Married Milestones

Well, we made it folks!  Dustin and I have been married for a year!  Some days it seems like it was just yesterday, and some days it seems like it was years ago! 

Our first year of marriage has been full of bliss, but we have had our newlywed share of fights and disagreements.  I always tell him that there is no one I'd rather fight with, take a break, talk about it, pray about it and make up with than him.  We've fought about the usual things like money, and we've also fought about my things and moving his things.  He had a hard time even changing the direction of the loveseat, or getting rid of his dirty stained bed sheets.  I guess that's what happens when a man lives by himself for 5 years before someone comes along!  I mean, I did changes gradually.  I did the bathroom and bedroom coverings as soon as they were bought, but my sewing room didn't get put together until October which meant my treasured snow globes stayed tucked away in their boxes until then.  Then Hobby Lobby opened and I had to lay the new fabric for the pillows on the couch for a couple weeks, just to let him get used to the idea of new pillows!

And we've had our fair share of fun in the kitchen.  Probably about a month after we got married, we were having the very fancy frozen pizza for supper.  I was sooooooo hungry!  I still don't even know how it happened, but all of a sudden, that pizza hit the wall and slid down...  I almost cried and then decided to laugh hysterically instead.  And then there is our differences in cooking.  I can make a whole meal while using under 5 dishes and I've gotten better at 'cleaning as I go' as my mother suggested I needed to do.  Dustin, my dear sweet Dustin uses almost every dish he can find and covers all the counters in dishes and food and crumbs and it sits there for days.  Our most fun is when we cook together.  Our specialty is meatloaf, where more than once he's tried to tease me and claim he lost his ring while mixing the meat!  He always keeps my heart racing!

And we've had plenty of new additions this year!  A week after we got married, we had a little black and white baby show up, and she's been around ever since.  Our home is just a little cozier with Bonnie Blue in it.  In the fall when our garden got plowed under, we added a little more room for more tomatoes!  Because we didn't get enough salsa made, and Dustin is just a little ambitious!  In December we added 7 more acres of land where we will someday build a house.  Around March, Dustin decided we didn't have enough trucks older than 20 years old, so he bought a 1974 Chevy with a lift box in the back to be used for wood.  And then at Easter, that was the best running truck, so we added a 2010 big red Chevy.  Along with all these things we've added more bills!  but isn't that what happens in life! 

We've also made some subtractions in our year together.  We've gotten rid of all of the tattered, worn out, stained sheets, blankets, and towels of his bachelor days.  We've gotten rid of all the outdated food from when it was too lonely for him to eat at his house and would rather eat at his parents house.  And I think our saddest goodbye was when the '94 Chevy drove down the road with a new owner.  This is the truck where we shared our first kiss, and the truck that brought us to our house on our wedding night. 

We spent our anniversary waking up in our own bed just the way we woke up on our first morning as a married couple.   We went to church where we were serenaded with 'Happy Anniversary' by the congregation.  Then for lunch, Dustin took me out to Mexican which has become his favorite restaurant.  For the afternoon we came home and took a nap snuggled on the couch with Bonnie resting close by.  The evening will probably end with popcorn and cards, just the way we like it.

We've made so many of our married dreams come true this year, but we still have plenty more dreams to fulfill together.  Good thing we're sticking together for the next 50 to 60 years, or however many we are blessed to share together!