Day 2121 – Happy ONE Year Anniversary Mr. & Mrs. Rose!!

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Day 2116 – Be Careful What You Put Online

Posted on April 27, 2015 by 365 days of marriage

I am very aware of my “online footprint” today for a couple of reasons.

First, while we were chatting with people at the party yesterday, one person said to Bret “I know all about you from Jen’s blog” and someone else said “I know what’s going on with you from your blog.” This is by no means the first time I’ve heard this. I actually get it a lot. “I saw on your blog,” “I read that on your blog” or “I loved that blog post.” The truth of the matter is people read my blog, so what I write matters. I do try to be careful what I say on this blog. I try to speak highly of my husband. I don’t put up things that he does wrong. Not because he’s perfect, but because it would not honor him. I think through what I post and ask if it will help others, encourage others, etc. But I also want to share our fun and silly moments, because that IS what’s happening in our marriage.

This verse was heavy in thought when I thought about this particular blog post!

“Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.” Ephesians 4:29

Then, in the process of my work day, an article about a new program came across my path. The program is called Crystal. Basically, it takes all of your online data and compiles a profile about you to help marketers sell to you. This particular program is almost an answer to my post from a few weeks back! I had two responses to this technology…first, I thought it was SO cool! I mean, how awesome would it be if the people who were trying to sell to you actually took the time to learn about you and made those adjustments? If you were a busy person and just wanted to quick facts instead of pages and pages of text?

But it was also a reminder that I need to be VERY, very, very careful what I put online! This report was SO accurate! It said alot, but even very detailed things like – it comes naturally to Jennilyn to like spreadsheets! WHAT??

My hope is that I’m found and remembered by pictures like this…

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Day 2114 – Teaching Bret How To Cross Stitch

Posted on April 25, 2015 by 365 days of marriage

One of the things I was looking forward to when moving was actually cross stitching again. I love cross stitching, but my old “workaholic self” didn’t think I had time. Well, I’ve been slowly quieting that side of myself. So today, Bret was looking at my cross stitch basket and asked to learn.

He is currently stitching and we are watching Harry Potter. I must admit, this has the makings of a perfect day.

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Day 2112 – Happy FOUR Year Anniversary Mr. & Mrs. Curran!!

Posted on April 23, 2015 by 365 days of marriage

What’s really cool about the Curran wedding is they were the FIRST couple to “show us their rings.” I cannot believe it has been FOUR years since I started blogging every day about our marriage. I’m so thankful for clients who were willing to try something new. Have a WONDERFUL day guys!!!

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Day 2109 – A Tour Of Our New Home And An Introduction To A New Way Of Living

Posted on April 20, 2015 by 365 days of marriage

I know our move took a lot of people by surprise, including us. We’ve been thinking about moving out for about six months, we’ve had God impress upon our hearts to move, but we kept finding excuses. After a conversation with dear friends, we knew it was time. A mere two days after our conversation, we visited an apartment complex that had really stood out in our search. There was an apartment available, we filled out the application, were approved and able to move in 3 days later. Conversation on Sunday, apartment visit on Tuesday, move in on Friday. Friends, it still surprises us that we’re here! So, to all of those who were surprised by our move, sorry for not telling each of you personally, but it’s been a whirlwind of a week! lol, for practical reasons, I figured a Facebook post and a blog post would let most everyone know. Oh the impersonal nature of our current age!

Another thing we’ve been thinking about recently is “living light” and being sojourners in this world. We believe that this world is not our home, just a place to journey through to get to our ultimate home with Christ. To that end, we’ve been thinking that we don’t want to have a lot of possessions. While we were talking about moving over the months, I mentioned that maybe we should try to only have things that fit in my Honda Civic. I think that we’ve done pretty well at this new lifestyle. To be honest, we are SO excited about it! Let me give you a tour and show you what this looks like for us.

First, we have a low table with cushions for our dinner table. We tested it out last night!

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After dinner, we cleaned up and set up the laptop and curled up to watch a movie.

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I am CRAZY about my new kitchen! Everything that we have fits (I even took my 7 boxes of kitchen down to 5)!

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This corner in the kitchen is empty and I have no idea what to put here…if I even will. Any thoughts?

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Having a washer and dryer in the apartment has been very convenient too. What we do is put our dirty clothes directly into the washer, saving us from needed a hamper.

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My bathroom that isn’t Batman themed (yet) but has my box of Frozen kleenex.

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Here’s where we will probably lose most of you. We’re sleeping on the floor. We don’t have a bed, just a bunch of blankets. It has been a great night sleep, I’m not going to lie!

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