So... tired!

That's what I am sitting here posting this blog. Haha I try and stay up late on Monday nights so I can sleep in and feel better for work on Tuesday night... but tonight I'm just beat! Haha forgive me if this blog is a little short...

So, this past week was my least favorite work week of the month. Why, you ask? Because Brandon and I work opposite schedules and I only get to see him for maybe 15 minutes total from Tuesday-Friday. I hate not getting to just spend time with my husband... and a five minute "Hey, I love you, Gotta go" sealed with a kiss just isn't hardly long enough for me to get my Brandon fix. I'm so thankful that we have another month before we have to do it again. Ugh! Haha

The rest of this week was mostly uneventful. I worked Tuesday-Thursday which mostly means that while I wasn't actually working, I was sleeping. Haha! Thursday Mom and Dad met with a mediator and finalized everything with their divorce. I'm mostly happy for it finally being over so that we all can move on, but somewhat sad because it is really truly over. I just want them both to be happy, no matter what, and I'm hoping now they can be with nothing else weighing them down. Saturday night Brandon, Brenna, Tyler, Dad, Retta, and the rest of the Canton gang went to see Balsam Range in concert in Canton. They're such an incredible band and we had an absolute blast! Brandon loved them, like I knew he would, and we vowed to go see them again hopefully in July at a BBQ and Bluegrass festival in Spruce Pine. We headed home right after the concert to get in bed so that we could get up early for my concealed carry class on Sunday. God bless my sweet husband, he was my companion all day when he had already had the class and didn't need to actually stay with me. I'm proud to say I passed with flying colors, and now I get to start carrying my Christmas present from Brandon! ;) Today, we got up and went to have Breakfast with Jessica and Ryan. After Breakfast we let our pups have a play date. Fisher and Mia hit it off fast and are most definitely boyfriend and girlfriend! Haha After, we came home, napped, and then went and had dinner with Cameron, Jacqueline, and Bryson. It was nice having today to catch up with our friends, and to get some much needed rest, because frankly I don't think either of us get enough.

Brandon and I are starting to pray about some really big decisions that we will most likely be making in the next 1-1.5 years. We're excited about our future and some of our big plans, and we are praying that they come together just like God wants them to in our lives. :)

Sorry this is so short, but I honestly can't hold my eyes open too much longer! Haha this girl is gonna curl up in the warm arms of her hubby and call today done! :)

See you next Monday! :D

New Year... New Commitment. :)

The theme of 2012 in my life has been "new".

Everything... almost every little aspect of my life has become something new. And most all of it is a perfect and beautiful kind of new. :)

The beginning of this year was rough. Losing my Memaw and then my Nana November of 2011 completely tore my family apart. It's the hardest loss any of us have ever had to face, and I truly lost more than I can even say in the friendship and the love that I had in them. Adjusting to that, and to that hole in my life was hard, and still is hard some days. Now, I have been given a peace in God that I never imagined I would have... I think of my precious Nana and my Memaw and I picture them dancing with Jesus and Claude and Pepaw, and I can't be upset. I feel jealous, and anxious and I can't wait to see them all again. My parents deciding to divorce was another big smack. I stayed mad a lot about what had happened between them, and I have had to learn to overcome that anger and I have truly forgiven them and everything that has happened in their lives. They are both so happy now, and that make me happier than anyone could know. I have also gained some amazing family through this bad situation in Mark and his family and Retta and hers. If I could have told myself the blessing that these people would be in my life one year ago, I would have never worried a single second about anything that was to come. Truthfully, my family has faced all of everything in this past year hand-in-hand and that has made us that much stronger. I am thankful for all of it, knowing that it is all in God's plan, and that everything that has happened has been in his perfect timing for the good of those who love Him. And oh how I love Him!

Now, for the good! Haha in May I finished up nursing school and graduated from Gardner-Webb University. It was such a long hard road to getting that diploma, and I couldn't have possibly done any of it without my family and Brandon constantly by my side to support me. I have since gotten a job at the Life Care Center of Hendersonville  I have both loved and hated my job a million times each there, and I know that God has put me there for a special certain reason. I am trusting him completely with my career, simply because I wanted to be a nurse all along to serve people and to show them His amazing love. 

June 11th marked a year that I had been engaged to the man of my dreams... and oh how I thought I loved him then! On September 8th, we had the most perfect wedding in our favorite little getaway town. It was beautiful, simple, and exactly how I had always dreamed it would be- it was all about our love, I felt beautiful in my amazing dress, and we were surrounded by love. Our honeymoon flew by... but it was perfect. I won't ever forget arriving at the cabin to the most beautiful bouquet of roses from Brandon as a surprise, the nights spent in the hot tub just talking about every little thing we could think of, the fun things we did like Dollywood, the Titanic museum, all the dinner shows... every bit of it felt like a fairy tale. Our cabin in Pigeon Forge was the perfect place with a private hot tub, pool, pool table, and everything all nestled completely away from the rest of the world where we got to sit back and really enjoy each other. If I could go back and live that week a million times, I would. We plan on doing the same thing for our Anniversary this year, and I'm already so excited I can't stand it! Haha Since we have gotten back from our honeymoon, our life has been so amazingly beautiful. I knew then that God had set us each aside for each other, but it has become even more apparent to me now. We just simply enjoy each other so much. Brandon makes me a better person, and he fills in all the little gaps I have in almost every aspect of my life. I love our daily adventures... from little things like grocery outings to adopting our first baby-boy, a Standard Poodle named Fisher. We both just love to have fun, and that's one of the greatest things he adds to my life! We are creating our perfect little family, and God is blessing us more than either of us could have ever even dreamed possible. I am so happy that I can say honestly that I do fall more in love with Brandon every day.

I am so excited for what is to come in 2013! Brandon and I have huge dreams for our little family, I have the most amazing and incredible parents and siblings there to back me every step of the way, I'm trusting God completely to use me in my career as a nurse, I have incredible friends who year-after-year are always there for me, and about a million more things are just waiting on the cusp of this coming year!

I want to make a resolution for this coming year to blog once weekly. It seems in the past that when I've tried to post every day or every other day I never get it done. So I am going to take time out of each Monday (since I stay up late to start my nights on Tuesday night) to blog some kind of blog or another... whether it's short, long, whatever. Haha! :)

So here's to 2013... may you be as good and 10 times better than the year before you! :D

So much "New"!

I've started this new blog at least ten times now, and it seems as if I have so much "new" in my life that I can't fit it all in to one blog!

So, with some inspiration from my Rooms, I'm going to do a Photo Blog Challenge and see if it will help me to blog more often! I'll also post tid-bits about the happenings in my life with my challenges and that way its more spread out and I'm not writing novels for blogs! Haha :)

Day 01 – A picture of yours

elf with ten facts.

Day 02 – A picture of you and the person you have been closest with the longest.

Day 03 – A picture of the cast from your favorite show.

Day 04 – A picture of your night.

Day 05 – A picture of your favorite memory.

Day 06 – A picture of a person you’d love to trade places with for a day.

Day 07 – A picture of your most treasured item.

Day 08 – A picture that makes you laugh.

Day 09 – A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most.

Day 10 – A picture of the person you do

the most messed up things with.

Day 11 – A picture of something you hate.

Day 12 – A picture of something you love.

Day 13 – A picture of your favorite band or artist.

Day 14 – A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without.

Day 15 – A picture of something you want to do before you die.

Day 16 – A picture of someone who inspires you.

Day 17 – A picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently.

Day 18 – A picture of your biggest insecurity.

Day 19 – A picture and a letter.

Day 20 – A picture of somewhere you’d love to travel.

Day 21 – A picture of something you wish you could forget.

Day 22 – A picture of something you wish you were better at.

Day 23 – A picture of your favorite book

Day 24 – A picture of something you wish you could change.

Day 25 – A picture of your day.

Day 26 – A picture of something that means a lot to you.

Day 27 – A picture of yourself and a family member.

Day 28 – A picture of something you’re afraid of.

Day 29 – A picture that can always make you smile.

Day 30 – A picture of someone you miss.

Day 31 – A picture of yourself.

Day 1: 

1. I am one of God's daughters, and I love the Lord with all my heart. He has blessed me so much in my lifetime that I will never be able to thank him enough. I want to strive everyday to be the wife, daughter, sister, friend, and one day mother that he wants me to be.

2. I am a very happy newlywed, married to my soul mate and best friend. Brandon is the answer to all of my prayers, and being his wife is the greatest blessing I have been given. I look so forward to our lifetime together, and I love nothing more than getting to share my life with him and to start making our own little family together. :)

3. I am a nurse, and I love it. Right now I'm working at the Life Care Center of Hendersonville, and I never would have guessed that I would love working there so much. I'm praying that God just continues to lead me where he wants me to go as far as my career is concerned. :)

4. I have two amazing parents, a sister who is my best friend, and a little brother who always keeps me on my toes. Our family has been through a lot of rough stuff in the past couple of years, but we all love each other and are there for each other regardless of what life throws our way. My amazing Nana is my guardian angel and I miss her every day, but it's because of her that all of the rest of us are so strong. :)

5. I have the most amazing friends who have been there for me and seen me through the worst of my life and the best of my life. I thank God that I have such an amazing group around me to support me and to be there for me whenever I need them.

6. I love to try new things- like, domestic things. Hahaha Cooking new recipes, trying out new crafts, etc. I absolutely love Pinterest! 

7. I have two dog-babies who I love to pieces. Abby is our little princess and Buddy is our big boy. No matter what Brandon says, he spoils them both! Haha

8. I love to travel to new places, and even more to camp or "rough it". I love not having the distractions of cell phones and internet and TV and just getting back to nature and to the ones you love and to yourself. Brandon and I used to have a pop-up camper, and I hope that one day soon we can have another one so we can camp some more!

9. Brandon and I can't wait to be parents! But we can! Haha We both want to have at least 2 kids and to possibly adopt one day since my amazing Nana adopted my Mom... but we aren't in any hurry to have kiddos though! We're enjoying just having each other right now and learning "our" way of doing things, and we both believe that when the time is right, God will let us know that we are ready for children of our own. :)

10. I love my new home! Brandon and I have put so much work into our house since this past summer, and it is truly our own and perfect. I love getting to design and create things for our home, and I am constantly switching things up and around. :)

For now, I'll end with that. Haha! It's not quite an essay, and is sorta an update. :) I can't wait to blog more and to hopefully share more of my life's happenings, my crafts, my recipes, and all that other fun wifey-stuff with all of you. :)

Love,

Mrs. Godman