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    18 years, What?

    August 30, 2015 - By 

    Today is Rob and my 18th wedding anniversary! Every year I’m amazed at how quickly time is flying by and it is just incredible. No one realized how life and in turn marriage changes through the years. Rob and Me on New Year’s Eve Day 2014 in Key West FloridaWhen we first got married we enjoyed date nights with deep conversations, staying up late working on little projects around the house, jumping in the car for an impromptu jaunt to where ever our hearts desired, and lots and lots of studying because we were still in college. Then, with kids…

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    Happy Anniversary! {17 Years}

    August 30, 2014 - By 

    Happy Anniversary, Rob! Today Rob and I are celebrating 17 years of marital bliss! I couldn’t be happier to have spent this time with him through all the trials and tribulations that life brings. I know that we together work to keep a strong relationship with our Lord and Savior and in that we grow closer together as a couple. I love you, Rob and I look forward to seeing what the next 17 years has in store for us. 😉

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    Happy 16th Anniversary!

    August 30, 2013 - By 

    16 year wedding anniversary stats: -Lived in 5 different places all in the same city (2 apartments, 1 duplex, 2 houses) -Owned 7 vehicles (5 cars and 2 SUVs [1 Honda Civic, 1 Mazda Protege, 1 Mazda GLC, 1 Honda Accord, 1 Acura Legend, 1 Ford Explorer, 1 Honda Pilot]) -Earned 2 Bachelor Degrees -Held 10 jobs -Owned 3 dogs, 3 mice, 1 rabbit -Gone on 7 cruises -Visited 6 Countries/Territories and 17 states -Made 8 trips to the ER/hospital I’d love to come up with some more cool stats, but it’s taken me too long to think of these.…

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    Proverbs 31 Wife {Questions 36-40}

    October 19, 2012 - By 

    Here’s my next set of questions. If you missed my first post about being a Proverbs 31 Wife, you can find it here. Questions 6-10 Questions 11-15 Questions 16-20 Questions 21-25 Questions 26-30 Questions 31-35 36. What do you think about Sara’s statement, “We reflect Jesus in the small things so our families can see him in the bigger things.” Is this hard to do? Why or why not? Sara tells a funny story about walking her dog and picking up another dog’s “droppings.” She could feel God pushing her to do that and to interact with the owner of…

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    Proverbs 31 Wife {Questions 31-35}

    October 17, 2012 - By 

    Here’s my LAST set of questions. If you missed my first post about being a Proverbs 31 Wife, you can find it here. Questions 6-10 Questions 11-15 Questions 16-20 Questions 21-25 Questions 26-30 31. What causes you to feel completely overwhelmed? How do you respond? What tools do you use to stay organized? I’m easily stressed, especially now that I have a job that isn’t stressful. Depending on why I’m stressed determines how I react. Most of the time the stress consumes me. It’s all I can think about, but just like Sara said instead of being overwhelmed with the…

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    Proverbs 31 Wife {Questions 26-30}

    October 15, 2012 - By 

    Here’s my next set of questions. If you missed my first post about being a Proverbs 31 Wife, you can find it here. Questions 6-10 Questions 11-15 Questions 16-20 Questions 21-25 #26. Sara struggles in identifying her role as wife, mom, career woman, and author. She juggles a lot of titles and tries to make sense of how they all work together. Have you ever struggled with titles you or someone else has put on you? How did it affect you? I’m not sure I’ve ever been concerned with my “title.” People know I’m a “busy Mom” who works at…

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    Proverbs 31 Wife {Questions 21-25}

    October 13, 2012 - By 

    Here’s my next set of questions. If you missed my first post about being a Proverbs 31 Wife, you can find it here. Questions 6-10 Questions 11-15 Questions 16-20 #21. Have you ever taken a job out of need over desire? How did you grow from it? Yes, during my time of unemployment, I did several “jobs” that were not fun, but something to help us get by. I grew from it, by seeing myself do things I didn’t think I could endure. Proving to myself I can adapt to many different situations and job environments. #22. In what ways…

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    Proverbs 31 Wife {Questions 16-20}

    October 12, 2012 - By 

    Here’s my next set of questions. If you missed my first post about being a Proverbs 31 Wife, you can find it here. Questions 6-10 Questions 11-15 #16. Does your husband listen to your advice? How do you influence him? How do you influence your family? I’m not sure that give him a lot of advice, but when he asks I give it and he always takes it into consideration. I try to be the word of reason for my family regardless of the topic or the situation. #17. How important is it to you to be beautiful to your…

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    Proverbs 31 Wife {Questions 11-15}

    October 11, 2012 - By 

    Here’s my next set of questions. If you missed my first post about being a Proverbs 31 Wife, you can find it here. My 2nd post is here. #11. Have you ever done something out of your element? What was it how did you feel after you did it? With the my change in careers, I’ve had to step out of my comfort zone and do things out of my element. I haven’t loved it all, but I know God has a plan and for that I have tried to look for the good in it all. #12. Who is…

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    Proverbs 31 Wife {Questions 6-10}

    October 10, 2012 - By 

    Here’s my next set of questions. If you missed my first post, you can find it here. #6. How do you balance work and family? I’m not sure if I am balancing work and family. With my current job, I leave to go to work when my kids are coming home from school. To me that doesn’t seem “balanced,” but I don’t have another option right now. Share some tips that have worked for you. When I worked “normal” hours, I balanced family and work by using the time the kids weren’t there to get everything done, so that in…

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    Proverbs 31 Wife {Questions 1-5}

    October 4, 2012 - By 

    Sunday was my birthday and although, I had to work, we celebrated much of the weekend. We went to Olive Garden Saturday night. Sunday after church we we went to Cheeburger Cheeburger. Rob got me a couple of books that I had wanted. One of them was My So-Called Life as a Proverbs 31 Wife by Sara Horn. I just finished the book. This is really easy read, nothing earth shattering, but I’d never really taken the time to understand what Proverbs 31 says and Sara did a great job of illustrating how she came to try and live to…

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    Marriage

    May 3, 2008 - By 

    Ok, so many of you probably know that life has been rocky for me and well, the commitment that I made almost 11 years ago nearly came crumbling down in front of me. So much of it was my fault and mainly because I was not able to communicate and express what was bothering me. I guess like the counselor I saw said, I am the “textbook unhappy wife”. I won’t get into any details, but I’ve learned a lot in the last nearly 8 months or so. I learned that holding things in doesn’t help anyone, doesn’t do anyone…

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    Dating Log

    March 4, 2008 - By 

    Ok, so Rob and I started having “date night” back in December. We would go every other weekend and we would take turns planning it and usually it was a surprise. So I’m going to recap our dates and what we did… Dec. 8 – (planned by Rob) We went to see the ballet, Nutcracker, and ate a fancy restaurant called Dawson’s at Rose Hill Dec. 22 – (planned by me) I pre-purchased for the movie National Treasure: Book of Secrets. It was the night after it premiered so I wanted to make sure it wasn’t sold out. After that…