Our first Valentine's Day remembery, about the evils of not obtaining full disclosure, can be found here.Do enjoy!
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Date Remembery #2
Our first Valentine's Day remembery, about the evils of not obtaining full disclosure, can be found here.Do enjoy!
Monday, February 13, 2006
Saturday Fun
Pete and I finally did something I have always dreamed of doing...We went ice skating on Saturday, in the snow at the outdoor rink at the sculpture garden in Washington DC. It was about as romantic as I'd always dreamed! We skated with a few friends, and generally enjoyed our time together, with a rather interesting finish to the evening on our way home over the treacherous roads.
Have I mentioned that people in Northern Virginia have no concept of how to drive in snow?
Well, that particular factor was the cause of my first, reportedly inevitable, minor car accident. We are thanking God that no one was hurt and that the damage was minimal.
Friday, February 10, 2006
Email Fun
I was going back through some old emails yesterday, and found a few priceless exchanges from when Pete and I first met. It's always fun to find after the fact how completely attractive someone was--you just didn't know it...
>>> Kelly Langner 06/02/04 01:17PM >>>
You have an AIM handle?
>>> Peter Sauer 06/02/04 01:19PM >>>
I was in the process of writing you the same thing. Copycat :p
I'm "Wasserzapfen".
Don't ask.
If you do, don't expect a serious reply.
If you do, be prepared to roll your eyes and groan.
Sort of like a sick walrus does when he has a bad stomach ache...
Toodles,
?ete
>>> Kelly Langner 06/02/04 01:24PM >>>
copycat, huh?
>>> Peter Sauer 06/02/04 01:26PM >>>
Well, it sounded better than copy-Striped Zambian Whooping Yak...
>>> Kelly Langner 06/02/04 01:27PM >>>
Uh, right.
Have you ever thought of writing a children's book about strange creatures?
>>> Peter Sauer 06/02/04 01:29PM >>>
I have, it's a shadow-author piece called, 'It Takes a Village', under the pen-name Hillary Clinton. Strange creatures, sister, veeeerrrry strange.
>>> Kelly Langner 06/02/04 01:39PM >>>
WHAA???
>>> Peter Sauer 06/02/04 04:43PM >>>
"I've run rings 'round you logically!"
Seriously, I don't know what I'm saying, so don't waste your valuable time trying to figure it out yourself!!!
Toodles,
?ete
>>> Kelly Langner 06/02/04 04:44PM >>>
If there had been more than one email with the WHAA??? in it, it would have been valuable time.
Do I *look* like I've been trying to figure it out?
>>> Peter Sauer 06/02/04 04:50PM >>>
Well, that's 2 e-mails with "WHAA???" in it, so we're gettin' there ;)
Incidentally, I can't see you, so I don't know what you look like. Except you've got brown hair, I DO know that.
>>> Kelly Langner 06/02/04 04:53PM >>>
VERY perceptive.
>>> Peter Sauer 06/02/04 04:59PM >>>
No no, I'm a Baptist by upbringing...
>>> Kelly Langner 06/02/04 05:00PM >>>
Now I *know* I missed something...
What does that have to do with the price of rotten tomatoes to throw at very little dorks who get sore Kellys very dizzy?
>>> Peter Sauer 06/02/04 05:05PM >>>
Pragmatism never works like it's supposed to...
What time tomorrow does the hoopla begin? Why is the sky blue? What is the sound of one hand striking another? Come to think of it, what is the sound of one cane swatting Peter's pate? Let's stop whilst I'm ahead. Or not too far behind. Or at least not too far back...
>>> Kelly Langner 06/02/04 01:17PM >>>
You have an AIM handle?
>>> Peter Sauer 06/02/04 01:19PM >>>
I was in the process of writing you the same thing. Copycat :p
I'm "Wasserzapfen".
Don't ask.
If you do, don't expect a serious reply.
If you do, be prepared to roll your eyes and groan.
Sort of like a sick walrus does when he has a bad stomach ache...
Toodles,
?ete
>>> Kelly Langner 06/02/04 01:24PM >>>
copycat, huh?
>>> Peter Sauer 06/02/04 01:26PM >>>
Well, it sounded better than copy-Striped Zambian Whooping Yak...
>>> Kelly Langner 06/02/04 01:27PM >>>
Uh, right.
Have you ever thought of writing a children's book about strange creatures?
>>> Peter Sauer 06/02/04 01:29PM >>>
I have, it's a shadow-author piece called, 'It Takes a Village', under the pen-name Hillary Clinton. Strange creatures, sister, veeeerrrry strange.
>>> Kelly Langner 06/02/04 01:39PM >>>
WHAA???
>>> Peter Sauer 06/02/04 04:43PM >>>
"I've run rings 'round you logically!"
Seriously, I don't know what I'm saying, so don't waste your valuable time trying to figure it out yourself!!!
Toodles,
?ete
>>> Kelly Langner 06/02/04 04:44PM >>>
If there had been more than one email with the WHAA??? in it, it would have been valuable time.
Do I *look* like I've been trying to figure it out?
>>> Peter Sauer 06/02/04 04:50PM >>>
Well, that's 2 e-mails with "WHAA???" in it, so we're gettin' there ;)
Incidentally, I can't see you, so I don't know what you look like. Except you've got brown hair, I DO know that.
>>> Kelly Langner 06/02/04 04:53PM >>>
VERY perceptive.
>>> Peter Sauer 06/02/04 04:59PM >>>
No no, I'm a Baptist by upbringing...
>>> Kelly Langner 06/02/04 05:00PM >>>
Now I *know* I missed something...
What does that have to do with the price of rotten tomatoes to throw at very little dorks who get sore Kellys very dizzy?
>>> Peter Sauer 06/02/04 05:05PM >>>
Pragmatism never works like it's supposed to...
What time tomorrow does the hoopla begin? Why is the sky blue? What is the sound of one hand striking another? Come to think of it, what is the sound of one cane swatting Peter's pate? Let's stop whilst I'm ahead. Or not too far behind. Or at least not too far back...
Monday, February 06, 2006
Date Remembery #1
I decided that for my own reference (because I'm forgetful) and for general recognition of how romantic Pete can be, I should post some of my favorite dates.
For my first date remembery shall be the date that I remember as being our first evening when we were truly "together" for the first time.
For Christmas in 2004, before Pete and I became a couple, I had given myself a four-day stay in a bed and breakfast in Tappahannock, Virginia (actually, Pete had paid for about half of my stay as his Christmas present to me). My plan was to get away, just me and God, and refresh my tired soul with another foray into Scripture, as I had done the year before.
God, it seemed, had other plans.
Instead of sending me into Scripture, God started quizzing me about my feelings. He had been running a theme over Christmas about acknowledging Him in all my ways, and He seemed rather insistent at this point about the "all" part. "All" included emotions, He reminded me.
So I was suddenly faced with the prospect of continuing to stuff the growing feelings in my heart for Pete and lie to a God who knew what was going on anyway, or being honest with God and actually facing the feelings that I was pretty sure at that point were beyond friendship.
I'm sure you can guess how that dilemma played out. After two days of trying to avoid the issue, I was out of ideas on avoiding God. So we talked about it. I was terrified. I couldn't believe what I was thinking. I mean, I knew Pete was in love with me, but when a guy is faced with the actual prospect of marriage...
Then I called Pete. "Um, Pete, what if God isn't telling me to get as far away from you as possible?"
"I don't understand what you're saying."
"Um, I think I'm falling in love with you..."
And we talked about it. Until 4:00 in the morning we talked about it. Did he ever want it. He told me that on his way home for Christmas, he had told God he wanted to marry me.
*soft laugh* We must have solved the problems of the world that night, we talked so long. We covered our dreams about the future, things we had only thought about each other, how many children we wanted, and what we hoped our relationship could be. We talked about procedure, and our families, and what God wanted for us. A good part of the conversation consisted of "I can't believe this is happening..." I told Pete that I had worn my blue dress for him the night of the Christmas banquet, and he finally told me what he'd thought--I was breathtaking.
We were miles apart, but I had never felt so close to someone in my whole life. I knew that whatever came, we'd be in it together. At the end of the conversation, for the first time in my life, I heard a man who loved me tell me I was loved as I went to sleep.
It was the nicest, safest feeling in the world.
For my first date remembery shall be the date that I remember as being our first evening when we were truly "together" for the first time.
For Christmas in 2004, before Pete and I became a couple, I had given myself a four-day stay in a bed and breakfast in Tappahannock, Virginia (actually, Pete had paid for about half of my stay as his Christmas present to me). My plan was to get away, just me and God, and refresh my tired soul with another foray into Scripture, as I had done the year before.
God, it seemed, had other plans.
Instead of sending me into Scripture, God started quizzing me about my feelings. He had been running a theme over Christmas about acknowledging Him in all my ways, and He seemed rather insistent at this point about the "all" part. "All" included emotions, He reminded me.
So I was suddenly faced with the prospect of continuing to stuff the growing feelings in my heart for Pete and lie to a God who knew what was going on anyway, or being honest with God and actually facing the feelings that I was pretty sure at that point were beyond friendship.
I'm sure you can guess how that dilemma played out. After two days of trying to avoid the issue, I was out of ideas on avoiding God. So we talked about it. I was terrified. I couldn't believe what I was thinking. I mean, I knew Pete was in love with me, but when a guy is faced with the actual prospect of marriage...
Then I called Pete. "Um, Pete, what if God isn't telling me to get as far away from you as possible?"
"I don't understand what you're saying."
"Um, I think I'm falling in love with you..."
And we talked about it. Until 4:00 in the morning we talked about it. Did he ever want it. He told me that on his way home for Christmas, he had told God he wanted to marry me.
*soft laugh* We must have solved the problems of the world that night, we talked so long. We covered our dreams about the future, things we had only thought about each other, how many children we wanted, and what we hoped our relationship could be. We talked about procedure, and our families, and what God wanted for us. A good part of the conversation consisted of "I can't believe this is happening..." I told Pete that I had worn my blue dress for him the night of the Christmas banquet, and he finally told me what he'd thought--I was breathtaking.
We were miles apart, but I had never felt so close to someone in my whole life. I knew that whatever came, we'd be in it together. At the end of the conversation, for the first time in my life, I heard a man who loved me tell me I was loved as I went to sleep.
It was the nicest, safest feeling in the world.
Monday, January 30, 2006
Update on the Sauers
Hello, Everyone! I thought it was time to post a bit of an update on our post-wedding life.
While I've been working at getting my photography studio off the ground, Pete has been gearing up for another year of school: his last. Next year at this time, he'll be studying like mad for his last finals. We're working at planning in together time and vacation around the two photography trips we'll be making this summer for a couple of weddings.
We've also been reading through a couple of books together, the latest being "The Five Love Languages," and I'm getting to enjoy Pete's Jeeves and Wooster. We're nearly finished moving into the house--we just got some free comfy chairs this weekend (granted, they need a little maintenance, but that's okay. They will be SO cool in our living room!), and most of the wedding clutter has now been stowed. The study is still a work in progress, but it's progressing. It's not like we don't have time...
This last weekend, we went to my parents' new home, which is also still in progress, but much more together than it was when we saw it over Christmas. Mom has a new little mop of a dog she has named Sadie Rose--breaking the J/K pattern for her baby-naming. Lucky dog. She is not potty-trained yet, and the gates are back up. *wry grin* Some things, it seems, never change.
General prayer requests:
My health seems to be taking a slight downward turn since the wedding, and I've a sense it may turn more drastically this time than I would like. I'm looking into a new doctor to see if we can try something different. I would appreciate prayer for strength.
Please pray that Pete and I will grow closer to each other and in the Lord as we try to make the time for his schoolwork and my photography. Marriage so far has been a bumpy experience (we have some fun personality differences), but it is also worthwhile to know that we have been open with each other from the beginning. God is working in both of us in ways I think we cannot fathom. He has given us both the sense that He is giving us comfort that we will be able to share with others someday.
Pray for our job situation. We're seeking God about where He would have us go, or even if He would have us go after Pete's two-year commitment is complete at HSLDA. There's a world of opportunities in front of us at this point, and we're wondering where God will take us.
Wow, it appears we may have some more changes coming... My husband just asked me if I want to put highlights in my hair tonight. Um... Poll, anyone?
While I've been working at getting my photography studio off the ground, Pete has been gearing up for another year of school: his last. Next year at this time, he'll be studying like mad for his last finals. We're working at planning in together time and vacation around the two photography trips we'll be making this summer for a couple of weddings.
We've also been reading through a couple of books together, the latest being "The Five Love Languages," and I'm getting to enjoy Pete's Jeeves and Wooster. We're nearly finished moving into the house--we just got some free comfy chairs this weekend (granted, they need a little maintenance, but that's okay. They will be SO cool in our living room!), and most of the wedding clutter has now been stowed. The study is still a work in progress, but it's progressing. It's not like we don't have time...
This last weekend, we went to my parents' new home, which is also still in progress, but much more together than it was when we saw it over Christmas. Mom has a new little mop of a dog she has named Sadie Rose--breaking the J/K pattern for her baby-naming. Lucky dog. She is not potty-trained yet, and the gates are back up. *wry grin* Some things, it seems, never change.
General prayer requests:
My health seems to be taking a slight downward turn since the wedding, and I've a sense it may turn more drastically this time than I would like. I'm looking into a new doctor to see if we can try something different. I would appreciate prayer for strength.
Please pray that Pete and I will grow closer to each other and in the Lord as we try to make the time for his schoolwork and my photography. Marriage so far has been a bumpy experience (we have some fun personality differences), but it is also worthwhile to know that we have been open with each other from the beginning. God is working in both of us in ways I think we cannot fathom. He has given us both the sense that He is giving us comfort that we will be able to share with others someday.
Pray for our job situation. We're seeking God about where He would have us go, or even if He would have us go after Pete's two-year commitment is complete at HSLDA. There's a world of opportunities in front of us at this point, and we're wondering where God will take us.
Wow, it appears we may have some more changes coming... My husband just asked me if I want to put highlights in my hair tonight. Um... Poll, anyone?
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