Well shame on me!... It's been A LONGGGGG time since I've posted!
But a LOT has happened since I last spoke! So give me a break OK! :)
- New Job April 2012
- New Job August 2012
- New Job August 2012 for the Mr.
- New Job February 2013
- New House March 2013
- Married April 2013
- Ruby Sue May 2013
- New Job August 2013 for the Mr.
In April 2012 - I left Medieval Times to go work for a hotel. I was hired by a great boss and GM and I must admit I am lucky to have been able to work for such a wonderful team of management. In August 2012, both my boss and GM were offered a position at another hotel property, they moved me there with them and I spent another 6 months working with them and making a life-long mentor/friendship with my boss. Stupidly, I decided that the position wasn’t something that I enjoyed and I looked for a job and accepted one with Little Caesars. (I loved the hotel, the staff, and the event hosting/booking/busy work of the position, but hated the sales calls/driving and the feeling of accomplishment).
Which brings me to February 2013 - I started a marketing position with Little Caesars. Almost here for a year, I will admit that I have had some awesome experiences including, trips to California, Detroit and Vegas, growth in my career and skill set, but overall; its a position that I despise and cannot wait to leave. I drive 600+ miles a week and I really don’t see what the point in me doing this is?! It's not "my home yet". I don’t know what I want to do for the rest of my life and I really don’t know what position/company will be my "home" I feel like I missed the boat on what I should have really done with my life, but that's ANOTHER story for Another day!
March 25, 2013 - after about 4 months of HEAVY searching, 10 offers, many heartbreaks and stressful moments - Ryan and I finally became homeowners of our DREAMHOUSE! This house made every NO worth it. Our home is everything we want and more and we've had an absolute blast making our house - home. Painting, furnishing and decorating our home together has been so much fun, and a new hobby and relationship building experience for us! We've done a ton of work on the house and still have more (always will have more) to do. I would have to say that we love being homeowners!
One of the best days of my life to this date was April 5, 2013. That day, I married my best friend and my partner in life and in crime ;). It truly was the most perfect day! Everything was exactly as I had planned it and I wouldn’t have changed a single thing. It was amazing to have our closest friends and most importantly our family there with us as we tied the knot. My pastor (since I was 5) was the efficient of the
service and he provided the most meaningful sermon and service. We are blessed by God to have such an amazing pastor in our lives. As much as this was a wonderful day, it was also a really hard day. For the first time in my life I was "leaving" my parents. My dad and I had a really special walk down the aisle, followed by a surprise speech when he gave me away, a tear-filled dance at the reception and another speech which brought the room to tears. I think I realized on that day how much I’ve grown up, how much my parents have done for me, and how quickly life passes us by. I sobbed during our slideshow (both making it and watching it) because you literally watch your life flash before your eyes. The song for our slideshow and theme for my dad during the wedding process was "Don’t Blink" by Kenny Chesney (look for another post on this in the coming days) but I truly think that song captured that day and our lives past, present and future perfectly.
After getting home from our amazing Cruise Honeymoon it was time to settle into our home and begin our lives as the Norman family. It didn’t take long for us to realize that we needed to make our home a family of "3" and it May we adopted our first furry baby - Ruby Sue. She’s out kitten and I love, adore and cherish her to pieces! One of the things I REALLY missed from my parents house was my dog Dixie and I knew that I needed to fill that void in my heart with a pet of our own. Not being much of a cat person, I was hesitant to adopt a cat, but I can honestly say at this point in my life, I AM SO HAPPY WE HAVE HER! Ryan and I often talk about what a pleasure it is to come home every day to somebody that is waiting for you to get there. I cant keep my hands off of her (which I’m sure drives her crazy) but for now she’s my baby and I want to love her as much as I can! She has really made our home happier place :)
In August Ryan was offered a position that will change our lives FOREVER! I am so grateful that this opportunity was given to him/us. I have made no secret of the fact that I hope and plan to be a stay-at-home mom someday in our soon future and with this new role that Ryan took on, I think that dream is really a possibility for us. I am so proud of him because he took this position for us. In order for this to happen he had to take a test to become licensed and he studied his butt off and passed that test! Since then he has been working just as hard to increase sales. My unhappiness with my current position hasn’t made things easy - there have been many a days that I cry and complain about how much I hate my job and I want to quit and the person that hears this the most is Ryan. I know this puts some added pressure on him because he knows my goal is to work at home as a mom and then the main source of income would be through him. I am a lucky lucky lucky girl to have a man like him that is willing to work to support our someday family.
Ok - Well I think that is something of a caught up version of our lives! I am hoping to get on here to post more often so things are much more current and up-to-date! Thanks for reading and stick around for more.
