Just a few days ago my amazing husband and I celebrated our One Year Wedding Anniversary. I am so thankful to have such an amazing man as my husband. I know many wives would argue and say that their husband is the best but ladies, I'm sorry. My husband is the absolute best. I truly never thought I would end up marrying someone who treated me so much like a queen and was as sweet and generous as my husband. Sadly though we have to date a few losers to get our Prince Charming. Now, we have all dated some toads (or some women like to refer to them as frogs). We think that man we just started dating is amazing and exciting. In reality, what was exciting was the rush of a new relationship. You are so happy you are dating someone (or that someone actually wants to date you) that you overlook their downfalls and their negative quirks. You start to make excuses for them when that excitement haze starts to fade. Soon the haze has lifted and you know they aren't the one for you and shouldn't continue dating them. Sadly you become scared of being single again so you make those excuses and dismiss all the problems that keep slapping you in the face. You do this for long enough and one day that one quirk that wasn't such a problem becomes a major problem because its the tip of the ice berg, cherry on top, the icing on the cake... well, you get it. You explode and start realizing that you are better off without this person. You then break up and thus you're single again. My point is, we have all kissed a few toads in our time. Looking back on those relationships I would have to say that I don't regret them because I have learned from them, however, WHAT WAS I THINKING?! Sometimes I think I was going through a stupid phase. In reality, I was just stupid, and possibly (even though I hate to admit it) lonely. Mainly, we all have trouble finding that special someone.
You may be surprised to know that I found my special someone on eHarmony. We were matched on February 4th, 2011, and went on our first date March 6th, 2011. On our first date we went to Outback Steakhouse, Putt putt miniature golfing and mall walking (yes we ran out of things to do in the High Desert so we walked the mall for 20 minutes). We had an amazing time. I can honestly say it was the best date I had ever been on. That first date however was very funny due to the events that transpired earlier that day. I had dyed my hair red the night before. Well, the color on the box was a slight brown with a reddish hue. It was a lovely color. However, I think some little creep changed the bottles in several boxes because when I dyed my hair, it came out RAGGEDY ANNE RED!! I was mortified. I went to work the next day and was teased relentlessly by my coworkers. I was nicknamed from then on Raggedy Anne, Wendy (from the restaurant) and red headed step child. I was NOT going on my date later that night looking like this. My coworkers were pretty nice and took me to buy a new box of dye and helped to dye it brown. It came out really dark but was miles better . I missed my beautiful, chocolate brown hair. Later on during my date, Erich wondered if my eHarmony profile picture was an old one because of the change in hair color. I didn't tell him about the hair catastrophe until several months later. He got a big kick out of it. I also recently told him about the near embarrassing incident at the restaurant where I slipped and had to catch myself on the way back from the bathroom. He said he had seen it and didn't feel the need to draw attention to it. He is sweet and yet I am embarrassed that he saw!
So after just ten months of dating, we married. January 27th, 2012 I married my best friend. Many people say that the first year of marriage is difficult. You are just moving in and learning to live with each other. You get to learn their every day quirks and habits, and you have to learn how to speak to one another without getting into huge fights. I would have to say that we settled in pretty easily. Yes we have had our arguments and one major fight but nothing we couldn't overcome. It has been such an amazing year that I look forward to seeing how much more amazing and exciting our marriage will become.
I believe my marriage to Erich is going as well as it is for several reasons. We have put Christ as the center of our marriage. We also asked the important questions to get to know each other. Those questions can be found at
http://dating.lovetoknow.com/dating-conversation-topics/100-questions-before-marriage. This is actually a great site for couples contemplating marriage. Some couples rush into marriage and end up divorced shortly after. I find this sad because to my husband and I marriage is sacred. We both agree that divorce is not an option for us. No matter what, we will work it out. We also took a marriage counseling class before getting married. This class gave us many ways to get to know each other better and learn how to communicate better.
For our first wedding anniversary, we went on a dinner cruise. The Cruise was sooo.... cold. The weather was chilly and rainy. Luckily we were inside the ship and it was very toasty. The dinner was amazing and the atmosphere was very romantic. We were entertained by the group of young college girls who we called the Wooo girls. They pretty much crowded the dance floor and acted as our entertainment for the evening. They were absolutely hilarious. We had a wonderful time. For our first anniversary I got my husband a ball and chain (I thought it was fitting... don't you?!), and a picture frame with a letter I wrote him while we were dating, and the ticket stubs from our first and second date. He got me a man and wife figurine which I am collecting. I love my husband very much and am very much looking forward to the next 50 years.
Just a few days ago my amazing husband and I celebrated our One Year Wedding Anniversary. I am so thankful to have such an amazing man as my husband. I know many wives would argue and say that their husband is the best but ladies, I'm sorry. My husband is the absolute best. I truly never thought I would end up marrying someone who treated me so much like a queen and was as sweet and generous as my husband. Sadly though we have to date a few losers to get our Prince Charming. Now, we have all dated some toads (or some women like to refer to them as frogs). We think that man we just started dating is amazing and exciting. In reality, what was exciting was the rush of a new relationship. You are so happy you are dating someone (or that someone actually wants to date you) that you overlook their downfalls and their negative quirks. You start to make excuses for them when that excitement haze starts to fade. Soon the haze has lifted and you know they aren't the one for you and shouldn't continue dating them. Sadly you become scared of being single again so you make those excuses and dismiss all the problems that keep slapping you in the face. You do this for long enough and one day that one quirk that wasn't such a problem becomes a major problem because its the tip of the ice berg, cherry on top, the icing on the cake... well, you get it. You explode and start realizing that you are better off without this person. You then break up and thus you're single again. My point is, we have all kissed a few toads in our time. Looking back on those relationships I would have to say that I don't regret them because I have learned from them, however, WHAT WAS I THINKING?! Sometimes I think I was going through a stupid phase. In reality, I was just stupid, and possibly (even though I hate to admit it) lonely. Mainly, we all have trouble finding that special someone.
You may be surprised to know that I found my special someone on eHarmony. We were matched on February 4th, 2011, and went on our first date March 6th, 2011. On our first date we went to Outback Steakhouse, Putt putt miniature golfing and mall walking (yes we ran out of things to do in the High Desert so we walked the mall for 20 minutes). We had an amazing time. I can honestly say it was the best date I had ever been on. That first date however was very funny due to the events that transpired earlier that day. I had dyed my hair red the night before. Well, the color on the box was a slight brown with a reddish hue. It was a lovely color. However, I think some little creep changed the bottles in several boxes because when I dyed my hair, it came out RAGGEDY ANNE RED!! I was mortified. I went to work the next day and was teased relentlessly by my coworkers. I was nicknamed from then on Raggedy Anne, Wendy (from the restaurant) and red headed step child. I was NOT going on my date later that night looking like this. My coworkers were pretty nice and took me to buy a new box of dye and helped to dye it brown. It came out really dark but was miles better . I missed my beautiful, chocolate brown hair. Later on during my date, Erich wondered if my eHarmony profile picture was an old one because of the change in hair color. I didn't tell him about the hair catastrophe until several months later. He got a big kick out of it. I also recently told him about the near embarrassing incident at the restaurant where I slipped and had to catch myself on the way back from the bathroom. He said he had seen it and didn't feel the need to draw attention to it. He is sweet and yet I am embarrassed that he saw!
So after just ten months of dating, we married. January 27th, 2012 I married my best friend. Many people say that the first year of marriage is difficult. You are just moving in and learning to live with each other. You get to learn their every day quirks and habits, and you have to learn how to speak to one another without getting into huge fights. I would have to say that we settled in pretty easily. Yes we have had our arguments and one major fight but nothing we couldn't overcome. It has been such an amazing year that I look forward to seeing how much more amazing and exciting our marriage will become.
I believe my marriage to Erich is going as well as it is for several reasons. We have put Christ as the center of our marriage. We also asked the important questions to get to know each other. Those questions can be found at http://dating.lovetoknow.com/dating-conversation-topics/100-questions-before-marriage. This is actually a great site for couples contemplating marriage. Some couples rush into marriage and end up divorced shortly after. I find this sad because to my husband and I marriage is sacred. We both agree that divorce is not an option for us. No matter what, we will work it out. We also took a marriage counseling class before getting married. This class gave us many ways to get to know each other better and learn how to communicate better. 
For our first wedding anniversary, we went on a dinner cruise. The Cruise was sooo.... cold. The weather was chilly and rainy. Luckily we were inside the ship and it was very toasty. The dinner was amazing and the atmosphere was very romantic. We were entertained by the group of young college girls who we called the Wooo girls. They pretty much crowded the dance floor and acted as our entertainment for the evening. They were absolutely hilarious. We had a wonderful time. For our first anniversary I got my husband a ball and chain (I thought it was fitting... don't you?!), and a picture frame with a letter I wrote him while we were dating, and the ticket stubs from our first and second date. He got me a man and wife figurine which I am collecting. I love my husband very much and am very much looking forward to the next 50 years.