The Beginning

So blogging has been around FOREVER it seems and lately I've been reading lots of blogs that my friends write or follow. I guess it was my turn to start one. It will probably help me get out how my day is going or just so that my family can actually keep up with what's going on in my life. Either way I'm going to try keeping this for a couple of weeks and see if it's even worth sharing...so if you are reading this it is probably after the holidays.

I've been married for exactly 5 months and 5 days. It's been good most of the time. Like most newlywed couples we are having our "adjustments" (who does what, being around each other all the time, what to do for dinner, etc). But I do love being married. It's nice to be able to sit on the couch and watch TV all evening if we want to. Some of you know that before we got married and ordained we were in seminary which had strict rules about where we could spend time together and after my back injury happened we spent even less time together. But the point is we survived and are enjoying the benefits of married life :-).

The job front is busy but entirely worth it. My husband, Russell, and I were ordained as Salvation Army Officers/pastors on father's day this year. Now we live in a small town in the Berkshires of MA. We love the town but it's hard-work to be here. We are in charge of everything and have very little help. But we love our jobs so at the end of the day when we talk about the day we talk about how happy we are to be doing it no matter how hard.

Well kettles call, tis the season.