…love Jillian

My grammy passed away last Friday and I’ve been trying to put together a post that really explains what it means to lose her. The void she left is great and difficult to articulate. So until I can get my thoughts together in an orderly manner that post will be filed under…….up and coming.

On a less personal and emotionally taxing note, DaShaun tracks readership on our websites. It was recently brought to my attention that jillianranee.com is getting double the traffic of his website dashaun.net. And if that wasn’t enough, it turns out his little 8 year old niece gets 3 times as many hits as poor poor DaShaun. (BTW: Little Whit doesn’t even know she has a website)

Hubs is a software architect and prides himself on being a geek. He’s had a website the entire time I’ve known him and for my fledgling site beat him is a small victory for the E! News battle we have almost weekly. (He wants to watch that G4 Geek News show as he likes to be up to date on all the new gadgets, toys, and lame technology breakthroughs. Lame.) And I like be well versed in all the celebrity breakups, hook ups, and meltdowns…you know, the important stuff that makes the world go round.

So, DaShaun, I know it might kill you but we will have to continue to watch E! News in order to aggressively defend my title as Website Visitor Winner!

Also, it might be a good idea for you to go ahead and subscribe to US Weekly as well. I know it really has nothing to do with this post other than I want one and it will save you a bundle. And since I just won the E! News battle I thought I would get while the getting is good. You know we pay 3.99 at the grocery checkout and a subscription is only 5.99 a month. Think of how much more fun we would have if I was actually focused on beating you at the price is right game and not reading the tabloids? Oh and did I mention it would save you a $132 dollars a year. I’m just saying.

Sidenote: I don’t have any idea who takes the time to read my mindless posts about my love of hot yoga, DJ Hero, and Kurt Warner’s wife…but thank you and keep it up!

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We are married. We did it. Engaged to married from October to January. The planning is over. The details hashed out. The anticipation built and vows said. He’s mine. For all the days of my life. It’s amazing how quickly the whole thing passed. When I started planning 3 months ago seemed like a lifetime; it wasn’t. I was busy down to the last moment and everything pretty much turned out exactly the way we wanted.  The perfect size.  The perfect guests.  The perfect wedding party.  The perfect time…basically the perfect day!

We invited our closest friends and family. And for the most part everyone we invited came. There was some family from far away lands that couldn’t make it but we were extremely happy with the turnout! All of our friends met each other. Our parents met all our friends and DaShaun and I knew or at least had met almost all the guests prior to the ceremony. There was very little meet my long lost family twice removed whom even I haven’t seen for years and years….it was all very casual and informal. It was perfect! There was no catching up on our lives….which I think made it soooo much more relaxed. Less polite chit chat and more silly stories. Our guests naturally sat with other guests they identified with and everyone appeared to be having fun! So that made us very happy!

Looking back I wish there had been more time. It was nice having all the people we love in one place.  And I wish I would have designated someone to be in charge of taking pictures with my camera.  I basically have pics from before and after but nothing in between!

Anyway, I’m in love with my husband and I’m ready to start living our lives together. We have a summer full of races, trips, and fun planned and I can’t wait to celebrate our first anniversary!

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