One year in, and the juice is still worth the sqeeze...

Today, August 24th 2008, marks the one year anniversary of mine and Ashley's marriage.

I have heard many people say "The first year is always the hardest". Well, if it's not too condescending for me to offer my child like opinion of marriage, allow me to offer this little gem to anyone thinking of entering this wondrous institution.

The first year isn't the hardest. It is at most, the most revealing. It is at least, the most interesting.

I have learnt about my partner, I have shared with her. I have felt her tears on my shoulder, I have been woken by her smile. I have argued; I have won, I have lost.

I have been her comforter, I have felt at peace in her arms. I have climbed mountains with her, I have moved mountains to be with her.

You see, this year has been hard; but not because of marriage. It is the marriage that has made the year bearable. In the midst of moving overseas, new jobs, new houses, new cars, new dogs, new bills, new meetings with bank managers, new plans; I don't how I would have done it by myself.

So I find myself one year on, sitting here, in a house I had bought before I'd even thought about going to America, let alone met Ashley; and yet, it had never been a home to me, that is the gift Ashley gives me, this year on our anniversary, and for the rest of our lives.

Ground control, we have made contact

I could start this post with several excuses as to why it's the first in some considerable time; however, we've just moved...from America...and it takes time, lost of it (it actually takes more almost as much time than it does money).
So, with that in mind, I don't feel compelled to offer any additional or more elaborate excuses.

For anyone who's interested, we are more often found on YouTube rather than Blogger.  This is in no means meant to show favouritism (after al, they're both Googletrons).

More so, it is just an 'ease of use' thing.  Shortly after arriving, we secured ourselves a couple of rather lovely LG Viewty handsets, with these having the ability to record at 120 fps (frames per second), and having rather sexy Schnelder lenses (boasting a 5.0 MP camera!), it's remarkably easy to simply point our phones at one another and record a quick video, which can then later be flung up to the YouTube channel.

Now really, it's mostly for us to goof around with, but if you, like I suspect many are, are starting to morn our leaving DFW, and want a little more of an intimate catch up, that's where we'll be.

I still have this outlet for my inane drivel; and I appreciate all your emails telling me just how pointless and wrong I often am; it is only in the prospect of annoying most of you, that I find my true happiness.

Which brings me nicely to something else I wanted to mention.  The pursuit of Happyness; Ashley and I watched it a couple of days ago (yes, I know we're way behind...did I mention the moving?).

We really liked it.  From what I've heard, it's actually not really that close

 to the true story which, while without doubt told of a man struggling to keep him and his child fed and sheltered, was actually much more depressing and less 'hollywood'.

If only one could get by on the $250 resell price of a bone density scanner...let alone the slightly more profitable narcotics trafficking.

So, I really wanted to just get back on here.  Say "hi" etc. etc.

With that done, I will leave you in peace.  Catch y'all later!