Why I Love Being Ben's Wife

Us, totally elated in love on our wedding day

So this post isn't like the others that have come before it. But I was feeling just so blessed this morning as Ben and I laughed and giggled like crazy while getting ready for work, I just felt so blessed that I was alive, that I met someone who is truly my best friend. I have a lot of moments where I kind of sit back and listen as a conversation is going on, or as we're eating a meal, or working out together at 5:30 in the morning... and I think to myself, "Wow, this is so much more than I ever thought I would have."

I can't tell you how many times I doubted God on this one. Although I had quite a few "power surges" of faith over the years that had me committed to knowing that God was going to bless me wildly in ways I never thought possible, many times I fell back into believing that no one would find me, with all my, um, uniqueness, appealing enough to commit to. But someone did, and he is my MAN!

He is sweet, thoughtful, incredibly supportive, I love making dinner for him, I love that we are partners in life, in love, and in prayer. We are committed to each other and our future family by setting healthy examples for children that don't even exist yet. He loves healthy eating (more than I do!), loves to share knowledge with me, and he is great to snuggle with.  I never thought I'd be blessed/lucky enough to find someone that loves me so dang-on much, that finds it delightful when I geek out about The Gymbox, or whatever book I'm reading, and does not criticize me. He is patient, loving, kind, and as honest as they come. I respect him, love him, and am just tickled to death that he is all mine.

I just never thought I'd ever meet him.

But I did.

I love being Ben's wife.

Coming Soon to the Breadbox

Our soon-to-be new addition, Boomer Conrad Pyle!

Ben and I have been talking about adopting Boomer Conrad since we started dating. We just didn't know his [full] name yet. We knew he would be named Boomer, and the Conrad was added following a Saturday trip to Petsmart to simply bask in the cuteness of the kittens up for adoption. I couldn't get one yet--I had a visitor from Australia and was about to get married--but simply meeting His Preciousness, the little orange kitty named Conrad, inspired me. Boomer was the name we had set our hearts on, but who says he couldn't have a middle name? Boomer Conrad Pyle. I knew he would soon be ours.

We haven't met him yet, by the way. He was born on approximately March 24, 2011 in a litter of four. Two other orange boys accompanied him, along with a brown female tabby. We had tons of bad weather here and the vet techs that rescued them believe their mother became scared and abandoned the litter during the storm. The babies are currently four weeks old. We had hoped to meet them this Wednesday, but they had been sneezing and placed in isolation until they got better... they can't have visitors for one more week! So, we'll probably be taking a special trip out there to see them, even though we only travel to "that side of town" (Oviedo, FL) every other Wednesday.

Although we have never met, we love Boomer. We have fallen in love with the descriptions we have received from the vet techs--that he is the perfect kitten that does all of the cute kitten things, like play with his own feet. And the picture up there? A-freaking-dorable! He is deliciously cute and I can't wait to make him a part of our family!

Introducing the Breadbox

My husband and I on the evening before our wedding!

What is the Breadbox? Well, I'll tell you... without it sounding like a cheesy children's story. It's simply the name that my husband and I have given our home. What's INSIDE the Breadbox? Pretty much all of the funky things that make it truly "us". Both of us are [mostly] vegan-eating, Jesus-loving, green-cleaning, smart-spending, fitness aficionados. That's the "stuff" I'll be blogging about. That stuff. Hopefully useful, interesting, thought-provoking, perhaps controversial... and I might throw in something completely random here and there. I do that in the kitchen sometimes, so it will probably carry over.  Hopefully I will remember to post, and hopefully it will be interesting enough that people will read it.

Oh and check out "Stuff About Me" for this and even more information on this blog!