I have been, and are still taking a break from this site.  I don't have anything fun or cool going on in my life to write about, and honestly I love spending my extra time with my husband and friends instead of being on the computer.  I used to be able to blog here while at work, however with job and budget cuts my job has become quite busy, and I don't get to check things like I used too!  I am on Facebook, and check that daily to check on all my friends....so if you want to catch me-check me out on Facebook!

So, not much has been going on in the big M-town.  We really didn't do anything for Memorial Day...probably because Nana is back in the hospital, so most of it was spent going to see her, and trying to relieve family members who had been up there for hours on end.  I stayed with her last night, and she's doing much better.  She puts on a good show for my granddad (Pops) and my Aunt because they baby her, however my Mom, Emily and I don't, so she knows she better act right for us.  She's been doing more therapy to help her hip recover from surgery, so if everything goes right she will be back at the rehab place today. Then we have the "drama" or "saga" if you will of Amy and her "new friend."  Let me set the stage for this one...you see, two months ago my Mom, Amy, Emily and I went to Viking Culinary Institute for a cooking class.  Our instructor was a cute guy in his late 20's to early 30's, kind of hyper, but nice.  I guess maybe I don't notice single men anymore, but apparently said instructor caught Amy's eye.  The next weekend Amy takes her business card back to Viking to give it to the instructor (this was not random, as he had asked her to do this when we were at the class) however, on the back of the card she wrote a little note about him being new in town, and getting a drink or something.  So, dude calls her, and they have pretty much been inseparable since that time.  Here's the weird part.  He moved here to take an interim teaching position at a local Highschool. Doesn't have anything full time now, and spends every waking moment at Amy's house.  Supposedly they are "BFF's" or something like that because every time you talk to her about him, she's like there is no marriage material in him, blah, blah, but I don't understand spending so much time with someone you don't think you will have a future with.  Well, this weekend Amy started asking us for paint brushes and stuff to paint the dude's apartment, then she was going to go with him to his Mom's and store some furniture, pick some stuff up.  Emily and I (being the Nancy Drew types) think maybe he's going  to live with Amy since he has no income right now?  This can only lead to disaster....and heartbreak, because no matter how much Amy has convinced herself that she has no feelings for this guy, she does.  I don't know how she thinks that my parents won't find out about this, and won't have a MILLION things to say, but all I can think right now is that the summer is just starting to get interesting!

Three years ago today, May 14, 2005, I had the complete and total privilege to marry my best friend.  Right now it seems hard to even think about all I was doing that day. I know I had very little sleep because I was so excited to be getting married.  I think at the time I was excited about my wedding, and what all the day would hold, and not as focused on what an awesome man I was marrying.  Sure, I loved him with all my heart, but I feel you have a tendency, or at least I do, to get wrapped up in the moment.  I remember getting to our hotel room that night and thinking wow-I'm married....who is he really?  I can honestly say that I love Donnie more today than I did when I took those vows three years ago. 

"In sickness and in health" has taken on a whole new meaning.....no longer just words said on a platform. From fertility issues to diabetes.  From a scary night in the hospital with my heart to losing weight! 

"For better or worse"-who knew within the first year we would experience so much of both of these things.  We lost his dad to cancer, we bought a new house, got a new puppy, learned both his and my grandmother's were in the starting phase of dementia, he didn't have to travel anymore, and I got transferred to our East office. 

"Forsaking all other's"- sure that's easy.  I wouldn't want to swap bodily fluids with anyone else, ever again.  It took me a while to forgive and forget about past relationships though.  They haunted us for the first year, but now I've asked God for forgiveness, and learned that what happened in the past is done!

"Till death do us part"- I hope this doesn't happen to us anytime soon, but at least I now know, with calm assurance, that should one of us go before the other, we will forever spend eternity praising God together!

God is so good! 

                                             

Jeremiah 29:11