Dreams Are My Reality...

Well, I can't hide my love any longer. I LOVE AMES from this season of the Bachelorette!

SWOONAGE!

I was truly yelling at my laptop while Ashley was NOT choosing Ames at the rose ceremony last week, even though I knew it was inevitable. They barely ever touched, and you could just tell that she was not feeling the passion. But I was! When they were under the pictured magnolia tree, he made my heart skip a beat when he said the following:

"It’s the best when the ordinary is extraordinary, I think. There’s this Italian Renaissance way of being romantic: they call it ‘sprezzatura’. It is where you try to be as romantic as possible - but through your ordinary life. There’s so much more magic in the ordinary. Life isn’t all fireworks. Romantic things come from inside you.”

Hello!!! Thanks for the inspiration, Ames. Even Mr. Hatch liked what he said. :)

What he said really resonated with me. We've kind of been feeling the blahs (even with our new puppy-- deets coming soon!), and I have definitely been wanting to break out of this Utah shell for a while.

The ordinary is extraordinary... or at least it can be if we make it. That is my goal friends!

Also, "SPREZZATURA?!" Swoon! How easy is it to be boring and unromantic after being married for three years, let alone eternity?? What a refreshing, and much needed thought. I just love these romantic ideas, these grand thoughts of life. I hate getting stuck in the mundane rituals.

At the end, when he was sitting in the car, even though my heart was broken, I loved how he talked about having life adventures. What a unique guy!! I was like, JOSH! LET'S HAVE LIFE ADVENTURES!!! And so we shall, friends. And you'll probably be invited to a few!!!

And so, it is with a heavy heart that I say farewell to Ames, although I am intrigued to see him in Bachelor Pad 2...cuz y'all know I will be watching that!

To making the ordinary extraordinary... CHEERS!