Vsaj malo sonca - Ain't no Sunshine

Od zadnje objave je minilo že kar nekaj časa, ampak priprave na poroko so vedno bolj ... poročne? Zelo naju razveseli, ko lahko s kom v živo pokomentiramo stvari, ki so tu zapisane, nekateri so tudi rahlo nestrpni in želijo izvedeti več, zato je skrajni čas, da blog malo ažurirava.

Midva letos na "morju" (DER See!)

Včeraj zvečer sva fizično oddala eno zadnjih vabil na poroko, saj se do sedaj še nismo utegnili srečati. Gre za mlad par, ki sta se v pričakovanju drugega otroka zelo spontano (v ožjem krogu) poročila 2. avgusta letos. Mogoče jima to spontanost celo malo zavidam, verjetno pa bo bolje, če povem, da ju občudujem.

Njuna skoraj triletna prvorojenka je prava navihanka, na sprehodu po Koseškem bajerju me je namreč krstila v "hecno babo" :) Čeprav je bil najin dan kar precej napet in poleg nekaj posla poln tudi poročne vsebine, je bil ta sprehod zelo prikladna priložnost za "konzumiranje" nekaj sončnih žarkov, ki smo jih v tem poletju bolj malo deležni. Bolj ko se bliža poročni dan, bolj me skrbi vreme, ampak kakršno bo - pač bo. Povabljena družinica pa svojo udeležbo postavlja v 50 % verjetnost (ali pridejo, ali pa ne pridejo), saj imajo za 30. avgust že neke posebne obveznosti na svojem urniku (datum poroda drugega otroka prav na ta dan!). Tako je, ko so enkrat tu otroci, ob tem pa si želim, da bi lahko nekoč tudi midva uresničila svoje sanje o družini.

Včeraj sva oba kupila svoje poročno perilo v trgovini Lisca, Aljaž je v Poročnem kotičku kupil še kravato, jaz pa sem bila na pomerjanju poročne obleke s pravimi čevlji in perilom, da jo bodo lahko še popolnoma prilagodili mojim meram. Z mami in sestro smo se odpravile še k mamini prijateljici, ki mi bo naredila uhane po naročilu (Naraji nakit) in nato je sledilo še nekaj minutk za klepet. Sestra, ki je moja poročna priča, me je zaslišala glede dekliščine in sedaj čaka seznam deklet, s katerimi bom 22. avgusta kolovratila po Ljubljani. O programu nimam pojma, menda to sploh ni moja stvar ... kdo ve, kaj me čaka? Predvsem imam pred očmi to, da do dekliščine še naredim naprsne šopke in pripravim darilca za svate, kar nekaj stvari namreč še kar čaka (in res upam, da ne na zadnji teden).

Medtem ko Aljaž izbira in preizkuša različne vozle za kravato, grem jaz pred spanjem še sestavit vabilo za dekliščino. 


Love her madly

Where will we be, when the summer's gone? Well, that's not a tough one to answer, is it? :) But as Kristina has already pointed out, we didn't have much of a "summer" this year. Rain and the trying to get everything ready for the wedding saw to that. Still, we did manage to get in at least one day at the beach (see photo above). But don't be fooled, we were a long way away from any serious ocean. We took last Friday off and visited a place called "Stausee Soboth". It was great, the sun was shining (for a change) and the crowds were nowhere to be found (possibly due to the weather and the fact that the water has/had not-so-pleasant 18°C). Still, t'was a day well spent! :)

After a short trip to Ljubljana, we came back to Carinthia and now its time to sort out 
the last few details of our wedding (but the really interesting bits have to stay secret, so I'll say nothing more on the subject). One of the things I can reveal is that I'm in the process of selecting the perfect knot for my tie (OK, this news will probably not set the world aflame, but it was big news for me, when I discovered that you can be creative in making a tie knot). The reason for this is that I had to give up on my "dream" of having a cravat and waistcoat, deciding on a plain tie instead. So now I'm discovering ways to make my ordinary tie stand out from the crowd (and bride :P ). 

In other news, Kristina is planning her bachelorette party, so for those of you planning on going out in Ljubljana on Friday, 22 August, beware. :)

Aljaž - waiting for the sun

Vadiva plesne korake - Taking the Right (and Left) Steps

Kot sva že omenila, si nekaj posebnega želiva tudi za prvi ples, ki ga bova zaplesala kot mladoporočenca. Pri Valentini Pšag sva imela do zdaj dve vaji, malo je popravljala najino držo in nama pokazala nekaj lušnih plesnih figur, sicer pa ne želiva preveč komplicirati (niti nimava več veliko časa), temveč predvsem uživati.

Glasbo za prvi ples in slog plesa sva že izbrala, vendar bo do izvedbe pred svati vse skupaj ostalo kot skrivnost, medtem pa vadiva in skupaj kreirava. Aljaž je zelo dober plesalec in ker se jaz sedaj že znam sprostit (to je pač posebne vrste dosežek), nama je vse skupaj v veselje.

Tako kot petje, je tudi ples del izražanja človeka, ki obstaja že od prazgodovine. S petjem in plesom so ljudje že nekoč delili svoje občutke, tako vesele kot žalostne. Ples je dejavnost, ki jo počneva skupaj, imava se lepo in to je najpomembnejše. Moj pokojni oče bi dejal, da gre tudi za "vertikalno izražanje horizontalnih želja" :) tistih pristnih predvsem. Mislim, da ples krepi najino ljubezen, zato bi jo verjetno lahko dali še komu "na recept"! Naj povem le to, da nama je všeč klasika, zato bo ples nekaj v tem slogu, s tem da sva dopolnila besedilo izbrane pesmi. 

Zdaj pa prepuščam vaši domišljiji in ugibanju glede vsega preostalega, kar ni tu zapisano :)

Zaplešite tudi vi, četudi v dežju!

The first dance

Today is Friday, 8 August 2014, which means that the wedding is now only 3 weeks away and I'm not quite sure, why I'm not petrified yet (every Hollywood-made romantic puss-filled boil of a movie says I should be shaking by now). I suppose Kristina and I are probably doing something wrong. But what if we're doing something right? :)

One thing we hope to get right is our first dance as husband and wife. To make sure everything will go as smooth as possible, we've enlisted our good friend and neighbour, professional dance teacher (of all things :) ) Valentina Pšag to help us get the right moves. So far so good, we've dreamed up a (not to simple) choreography, and all that's left for us to do now is practice, practice, practice. 

But getting back to the question from the first paragraph, what if we're doing something right? As mentioned in one of the previous posts on this blog, the decision for us to get married was the only realistic option if we were to have any sort of an intimate relationship. And now that the big day is fast approaching, I'm beginning to realise that our decision to get married will make us outcasts. Why? I think that the reason the number of weddings is on the decrease (stated by several men of faith and government employees) is the fact that marriage presents a "terminal" decision. It's forever. Although one can get a civil divorce, the catholic Church does not accept divorce as an option for a valid marriage. But that's not merely down to a whim the Church might have, but the very nature of a marriage makes it not illegal but impossible to break up (see this book for further reference). But to make this paragraph sensible, I've started to notice that people are afraid to commit. And it's not just marriage and personal relationships. The very nature of the western world is geared towards the expendable, meaning "if it doesn't work properly, just get a new one". Frankly, that sort of an attitude is very disconcerting for me, or, in plain English, the fact that people lack the balls to commit to anything (a career, marriage, a hobby, etc.) pis**s me off (I know, because I'm still growing the cojones to commit to certain activities, and I went through the process of not being prepared to commit in a relationship).

Commitment takes work. Just ask anyone who's been married for several decades, or who's been pursuing a hobby all their life. It's often not easy and it takes dedication and a lot of patience, two major qualities people seem to lack nowadays. Hopefully, many of you reading this blog (hello, future me :) ) will find these words a source of inspiration towards dedication. :)

Aljaž - may I have this dance?

Intervju na radiu Ognjišče - Interview for Radio Ognjišče

Zadnje dni se poleg organizacijskih zadev okrog poroke zelo zavestno pogovarjava tudi o tistih stvar, ki so pomembne za zakon. Mislim, da je primerno, da na tem mestu delim intervju, ki sva ga bila po srečanju s papežem Frančiškom (letos na valentinovo) deležna na Radiu Ognjišče. 

Prijetno poslušanje!

How we became celebrities (well, not yet:) )

On 14 February, Kristina and I attended a not so private audience with His Holiness, Pope Francis. On this occasion, we and another 25 or so couples from Slovenia about to get married went to the Vatican, where Pope Francis spoke to over 20,000 fiances, and the couples received a gift from the Pope himself. You'll find out soon enough what it is. :)

Upon our return, Kristina and I, together with another couple who had been to the Vatican, were invited to give an interview for the Ognjišče radio. You can listen to the whole thing in the link posted above.

Aljaž - not wanting to listen to myself speak

August - zdaj gre pa čisto zares!

The Final Four...

So it begins - the final countdown to the big day. Contrary to the name "A BridalBlog" I decided that today was my turn to go first and write something. And going through this website, I realised that 1 August was a day when truly great things have happened. (the arrival of the first slaves to the USA, the discovery of oxygen, the birth of Herman Melville, the birth of Yves Saint-Laurent, the last diary entry of Anne Frank, etc.). 

And today is a big day for us, because it is giving us the chance to learn a vital lesson about patience and perseverance. What happened was our car broke down and is now being repaired by Kristina's uncle. Hopefully, the surgery will go well and we'll be back to cruising around the country in our little Peugeot. :) Nostalgia aside, that car was our main means of transport and being left without it throws a serious spanner in our getting-around-and-doing-things works. But rather than giving in and whining about it, we try to make the best of a bad situation and look on the bright side of life.

Our bright side of life :)

But why consider this important in our preparations for marriage?

Life's a piece of shit

When you look at it
Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true.
You'll see it's all a show
Keep 'em laughing as you go
Just remember that the last laugh is on you.

source

OK, maybe the lyrics are a bit harsh and life isn't a piece of shit (at least not for all of us all the time). But the point is: life has its ups and a bunch of downs. And Kristina and I have decided to celebrate the ups and get back up after the downs together, with today, 1 August, giving us the perfect opportunity to put that theory into practice. Especially since we're going to have a busy weekend (come listen to us sing this Sunday at the church of St. Nicholas in Bizovik) and a car would have come in very handy.

Aljaž  - wishing for a hitchhiker's guide


Dan, ko se vse obrne na pozitivno stran

Tako, avto je popravljen, hvala stric Matic :)
Ko misliš, da gre čisto vse narobe, pomaga, da človek malo zadiha in pogleda na težave iz različnih perspektiv.

Z Aljažem sva ravno prišla s Koroške in že zaplanirala dneve do nedelje, ko naj bi se vračala tja. Zelo na hitro sem se zmenila za prvi plesni termin s sosedo (petek ob 14.00), za katerega je v kolobociji z ostalimi obveznostmi in odvisnostjo od avtomobila kazalo, da bo propadel. Žal bi zelo težko v najin urnik spravila kak drug termin, ki bi bil sprejemljivo zgoden pred samo poroko, a kot kaže, se vse vedno uredi v najboljše dobro!

Plesna učiteljica Valentina Pšag je oseba, ki mi je v zadnjih treh letih najbolj blizu, pa se kar nekajkrat zgodi, da pravzaprav ne moreva v miru poklepetati, čeprav sva sosedi. Zelo sem vesela, ker sem si dovolila zadihat in ne preveč skrbeti za avto in ostalo (kazalo je zelo slabo, vendar se je k sreči dalo hitro popraviti). Ko sem tako vsa v skrbeh klepetala z Valentino, me je še posebej v dobro voljo spravil klic duhovnika, ki naju bo poročil. Jože Kastelic, za katerega sva v času spoznavanja ugotovila, da je SKUPEN dobrotnik obeh najinih družin, je bil prav takrat na Koroškem (verjetno na ogledu in kakem sestanku glede same poroke, ker sva si ga "izposodila" od drugod). Rekel je, da moli za naju in mislim, da je to tisto, kar je zares pomagalo. 

Tako sva včeraj popoldan preživela najbolj čudovite ure učenja plesa! Po večernem skoku v Ljubljano na pevsko vajo sva dobila nazaj popravljen avtomobil in presenetljivo prijeten dan zaključila v družbi sosedov, ki so naredili hišni piknik. HVALA za take ljudi in HVALA za ČUDOVIT dan!

Kristina (tokrat na drugem mestu objave :))

APZ poroka - APZ Wedding

Veste kaj? Tokrat morda res zadnjič omenjava APZ, o katerem vedno znova piševa. Kar ne gre drugače. Pred kratkim sva izvedela za še eno APZ poroko, ki bo le nekaj tednov za najino, kako lepo!

Foto: Željko Stevanić

APZ poroke (ko se pač poroči prava APZ-jevka ali APZ-jevec ali celo APZ par :) ) so vedno nekaj posebnega, če ne drugače po svoji glasbeni plati. Zbor s svojo zares kvalitetno glasbo, ter seveda obrazi, ki jih ne boš nikoli v življenju pozabil, saj si z njimi delil svoja tako rekoč najlepša leta življenja ... Da ti tvoj posebni dan polepša čudovita družba, s katero si več let prepeval, švical na odru in trdo delal na vajah, spoznaval tuje dežele in ustvaril večna prijateljstva, to je res nekaj neopisljivega! 

Upam, da bodo lahko del tega začutili tudi drugi svati, ki bodo na cerkveni poroki slišali naslednji repertoar skladb:

• Poročna koračnica 
• Pozdravljena zemlje ti blagoslov (Lojze Mav) 
• Gospod, usmili se (Missa in honorem S. Josephi, J. Pogačnik) 
• Taaveti laul nr. 104 (Cyrillus Kreek) 
• Aleluja (Trošt) 
• Bogorodice devo (Rachmaninov) 
• Bogorodice devo (Schnitke) 
• Gospodi (Schnitke) 
• Poj ljubezni (Darlene Zcshech, solo skladba) 
• Otche nash (Schnitke) 
• Jagnje božje (Missa in honorem S. Josephi) 
• Beati quorum via (Stanford) 
• Ukuthula (afriška) 
• Deep river (Ringwald) 
• Aleluja (Handel) 
• An Irish blessing (Moore) 

Žal se morava opravičiti splošni publiki (svatom), ker ne bo veliko slovenskih pesmi (razen seveda zunaj kakih slovenskih ljudskih, ki pa so včasih zaradi naših čednih narečij tudi kar težko razumljive). Rada poveva, da nama je od vsega cirkusa okrog poroke in oblek in še vsega ostalega pač najbolj pomembno to, da na poroki slišiva najine izbrane pesmi in APZ Tone Tomšič Univerze v Ljubljani. Tiste res posebne skladbe bova predstavila (prevedla) kar tu na blogu. Da boste vseeno lahko vedeli za kaj gre.

Še 32 dni.

If Music Be the Food of Love

From the very beginning, the one thing Kristina and I wanted for our wedding was good music. So the decision to ask our friends at APZ Tone Tomšič to help make our big day truly special seemed natural. This was the setting where we first met in 2011, when I joined the choir and where Kristina spent a little over 6 years. The choir is very experienced in singing at weddings, so we believe that even our quite substantial wishlist (see Kristina's post above) won't be too difficult. :)

But when Kristina and I took a closer look at the church where our wedding ceremony will take place, I found that there will be more than enough room for another choir - KAPZ Mohorjan, where I sang for 7 years and was the setting where I first encountered choral singing. Being a part of that choir also made it very difficult for me to make the decision to join APZ TT, since I knew that juggling both would prove nearly impossible. But that decision came after careful consideration (not two mention the 2 years of nagging to come and join APZ from Barbara Slivnik :P ). In the end, it was probably the pragmatical side of me that prevailed. 

My calculation was that during my time in APZ Tone Tomšič I would encounter at least 100 people of my age from every conceivable professional field imaginable. The next logical assumption was that it was statistically necessary that at least one of those people would help better my life in some way. And I could not have been more right! :) But now the time has come to leave the ranks of APZ and move on to new adventures, most likely featuring my friends from KAPZ Mohorjan.

And just so you'll know what our wedding repertoire will be all about - here's a translation of the one of the songs
(thank you, Matej Velikonja, for showing me this wonderful piece :) )

Psalm 104: 1,24
Bless the Lord, O my soul. Praise the Lord!
O Lord my God,
Thou art very great.
O Lord, how manifold are thy works!
In wisdom hast thou made them all.
Glory be to Thee, O Lord,
Who has made all things.
Glory to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Now and evermore.
Amen.
source: http://www.gregorywbrown.com/music/psalm-104-from-taaveti-laulud-cyrillus-kreek/

Aljaž - sing for the moment

S poroko spodbujava slovensko gospodarstvo - Helping the Local Economy by Getting Married

Sledi malo daljše razmišljanje o tem, kam in zakaj dajemo svoj denar. Razložila bova tudi, kaj imava v mislih, ko rečeva, da s poroko skušava spodbujati slovensko gospodarstvo.

Včeraj zvečer sva imela z bodočim možem dolgo debato o Bogu, Palestinsko-Izraelskem vprašanju in smislu najinega skupnega življenja. Vse je bilo pomešano, razvilo pa se je iz zavedanja različnih vojn na svetu, krčenja naravnih virov in Aljaževe zgodbe o zgodovini sveta (spomnim se, kako rada sem imela zgodovino, vendar sem veliko tega enostavno pozabila ter zato z zanimanjem poslušala Aljaževo razlago).

Za najino poroko sva že v samem začetku načrtovanja rekla, da bova z nakupi skušala spodbujati vse, kar je slovensko. Odziv prijateljev je bil tudi ta, da sva si torej izbrala drago poroko! Kar malo me jezi to prepričanje. Kako je možno ter v čem je smisel, da je slovenski proizvod pogosto dražji od izdelka iz tujine? Si lahko midva SLOVENSKO vseeno privoščiva? Bova sploh dobila to, kar si želiva?

Veliko razmišljam ...

Nekaj tednov nazaj sem od Vesne Vuk Godina slišala, da je vsak nakup politično dejanje. Takoj sem se strinjala z njo, mislim pa, da sem šele včeraj zvečer dojela, kaj to v resnici pomeni. Aljaž se je v svoji razlagi dotaknil tudi dejstev, da svetovne korporacije, ki jih na tem mestu (še) ne želim imenovati, izkoriščajo NAŠ SKUPEN svet in za tem stoji en sam cilj: PRODAJA – IMETI VEČ! Morda se vse skupaj pomeša še z željo po oblasti, vendar tudi tu zadaj je verjetno skrita zgolj težnja po tem, da ima nekdo več kot vsi drugi in te težnje pravzaprav ne razumem (mi jo lahko kdo razloži, lepo prosim). Mislim, da opisana težnja v določenem človeku – posamezniku nastane zgolj takrat, ko ni zmožen omembe vredne čustvene inteligence. Verjetno se mu to zgodi zaradi napačne vzgoje, življenjskih travm, ki jih ni uspel predelati, ali pa (najbolj pogosto) splošne brezbrižnosti, zgovarjanja, da sam ne more ničesar spremeniti (in zato še naprej kupuje samo tisto, kar je najceneje, in se ne udeležuje volitev). Joj, kako smo zemljani postali skrbeči le za lastno rit!

Kaj ostane pri prizadevanju imeti več kot drugi (lačni afriški otroci, onesnažen zrak, izsekan gozd, vojna opustošenost) človeštvu očitno sploh ni pomembno. Načeloma ima Slovenija kar se tega tiče še srečo. Ker je majhna, ni tako tržno zanimiva. Pa vendar se že čutijo tudi prizadevanja, da bi naše vodno bogastvo privatizirali, torej prodali NAŠO pitno vodo! Verjetno tistemu, ki bi zanjo dal več denarja. Dragi Slovenci, se zavedate tega?

Sprašujem se, ali je Slovenija ena redkih držav, kjer obstaja trend kupovanja lokalnih proizvodov in zakaj. Kako močan je ta trend? Zakaj še vedno zahajamo (žal tudi jaz) v trgovine, kjer kupujemo tuje (tudi prehrambene) proizvode (v akciji!), ter s tem pod vprašaj postavljamo lastno zdravje, kmetijstvo in gospodarstvo? Ali lahko z zavedanjem, da je v Sloveniji MOŽNO ustvariti blaginjo njenih prebivalcev, to dejansko tudi izpeljemo?

Danes zjutraj sem se zbudila sama od sebe nekaj minut pred sedmo uro. Budilke torej danes nisem potrebovala in koliko je še stvari, ki jih imam, pa jih pravzaprav sploh ne potrebujem. S termometrom sem si izmerila telesno temperaturo, saj se učim naravnega načrtovanja družine. Da ne bi zbudila Aljaža, sem po prstih odšla v spodnje nadstropje v kopalnico in se zavedla, da v svojih prvih minutah dneva potrebujem: stranišče, toaletni papir, milo, nekaj vode, zajtrk in nato tale računalnik in internet, če želim svoje razmišljanje deliti z vami. 

Pravzaprav pa za svoje lastno življenje ne potrebujem veliko: obleko, streho nad glavo, vrt, kjer si pridelam nekaj hrane in ljudi, ki me imajo radi.

Kaj pa potrebujete vi?


The Ultimate Question about Life, the Universe, and Everything (D. Adams)

Yesterday I realised that I've come to miss serious political debate, so when the chance for that came with Kristina, I felt the 2 and something hours just flew by. The evening was marked by a brief summary of the situation in the Middle East, especially the Palestine-Israeli conflict, and how, in essence, the whole affair is a fratricide. I also came to remember how much I like history and my ability to tell a story (with a willing audience, of course :) ). What I found especially gratifying was the fact that even my 11 year old brother managed to peal himself away from the TV to listen to my 20-minute tall tale. 

A pessimist might be duped into thinking that the whole world is just everybody killing everybody else. And sometimes it is. And it seems that humanity has become an expert in making up the most contrived reasons for finding new and ingenious ways to kill our fellow man. But taking a deeper look into the situation reveals that the reasons for all the mayhem are usually very "earthly", with the most common being greed. Rest assured, however, that I'm not going to lecture you on how "greed is an evil deed, and sharing is caring". People should figure that out for themselves.

Kristina and I have decided to do our best to stop multinationals from exploiting those bits of our planet that still have something to offer, and to focus on Slovenia. Right now, our home needs all the help it can get in bringing back hope to people, who often seem to have given up in light of everything that's going on. 

When we told a friend that we want our wedding to be "as Slovene as possible", his response was something along the line of "you've picked a pricey option". That may be the case, but, as Kristina has already pointed out, each purchase we make is a political act. And we chose to empower Slovenia with as many decisions as possible.

Aljaž - feeling like politics should be for everyone

Poročna torta - The Cake

Tina Ilar, ki je v zadnjem letu postala odlična samostojna slaščičarka, me je povprašala, kdaj pridem v tem blogovskem pisanju do poročne torte :)

Naj povem, da moja prijateljica peče torte za vse priložnosti, makrone, "cupcakes", piškote, pite, potice, štrudle in slano pecivo. Njene stvaritve imajo poudarek na sezonskih sestavinah nabranih na vrtu in v naravi. Če ne bi bila pot iz Ljubljane do Koroške tako dolga, bi z veseljem svojo torto naročila pri njej, tako pa bo morda priložnost le za nekaj suhega peciva. Naročilo za torto sem namreč že oddala.

Slaščičarka Tina Ilar: najljubša torta Hansa Moserja,
Cvetličarna Flamingo Lea Ilar s.p.: vrtnica

Okrog tega nimam prav veliko povedati, ker ne vem, kam sem "pospravila" zapisane dogovore okrog torte, najbrž je nekje doma v Ljubljani. Prihajajoči teden je zadnji čas, da spraviva vse skupaj na kup in dorečeva nerešene zadeve ...

Po priporočilu prijateljev, ki sta se poročila na Koroškem, sva se odločila za torto lokalnega ponudnika. Na kmetiji Medved imajo registrirano dopolnilno dejavnost na kmetiji in sicer C10.710 - Proizvodnja kruha, svežega peciva in slaščic (zanimivo mi je zadevo zapisati s šifro, ker trenutno malo raziskujem tudi področje dopolnilnih dejavnosti na koroških kmetijah).

Petra N. Pšeničnik je večkrat priznana ustvarjalka tort in peciva, zato praktično nisva imela drugih ponudnikov v mislih. Pri obisku na kmetiji, kjer sva z Aljažem oddala naročilo za torto, je možno preko fotografij in modelov videti, kako bi torta lahko izgledala. Aljaž si je zaželel neko ekstra stojalo za torto, vendar meni ni bilo všeč. Ker je bilo čutiti nekaj slabe volje, sem želela slišati in povedati argumente za in proti. 

Mogoče je bilo za tisti dan preveč vsega (če se prav spomnim smo na isti dan v prisotnosti njegovih in moje sestre rezervirali tudi gostišče in dorekli meni večerje ...), zato sva raje naročila kar neko klasično trinadstropno torto kvadratne oblike (brez posebnega stojala). Spodnji rob vsakega nadstropja torte v beli barvi bo (verjetno) okrašen s temnozelenim trakom, vrh torte pa bosta krasili dve sončnici. 

Okusi torte? Kolikor vem bodo borovnice (po koroško so to ČRNICE), čokolada in še nekaj, kar imam nekje zapisano.

Toliko za enkrat. Objavo bova dopolnila s sliko torte na poročni dan :)

One square meal a day...

They say that cake is the most important meal of the day. Well, maybe not everyday, but on 30 August that will certainly hold true for me. :) As mentioned by Kristina, the full details of our wedding cake have gone AWOL, but we do now that the cake will be a square, triple-tiered, chocolate, blueberry, and mysterious flavor masterpiece made by Petra Navodnik Pšeničnik.

But enough about the cake. A thought has been going through my mind these past several days about the importance of alone time in a relationship. Don't get me wrong, I love spending time with Kristina, but there can come situations when we've both had "too much of a good thing". One of the occasions which demonstrated this phenomenon was exactly the day, when we were picking out our wedding cake. That day had been filled with wedding-planning activities, the cake appearing last on the day's menu. So when it came time to talk about it, I've maybe had just a little bit too much of everything and just wanted to unwind. The lack of that possibility most likely caused a short circuit between us. That's when I realised that "me" time will be essential in our relationship (goes for both of us).

So, although I did miss her, it wasn't too bad the past two days, when she went to Ljubljana on some errands, while I stayed in Koroška, healing a bee sting to the the foot, which caused massive swelling. I guess running around barefoot isn't without its perils. Being alone gave me the time to think, to be at my most effective in terms of work, and to have another one in a series of honest heart-to-hearts with myself. The situation called for it, and I've discovered that I'm right on track with my life. :)

Aljaž - having my cake and eating it soon