Catch-up

The wedding blog post will have to be postponed for a little while. My computer which holds all my wedding pictures is slowly dying. We have to twist the charger just right and then hold it in place while we use it. It's pretty inconvenient having to type one-handed! That little laptop has seen me through high school and college and the fact that it was a gift from my employer helps me not to be upset that it is in its final stages. Eventually we will have a new computer and then I will blog about our wedding day.
I guess you can call this post a "catch-up post", a rundown on what we're up too and where life is taking us. First let me say that I am in love with being in love. Growing up I would hear grownups talking or read books about "hitting the wall" in your marriage. According to these sources "hitting the wall" is supposed to take place shortly after your honeymoon. I can honestly say that I have no idea what they were talking about. On my wedding day I couldn't imagine being more in love with Luke, and then the months started to go by and my love for him kept growing. We hit our first year anniversary and it was stronger still and now here we are. Hardly past the newlywed phase, I know, but it still keeps growing stronger. Sometimes I'll ponder how this can be possible with a girl like me in the marriage. For those of you who know me well, you know that I have a quick temper, an even quicker tongue, feelings that are easily hurt, and a tendency to be lazy. My emotions can be up and down, I "must" have my way, and selfishness is my constant enemy. So how does this add up?
Simple: Lots of grace, lots of forgiveness, and lots of chocolate chip cookies on both our parts.
A huge blessing that happened since my last blog post is that Luke received a promotion at work. The best part of that promotion was the fact he was able to work day shift for four whole months! Oh what a vacation that was! During those four months, our condo wasn't the cleanest, our laundry not always folded, and dinner was often toast with peanut butter. That's because we were having so much fun being on the same schedule for the first time in our lives. As soon as work was finished we would be out and about and all over the county. Our date budget probably tripled during that time, but at least we saved on our grocery and energy bill! Luke is now finishing up three months of swing shift. I was dreading swing shift with all that was in me, but surprisingly, it is not half bad. I'm able to accomplish so much in the afternoons when I'm off work and I simply stay up until Luke get's off. I average about 5 ½ to 6 hours of sleep a night and believe it or not, but I haven't gotten tired…yet. On swing shift, our condo is definitely at its cleanest and our budgets have been lowered because I have the time to carefully plan meals around coupons and specials. Soon though Luke will be back to night shift and I can't quite remember the exact pros and cons of night shift, but I'll soon find out.

 
So this post wasn't exactly the catch-up or rundown post I was hoping it would be, but it's a start. One of my resolutions is to post more on my blog. Since I don't keep a journal, this blog is the only source my (in-the-future) six or seven children will have to read. So really, this blog is for my sons and daughters and I will try to keep up on it for them.