6 Cities in 12 Months

Do we want kids...yes.  Do we want kids now...NO!  It seems like so many people are wishing babies on my womb. Don't get me wrong, yes I love kids.  I think children are one of the most precious things on this earth however, I do not hear my clock ticking... AT ALL!  In fact every time I spend at least 20 minutes in Wal-Mart I think it starts spinning backwards...LOL  Everything in due time...

I know when the timing is right God will bless us with my twin boy and girl that I've wanted for over 10 years now.  Just like he has for my friends Renee and Walt as well as my favorite celebrity couple, Mariah and Nick. (Don't judge me).      We realize that we are not getting any younger but people, WE NEED AT LEAST A YEAR before we jump on the baby train.  So in the meantime we are going to explore as much as possible over the next year.  Starting January 1st we are committing ourselves to hit at least 6 CITIES IN 12 MONTHS.  Jay and I love traveling.  I don't know what it is but it's like we become our ideal (couple) selves whenever we hit the road.  So in 2012 it's going down.  Whether train, plane or car we are getting the heck out of Georgia...mostly!    

(the following are not in any particular order)
THE LINE UP:
San Francisco, CA
Las Vegas, NV
Honeymoon
New York
Washington D.C.
Savannah, GA
Anything else is a bonus!

FLY LIKE A G6!!!!

So We're Married...NoW wHaT?!?!?: The Breaking Point-

So We're Married...NoW wHaT?!?!?: The Breaking Point-: Sooooo, it's been a month that we've been married and let's just say I haven't exactly been on track for wife of the year award... . La...

The Breaking Point-

Sooooo, it's been a month that we've been married and let's just say I haven't exactly been on track for wife of the year award... .  Last week I honestly felt like the worst wife ever!!!!  With this new job and the crazy commute I'm gone 12 hours a day, M-F.  After scrambling around for the entire month prior to the wedding I was completely exhausted.  

Next thing I know the wedding is here and gone leaving behind a few family members and friends over the following week to entertain post wedding.  Jay, my husband, and I didn't plan on an immediate honeymoon because there is no way to know how lenient a new employer would be about allotting a lot of PTO...and quite frankly I was uncomfortable asking.  Luckily, I was able to get 2 days off prior to the wedding but hit the ground running the following Monday after the wedding.  So in short I've become a zombie Monday - Friday.  The weekends are spent catching up on housework that I didn't get to during the week.  So, aside from contributing to Thanksgiving I haven't even cooked for my lucky husband.  Feminist movement or none, I'm pretty sure that this is not the way to start a marriage!!!! 

It was becoming one of those problems that you hope is just in your head but then someone makes a comment and you can't ignore it anymore...  Jay finally said to me last week, "I know they say you change when you get married...but I didn't expect the change this quick.  I should have just stayed single!" Despite our mutual laughter, it's soooo not funny.  I mean how many people really want to be on the Kardashian plan?!?!  As if this wasn't warning enough I actually said I don't feel like decorating for Christmas. (Not even putting up the tree).  Now some of you may not care at all about Christmas, but it's my favorite holiday!!!  I couldn't get those words out of my head.  So I decided ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!  I've got to force a change and I've got to do it now!  

So now... Starting with our first full week in December I'm committing to livening things up at home!  As an over achiever how could I be a R*CK*ST*R everywhere else in my life and not where it matters most?  I started last night off by putting some of my amazing new cookware to great use!!!  And I have to say...THANK YOU NU WAVE OVEN!  This is officially my new favorite toy.   I've never made a whole chicken in my life and this bird was amazing.  We should have taken before and after pics because we TORE IT UP!!!

Here's to this new adventure called marriage...   

-E  

Many couples are co-habitating before marriage and my now husband and I are no different from this modern trend. After hitting a slump immediately following the wedding 2 things occured to me.

1) Terms like "Newlyweds" and "Honey Mooners" were originally applied to those newly married couples back in a time where it was taboo to live together prior to the I-do's.

2) So that new fuzzy feeling may not be there post-nuptials because nothings changed at home but, at the same time those hard to avoid "debates" over combining furniture, working out financial plans and how to decorate squabbles are out of the way.

So what does this mean...

In regards to my personal situation, my husband and I have lived together for almost 2 1/2 years. We bought a house over a 1 1/2 ago and we do not want to have kids yet. At least for the first year of our marriage. We've ironed out a lot of the kinks of combining 2 lives into 1 household and at the least we are aware of what we may have not "ironed out" about each others living habits. Arguments over Alarm clocks, cleaning habits, cooking, bills etc. are in a since "old hat." So, I've chosen to look at this as a jump start!  As far as the "newlywed feeling." Well that's going to require a little bit of work but all great things do... right?!?!?!

So in short this blog is going to be about the adventure of the first year of our marriage and the things that we are going to try out to give our marriage that fun new feeling, minus the surprise of new found co-habitation!!!

-E