My Baby Left Me :'(

Before you worry too much... he is coming back. But I still miss him!! Jake and my lovely brother, Brandon, left today for a roadtrip to Indiana. They are hauling all (well most) of our stuff to our new apartment there. Which is really exciting! But also... I miss my hubby!! This is the first time we will have been apart for a full day since we started dating in August... yeah... I know right!?!?! I MISS HIM!!!!!! AHHHHHHH!!!!! Ok... I think it's out of my system now.... WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not quite... BOO HOO MOO MOO!!! Whew... alright I'm done. Or at least I'll spare you the rest :D

My Mom is here with me for the weekend, and we're going to visit some old family friends tomorrow. So... I don't think I will be distracted enough to keep from having an emotional breakdown. And Jake will be busy unpacking. Plus he gets to visit with his dad! So, it's a family fun weekend but... I miss my hubby family... sniff.. I mean... we were sparing that weren't we? Sigh...

At least now I know not to take my precious time with Jake for granted. Even though this is hard and even though it's only for a really short time (thank goodness) I can still tell it's strengthening us and our relationship! I LOVE JAKE SO MUCH!!! :) I can't wait to pamper him when he gets back. After all he will deserve it. Here mom and I are spending a vacation weekend together and my brother and Jake are slaving away. Heehee... I love my guys!

Drum Roll Please...

And now for my long overdue introduction. I know that everyone reading my blog most likely already knows me but who knows? Maybe in a few years I'll be a famous blogger and people from all over the globe will be flocking to read my ongoing saga... yeah ok not. But, I still think it might be helpful, so here goes....

I am first and foremost a follower of Christ, baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church. I just recently left (not physically of course since I've been off at school for a few years) my wonderful family to be joined as one with my own, new family. I grew up as a military kid with a beautiful, talented and devoted mother and a handsome, hardworking, loving father. I have an older sister and a younger brother who are also very close to my heart and I miss them dearly.

Right now my new family consists of only me and my husband. We were married less than a month ago and are just learning how to live with one another :) Jake is taking a summer Greek course to finish up his undergraduate degree and we will be headed off to seminary at the end of July. We are both working, me a little more than him because I don't have a class to attend to. I have been trying to do the cooking and most of the cleaning, but it's been so hard! With all these transitions I've yet to get into a routine. Though, I started reading Mary Jo's blog called Covenant Homemaking last night and I was convicted. So my first goal is to get a morning, evening and weekly routine set up this weekend, in order to be more organized and therefore making the house a little nicer, even though we're only here a short time. I promise to update you with a post on that next week as an incentive to actually do it.

I'm not quite graduated as of yet. I still have 15 or so credits I need to finish up in order to get my degree. I double-minored in Christian Outreach and Confessional Lutheranism (yes I get a lot of confused looks on that one). I will be taking congregational outreach online in the Fall to finish up that first minor. I hope to use this education as I continue in my vocation as homemaker, God willing as mother, and also in supporting my husband as he goes into the ministry. We are both very excited to see what people God sees fit to bless us with as part of our family, and we are anxiously awaiting when we will be able to meet all of them.

As I have said before, this blog is mainly for keeping in touch, since both our families and many of our friends are so far away. However, I tend to be just a tiny bit passionate when it comes to my faith and I may delve into some theological-doctrinal discussions; I just really enjoy them! Discussion does mean both ways so feel free to comment... if you can I know people have been having a difficult time with it, and I honestly don't know how to fix it :( or send me a personal email. We'd love to hear from you!

Blessings,
Dalas

Married

Ok so I gave up pretending to keep up with my countdown. And yes I know I have not written in... well a long time. But honestly, thank you notes are of utmost priority and I cannot stand typing with these fake nails that refuse to fall off. But just so everyone... or at least my two readers, one of whom is my husband and knows anyway... knows I haven't fallen off the face of the earth. Hello I'm here and my name has changed. Hurray! Next time I choose torture by way of typing with fake nails that are too long I'll blog about something more interesting. Possibly a little intro to my life so that new readers (if they ever come about) won't be totally lost about myself. Besides isn't that the point of blogging, to talk about yourself in personal ways on a public forum? :D I still am amazed hubby wanted me to do this... considering he's free game now too...

Here Goes Nothing...

Well, after several entertaining months of being a silent ghost on the blog world as a "lurker" I am finally starting my own blog. Why? Well, I don't know really. My wonderful and wise fiance, Jake, keeps telling me I need to. Considering in 24 days I will be promising to submit joyfully to him forever I guess I should start praciticing now. Also, I'm hoping this will be an efficient and fun way to keep in touch with our dear family and friends as we start our new journey together.

So here I am... blogging... do do do... I am waiting for an "Aha!" moment where my brain automatically begins thinking of pithy phrases as soon as my fingers hit the keyboard. What do you mean it doesn't work like that? Sigh... well I hope you will read on if this post bores you then, maybe something pithy will come to me later.

24 Days...