one.

Today is our one year anniversary. Last year we stood by the ocean, in front of our families and friends and committed to love and support each other forever. The day was a blur, I couldn't remember our vows if you paid me to, but I know we had fun. And apparently people ate well, I also missed that part. What I do remember the most, is the love part. Loving everyone that was there in that room (tent) and feeling all of that love coming right back. Looking at Matthew and knowing how much I loved him, and how special this wedding was, and that everyone there was there for us. That's pretty spectacular.

I was going to write a post about the last year, and the things I've learned and the things that we want to do. But I really only have a few things to say::

+ just because you're married doesn't mean you have to share the same kind of toothpaste. You can just buy 2 different kinds. Easy.

+ this has been a wonderful year. Matthew woke me up this morning by saying happy one of marriage, and happy 6 month till baby. woah.

+ wearing a wedding ring is a physical reminder that there's another person on you're team. No matter what.

+ we still need to take a honeymoon! and since (really) the only things to do on our 'to do' list are travel, it needs to happen. this baby better not mess that up. just joking. kind of. New York, it's time.

food for thought.

I was kinda under the impression that Monsanto was going down, or at least on the radar, after all of the publicity from "The Corporation" waaaaay back in 2003. But I just came across this interesting looking video clip and perhaps the public continues to be uninformed about the food they are being sold (and not necessarily through fault of their own ... I feel a conspiracy, yes, a conspiracy). I'm shocked to see that in 2011 people don't know what genetically modified food (GMO's) are. Yikes.



But back to my video clip. After the earthquakes in Haiti, America sent help. One of these ways was by sending starving, rural farmers, 475 tons of hybrid genetically modified seeds from the Monsanto Corporation. Do you know what the farmers did? They burned the seeds in protest, refusing to grow and feed food to their people that was genetically modified. What do they know that (apparently) we don't?
The footage from this video looks gorgeous... take a look:

GMO Film Project Sizzler from Compeller Pictures on Vimeo.

So interesting to think about access to information; ignorance; capitalism; poverty; greed; obesity; disaster ...... Our priorities have gotten so far off track. I hope we are getting closer to something more familiar soon. I hope.

Read more here.

lovely.

God, this makes me feel good today. If you like this, you can read about it here. I think it's such a great project (soon, I may get brave enough to watch the Giving birth on 10/10/10 segment. Not yet though)

expectations II

Dear Baby,

Here's what's on my mind about you these days::

+ I still can't believe that you're inside of me. We go for an ultrasound tomorrow. The thought of seeing you blows my mind

+ I want you to grow up surrounded by music. always.

+ I want you to be your own person. I will try my best to allow that to happen and try to figure out when I should interfere and when I shouldn't.

+ I have suspicions that you're a girl.

+ Your dad and I love eachother very much. I hope you'll always know that.

+ We're going to dance together. A lot.

+ You're still making me sick. Let's make a plan to stop that soon... I need to work and I don't want to put pills in my body and yours. See what you can do.

Love,

Mom.

work by Emily King. Seen here.

expectations

I've been thinking about this post for a while. One of the things I like about blogging is being able to 'talk' to my friends that live away. Over my 33 years I've moved approximately 15 times, making friends all along the way and, remarkably, even before the days of the interweb, staying in touch with a lot of them.
So when it comes time to share news, big news, I always struggle with how exactly to share it. For me, my blog seems like the best fit, outside of emails of course. So, here we go ... we have some news to share ::


M and I are going to be parents!


WHAT?! I know. It's definitely something we've wanted and talked about, yet I still feel completely surprised and freaked out. Which makes me wonder about those poor souls who are 'surprised'. Yowza.

I'm 10 weeks, due the end of January and figuring things out day by day. People have told me to keep a journal and start recording things to look back on. I'm not really a sentimentalist, but I did looked at a pregnancy journal today at Hallmark and promptly gagged. I thought I'd write letters along the way instead. This is it so far:

I'm excited to be a mom. I'm excited for M to be a dad. I'm excited that my brother will be an uncle, that my parents will be grandparents and that this baby will be surrounded by two families that will love it so much. What more could you ask for, right?

xo Jill.

national treasure

It is my belief that Gord Downie is, most definitely, a national treasure. Please enjoy this wonderful song on this Canada Day. Wherever you are, I hope you are doing exactly what you want to be doing and enjoying every minute. Take it all in today.

Happy Birthday Canada. You're gorgeous.