It's Feelin' Like Summertime

I'm a lucky guy. But first off, I wanted to say I absolutely got caught up in school last semester and forgot about this blog. I've now been married almost two months and I'm very lucky. My wife is an amazing women. She continues to surprise me everyday with her ability. As summer is rolling around one of my favorite things we've started doing is having campfires out back. We roast marshmallows, starbursts, crescents, bacon and other items. I love it because it takes me back to our first date. We roasted starbursts by a fire. Later we sat on a trampoline and talked until 2am. I remember thinking that this girl is either never going out with me again or actually had a good time to stay out with me that late. Our next date together was awkward as I was trying to put my arm around her and she was stiff as a board. I was hitting myself in the head for the next 2 weeks thinking I blew it. But, our third date was back to awesome. We went to a museum and then made our own pizza as we taught each or different types of dancing. We subsequently had an amazing summer full of adventures as I was falling deeper and deeper in love. I'm so excited to have another summer in front of us. I plan on falling in love all over again. It's going to be awesome...

To Her,

I am so excited for this summer and the things ahead of us. I know that the road will be rough but I also know that there is nothing we can't accomplish together. I hope you are as excited as I am. I love you.

- Him

Shreds of Flattery

#5

Ever heard of Charles Caleb Colton? I know that when I first read the quote I'm about to share I hadn't ever heard of him. But if you haven't had the pleasure of reading some of his quotes you ought to they are very reflective and give simple explanations to complicated subjects. Anyway... Charles, right. About him.

Charles Caleb Colton was an English cleric (if you are anything like me you might be wondering exactly what distinguishes a cleric from other clergy. I'm still not so sure.) but he was also a writer. Mostly read now in quote books Colton was actually a very popular author for his time. Yet like many great artists Colton eventually killed himself; (Rather than have surgery) but luckily we still have much of his words. So why are we talking about this man that was 1 part brilliant and 2 parts mad? Because, I find this quote by him particular very inspiring.

"Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away." - Charles Caleb Colton

Now I have never been one for great time management. I wouldn't say efficiency is a strong point of mine but I have a wonderful role model for both these in my fiancée. Which leads me to another Charles Caleb Colton quote (and perhaps his most famous) 

"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" - Charles Caleb Colton

And I am really trying hard to be just like her in time management. She's so good with time I'm pretty sure she could cook 5 min rice in 3. No but really, she doesn't allow time to go to waste. It's an amazing quality he possesses and I love it. 

I'm not sure if it comes naturally to her or if it is a result of her hard work and dedication but she has mastered time management and continues to improve upon it. While I may never reach her heights. I am inspired.

To Her,

You are an inspiration to me, and thank you for helping me get more out of each day. I love it when you help me manage my time because it allows me to spend more free time doing the things I love to do.

      - Love Him

Smiling with Cause

#4

Today I caught myself smiling for no reason... then I realized I was thinking about you. - Anonymous

So this one is going to be a little different than usual. Usually I would be telling you how awesome my fiancée is (which she is) and in a round-about-way I will be doing just that but more this time I just want her and anyone else that reads this to know how I feel. 

She is constantly on my mind. I can't get her out of my head and I don't want to. I'm so excited every day to get off work or to get back from school and see her. She brightens my life. When things are weighing me down she lifts those off my back and shares my burdens. She also shares in my joy. I love how excited she gets for me when I'm excited. She listens to hours of my burdens and hours more of my joys.

I find myself constantly thinking about what thoughtful thing I could do next to let her know how much I love her. She's the very best thing that has ever walked into my life and my best decision I ever made was not to let her leave. We have a lot of struggles but more than anyone I can work through them with her. When she believes in me I feel I can conquer the world, reach the stars and capture my dreams. I love her and don't want to walk through this life with out her.

To Her,

You make me smile and the world is better with you by my side. I hope you never leave.

      - Love Him

Frost, Santana, and Pancakes

#3

"Nothing can make injustice just but mercy."

- Robert Frost

My fiancée is incredible. One of the things that makes her so wonderful is her willingness to forgive. I, my friends, am a very less than perfect person. I (like most men) am really a over grown kid. I still try to jump and touch things above me. I have an irresistible urge to touch everything. (Do you feel my pain?) I am much like the little kid who wants to make breakfast in bed for mom on her birthday but the pancakes are terrible and leaves a huge mess for mom to clean up that morning. (Actually I'm a pretty good cook but I'm going for principle here. Staying with me?) I usually mean well but things never come out right. Ya know? Kind of like that Santana song...

"Every time I try to talk to you I get tongue-tied. Turns out, everything I say to you comes out wrong and never comes out right."

I say and do a lot of less than smart things and yet my fiancée still loves me. She forgives me each time and by doing so she allows our relationship to continue to grow. It's wonderful. I love that we don't have to get stuck on things for days or weeks and that instead we continue to grow and support each other. It's awesome.

To Her,

With all my injustice toward you, and with all my faults and flaws thank you for every act of mercy and every hand of forgiveness. I'm a better person because of it and I'm so grateful for it. It is one of the things that makes me love you.

       - Him

Sexy, Classic, Stylish

#2 

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.-Thomas Jefferson

Hello again, so right after I went and said that I wanted to do this each day I went and blow it by having a super busy day yesterday. I didn't get a post off. But that is OK because it's early today and I intend to right the ship and catch up with two posts today. So while I'm fighting to stay current my fiancee is showing me up yet again. (though it never really has bothered me. In fact it's one of the things I love about her, but we will save that for a later post.) She's up to date and in touch with all the latest. (and she keeps me in the loop too) She is an incredibly beautiful woman and it's only accentuated by the fact that she has amazing style. And more impressively is that she does all of this on a very modest budget. I can only imagine what it would be like if she had a few thousand to spend on clothes. (all the more incentive to work hard and get a good paying job.) She knows how to dress her body and how to dress for occasions and it shines. She shines. I'm really not trying to make you jealous of me, I'm sorry. (but you should be #sorrynotsorry) She's current, fashionable, and stylish and I love it.
Yet even with being so stylish she doesn't lose that sense of classic. I want to explain though what I mean by classic. (or rather what I don't mean.) I don't mean that she is traditional. Traditional is not unique, it's plain, jaded, and uninteresting. We are talking classic. Think about the difference between a classic car and a traditional car. For a few years my dad owned a fully restored 1976 Chevelle, I currently drive a 2003 Honda Civic. That is the difference. I drive a traditional car, my dad owned a classic car. My fiancee is classic. It's sleek, slim, and well liked by most everyone. Everything that embodies what makes a classic car so great is exactly what she has. She's timeless and I love it.
Lastly I want to point out that she is incredibly sexy. I'm not so much talking physically (which she is, but that's not my point) She has a sexy personality. While I teeter along the edges of friendly, romantic, and sexy personalities, she embodies sexy. She never gets overly excited so when she does get excited over something you do you feel Cloud 9. She is always well put together, and concerns her self with the small details so much that it's impressive. She's unafraid to speak her mind, she's confident, and she is comfortable; and it's so sexy. So..

To Her,

You are incredible. You are sexy, stylish and classic. It's exteremly attractive and I love every bit of it. It's one of the things that makes me love you.
Love - Him

Helping Me in My Hour of Need

#1 

“Non nobis solum nati sumus.
(Not for ourselves alone are we born.)”
― Cicero

I love my fiancee - Today she's helping my organize my life, quite literally. If you knew me you would know that I am terrible at organization in the sense that I can organize a garage but ask me to plan a vacation, or plan out when to get a to do list done and it's like saying if the sky is red then popcorn takes 2 minutes so your favorite dancer drives faster. It doesn't make any sense. Math is the same way, it makes no sense (but I digress) point being I don't manage my time well and I end up incredibly overwhelmed because I've spent time I should be doing homework writing blog posts or something. Yes I'm one of those people.

She's taking the time to go through all my classes with me a get my planner all set up so I can get good grades. So that later when I want to go back to school I wont have a repeat of undergraduate applications. It's a long story but lets say it was somewhat difficult to get colleges to admit me. *shudder* (I'm going to give my self nightmares.) But again I digress... The amazing part of all of this is that My fiancee is an amazing planner, she could totally be a wedding planner and I would be willing to bet she be one of the best. So she is going to take time out of her day (possibly a considerable amount) to help me get my stuff in order so I can have a happy a successful last semester of school. I feel like she embodies the quote we started this whole conversation with. (this is a conversation right? I mean, I feel like I'm talking to you... hey! are you listening?!)

Oh, Good I'm glad you are still with us. I thought about making you translate the quote but if your anything like me you'd get lost in thought and never make it back to this page to finish the story. (you're still listening, right?) She truly is amazing and I'm so lucky to have her in my life. She more than most takes time to help others. It' her job, she helps her family and I'm so lucky that she helps me too.

To Her - I love that you take time to selflessly help me keep my goals and stay organized. I would be half the person I am if I didn't have you. Thank you for taking the time to build me and enable me to further my goals, in all aspects of my life. 

 I love you.
         - Him

Title + Her and I

So for starters, I am definitely a romantic, somewhat in the hopeless sense. my fiancee is very down to earth and not a big fan of the 'mushy, gushy details,' as she would probably call it, of a relationship. But that being said she loves verbal reinforcement, and compliments. (who doesn't, right?) So I have been thinking about starting this for a while and I'm hoping that she really loves it and I get to see that huge smile on her face and get a big hug and kiss from her each time she reads the next post. If you don't understand why that sounds so awesome to me you need to start over on reading this post and maybe take notes the second time around. One other thing you should know about me before we begin is that I have, have, have to be thoughtful in doing something like this otherwise it doesn't feel real to me and isn't worth my time. So for starters I want to introduce you to my first post and why this blog is called what it is (I was so happy to see the domain name not taken!)

What made me love thee? let that persuade thee
there's something extraordinary in thee. I cannot: but I love thee; none
but thee; and thou deservest it. -William Shakespeare

 I found this quote and instantly thought of Her. While I will probably never persuade her of how amazing she is she can know that I love her and that she deserves every bit of it. So here I am, and this is my blog. but really it's Her's.

Sincerely,
         Him