Say Over Again- Elizabeth Browning

Say over again, and yet once over again,
That thou dost love me,
Though the word repeated
Should seem a "cuckoo-song," as dost treat it,
Remember, never to the hill or plain,
Valley and wood, without her cuckoo-strain
Comes the fresh Spring in all her green completed.
Beloved, I, amid the darkness greeted
By a doubtful spirit-voice, in that doubt's pain
Cry, "Speak once more--thou lovest!" Who can fear
Too many stars, though each in heaven shall roll,
Too many flowers, though each shall crown the year?
Say thou dost love me, love me, love me--toll
The silver iterance!--only minding, Dear,
To love me also in silence with thy soul.

We read this sonnet this week in my English Literature class. I loved it. I thought that it was a simple and beautiful sonnet about expressing affection to your lover. I think it is deceptively simple. It seems like such a basic concept, tell the one that you love that you love them. Not only that, but SHOW them that you love them. However, it seems to be a concept that people struggle with in their relationships daily. I think one of the biggest killers of relationships is neglect. People may love their partners, but in the hustle and bustle of every day life I think they tend to forget the need to express that love. It doesn't need to be something big or over the top, even just little affirmations of love can refresh the relationship and reassure your lover.

Frankenstein

This week in English Literature we read the story Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Considering that I had only ever seen the Mel Brooks movie prior to this, I was in for quite a surprise. The story in the book was worlds away from any modern interpretation of Frankenstein that I have ever seen referenced in any modern day book or show.

I found myself feeling a lot sorrier for the monster than for Victor. Overall, I found Victor to be very selfish and week. The monster was thrust into a situation that he new nothing about, and then abandoned. He tried to make the best of it, but could find no love or compassion from anyone simply because he looked different. I could see this driving anyone to seek vengeance.

Romantic Poets

This week in my English Literature class we are studying some of the Romantic poets: Byron, Percy Shelley, and Keats. I enjoyed all of the poems that we studied but one of them spoke to me more than any of the others. That poem was Lord Byron's "When We Two Parted". The poem made my unspeakably sad. It is always so sad to think of two people who are filled with this joy and love and care so deeply for each other. Then, at some point, that love turns to hatred or even worse, indiffence. It is painful to think you can love someone and share with them so deeply, only to then have them gone from your life. The hole that they leave behind is painful and hard to fill.

Still Trucking

I am still trucking along with weight watchers...I am losing about a pound a week, so I will take it. Dev and I were really busy this weekend, working on the house. We redid my craft room, it wasn't set up to accommodate my knitting. Deven got his surround sound speakers hung, considering he got them for Christmas 2009 it was about time haha. We also got our guest room cleaned up. So all in all it was a pretty productive weekend.

20 Pounds Down!

I started Weight Watchers the first week of January. I have been talking and talking about losing weight but never really doing much about it. I have been doing WW for 4 weeks and I have lost 20 pounds! This is partly because I had so much to lose, and it is partly because I have been sick for 2 weeks, so that helped me lose faster. The fact remains though, that I have lost that much. I still have about 99 pounds that I would like to lose, but I feel like I am off to a good start.
This is a good step for us on our TTC journey as well. As we are approaching the 1-year mark of trying I feel better that I am at least taking a step toward some kind of change that may help us. I am not sure if my weight has anything to do with out TTC troubles, but I am prepared to bet that it cannot hurt to lose some.
I have been busy other than that just doing school. I am on my last semester to finally finish up my Associates. I have 4 classes this semester and then I will be all done.

Bedroom Makeover

Deven and I are almost finished with our master bedroom makeover! We still have some things to finish but it looks totally different now.

Here are the Before Pictures:










Here are the After Pictures:





Unfortunately with the way the layout of the room is, we have no choice but to put the bed under a window. Oh well. We still need to get some plexi-glass for our nightstands to protect them from the cat's claws, that will look much better than our green towels. :)




Since this picture was taken, we got faux wood blinds for all the windows in our house, the wider ones. They look really good. We still need a rug and some artwork.







We have since replaced my black vanity with a shelf that is like the two upper ones, only larger. We are still trying to find a mirror that we like with it. I also got a small brown storage ottoman to use as a vanity seat.

Again

Here we go again with the trying to be a better updater, I will get it eventually...haha. We've been really busy turning our house into our own. I will be putting up some before and after pictures shortly.