Posted by Riz on November 15th, 2011.
30/30: Anything goes! After almost two months, this 30-day project has finally come to an end. And although it took me double the time to finish this one, the fulfillment is still the same as (if not greater than) the first time I did it.
And so our fairy tale wedding was over. It’s going to be the quickest day of your life, one of our Ninongs said. And he was right. We said goodbye to single life, boxed up my gown and his coat, went off to a quiet honeymoon just within the city (we reserved the out-of-town getaway for later), and the spotlight started moving slowly away from us, leaving us in our own little world.
Coming back from our honeymoon, we spent the rest of the week moving into our humble apartment, which soon became our very first home. Home. I just love the sound of that.
Moving in is actually not a new thing for me. I’ve been apartment-hopping for years and I’ve had this love-hate relationship with packing and unpacking for as long as I can remember. But this time.. this time, it’s different. This time, I have someone carrying and unpacking boxes with me. This time, I’m not alone anymore.
Blue. Lots of blue. But of course we had to take our wedding motif home. (:
I absolutely enjoyed this time of our life together—cleaning up, unpacking our stuff, shopping at home depots, moving furniture around, making our own house rules, and seeing everything come together and fall into place. It’s a tedious task, but seeing the result of our hardwork was truly worth it all.
Now, coming home and spending time at home are my favorite times of day. Although our apartment was trespassed a few weeks ago and our most priced material possessions were stolen, nothing could take away the warmth and the love that our home is made of. The fact remains true, that God did not only bless us with a beautiful wedding, He also blessed us with a beautiful home. (:
So.. before I give in to the temptation of ending this with “and they lived happily ever after” (No? Too late?), allow me to sign this project off by sending some link love to our awesome wedding suppliers:
30-day Challenge, Round 2, over and out! (:
Posted by Riz on November 13th, 2011.
29/30: Self-portrait. Yay, it’s a photograph of us taking a photograph of us beside a cake-topper that looks like us. (:
The days feel like getting longer. David has started going to school and we’re once again adjusting to some schedule changes. For one, he has classes on Saturdays so that means we’ll be missing some quality time at home. I haven’t quite got my head around that just yet but I’m sure we’ll always find time to make up.
It’s the 13th today and I’m posting this from the iPod touch I gave David last year as an engagement present. We’re in choir practice as I type this (sshh) so friends, what you’re seeing is multi-tasking and resourcefulness at its finest. Lol.
Exactly one year ago, on this day, I arrived in New York to begin what turned out to be one of the most life-altering trips of my life. On my first night there, we found ourselves in the basement of the Oyos home, watching the Pacquiao-Margarito fight. I don’t know what’s so special about November 13 that Manny keeps choosing to, well, pick a fight on this date.
As for me and David, this marks not just our third month as husband and wife, we are also reminded of that night in Manhattan when we were reunited after a long time of being apart. Man we’ve come a long way! Last night we had a special celebration at home but that deserves a separate post. God is good. (:
One last photograph, coming up!
Posted by Riz on November 11th, 2011.
Day 28/30: Black & White. Behold, the Sanchez ladies, busy applying make-up on my back. LOL. Sooo serious! I was wearing a backless gown, people, this is serious business!
I’m having some sort of writer’s block right now, staring at this blank space for the past hour without any progress. I feel like I’ve said so much the past days, there’s nothing much for me to say now. So while I try to put my thoughts in one place, allow me to copy-paste Chuck Swindoll‘s words..
God is God, and He will have His way when He pleases and for His glory. What could be better than that? In all the mystery of His waiting and working, and in the wrong of our doing and undoing, He can still be trusted. The main thing is that you and I remain sensitive to those moments when He finally breaks the silence and suddenly intervenes on our behalf. At least to us it seems sudden. To Him, it happened exactly as He had planned it all along.
just ’cause I thought, perhaps, you need it too. (:
Last 2.
Posted by Riz on November 10th, 2011.
27/30: Typography. I love words and fonts. I can spend hours browsing these sites, drooling and staring at fonts I can’t afford. I’ve collected fonts through the years and I feel so bad for failing to keep a back-up. You see, when that creep (whoever he is) stole our MacBooks, he also stole my font collection. *sad face*
Anyway, enough about things we can’t anymore change. (:
Imagine my restlessness when I was choosing fonts to use for our wedding invites. I must have changed the layout and the fonts ten thousand times. In the end, agreeing that we want the invites to look simple and modern, we settled with Avenir, Chapparal Pro, this pretty (and not to mention free!) sans serif Bebas Neue, and a vintage script, BallPark Weiner. Those fonts are all over our love story too.
And.. I have nothing more to say today. :P
Last 3 photographs, coming up!
Posted by Riz on November 8th, 2011.
24/30: Something pink. We finally got a copy of our official wedding photos from Exquisite Photography. Kuya Bim, our dear friend and surrogate brother who agreed to take our photos, did a really good job with them. There were hundreds of beautiful photos but the MacBooks were stolen even before we found time to choose which ones to upload on Facebook. I guess uploading them is not going to happen anytime soon.
EP uploaded some on their official FB account though. And this photograph is one of my favorites, yay! I looked really happy in this, no? (: That’s because I was. I am.
This reminds me that no matter how stressful, sometimes heartbreaking, the days were leading to our wedding day, I still woke up on the morning of August 13, 2011 with so much peace and hope in my heart. I’ve waited for that day for so long, and when God finally made it happen, there was nothing or no one who could take away the joy in my heart.
We’ve been heavily warned about getting married. Some people even questioned our decisions and challenged us to reconsider, while others gave us their full blessing and support. We were told that marriage isn’t all love and bliss, that it involves a lot of work, and that it can be a painful thing if not done right. You might think that I’m not the right person to validate these claims as I have only been married for 3 months, but if you’d take my word for it, I say, yes, married life can be really challenging, but the fact that it’s a God-given gift does not change. I say, it’s truly worth it.
I’ll be posting 2-3 quick posts per day starting today, my way of sprinting to finish line. This 30-day Challenge has dragged on too long already. It’s funny that I still refer to it as a “challenge” when the real challenge in blog activities like this is the part where you’re supposed to blog in 30 consecutive days, “consecutive” being the operative word. Fail. :P
On the upside, I have every intention of reaching finish line, in spite of the delays. That being said, the last 6 photographs are all coming out this week. (:
