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Monday, January 18, 2010

Best Day of 2009

A long time ago Jeremy told he tries to remember the best day of the year. He wants to note those things so he lives in the moment. I thought this was a good idea. Now I try to do the same thing

Best day of the year Nominations:

Giants Fan Photo Day



The last day at the Grand Lodge



The Day the Phillies won the NL Pennent



Christmas day



The day in San Diego we went to Hodad's



The day the Eagles Clinched a playoff birth



The Best Day of the year 2009: my wedding day.



My wedding day was the best day of the year. It is an easy call. I morning was calm, the day went well. That moment I saw Kate in her wedding dress for the first time was almost a perfect moment. The day was great. It took months to plan and it all paid off. I cannot think of a better day

Labels: 2009, best day of the year, best of 2009, tag overload

- Rich, 8:57 PM

Friday, January 01, 2010

Happy New Year, that was 2009

Wow 2009 was a hell of a year. There is not much else I can say about it. It was just amazing. Everything went as planned, but it was so much better then I expected. The big point of the year was March, 21. My wedding day. The whole year up to that point seemed to be getting ready for the wedding. I will admit that getting ready for the wedding was stressful. I will say the first three months of the year was more stressful than the rest of the year combined. It was worth it.


The rest of the year after that was about learning how to be a married man. Kate and I lived together for about 16 months before being married. Lots of people ask if being married was different than not being married, for me it is. Things between Kate and myself became intense. It was like the stakes are higher. If I did something wrong, I felt worse about it. It was like the reality of being married hit me.

My God Father's Wife Janis gave us a piece of advice after the wedding. She told us that you need to work at you marriage everyday if you want it to be good. This seems true to me and I have been trying to live this idea. I try to work to be a better person for my wife. It is not always easy, but it is always worth it.

This year Kate and I went to Portland, Sacramento, Monterey, Comic Con, Baseball Games, and all over San Jose. This year has been about the two of us. We have spent a lot of time together, even both did National Novel Writing Month this year. We stayed home this Christmas so we could have our own Christmas Tree, It was really cool.

The best thing I did not related to getting married was getting my bike back on the road. I decided it was silly to drive to the gym, ride the bike at the gym to warm up, and drive back. That got my bike back into riding shape. It took a little more for me to get myself into riding shape.

Being married has been really good to me. I am losing weight, getting more exercise, and feeling better. I really feel this has been one of the best years of my life. It was definitely the best year of my adult life. I am hoping the trend continues. I know that I need to work at my life to keep that trend alive.

Below is my first photo from 2009

Labels: 2009, best of 2009, kate, marriage, self, wedding

- Rich, 6:01 PM

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

2009 Mayfly

Mayfly 2009

I got married, yes that amazed me and it was cool. It still surprises me I am married. It defined my year. She's great.

Past Mayflies

2008, Mayflys: 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2002, 2001,

Labels: 2009, kate, mayfly project, self, wedding, year in review

- Rich, 10:12 PM

Sunday, December 06, 2009

Is it that time already?

2009 is almost over. Is everyone working on there best of lists? What should I hear or view before the year is over? Just wondering what are those things I need to have as part of this year?

Labels: 2009, question

- Rich, 5:33 PM

Saturday, February 14, 2009

State of my Heart Address 2009

I started to write the state of my heart address in 1994 as an indulgence. It was a way for me to wallow in the way I was feeling. It was a way for me to be a depressed 20 nothing being in touch with his emotions.

All those years later I am happy I started this tradition. I am happy that I have been writing about my love life in this kind of specific way. It gives me something to look back at and see the way I have grown and changed.

I has spent the past year with Kate. In that time not only has she been my lover, but also my best friend, confidant, cheerleader, and companion. We got engaged last March. By the next time I write a State of My Heart Address she will be my wife. This makes me happy. I enjoy seeing Kate as the woman who will be my wife. I will be even happier when she is my wife.

In the past year I have learned and grown more than I ever expected. I have learned about myself and about Kate. I feel like I am not the same person I was a year ago and that is a good thing. I have more patience, more love, and more understanding, but not just for kate, but lots of things.

I know I feel different now than I did a year ago. A year ago I still had the rose colored glasses of a love that was new. Now I have the warm and deep feeling of a love that has grown. I think it is harder to describe, but much more rewarding. I remember hearing a wine critic one say that a good bottle of wine should not show you everything in the first taste. There should be more that you keep discovering and learning. I am finding that love is the same way. Every day we grow a little more and as we grow there is more to learn.

For the first time in a very long time, I can see myself in the future. I can foresee what my life might be like. I can see the road I am on and imagine where it might take me. I know that life changes those things, but it is nice to have some idea where I would like to be. It is good to have an idea what I want the future to bring me.

The state of my heart is good and It will get better god willing.

Labels: 2009, kate, self, State of my Heart Address

- Rich, 12:23 PM

Friday, March 07, 2008

52 weeks to midnight

Nite Owl
Originally uploaded by Official Watchmen Photos.

The Watchmen movie is do to come out in 52 weeks from today. I have been reading the Watchmen movie blog. I am sorry to say, but this movie looks like it is going to be really good. I am a little worried. I love the Watchmen and I cannot see how a movie can do it justice. Everything looks good. I am trying not to buy the hype. There are too many ways to get this wrong and too few to get it right.

Labels: 2009, flickrpost, watchmen, watchmen movie

- Rich, 10:17 PM

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