Wednesday 27 June 2012

Here goes nothing...

Hello friends,

I had been really wanting to start a blog for years now, but before this I don't think I had that much stuff to say.  Or maybe I just didn't have enough time to say it.  You see, up until just over a year ago, I was REALLY busy.  I was working full time as a term employee for the Federal Government, finishing up my university degree, and planning our big New Year's Eve wedding, all the while trying to maintain some sort of sanity and social life.  I'm not going to say it was easy, but it was all well worth it.  Why?  Because a) I worked hard enough at my job to get an offer for a permanent position (which I took), b) I worked hard enough to get my Bachelor of Arts Degree and c) I worked hard enough to have the wedding of my dreams. Oh, did I forget to mention that a month before the wedding we started looking for houses, too?  We bought our first house in November of 2011, and we moved in on January 30th, a month after the wedding.  So yes, I have been a little bit busy.  In fact, it was only yesterday that we finally set up our office nice enough for me to sit down and type comfortably.  I hope to write about a variety of things, including marriage, home decor, DIY projects and life in general. 

First off I just want to address the name of my blog.  I pride myself on being creative, so when a blog title didn't come to me right away, I was very frustrated.  I started to write titles down in a notebook and I finally stumbled upon this one.  I looked around my house and noticed that basically everything I buy is blue.  Even 2 of our 3 bedrooms were painted a shade of blue.  It is my favourite colour and my home definitely displays this.  If it isn't blue, it is probably white or grey, which just so happen to complement blue quite beautifully.  Our first dance song was "All I Want Is You" by U2, so I thought All I Want Is Blue was quite cute with a nice ring to it.  There you have it folks.   


My first post will be about our wedding.  I felt that this was fitting as it was the single most important day in my life.  There is so much else that I want to say about my life and I think if I said it all in one single post that no one would ever read another.  So here goes:


So I married the most amazing man in the world, no big deal.  His name is Bobby.  He's a french boy from St. Boniface that I've known since I was about 13.  We met each other through curling, because he used to play against my older brother Dan.  I had a crush on him from the first time I met him (from what I can remember), except he was 5.5 years older than me, so that would have been creepy inappropriate.  I don't think my Dad would have liked him quite as much then as he does now if I was to come home with 19 year old Bobby when I wasn't even in high school yet.  We would see each other every so often over the years and I would always get giddy.  One fateful day back in summer of 2009, he asked me for my phone number.  It took a while to start dating but once we did I knew almost immediately that we had to be together forever.  We moved in together in a downtown apartment after 4 months of dating, and we were engaged on the one year anniversary of our first official date.  And a year and a month after that, on New Years Eve of 2011, we exchanged our wedding vows in the St. Boniface church where Bobby used to be an altar boy as a kid.  

Here are a few pics of us at the church:


The wedding went off without a hitch and I could not have asked for a more amazing, happy day.  The weather was unreal.  It was about +4 degrees celsius which for Winnipeg winters is almost unheard of.  

Here are a few outdoor pics we were able to take comfortably:




We had around 220 people (I can't remember the final count) and the reception took place at the Radisson Hotel in downtown Winnipeg.  They had done major renos on the provincial ballroom the month prior and we were actually the first wedding to be in the new space.  We decided to do a Black and Ivory theme which we thought made perfect sense since it was a New Year's Eve party.











This picture above is one of the coolest pictures, because it's us kissing at midnight and behind us is Bobby's parents kissing.  Perfect shot! We have to give a big thanks to Julie Fulsher of Sterling Images and her second shooter Christel for capturing all of the amazing moments of our wedding.  We were so happy with how all of the pictures turned out and we made a friend in the process. All of the pictures of the flowers are stunning and this is because of our amazing florist friends Kasandra Leafloor and Liz Peters from Purple Peony.  Liz was double booked that day as she was also my maid of honour. 

Here is a pic of Liz and I:





It was a huge party, and when we were walking out of the ballroom to go to our honeymoon suite, people were still dancing up a storm.  This was exactly what we had wanted for our day and wouldn't have changed a single thing.  I keep telling other couples that are getting married the same thing I told myself in the days leading up to the wedding:  It's just one day.  It's just one big expensive party that you are throwing for your family and friends.  Don't sweat the small things and try to enjoy yourself because before you know it it will all be over.  I kept telling myself this over and over and it really worked.  We both had a blast and so did everyone else and that's all that matters.  



To end my first ever post, I want to say a few things about my guy.  Bobby is the kind of person that everyone calls their best friend.  He's the kind of person that people turn to when they are happy, sad, nervous, or simply in need of a good wine (he knows booze since he sells it for a living).  He has an amazing family that I can now call my own, and the mutual love felt between my parents, brother and him is such a blessing and what I had always hoped for.  In a few days we will be celebrating our 6 month wedding anniversary and I can honestly say that I love him now more than I have ever loved him.  It may sound cliché but my love for him keeps growing stronger each day and it is an amazing feeling.  

That's all for now.  

Lots of laughs and lots of love,

M.J.