House cleaning...

This long weekend, I had nothing in the cards other than some serious cleaning around the house. Not just tidying, but purging crud we don't need.

I am happy to say that I've already accomplished one of my Sept goals... after stopping in at the bead store with Sam on Saturday, I've made 3 (yup 3!!!) new necklaces. Yay me! Ok, so I only really know one pattern, so they all look the same but with different colours, but that's totally cool with me!

I also updated my blog with some wedding pics... I stole the slide show idea from Raina's site... I thought it was cool.

And that brought me to cleaning of a different kind. I've been holding on to the letter I wrote for my mother after the wedding for over a month now. That new song by the Dixie Chicks pretty much sums things up about time not healing everything. In fact, I saw her in the mall, and I could literally feel my blood boiling... I had to veer off another way and keep moving. I've written and re-written it, debating whether I needed to send it, or merely just write it.
Well, I've put the final touches on it, and am on my way out the door to mail it.

For those who don't know the whole deal, she left our wedding right after speeches without even saying goodbye. Apparently they (she, her husband, and my grandma) all left because they thought a speech was disrespectful. It was entirely about our younger partying days, and it wasn't so distasteful, but it was a bit long, lol. Who does that though? Who just walks out on their child's wedding? And the part that really kills me... one of our special dances was mom/Nate and me and Nate's step-dad. I really had to decide to put my feelings in a box to deal with for another day, or let her ruin our day. Thankfully, I was able to move past it then. But now? Nope. Basically I ended the letter off wishing her all the best in her new life, the one I will not be a part of. Harsh, maybe. Necessary, yes. Feels good to let it go.

But don't let this post fool you into thinking our day wasn't perfect. It was. I just cut her out of the equation. We had gorgeous weather, I was on cloud nine the entire day. I loved our ceremony, I loved how Nate was looking at me. It was fun doing pictures - especially just the 2 of us, it was nice to get a little time of calm and just enjoy the moment. I hardly ate dinner, I don't remember if it was good or not (!) - and most of the speeches were good, lol! And my girls kept me grounded! We were surrounded by so many amazing people, and the reception was a blast. We would have kept going if we didn't have to get up at 5 the next day to leave for the airport to catch our flight to Punta Cana (Dominican). And the honeymoon? FANTASTIC! I am so happy we got away for the week so we could just get lost in each other and forget the rest of the world. It was breath-taking out there, the pictures don't do it justice, it felt like we were in a postcard. The sand on the beach was so soft. And the people were so nice at the resort. Worth every penny.

Ok... I'm heading out now before I make this a novel.
;0)