About 365 days of marriage

I started this blog in April of 2011. At the time, Bret and I were wedding photographers and it was a way to share how marriage is more about the day to day and so much more than the wedding day itself. For about 5 years, I blogged about the joys and sorrows of the Christian walk, marriage, work, family and friends. I’ve blogged every day since a few weeks after I started. In May of 2015, we photographed our last wedding. Now, I have become passionate about simplicity, particularly in marriage, Christianity, business, travel and life. For a number of reasons, we have become minimalists. I’ve found that having simplicity makes life so much deeper, refreshing and joyful. I hope that this blog will help others see the benefits of living simply.

Day 2796 – Eatin’ Crabs Chesapeake Style

Posted on March 7, 2017 by 365 days of marriage

A few days back, Bret and I watch a really great program about Maryland Blue Crabs, Eatin’ Crabs Chesapeake Style.* The DVD was broken up into two segments – where you can find great crab houses and where you can find great crab cakes in Maryland. Since crabs aren’t quite in season yet, Bret bought a big bag of crab chips. I’m not ashamed to admit we ate almost the entire bag….and why yes, it was a family sized bag…

Throughout the show, Bret kept looking at me lovingly. Steamed Maryland Crabs are a big deal to me, and a point of pride in my Maryland heritage. There were some great places shared, I was so happy to know we’ve been to one of them!

Where is your favorite crab house and/or crab cake? We might just have to take a trip around Maryland this summer!

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Day 2795 – If You’re Renting A Car On The East Coast, Don’t Make This Mistake

Posted on March 6, 2017 by 365 days of marriage

Yesterday, I finally finished getting the data entry portion of my taxes completed. Every year, I kick myself for not entering things as I go. When I enter everything at the end of the year or the beginning of the next, it means I have to dig for some information. Thankfully, I have very detailed worklogs for my clients, so I can pull those up and compare the times I worked with the charge I want to write off. Then I know, ok, I was working in Starbucks at 8 a.m. on March 6th for this client, so I can write this coffee off. But when I get to my busy times, especially December and January, it can get very complicated. The last thing I did, was print off my EZPass transactions. If you’re not from the east coast or Maryland, EZPass is a transmitter for tolls. It’s attached to your credit card and the license plate on the car. I’ve had it for years and it’s saved me so much headache. Thanks to the new governor, it has even saved me money. There’s your backstory.

When we rented a car for our summer 2016 road trip, I added the car to my EZPass account. This meant we didn’t have to worry about carrying cash for tolls. When we got back from our trip, I didn’t think about the fact that there was an additional car on my account. Nope, didn’t think about it in fact until yesterday….a good 8 months after we turned in the car. Wouldn’t you know, there were $10 worth of tolls on that little guy’s license plate! GAH! I’ll be call EZPass to see if there’s anything I can do, but it was only $10, so not a huge deal.

So friends, if you plan on renting a car and putting it on your EZPass (or whatever you use in your state) account, please set a reminder to take it off when you return!

Here’s our little Devil’s Advocate. 🙂