September 25, 2005

• SHE SAYS:

  
  

  I have to say that when Mike brought up a three weekiversary gift idea I was shocked, mostly because I hadn't heard of such a thing.  But also the fact that I am VERY bad with dates (except for birthdays).  I can never keep track of certain things, and was surprised it had been 3 weeks since we had started becoming more serious.

  
  

  Mike's attention to detail never ceases to amaze me though, and I just wanted to share the little details of this particular blog.  You would be surprised at how much everything on here has a certain significance.

  
  

  First of all you have the header he designed at the top.  And, I'm certain you have all noticed the jarring green color all over this site - mostly because my favorite color is chartreuse (and Mike even played a song by the name of Chartreuse on his WhenWordsCollide blog a few weeks ago too).  There are also all the other elements in the banner as well. 

  
  

  The "house" was put together after I had commented on Mike's blog on the LA County Fair about "where is the picture of our house?".  We saw this wonderful pre-manufactured home set up at the fair and just loved it.  Behind the house is the Casino that is on Catalina Island, which is another excursion that Mike and I took a few months ago.

  
  

  Barely noticeable around the Casino are jellyfish from our trip to the Long Beach Aquarium (we get around ... don't we!).  I loved that aquarium, and even commented to Mike that I would much rather have a huge aquarium in my living room then a TV.

  
  

  Towards the right hand side of the banner you'll notice the monkeys, and one of them is colored ... of course ... chartreuse.  I love monkeys to a disgusting degree let me tell you.  I have monkeys wherever I can fit them, and then some. 

  
  

  Overall I thought the whole design and imagery of this blog was so wonderful.  All the little details, and the time and attention he took to put this all together leaves me in awe.  And then he told me about the background to this blog.

  
  

  He took a photograph of the sky the day this blog created, tweaked it a little with a nice watery ripple effect and emphasized the color.  I told Mike a while ago that every time I look at the skies I think of him because of his many pictures of fluffy clouds and sunsets.  I even wrote a poem for him about how he had given me the skies.

  
  

  AZURE EYES
  
  One does not find heaven
  With head bowed down
  And it wasn't until I met you
  That I raised my eyes upward
  So was my heart lifted
  As I beheld the skies that had
  Covered me always
  
  To think that I was never alone
  That you were always around me
  You bathed me and warmed me
  Cooled my fevered head as well
  
  You have given me
  Fiery golden sunrises
  Glinting through my hair
  Jewel toned sunsets
  with diamond filled evenings
  Put on a show for me
  That never grows tiring
  
  As I sit here writing with
  The stars in my eyes
  The sun in my heart
  The moon as my crown
  I feel you over every inch
  Of my being as I look out the window
  
  For every time my eyes gaze upward
  I see your face interposed between earth and sky
  That through this length of life that
  The Fates measured out for me
  You have always been invisibly woven
  
  That I now occupy a sacred chapter of your life
  To have a place of my own between
  The gilded ivory pages that contain your story
  It is an honor indeed
  For you have given me the skies

  
  

  I feel very lucky to have come upon Mike at this moment in time.  Everything seems so very perfect it is almost unbelievable.

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