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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 2534 – A Few New Things We’re Trying This Trip – or – Cross Country Travel Tips

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We’re on our way! I don’t think I’ll be able to update the blog as I go, so I’m scheduling a few posts! If you want real time updates, check out my Instagram feed and/or search for this hashtag on Instagram (and Facebook!) #mrandmrsgseatosea. I can’t wait to share stories from our trip!

So, a few things we’re doing differently this year:

– Renting a car. Our current car is well over 220,000 miles and we didn’t want to put over 7,000 miles on the poor old guy. Since Bret is a teacher, we got a 25% discount from Hertz. It worked out to be about $450. Bonus – we can put regular grade gas in it! We put mid-grade in ours, so it makes the total amount spent on gas a little lower.

– Packing healthy snacks. I cut up a bunch of veggies, put fruits in Tupperware, and I packed a few boiled eggs and pieces of meat. It filled up our ice chest and I’ll pack less on the way back. But I think we’ll be set on healthy snacks…at least for for the first few days.

– Packing materials for sandwiches. This also filled up my ice chest!

– Purchase a small, behind the seat ice chest. I got a great one for $20 at Big Lots! It fits really well!

– Not new, but worth repeating. I bought all of the snacks and drinks I thought we’d need. This saves SO much! We might be tempted to buy a fun, local snack food, but that’s about it. We also take reusable coffee mugs for coffee refills and hot water for cup of noodles or instant coffee.

– I planned both drives using Roadtrippers.com. This allows you to put in your A->B destinations and then will show you fun things within a set number of miles on your drive. I found a GIANT recreation of a painting and a marble making store. I never would have found them otherwise.

Can’t wait to let y’all know how it went!

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Day 2532 – Thrice Show #1! – Fillmore Silver Spring, Maryland – or – My Funeral Song

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Can I just say I am SO happy that Thrice is back on the road and putting out new amazing music again?!?!?

If you’ve read this blog for a while, you know not seeing Thrice on their “farewell tour” was a regret…and I don’t have many of them. Seeing them last year was just fantastic! We had a wonderful weekend away and it felt like a dream come true. This year, we’re able to see them TWICE, last night and tomorrow. What a great way to kickoff to our road trip!

Another very special thing happened at the show. First, a little background. I’ve experienced a lot of death in my life, as such, I’ve always lived with a “you never know if you have tomorrow” mentality and I’ve somewhat planned my funeral. It’s a big reason why we have a will. For many, many years, I’ve had one of my “funeral songs” picked out. It speaks of what I want my life to be. It’s how I want to be remembered. And by golly, it’s a song you can rock out to. They finished the set (minus the encore) with THIS song. It was amazing. I moshed to this song. I moshed to a song that I want played at my funeral. Friends, you never know how much time you have left…make sure you mosh when you can. 🙂

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Here’s audio of the song:

Here are the lyrics:

“I know one day, all our scars will disappear
Like the stars at dawn and all of our pain
Will fade away when morning comes

And on that day when we look backwards we will see
That everything is changed and all of our trials
Will be as milestones on the way

And as long as we live
Every scar is a bridge to someone’s broken heart
And there’s no greater love
Than that one shed his blood for his friends

On that day all of the scales will swing to set
All the wrongs to right, all of our tears
All of our fears will take to flight

But until then all of our scars will still remain
We’ve learned that if we’ll open the wounds
And share them then soon they start to heal

And as long as we live
Every scar is a bridge to someone’s broken heart
(There’s no greater love, shed your blood for your friends)
And there’s no greater love
Than that one shed his blood for his friends

We must see that every scar is a bridge
And as long as we live we must open up these wounds
When some one stands in your shoes
And will shed his own blood, there’s no greater love
We must open up our wounds”

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