Hello Mrs. Who???

I have been married for 3 months and 6 days (I have a counter on my iphone) and I am only just getting around to changing our bank accounts and my name. Today I went to the bank to change all our accounts to reflect the new hypenated last name. It has taken me awhile to get to it, and part of the delay was trying to decide what my married name should be. Stick with the maiden name? Adopt the new name? Or become a mix of the two, to reflect the merge of two people but also two distinct cultures? I love my last name, and after nearly 29 years with it, I really struggled with the thought of not being who I define myself as through my name. I also have a tough time simply because historically, women become invisible when they take their husbands names. Tracking genology always is done through the males of the family, so unless my brother has kids, my last name will die with me and my sisters. I will become an invisible part of history, nearly impossible for my ancestors to track... On the other hand, we are creating a new family, and our marriage and unified name symbolizes this.

I was engaged for a year and a half before we got married and even once we did get married in November 2o08, I STILL couldn't decide what to do... The hubs supports whatever decision I make, but also really likes my maiden name and thinks I should keep it and stay true to my belief's... so after nearly TWO YEARS of thinking about what to do, I am hypenating... I am keeping a bit of the old and embracing the new... and our children will take the hypen too... they can decide if they want to keep the hypen when they cross this bridge or make a new tradition with to reflect their new lives...

So, I am proud to be a Mrs. Hypen... reflecting the old me and the new journey/life/traditions I am embarking on with the Hubs!

xoxo
L

What are your weekend plans?

Hey Everyone!!!

Happy almost Friday! It is really really cold here, and has been snowing all week. Still freezing here, but the snow has stopped, the sky is very blue, and the sun is shining. It is making me excited for our weekend plans! It is supposed to warm up this weekend, so Joon and I, as well as a friend of ours are heading to the mountains for some slicing up (and down) the mountain! I can't wait!!!

I got new gear earlier this year, and after a test run at a local hill at Christmas, am ready to tackle the mountain and conquer it for good! I think Saturday we are going to head to Lake Louise, and then Sunday we are still undecided...

Hope you all have a great weekend planned, happy early weekend!!!

xoxo
L&J

EEEK!!!

So in trying to upload a new template and the fun I have been up to in Scrapblog (my new best friend), I managed to erase all my favorite blogs I like to follow... not sure how that happened, and it has definitely made me fearful of changing the blog now... I am off to find some blog, template, uploading support to make sure this doesn't happen in the future so I can have fun with changing the template of my blog...

I now have to try and remember who I was following and find their blog to re-add to my favorites... sigh.

I am one who gets bored with the same look quickly, and need to learn how to change and update the template and background... if anyone has any pointers or tips on how to easily do this, let me know!

Until next time, I am off to learn HTML!!!

L

Noooo!!!

So it took me a while to even write this post because the ending is so tragic, but yesterday, on my way home from the gym, I dropped my phone. Not a big deal for some, but I have an Iphone. Which has a glass face, not plastic to give it clarity and function for its touch/heat sensor screen. I have dropped it a few times before and never been the worse for wear, but yesterday I dropped it onto the ice, then cement and it broke. The poor face of my sweet little iphone shattered and spiderwebbed on the top 1/3 of the phone. Still usable yes, but damaged, broken, and no longer my shiny, fancy, very loved phone. I have never loved an object as much as my little iphone, and now it will never be the same.

I have an appointment with Apple tommorrow, at the Genius Bar (the tech's) to see what can be done to save my phone and restore it to its shiny newness. I have very low expectations. Since the damage is definitely a user mistake, I highly doubt the warranty will cover this repair. There is something called Out of Warranty Service that I have a sneaking suspicion will do the trick - only problem is it costs $229 CAN to fix... so with the original cost of the phone (which is less than 6 months old) and this Out of Warranty Service, I will have spent over $450 on a phone, which is something I am having a VERY hard time swallowing.

I am trying to get a picture or two posted, but the quality of the photo's are just not turning out. I will stick with it and post the sad sorry state of my once shiny, perfect, and still loved little iphone.

xoxo
L

Change it is a coming!!!

Good morning Bloggies!!!

It has been a while since I have last posted, and it is with a good reason! We have been busy busy busy with change in our lives... all good of course!

The first- last week I quit my job that I used to love but had slowly begun to hate. There have been huge changes in the last year at work, and long story short, my job and people I reported to were bullies. They made me doubt my worth as an employee, the quality of my work, and my intelligence as a person. After a lot of thought and consideration, Joon and I decided for the sake of my mental health and happiness, I needed to leave. I hated the thought of letting my employers get the best of me, but realized that by staying they were destroying me, my spirit, and my happiness. So I have officially become a stay at home wife... a HUGE change for me, since I have always worked, so it it has been a a big adjustment to the new change of pace.

This change came at the perfect time though, because Joon has just found out he is being transferred to either Washington, DC OR Berlin, Germany. We aren't sure when we leave, but it will be for five or so months sometime in 2009. I am personally rooting for Berlin, as I have never been to Europe, but either would be awesome. This is a big career move for Joon, and we are really happy. Now we just have to figure out what we are going to do with our house. Our basement is still in shambles so that needs to get fixed ASAP, but we aren't sure if we should sell, sublet, or let it sit empty while away... housing prices aren't great, but we really want to upgrade our house and this would be the perfect time to do so... decisions decisions!!!

On the excercise front, I meet with the personal trainer today who manages to ALWAYS kick my butt... I have begun to fear our sessions and what he will think of me to do in a 60 minute session! And i have logged 4 more miles on the treadmill... it is really slow going to rebuild my endurance back up to logging 5 miles at once on the treadmill, but i am sticking with it... I am down four pounds too, on the plus side!

So that is what is new at our camp... i will be updating soon on the basement, as we will be having the contactors in next week to fix! YAY!!!

xoxo

L&J