My daughter and I talk a lot about weddings….here are some cool ideas I found.

Wedding picnics:

Personalized Converse:

Alternative wedding pics:

Every week I’d buy a card for Doug and put it in his lunch box. Or I’d drive by his work and leave a note on his car for when he got off work.

I want someone who puts that much effort into loving me…

1. The ‘living room’ is called the ‘front room.’



2. You don’t pronounce the ‘s’ at the end of Illinois. And, you become irate at people who do.



3. You measure distance in minutes (especially ‘from the city’). And you swear everything is pretty much 1/2 hour away.



4. You have no problem spelling or pronouncing ‘Des Plaines.’



5. You go to visit friends, or family, down south. and laugh when they complain about the traffic.

6. You understand that no person from Chicago can be a Cub fan AND a White Sox fan.



7. It’s ‘Kitty corner’ not ‘Katty corner.’



8. You know the difference between The Loop and Downtown.

9. You eat your pizza in squares, not triangles, and you never refer to it as ‘pie.’



10. You own celery salt.



11. You understand that the primary is the official local election.



12. You have drunk green beer on St. Paddy’s Day.



13. Stores don’t have sacks, they have bags.



14. You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: ‘Where’s my coat at?’ or ‘Can I go with?’ 



15. Your idea of a great tenderloin is when the meat is twice as big as the bun, ‘everything’ is on it, and a slice of dill pickle is on the side.

16. You carry jumper cables in your car.



17. You drink ‘pop,’ not soda.



18.. You understand that I-290, I-90, I-94, and I-294 are all different roads.



19. You know the names of the interstates: Stevenson, Kennedy, Eisenhower, Dan Ryan, and the Eden’s.



20. You call the interstates ‘expressways.’



21. You refer to anything south of I-80 as ‘Southern or Central Illinois.’



22. You refer to Lake Michigan as ‘The Lake.’



23. You refer to Chicago as ‘The City.’



24. ‘The Super Bowl’ refers to one specific game in January, 1986.



25. You have two favorite football teams: The Bears and anyone who beats the Packers.



26. You buy the ‘Trib’, not the ‘Tribune’ or the ‘Times’, not the ‘Sun Times’

27. You know that despite being on the lake, there is no such place as the Waterfront.



28. You think 45 degrees is great weather to wash your car.



29. You picnic or ride your bike in the ‘forest preserve.’



30. You cried when Bozo was canceled on WGN

All My Tomorrows

Today I may not have a thing at all except for just a dream or two
But I’ve got lots of plans for tomorrow and all my tomorrows belong to you
Right now it may not seem like spring at all,
we’re drifting and the laughs are few
But I’ve got rainbows planned for tomorrow,
and all my tomorrows belong to you
No one knows better than I that luck keeps passing me by … that’s fate
But with you there at my side,
I’ll soon be turning the tide … just wait
As long as I’ve got arms that cling at all,
it’s you that I’ll be clinging to
And all the dreams I dream, beg, or borrow on some bright tomorrow they’ll all come true
And all my bright tomorrows belong to you

But do you miss it in general, or do you miss it with me.

I want you to tell me how you feel about me. I would rather know the truth about how you feel and know that it might never be than to constantly wonder.

Not knowing is the worst…

My counselor said I should be proud of myself because I’ve over come so much in my life. He told me that a lot of people would have given up by now but I just keep on going. He said I’m a remarkable and fascinating woman. I should be proud to be me…

So why do I want to cry when someone says something nice about me??

I’m going to go lie in bed and wallow in self pity. How does that make any fucking sense?!

I just want someone who actually wants to listen to my thoughts, my ideas, and feelings. And he must find my overly compassionate personality endearing instead of laughing at me when I cry at movies, etc.