedded bliss, of exactly 3 weeks, I can honestly say a better life decision has never been made.  Don't get me wrong, I am not delusional... I know we have work ahead.  I know things will change as we move from 3 weeks to 30 years.  I am sure this life will bring us times that we thought were almost unbearable.  It did as singles, but now we are a couple - now we just have one extra person who has our back.  I love that.

To commemorate our fun 3 weeks together, let's list my 3 favorite things about being married, thus far...
03.  When I walk into our bedroom (or bathroom) the smell of Ben's body wash fills my nose.  I love it.  It smells so yummy I want to bottle it up. Oh wait... it already is.
02.  The kiss I get as he leaves the house at 6am.  He is always so sweet, who is nice when they have to leave for work at 6am?
01. Slumber parties!!  You know, the kind you had with your friends when you were really young?  Talking in bed until one of you fall asleep (Ben), late night TV watching and laughing your head off at nothing at all.  

Yeah, this is fun.

So far removed

That's me.  Removed.  Seriously as I sit here now the last 5 months feel like a blur.  I had the best of intentions to document and blog the stories of being engaged. But then the dates, deadlines and details came crashing down and something had to give - and that, my friends, was the blog.  I needed an outlet, but my creative side was used for all things wedding and every time I would sit down to write, I could hardly finish a sentence.  It is a good blur though, you know the kind that makes you want to wrap up in a blanket, close your eyes and sit for hours as you try to remember every detail.  Wellllll.... almost every detail... I may want to forget about the time I yelled at the invitation printer for cutting our inserts too small after I had been in there 3 different times with very VERY specific measurements, and I may suppress the entire week where every single day I would spontaneously burst into tears because I had no idea how working full time, planning a wedding, packing and moving was actually going to ever happen.  And I choose to forget the complete exhaustion I felt the entire week before we got married.  It felt like the life had been drained out of me, I could barely finish a sentence before I moved to my next thought. That was exhausting for every one around me.  Sorry.  It's actually amazing to think about it now.  The perfectionist - I'll do it myself - self, needed help and everyone close to me knew it.  Thank you four MILLION times over for every single little detail of help.  We are so blessed and looking back on it now that's all I can really remember.  Blessed to have amazing parents who gave their crazy daughter everything she dreamed of.  Blessed with amazing family and friends who have supported us, loved us and stepped in to do anything and everything they could to help. Blessed to have found each other and blessed now to be sealed for eternity.  We made it, it's official - (I have the marriage licence with the stamp of approval) and the last three weeks have been more fun than I have ever known.  Wedding details and pictures to come (trust me I am dying to see them too!) and an amazing Hawaiian honeymoon to talk about.  For now you enjoy this picture I stole from Linny's blog - sorry Linny I really truly have NONE! and I'll enjoy this fabulous fun time with my amazing new husband (still getting used to that word).