Vote now: What do you think will be our favorite part of our trip to Europe?

 What do you think will be our favorite part of our trip to Europe?

• 
  
  Touring and tasting fine European wine
• 
  
  Kissing at the top of the Eiffel Tower
• 
  
  Being blessed by Pope Benedict XVI
• 
  
  Dressing up and going out for London theater
• 
  
  Other (post comment below)

view results
Free vote poll

Reason no. 532 my husband is awesome

So after several days of going up into the sauna-on-steroids attic, drilling holes in the ceiling and wall to discover 2x4s in the way, pushing fishing poles and hangers through the ceiling to see where the hole went to, hours of holding his arms above his head and general frustrations of going from "this is an easy project" to "worst idea ever," Mark was able to install my little old recessed lighting in the cove in our living room so that I could have a little artsy cove.  It looks so pretty!  Mark will say the project wasn't worth it, but I sure do love the way it looks.  I'm so grateful for a husband who will go through loads of frustration to follow through with something I've asked him to do.  He even cleaned up the mess all by himself!  Thanks, honey, for helping me create my little dream home!  On to the next project on our neverending home improvement list ...

Pretty!  It looks even better at night. 

Top marriage news of August 3, 2010

I thought it might be interesting to do a Google news search of marriage to see what the top marriage headlines are today:

1. Hills star Spencer Pratt not sure about his marriage and divorce
2. Chelsea and Marc: Their Mixed Marriage, a Mixed Blessing
3. Chelsea Clinton's Interfaith Marriage Challenge: Kids, Holidays, Soul-Searching
4. 'The Bachelorette: After the Final Rose': Ali and Roberto Talk Marriage, Chris Gets Closure
5. Review | '18 to Life': This teenage TV marriage no laughing matter
6. James Van Der Beek Announces Marriage To Kimberly Brook On Twitter 
7. Anne Rice explains: Catholic bishops funding efforts to stop gay marriage was a last straw
8. Nooses anger gay pastor
9. Behind the numbers of Prop. 8
10. A&M And SEC Marriage In 2013?

Celebrity weddings / pop culture, gay marriage and a random sports story unrelated to the sacrament of marriage.

A friend of mine last night was talking about how she tries to watch BBC news now because the U.S. Hollywood drama doesn't make the cut ... no Britney Spears, no Lindsey Lohan.  I might have to check that out.  As someone who doesn't watch TV, I could really care less about which celebrity married who.

Our housewarming party, August 2009