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 2315 – Happy FOUR Year Anniversary Mr. & Mrs. Tilton!!

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Day 2314 – One Of My Favorite Days Of The Year

Posted on November 11, 2015 by 365 days of marriage

My husband is a very humble man. It’s convicting to me sometimes, it’s a fantastic quality and I hope he never loses that.

So why is today one of my favorite days? It’s one of the few days Bret will let me say lots of nice things about him. So here we go.

I’m so thankful for the fact that my husband is a former Marine.

I’m thankful that he put his life on the line serving our country.

I’m thankful for the way the military shaped him into the amazing person that he is today.

I’m also thankful that he wore his snazzy blues at our wedding.

I’m thankful for the Marine Corps Birthday we didn’t make it to…

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And the Marine Corps Birthday we DID make it to!

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Day 2313 – When You Make A Desktop Your Laptop…

Posted on November 10, 2015 by 365 days of marriage

As my laptop has been making is slow than really fast decline into the world of “not working at all, don’t even try,” I’ve had to improvise.

Yesterday was my scheduled “work at my client’s” day. Since a computer is pretty integral to our work, I thought, hmmmm, my laptop is no good….my old laptop is not even turning on….I guess I have to take drastic measures.

So, Sunday night, I packed up….wait for it….my desktop computer. Now, this guy is no small desktop. I have a tower and a 23″ monitor. It took two bags to get it all there, but I did it.

I set everything up on “my desk….that I’ve only used once,” and plugged in my 36′ Ethernet cord and got to work. I have to say, it worked just fine! It was great having my big screen….versus my only slightly smaller 17″ screen on my laptop. 🙂

I had to laugh at myself after it was all set up though…but hey, you gotta do what you gotta do, right?

Day 2312 – Mondays = Sunday Night Replays

Posted on November 9, 2015 by 365 days of marriage

Mondays I typically work out of the “office” aka home. So I’m out pretty much all day. We’ve started to watch all the replays of the Sunday night shows. We just finished watching Once Upon a Time, The Walking Dead and Talking Dead. I have a few stories from today I’ll share another day, but I know some of you keep an eye out every day (thank you!)….so here’s what our living room looked like tonight…except facing my desktop….long story, which you’ll hopefully get tomorrow or the next day. 🙂

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