Friday, January 10, 2014

Blogging Limbo and Wedding Dress Fun

Since I am not doing medical treatment anymore to help us conceive or not currently in the process of adoption or fostercare I am finding myself in this limbo state. Am I part of the IF blogging community? Do people still care what I have to say if they are not going on the medical roller coaster ride with me anymore? Will people still read knowing that there probably won't be a pregnancy announcement from this blog or possibly not even an adoption/birth announcement? 

I have also just been at a loss for what to say. There are some topics that I want to write about that I think are relevant to IF but some are not. I have about 8 posts that are drafts right now, some are mostly finished and some only have a paragraph or so, there are some posts that are from back in June of last year. I feel like I just need to hunker down and write them, edit them and post them soon! Some of the titles or subjects are "Conversations with a Gay Catholic", book reviews, "Why I Don't Like Young Adult Ministry", peace, discernment, fear and married life, adoption, foster care, difficult conversations about IF, being a practitioner, support group ministry and motherhood. Not to mention the recipes I want to post! I guess I will get to these eventually but I know I have been feeling a little weird on what my place is here which makes sense as I am discerning what my place is with regards to motherhood and parenting. 

Anywho on a totally different note, JJ has been working nights and which has been tough on our schedule, especially our sleep schedule. I have been staying up much later than usual and watching Say Yes to the Dress on net.flix. I have to say I am pretty obsessed with this show because of all the pretty wedding dresses. It kind of makes me want to have a wedding again just to choose the dress not for all the other details. I do not miss planning my wedding because there was way too many details about things that I didn't really care about. I was getting so enthralled with the show I was thinking I chose the wrong wedding dress but then I did this...











I rememberd that I chose the perfect dress for me, I love my dress! It was fun to try it on again, I am so glad it fit I was afraid it might not. It was actually a little loose from what I remember it being. I had to have my boots on because I had my boots on when I tried on wedding dresses 6.5 years ago so I thought it only proper. The one thing I would do different about my wedding is to wear my boots under my dress, I let people around me *cough* my mother *cough* talk me out of it. I much prefer my boots over the ballerina flats I wore! 

10 comments:

  1. Yes we still care what you have to say. It doesn't matter if you've stopped treatment and if you decide not to pursue foster/adoption. We might not be in the same place, but having walked through fire together, we are friends no matter what.

    When Husbandido was finishing his degree I got hooked on Say Yes to the Dress, until I started getting annoyed at how ridiculously much money women were spending on their dresses. Apparently the show is popular even with little girls; I've read articles about girls choosing first communion dresses that referred to Say Yes to the Dress, which I found somewhat disturbing.

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  2. Yes! Please continue writing. I love reading your blog because I love reading blogs of strong Catholic women. Write for yourself, not for us :)

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  3. I want to hear what you have to say..

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  4. So pretty! Write whatever you want--I'll keep reading :-)

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  5. I can't wait to read those posts you have in the works. All of the topics sound so interesting. :)

    Also, love that you took those pics of yourself in your dress. So cute! Glad to see you rockin' some cowboy boots.

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  6. I believe blogging is what you make it...and it doesn't all have to be IF related. Many other bloggers are discussing other topics...and what woman doesn't want to get her mind off of IF at times? I know I do. I loved my dress as well...and I wore heels and I really never wore heels so by the end of the night my feet were in bad shape. I ended up taking my heels off and some of my friends gave me a foot massage (I was hurting bad). I think the boots would have been more comfortable.

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  7. Yes! Please keep blogging - about whatever :). Posts about wedding dresses are a great place to start too!

    Our dresses are similar - which makes me smile since we are not all similar in stature :).

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  8. I want to hear whatever you have to say! And I love that show as well. It's great that your dress is the best for you, and I think it is a little loose.

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  9. I look forward to reading whatever crosses your mind. You have a beautiful perspective on life that graces us all!

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  10. Awww thanks for the love ladies, I will keep writing whatever come to mind :)

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