Well, since I haven’t written in a while, it seems almost expected to write one today (or yesterday). In any case, I woke up today and I thought, “whoa… time does really fly by.” It feels weird – I feel like we’ve been together forever, but at the same time I feel like we’ve already been married a year??!? So yeah.. kinda weird.
In any case, I’ve never been happier. I’ve learned a lot in just one year and I’m sure I’ll learn lots more in the years to come. I know people tend to cringe when there’s public mushy-ness so I will try to make this post as un-mushy as possible 
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Favorite thing this year: Either I’m really boring or I just love the simple things, but my favorite thing that we’ve done this year is sit on the couch and talk til 3 to 4 in the morning. It’s those spontaneous talks that I love. Starting off with “how was your day?” and ending with “crap! It’s 3 in the morning! We have to go to bed!” Those times have been my absolute favorite times this year. And I know that later on, that will be hard to come by so I’m enjoying it as much as I can before the kids come (which won’t be for a while so don’t ask ).
Things I’ve learned: Ummm.. it’s impossible for me to write down everything so I will try to write fun things I’ve learned. First is that, I actually really love watching football… with Andrew. I’ve learned to condition myself to come home after church and sit on the couch and watch as the Jets win and or lose and I’ve learned to love it. It’s really fun when they win… but really sad when they lose. Lol… It’s weird not watching football now after coming home from church.
I’ve also learned that I like to cook/bake… but only when I know I’m not working the next day or something because it takes a lot out of me! Maybe this is the first step to becoming a good wife… right now I don’t like sacrificing my time and energy to cook (not saying I don’t.. i just don’t like it… 
), but it really makes Andrew happy to come home to a good home-cooked meal, so still learning to stop watching my soaps and actually cook him something in the middle of the week. Eep!! (But in my defense, I cook a lot more than before).
I’m still learning to share… I think that’s the hardest part for me. Because before this was my apartment, but for a year now, it’s been ours. So lots of sharing going on. LOL. I don’t think I realized how selfish I was until I got married. I’m sure i’ll realize how much more selfish I am when I have kids, but hey, one step at a time. Andrew has been very patient with me and it always helps to have that. So I’m working on it =).
Lastly but not least of things I’m learning. I’m learning to trust God more with even the simple things in life. It’s funny how He’s showered us with so many blessings and yet we still doubt His knowledge most of the time and try to do things in our own power. But yes, this is by far the hardest thing to learn as we make decisions together such as jobs, buying a home, church, etc. We can definitely grow a lot more in this area =).
Anyways, that’s all I can put into words about learning. I’m looking forward to learning lots more and just getting to know each other deeper. I think it’s really cool that we’ve been together about 4 years (1 year married) and still find things we didn’t know about each other.
I would write more about Andrew and things that I’ve learned about him, but that will go against my un-mushyness rule and so I won’t do it. All I know is that this year has been a great year. I know people say that marriage is hard, and I agree. But I guess since we’re probably still in the honeymoon stage, the hard work just seems to be overshadowed by the great experiences we’ve had this year.
So here’s to many more years together! Looking forward to growing and learning lots more. =)
King’s Contrivance for dinner. It’s in Columbia and we highly recommend it (Yelp review coming up soon )
