2010

We spent New Year's Eve camped out on an itty bitty island just off the shore of "our" island.  It was a pretty amazing NYE thanks to the blue moon that lit up the sky.  We set off fireworks and my future sister-in-law and went for a midnight swim.  Then we tried to sleep.

Although sleeping didn't go so well, Mike and I got to watch the first sunrise of 2010 together on the beach.

It's going to be a big year.  We'll be saying goodbye to our island and moving home to get married.  We'll also be looking for new jobs, cars, and a home - all yet to be determined.

Hello 2010.  Let's get started.

Stalled

Although it keeps getting closer, I find myself thinking less and less about the wedding.  Last year I spent much of my free time browsing limitless inspiration on the web, paging through wedding mags and envisioning our wedding.  Then I went home over the summer and actually got to try on dresses and purchase picture frames and taste cake and select centerpieces and it was so much more real!  So now, back on the other side of the world, I'm a little bit lost.  It's hard to get motivated.  So my attention has been easily diverted by Christmas decorations and holiday lessons at school and...well...anything but wedding planning.

In Minnesota this week they had a snowstorm.  My sister (a teacher) had a snow day!  I miss winter.

This is all the winter I'll be getting this year...

...but next year I will get to see snow again!

Wild weather

Once again I've gotten off track.

To be fair, there's been a lot going on over here on this side of the world...

Luckily we're safe and our island was mostly unharmed by the typhoons.

If we get another typhoon, I promise to use some of our "waiting it out" time as "wedding time."