Registry Schmedistry

Ahhh, the wonderful world of wedding registries. I gotta be honest... I hate them, but I really hate them when I'm the one creating it. When I'm shopping for someone, it's not so bad, but I still feel like the gift is really impersonal... or silly. My parents could always say, so-and-so gave that to us for our wedding. That's the kind of gift I want to give... not something that you forget where it even came from. When people put measuring cups....cheese graters... spatulas.. on their registries... well, yeah, its practical... but how many people look at their cheese grater and say, "I'm so glad that dear old Aunt Edna thought to buy me a cheese grater for my wedding!"

Now don't get me wrong, we've put a cheese grater... and even some cool measuring cups on our registry.... and I will be happy if someone buys them for us, but it still makes me laugh.

I guess maybe I'm old school and I feel like a registry is a little selfish. I felt selfish when I put stuff on our registry. It's like asking Santa Clause for the Christmas Barbie, a new pink bike and a dollhouse all in the same year. Plus, the coolest gifts were usually the ones that Santa thought of himself... not the ones I told him to buy. I think a gift should come from the heart of the person buying it... I guess thats my big problem.

Anyway, enough about our stinking registries. They are finished and I hope to never have to look at the Bed Bath and Beyond site again! (I did however learn a lot about the quality of different china, towels, flatware, knives........exciting stuff let me tell you)

Welcome to the World Of Blogging

Well folks, here I am.... with a blog. I never quite thought I'd be here, but I found myself intrigued by the amount of blogs I'm reading lately and how much I actually learn from them. So I thought I'd create on of my own... someone may learn something from me, or I may just learn things about myself. I've always loved to journal, but never done it online. So here it goes.

There is no telling what I'll have to say on here, I couldn't pick just one subject. Over the next few months, it will most likely pertain to the wedding planning. And that'll be great for those of you who aren't able to make it... you can see the crazy details I've been spending all my time on! But there may be days that my philosophy side kicks in and has something to say. Or my little sister might say the simplest thing to me that really makes me wonder if she is really only 10 years old! But she is growing up so fast... it makes me feel old!

Anyway, now that I've wasted an hour setting this thing up, I'm going to go watch Dancing with the Stars and enjoy the rest of my evening! Stay tuned for more!