Marriage Does Not Guarantee Forever

It's true.  Marriage does not guarantee forever.  I'm not cynical; I'm just keeping it real.  My husband and I are both from divorced families.  Many of my friends are divorced.  Many of my kids' friends' parents are divorced.  Hell, MANY couples are married, miserable and wishing they were divorced!  

So why, when we're putting on the fancy attire and carrying the flowers and slipping rings on fingers do we somehow get it in our minds that it's forever?  Because God said so?  Because the Pope says so?  Because "they" say so?  Who the hell is "they" anyway?  If you take into consideration the national studies done, I'll bet 60 percent of they are divorced.

I'm not trying to be depressing or foreboding here.  I just had a thought this morning that if, when we're first married, we realize that marriage doesn't guarantee forever, we might try a little harder to take care of each other and be kind to each other and make each other happy more often from the beginning.

Just a random thought from a random girl...

A New Chapter

I just cannot believe the zen in my personal life right now.  I'm not bragging; I'm just in pleasant disbelief and wonder!  Since my husband and I moved on to different jobs, we have experienced so much more peace in our home.  We aren't as negative.  We don't bring work home like we used to.  We are nicer to each other.  We're more affectionate.  I knew our previous jobs caused us stress (job stress is always present) but I didn't realize the enormity of it until we did something different.

Oh, don't be fooled.  We still have problems to face and deadlines to meet and kids to corral but without the added stress we had previously, we just face them with lighter hearts and without hyperventilating.  I'm just happy and thankful for the change.

What To Do in 2014...

With the arrival of the new year, I have been thinking about what to do in 2014.  Blog more?  Maybe.  I feel like I stopped blogging because I stopped doing anything worth posting.  Here's some things I would like to tackle.

First, I must do one of these ladders in my upstairs bathroom.  Thanks again, Funky Junk, for a super idea.

http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.net/2014/01/the-bathroom-vanity-is-undecided-which-room.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FKCcu+%28Funky+Junk+Interiors%29




I would also like to do some of these around the house since I'm obsessed with succulents...



Thanks, Tatertots and Jello!
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A list of house things I want to do.  We'll see how many get completed by the year's end.

1. Paint my upstairs bathroom
2. Paint the basement
3. Change some light fixtures
4. Create a storage space under the basement stairs
5. Create storage space in my bedroom closet
6. Curtains in my living room (I can never find any I like.  Maybe I'm too picky.)
7. Paint front and back porches
8. Repair cement porch step
9. Expand garden (maybe a permanent spot instead of a pallet garden)

A list of personal goals.

1. Exercise more (This is an ongoing goal of mine)
2. Salmon fishing (I want to stock my freezer so I don't have to buy it!)
3. Nurture my friendships
4. Nurture my marriage
5. Spend more fun time with my kids

There's more, much more. But this will do for the next year.

New Xmas Wreath

I made these last year for my mom and sister but I wanted one too so here we go.