A Picture Story

 

It was our third anniversary….  it started out pretty rocky I think. (hence the tissues) and it was probably over money (hence the back up debit card) and It was a morning that I was horribly upset because there are waffles still on my plate… (Dennis’ are gone.. that let’s you know that whatever happened that morning only affected one of us to the point of eating no breakfast.)

We were technically still eating healthier because there was “healthy” bread that is in the red bowl…. I got over that… (now we eat Natures own honey wheat)….

He bought me something on our anniversary, and I didn’t buy him anything. (hence the pink flowers)…..

It ended well, that day… but it did not start out so good. On special holidays I always get emotional.. and I am so thankful that I took a picture of this morning because ONE PICTURE can say SOO much………

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I will be gone for the weekend…. SO… check back Sunday night with LOTS AND LOTS of GREAT pictures of us while we sat at the feet of KING JESUS!

Honey.. How Close Are We To The Beach?!?!?

First and Foremost:

I want to say that We are home safely!

(It was a definite act of grace that God poured upon us abundantly I might add)

and that It feels good to be back to my stinky (still) home...

with all of its numerous amenities!

So to wrap up our Thanksgiving week and get back into the boring and mundane I must report of our drive back home!

Let me say Secondly:

GOODBYE VILLAGER PEOPLE!!

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On our way home... not knowing how closely I-95 ran to the coast: I ask my husband:

Are we in the middle of the state (Georgia) or are we say... near the coast???

He says: 'Near the coast!"

I say: "Think we could go to the beach???"

Thinking he would say "NO!"

he says with a little hesitation and a hopeful "just kidding" on my part

"You wanna go to the beach?"

and I say "Uh-Huh!"

You must understand that Dennis and I are "on-the-road-travelers,-bring-a-cup-to-pee-in cause-we-ain't-stoppin-kinda-people"
The beach was a stretch of the imagination

Giving me a couple of miles to really think about it he says:

"Are you sure you wanna go to the beach??"

I say: "yEs!"

So he takes the very next exit.

I said:

"Do you even know where you are going?"

he says: "I say that as long as we go east far enough we should run into the beach"

Gladly taking his word for it I just search for signs of water all around.

It was here somewhere.. boats were in yards and every store was named:

"Sea Breeze" or "Coastal.."

I felt that we were near water.

We were!!! We ended up at a naval base. Not exactly what I had in mind but it was beautiful anyway.

Take a look at our unplanned sightings today.

Getting Closer.......... BELOW: My FAVORITE picture EVER..... I take ALL of my pics with my cell phone and look how beautiful it turned out!!!!

There were more water photos but I didn't feel like sending them all to the computer!

We hit rain in South Carolina and we stayed in it steady all the way to the driveway!

It was THE LONGEST trip but its over and we are happy to be home!

Goodnight Guys!!!!

Under New Management!

My delightful hubby has decided that he would "take over." Translation? House cleaning will not just be my responsibility.. it will be OURS. I think that this is completely reasonable since I am in school. Some of you may respond: "Go Dennis! Good for you!" others of you may say: "Shannon should be doing that, its not Dennis' responsibility!" I happen to agree with both! I think that these house chores are definitely my responsibility! I want to do them. I want to be busy at home. But, right now God has for whatever reason placed me in school. It takes A LOT of my time, and A LOT of my energy! Not that laundry is not important, but it does not have a due date, and there is not a G.P.A. attached to it. My ideal situation is to be at home, to be a mother, to be a good wife raising and managing a family. But obviously it is not time for that. I am in school. So therefore, I am lucky enough to have a husband who has decided to help me keep it up! Yes, he works hard! He works long hours and he supports us 100% financially.. but if he helps me with the house, I will help him with the bills one day!

I even feel conviction for even writing this post for some reason! But, this is the latest thing happening in the Maggi Household.

Good things are happening......

I have been thinking about Dennis and I lately... and how different we were when we first met! I mean when we met I was 15! Yes, 15..... and he was THERE for my 16th birthday party at the bowling alley! He was 23... and he was nice, charming, cute, adorable, and I had THE biggest dilemma.. I was barely 16, and he was too old, and he would NEVER be mine! It is the familiar frustration that some of you girls may have had when you were a dorky 6th grader, and your crush was in high school.. kind of thing! ....

Saturday as I was sitting on my front porch sitting beside my aunt Kelly, Dennis was mowing the grass. He was just sittin on that thing, carefully mowing OUR lawn.. and I thought: "That guy was not that guy that I met!" and he isn't! I started to giggle, and that giggle turned into a laugh... and he saw me laughing, and he laughed because I was laughing.. and he had no clue....

Think about this: I had my learner's permit, I was a sophomore in high school, I had never had a job, I hadn't even recieved my class ring when we started dating.... Dennis has watched me grow up! I have also watched him grow up. Before you get all googly on me, first let me say that our 6 total years together have not been ALL cuddly and cute, it has been HARD, it has seemed inpossible, and at a few hundred points in our dating and even married life, I didn't think that we would make it.... but we have.... and we will providing the Lord's provision and direction in our life and marriage.

That man that I was afraid to hold hands with in the car (in the early days) is the same man that mowes our grass, kisses me before he goes to work every morning, while I sleep, is the same man that brings me lemonades from sonic after bible study, that steals half my chocolate bar and grins when I figure it out finally, that farts in bed when I almost asleep.... he is the same man that I love with a more mature appreciation for, is the same man that drives me crazy when he walks through the house and shows me his dirty socks so hint that the floor desperately needs mopped.... He is Dennis, and he is 30, not 23, that is my husband and more than my nightly daydream.... I am happy where we are.... and I hope this growing up or old, or out thing gets all the more sweeter......

He is the same man that leaves me pink heart post it notes on the car that I now know how to drive!..... how sweet.. I love you Dennis!

My Saturday Lover Boy...

I was invited to see a movie on Saturday, WHILE I WAS CLEANING THE HOUSE... and that meant that movie time would kick the cleaning off to another day. . and I had a dilemma! I could
(a) Go to the movie with dear friend, Suzanne
(b) Say no, and continue to vacumn and clean our tiolet.

Knowing that my husband would prefer choice (b) since our house was near to roanoke market building condition!( JUST KIDDING..... ) I knew he would want me to clean. So I run out to the yard skipping... he is on the mower... and he turns it off and I say: 'Honey, Honey,.... suzanne has invited me to see a movie!!" I was wide eyed with a big smile... he says: "What time??" and I say: "3:00" "What time is it?" he says? I say "Uh... 1:30" knowing that he is probably going to say: "FORGET IT, NO WAY... THE HOUSE IS GROSS!" ...... he says: "Go ahead..." and then I was in another predicament........

Dennis is a very tidy person, and he was already being very gracious not getting upset that it hadnt been thoroughly cleaned in awhile... so when he was giving me the go ahead to go see a movie, and not clean... I had to decide what I was going to do!

I decided not to go, because he deserved a nice clean home, and I knew Id be happy to give him that.

Turns out, sometimes we just need to know we can, so we can choose not to.... bizzarre creatures we are!!!

My Wednesday Lover Boy!

I have the sweetest husband....

Today when I left the RHEC building, I went to my car,

and I found this.....

and more inside and outside of the car with sweet little notes!

This says: Your the Greatest!!

And then I found this full one page letter that expressed how he felt...

It was very moving, and much needed. .

And there were flowers!!!! They are beautiful. This pictures does them NO justice. . . .

They are dark and rich in color, the lighting washes them out...

they are beautiful!!!

Ladies, sometimes husbands know just when to do the right things to make a girls day.

I don't get these very often, but I sure do love and appreciate them when I do!

I love my husband.

Our life is mundane and simple, and we live in no fairy tale,

but he makes me feel like a princess.

I love you honey!