Things are moving along well with the wedding. We have 24 days left!!!
Everything is falling into place quite nicely. We're hoping for amazing weather, and can't wait to see some of our closest friends and family. We booked our caterers last week and they do rentals, so we are very excited with how everything is working out.
This week I bought stuff to finish our centerpieces. We have 4 tables of 8 and then a sweetheart table. The centerpieces are oil lanterns and mason jars with candles. I need to get some fall gems and beads to fill some of the mason jars to add some dimension to them and I also need to find Christmas lights to string up. Other than that, rings have been ordered, other decorations bought, food and catering ordered. Things are going quite smoothly. I believe James and his parents are going to meet the caterers for a walk through of the backyard tomorrow and then we hope to get to Mt. Hope Winery for our wedding favors this weekend or the weekend of my birthday.
The past few weeks have been a struggle for me. I have SAD and the weather has been very dreary, so that isn't helping any. Couple that with the fact that I have a minor outpatient surgery tomorrow and I feel like I have been a basket case. We have had some really nice sunny days the past few days though so that is helping a lot.
For those of you who don't know what Seasonal Affect Disorder is, it is basically a specific form of depression that is heightened during certain times of the year. Mine just so happens to occur in September and towards the end of February into March. It's not fun to deal with and I am beyond grateful to have people in my life who understand and try to help me out.
James has some exciting news to announce soon, and I can't wait to announce it. We are very excited and happy about the latest developments, as it impacts not only his future but our's as well. I wish I could say more, I really do, but we're kind of keeping it under wraps at the moment until we, well really he is ready to go public with it.
It's exciting time in the Hathcock Household.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Our Story
We always seem to get asked how we met and how long we've been together. The most frequently asked questions when you're meeting and making new friends. I'd like to say out story is like a romance movie, and in many ways it is, but not everything has fallen into place or been perfect for us in the 13 years we've known each other and been a part of each other's lives.
We met when we were both 15 at a YMCA sponsored teen leadership program. We rode the same van to the little college in Pennsylvania, where we spent a week getting to know each other and following each other around like love sick teenagers. If you've never met James, he has the charisma about him that everyone loves and adores. He's not necessarily intending to flirt, but he is quite charmer. And his smile just lights up his entire face. When he smiles your heart can't help but race. We spent a wonderful 6 months together, before the distance got to be too much. He lived an hour away from me and let's face it, at a time when cell phones were not economical at all, and when you're relying on your parents for you main transportation, trying to keep up a long distance relationship was hard. However, we remained very close, talking frequently online and getting together when we were in the same area.
In the summer of 1999, we went to Australia where we spent 3 weeks traveling together as part of a group of high school students with People to People. At that time we were both 16 and able to drive to see each other, so we thought we would make another go of it. Upon arriving back from the trip, I learned that my family would be moving to Texas in December. We were both heartbroken, but made the best of the remaining 4 months we had together. I officially moved January 23rd of 2000 and James and I decided that we'd stay in touch and see how things paned out over the next few years of our lives.
In 2001, I came to visit James in Delaware and despite the 2 years apart, it was as if nothing had changed between us. We briefly joked about marriage before realizing that although we wanted to be together, I wanted to finish college and he wasn't ready for that kind of commitment at such a young age.
Over the course of the next 5 years, James and I spoke often. Offering advice on relationships, friendships, life, careers, and lending support in rough times. In December of 2005 however, we stopped talking for about 5 months because I needed my space to work on some personal issues I was having. It was a very rough time in my life, full of adjusting to post college and married life to my first husband. Truth be told, it was a time I needed my best friend, but felt the way our past had worked needed to be left out. After 5 months, I'd had enough and it was like a weight had been lifted off my chest to be able to talk to James again.
In 2007, my marriage ended, and I moved back to Delaware. I truly missed the area and it was where some of my best friends still resided. James and I reconnected and eventually moved in together. In September 2008, we bought our first home and in October of that year he asked me to marry him.
I would be lying if I said that things are always great and we never fight, but we are both passionate people and we are both very opinionated, so fights are frequent, but we love each other and grow more and more in love with each other everyday.
So here we are, over 13 years after meeting. Finally, getting married this year, really trying to get a family started (more on that another time) and excited for what the future holds for us.
We met when we were both 15 at a YMCA sponsored teen leadership program. We rode the same van to the little college in Pennsylvania, where we spent a week getting to know each other and following each other around like love sick teenagers. If you've never met James, he has the charisma about him that everyone loves and adores. He's not necessarily intending to flirt, but he is quite charmer. And his smile just lights up his entire face. When he smiles your heart can't help but race. We spent a wonderful 6 months together, before the distance got to be too much. He lived an hour away from me and let's face it, at a time when cell phones were not economical at all, and when you're relying on your parents for you main transportation, trying to keep up a long distance relationship was hard. However, we remained very close, talking frequently online and getting together when we were in the same area.
In the summer of 1999, we went to Australia where we spent 3 weeks traveling together as part of a group of high school students with People to People. At that time we were both 16 and able to drive to see each other, so we thought we would make another go of it. Upon arriving back from the trip, I learned that my family would be moving to Texas in December. We were both heartbroken, but made the best of the remaining 4 months we had together. I officially moved January 23rd of 2000 and James and I decided that we'd stay in touch and see how things paned out over the next few years of our lives.
In 2001, I came to visit James in Delaware and despite the 2 years apart, it was as if nothing had changed between us. We briefly joked about marriage before realizing that although we wanted to be together, I wanted to finish college and he wasn't ready for that kind of commitment at such a young age.
Over the course of the next 5 years, James and I spoke often. Offering advice on relationships, friendships, life, careers, and lending support in rough times. In December of 2005 however, we stopped talking for about 5 months because I needed my space to work on some personal issues I was having. It was a very rough time in my life, full of adjusting to post college and married life to my first husband. Truth be told, it was a time I needed my best friend, but felt the way our past had worked needed to be left out. After 5 months, I'd had enough and it was like a weight had been lifted off my chest to be able to talk to James again.
In 2007, my marriage ended, and I moved back to Delaware. I truly missed the area and it was where some of my best friends still resided. James and I reconnected and eventually moved in together. In September 2008, we bought our first home and in October of that year he asked me to marry him.
I would be lying if I said that things are always great and we never fight, but we are both passionate people and we are both very opinionated, so fights are frequent, but we love each other and grow more and more in love with each other everyday.
So here we are, over 13 years after meeting. Finally, getting married this year, really trying to get a family started (more on that another time) and excited for what the future holds for us.
Monday, September 5, 2011
Welcome to our blog
We're James and Maggie. We've been together just over 13 years. We are finally getting married October 22nd. We have 2 dogs and a cat and live in Delaware. James works in IT doing network administration. I am a program manager for a local non-profit and do billing for a local construction company.
This blog is primarily for our family to keep up to date on what we're doing and what's going on in our lives. It may turn into something completely different as we both love to write about various other topics that interest us.
This blog is primarily for our family to keep up to date on what we're doing and what's going on in our lives. It may turn into something completely different as we both love to write about various other topics that interest us.
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