First Blog Ever.

Well friends, I have been convinced that I should start a blog. I suppose there are a number of reasons for this, but a friend of mine told be that no newlywed wisdom should go unshared. In the few months we have been married I have learned a lot of what to do and what not to do :). Things like, don't wash your husbands white tee shirts with colored socks, EVER. And the defrost function on the microwave doesn't lie when is says it needs 23 minutes to defrost the chicken that you now cannot cook because its frozen in the middle. I have learned however that Dominoes Pizza is a miracle, and that the simple things make all the difference. In my short time as a newly wed I have also learned the importance of building appropriate boundaries between family members on both sides ( Especially those who seem to insist that we are still five and cannot tie our own shoe laces). Its really important that right off the bat, you let your family and friends know that the sacred "husband wife" relationship is the one that is CENTER now. You still love them, but there is someone else in the picture that is YOUR family. That's right ladies, you can't go running to Daddy for help anymore. Actually I suggest immediately switching your phone, health insurance, and car insurance over to your new name ASAP. Let your man handle it, trust me he can do it. Which brings me to my next point. Just because your married now doesn't mean that he didn't do his own laundry before you got married. However its awfully nice of the handy wife to do a few things for him so you can spend all your time soaking each other up when he gets home from work. Things I love to do for Paul consist of cooking, and making the house pretty. I want home to be somewhere that he wants to be. Last piece of advice is LOVE the man to pieces because someday life will be too busy and you won't have the time to load up on kisses like you can when your first married. Besides, God blessed us wives with an incredible partner in a husband. Let him be your best friend. Pray together. Go to church together. Grow together. After all, life is an adventure don't you think??