10 things that I didn't know...

Hello, siblings!

To answer Michelle's post, my cheap (backup? easy? standard? worked late? never fail? :) ) meals consist of:

-breakfast for dinner

-anything grilled (I try to always keep a bag of frozen chicken breasts and some frozen fish
fillets in the freezer; they're easy and you can change the flavors easily with different
marinades/toppings)

-sausage, cheese & crackers (it's amazing how much Walt and I love good cheese...we could easily
eat this once a week if I'd be willing to pay for that much cheese :) ) Although we've never
worked veggies into this, we (I) typically do add fruit and call it a meal :)

-spaghetti (it's so easy that it makes me feel lazy and like a college student, but HEB has
occassional combo loco deals that give you the sauce for free if you buy the pasta, and I just add
ground beef/sausage/veggies) The pricetag is my motivation on this one.


To answer Rob's post, 10 things that I didn't know when we got married are...

1) How much I worry about the 'big things', and how little Walt worries about these things. I think Walt is blessed with the gift of faith; when I think the world is crashing down, he ALWAYS calmly reminds me of God's goodness and sovereignty...and he believes it, too.

2) How much Walt is bothered by 'little things', and in turn, how much this bothers me since I typically don't care about the little things. (For instance, I'll eat/sleep/do/insert nearly any verb you want nearly anywhere/anything/everything, but Walt will only eat (that's not true, he will eat others) pickles that you buy from the refrigerated section of the grocery store :) )

3) That, in pre-martial counseling, when we both said that we were adaptable and flexible, we both were speaking honestly. We ARE both adaptable, just in entirely different ways, as evidenced by #s 1 and 2.

4) That Walt is much tidier than I had been anticipating - what a blessing. More often than not, my side of the closet was cluttered, and his side of the closet was spotless. (This is no longer the case now that I'm gainfully employed solely under the Ford household)

5) How much my 'cup is tipped' concerning Walt's pickiness with food. I'd say 80% of our disagreements stem out of me getting upset that he won't eat/doesn't like some type of food that I gave to him. Obviously, I have idols and sin in this area that I never knew existed prior to serving someone else through marriage.

6) That I am much meaner to Walt than I ever hope(d) or want(ed) to be, but he is much more gracious to me than I ever deserve(d). I hate that I hurt someone who I love so much, but I praise God that He images Himself forth to us through our repeated sin/forgiveness/redemption incidences.

7) That we would have so many computers in our house.

8) That we would have so much fun together. I have A LOT of fun being married to Walt. :)

9) How much Walt enjoys work. My husband honestly likes going to work each morning, and this was certainly an unexpected and pleasant surprise for me.

10) How much it means to Walt for me to just sit by him on the couch and relax. He loves and needs this time, and although it's hard for my extrovert/high-achieving brain to understand, I like doing this for him.