Day 3243 – Heartbroken, Again

Posted on May 28, 2018 by 365 days of marriage

Yesterday, floods ravaged my beloved Ellicott City, again. There was also flooding in downtown Catonsville, down the street from where we live. We are fine and no damage was done here. But I can’t stop watching the videos and looking at the pictures in places that I love so much. I know business owners in both places. I can’t wait to see you back, stronger than ever, Ellicott City.

What really stinks, is despite visiting Ellicott City often, I have so few photos.

This is from the basement of The Ellicott Mills Brewing Company

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Day 2843 – A Long Overdue Date

Posted on April 23, 2017 by 365 days of marriage

It has been a crazy couple of months. Between moving, Bret building his real estate investing business, Bret working full time on top of that, me working for my clients, and just life in general, it has been so busy for us. We’re not fans of being this busy, but we’re big fans of the mindset of doing things others can’t imagine, so we can live a life people can only dream of. Oh how this has been looping in my brain. Since it’s been so crazy, Bret and I haven’t spent as much time together as we’d like. We even commented that we’ve been more like roommates. After a day of working on a number of things, Bret and I found some time to head into downtown Ellicott City for the spring fest. We were SHOCKED at how many people were there despite the rain. Shocked. If you’ve been to downtown Ellicott City, there were cars lining the road before you even got to the bridge. It’s amazing to see how strong the community is. I love that we live so close.

We ran into Pam Long of Pam Long Photography. She has been amazing at sharing live videos of all things Ellicott City since the flood. On days I can’t make it to openings of stores, I watch her live streams. Thank you for all you do Pam! She even took a pretty amazing picture of Bret and I! On her phone no less! You know someone is a great photographer when they can get photos like this from their phone.

We grabbed some spent grain pretzels with crab fondue and corn salsa from a new place in town, Manor Hill Tavern. They gave me a coupon for a free beer (you’re welcome Bret!) and I can’t wait to try more of their food!

The moral of the story is to date your spouse so they don’t become a roommate only!

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Day 2577 – Heartbroken

Posted on July 31, 2016 by 365 days of marriage

Today, my heart is so heavy. Last night, the amazing historic Ellicott City was flooded and experienced extensive damage. I mean, unbelievable damage. A quick search online will show it. I am filled with many emotions about this for many reasons. We live just under 2 miles away. It is crazy something like this happened so close. I took a walk around our apartment complex this morning and there was some minor evidence of flooding last night but mostly just displaced garbage and grass against cars. As I started this post, I tried to find photos I’d taken in my many visits there….I had none. Not even plates of food. I may have some buried and not tagged well on this blog but it was still a sad thing. I’ve had coffee at several places, had drinks and tacos. So many memories. It also brought up memories of our very near death experience in the Gunpowder River. I’ve watched videos, looked at pictures and just wept.

As I was scrolling through my Facebook feed as well, I was struck by all of the other tragedies people are experiencing. Some far away, some as close as two miles away. It reminded me how many hurt and broken people there are and reminded me to be kind when someone has an attitude with me. When someone doesn’t return your smile or your wave, just remember, you have no idea what they’re going through.

Day 1726 – Making Time For Each Other

Posted on April 2, 2014 by 365 days of marriage

Yesterday, I had a meetup with a few local photographers. Turns out where we were meeting was pretty close to Bret’s school! I called him up on my way down and invited him out to get a beer! We arrived within about 5 minutes of each other. We grabbed a few beers and it was just awesome to catch up and hang out. Our lives are sometimes pretty busy with everything we have going on, so we sometimes have to get creative with spending time together. 🙂

How do you spend time together when you’re busy?

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