Hard to believe that today we’ve been married for 3 months. Even more so when you think that on December 2nd it will be a year since Richard proposed.
To celebrate I had to share some classic Keith Urban with you. This song was released in May 2009 and since the first time I heard it I fell in love with its joyful, positive approach to marriage. Since then I have hoped marriage would be like this – the racing to get home to see each other, preferring each others company to anyone else’s and just being happy. It has been and more.
Well, well, well. So I came home to this news today. For more I had to head to io9 and Kotaku for their takes.
There is no denying that the Disney brand is HUGE!!! I am sure Walt Disney had no idea it would become what it has today. Disney is a part of so many childhoods (mine included), just like some of the other brands under their wings PIXAR and Marvel to name two. I’m the right generation to have been raised on the Star Wars films too, from memory my parents saw at least one of them on a date night before they were married!
But is Leia a new kind of Disney princess? or have we been looking at Disney Princesses the wrong way all this time.
“Hey! There is no way Leia is like all the other princesses” I hear you shout, but hang on a second. Aren’t all Disney princesses a mix of the damsel in distress and heroine? Personally I think they are. Take Snow White* (the very first Disney Princess). Here is a girl who simply by being pretty has made the Queen hate her so, to save her life she charms the man meant to kill her then braves the forest alone until she finds the dwarves. But still the Queen finds her and tricks her into a sleep to be woken only by true loves kiss. Disneys Snow White is kind and beautiful and cares about those silly little dwarves when no one else did. Yes she is rescued by Prince Charming but its not all smooth sailing on the road to love.
Leia too starts off life as a princess, who then has to work with the men to save the day. Ok I will admit she is definitely more badass than Snow White (but I am putting that down to the 40 year gap between the two films) and she was a respected leader during the rebellion (but I put that down to being raised essentially by the Duke of Edinburgh and the daughter of an elected Queen and Darth Vader). I will also concede that Leia showed her badass chops earlier than modern ones do but again it was the 70s. Maybe Luke should be a Disney princess, a kid who grows up a poor farm boy to find out he is jedi and Naboo royalty**.
The words above come directly from the studio. You cannot deny that they are as true of Leia as they are of Jasmine, Snow, Mulan, Aurora, Cinderella, Pocahontas, Belle and Ariel.
There is no denying that I hope our daughters will be nerd girls. But it would be nice if our nerd daughters could also appreciate that there is magic in this world of ours, and that to believe in the impossible is to be alive. Maybe that is what Disney was trying to tell us all along.
*no letters, I know that the Disney version of all fairytales is weak compared to the originals but my point still stands. ** don’t google that as Naboo royalty is elected so the story is very long and complicated, ekk!
When visiting with my niece Charlotte the other day she loved being a tiger … sadly I was the deer (i.e. dinner). Saw this and thought of her. If only it were pink, orange will clash with her very pink lifestyle.
So this is happening today! Let the celebration of our love begin.
Richard,
If in the morning when you wake,
If the sun does not appear,
I will be here.
If in the dark we lose sight of love,
Hold my hand and have no fear,
I will be here.
I will be here,
When you feel like being quiet,
When you need to speak your mind
I will listen.
Through the winning, losing,
and trying we’ll be together,
And I will be here.
If in the morning when you wake,
If the future is unclear,
I will be here.
As sure as seasons were made for change,
Our lifetimes were made for years,
I will be here.
I will be here,
And you can cry on my shoulder,
When the mirror tells us we’re older.
I will hold you,
to watch you grow in beauty,
And tell you all the things you are to me.
We’ll be together and I will be here.
I will be true to the promises I’ve made,
To you and to the one who gave you to me.
I will be here.
What a gorgeous poem by Steven Curtis Chapman, just perfect for how I feel right now.
Bruno Mars I love this song but it will not feature today …. as it is feels like it is featuring in every wedding this year. Oh and marrying Richard is the smartest thing I have ever or will ever do with my life. But I love your song, its so joyful.
Found this on io9. I can’t believe this is a thesis project, it is incredible. This would totally work on me, I do believe that something could be deadly adorable. Heck, my message tone is “It’s so fluffy I’m gonna die”. Same principle.
When I look ahead at August 2012 I see 3 major events happening:
After four years my very last day working at FIA on 21 August
Our wedding on 25 August
We get on a plane and head off to the US of A for the most incredible honeymoon 28 August (arrive home 21 September)
What more can a girl say. It’s going to be an huge, emotional month and I pray for the patience and sense to not miss a moment of it. Here’s to the closing of one chapter and the opening up to all of the possibilities of life as Alys Holz.
Don’t forget to follow my Photo a Day adventure where I try to capture some of the fun.
As I step ever closer to becoming a formal part of the Holz clan I know how important it is to be excepted by your partners family. After all Richard chose me, they just got lumped with me. So I can only assume that the very open, public acceptance that has been shown to the Duchess of Cambridge by her husbands family must warm her heart. It made me smile last week to see that she is now an official part of what was William and Harry’s foundation.
I have to applaud them for not going crazy straight away and finding just three areas where they want to make an impact. It’s so easy to try to be all things to all people and I am sure there was pressure to do so. Its how I would do it.
What a great quote under that banner. Yes, the cynics will say it is a well crafted message by well paid PR advisers but I don’t care. What I do care about is that they taking advantage of the position they find themselves in for good. This is exactly the role that I think royalty should play in the modern world and definitely something the British Monarchy does exceptionally well.
Hard to believe its only one month to the big day. Plans are well in order and I am so excited about what we have organised to celebrate our love. It’s been so much fun receiving RSVPs from our guests and putting final touches on the day.
It can be easy when you are so crazy busy with work and wedding to forget to appreciate each other. The love doesn’t change but when reality sets in you end up snapping about silly things. Surely we aren’t the only couple in this boat? Even if you have someone else doing all the work you don’t have nothing to do. Our suppliers are really more for on the day than in the lead up, which may be because we* have some strong ideas of how the day should look/run.
The next month will fly by in a flash. I hope when we are 80 we will look back on this time and smile. Before we start though, Richard I want you to guess how much I love you
*ok me, I am one with the strong ideas about how it should look. Richard has been incredibly supportive and has provided some wise counsel when what I want just can’t be made to fit into our budget.
I missed the Sydney markets in June and if we hadn’t just been away I would be begging Richard for us to get on a plane to Brisbane for this weekends Finders Keepers markets. If you are in the area why not head on over to The Old Museum, Cnr Bowen Bridge Road & Gregory Terrace, Herston. 10am – 4pm Sat 7 and Sun 8 July.
Isn’t that image amazing!!!! Designed by Amy Borrell over at Cake With Giants. Is it just me or would that make an amazing tattoo? It could work, I love that story.
These shoes are incredible! In my wedding research I have noticed that a lot of brides have their something blue as a garter but these would be so much cooler.
On an aside, we aren’t doing the bouquet or garter toss at our wedding. With every wedding tradition we are asking ourselves why. Some pass the filter (e.g. wedding rings) but others like tossing things haven’t. Honestly, I don’t see the link between catching some of my underwear and being the next to get married. Unless it’s that the guys girl has such a tantrum about holding my underwear that he proposes to calm her down. I was reading up on the tradition here which made another good point, it’s a pain to stop the fun for this. So we aren’t and I am really happy with the decision. We are looking for an awesome band and I for one am not interested in stopping to throw away my flowers and underwear.
