Hi, my name is Amanda. I started this blog about a year and a half ago to keep family and friends up to date on our ever-changing, Army controlled, God-loving life! My past-times include neglecting the blog, ignoring harassing texts and emails from my family about the blog, and eating Wavy Lays Chips and Heluva Good Dip.
I feel that it is only right that I introduce myself again considering I have been so rudely absent for almost two months.
Let me give you a quick recap of everything that's happened since I last posted.
1.) I scrubbed every square inch of our house because I was a nervous, anxious wreck about the man returning.
2.) Johnny FINALLY came home from a year-long deployment in Iraq.
3.) I flipped out and had a minor breakdown because it was such a huge, overwhelming change and I was not anticipating that anything would be different....but DUH...he was gone for a year.
4.) We rekindled our love, he told me I was bonkers and now we are slowly adjusting back to "normal" life....whatever that is.
5.) We had about 40 of our closest friends and family over to our house for a "Welcome Home Oyster Roast Party" which was awesome and Johnny got to catch up with his buddies that he hadn't seen since our wedding!
6.) We saw our two cute little nieces dressed up as fairies for Halloween.
7.) We went to Charleston for The Citadel's Homecoming weekend and spent lots of time with "couple friends" who don't have babies...it was amazing!
8.) We decided we are so over everyone having babies right now and are not planning on having kids for a long while. (So, no need to ask us anyone!!)
9.) We finally became members of the church we've been attending for 3 years which is super exciting because we've been wanting to do it for about 2 years now, but he was always gone!
10.) We hosted Thanksgiving at our house this year and I cooked everything including a huge turkey all by myself!
And that's about it! See....you haven't missed much! I have lots of pictures that I need to upload from my camera to the computer, so when I do that, I will post some on here, too. Life is crazily busy now that he is home which in and of itself was a major change because my life was so quiet and simple while he was gone. Ya know, no one prepares the wives for this stuff...there was NO re-integration brief for me. I'm just thankful we are 100% committed to our marriage and that God is the center of our lives and relationship....I can't imagine how much harder it would be without that solid foundation.
Sorry for my absence friends :)
2 comments:
Welcome Back Amanda. :)
Yes, they need to give classes on what to expect when spouses return. I know I could have used that. You get used to doing everything for yourself that when someone comes back into your life you forget that there will be changes, and especially since you are newlyweds. Glad you are reconnecting and congratulations on making your church your church home!
LOL! Worth the wait.
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