Okay, so I'm going to try out blogging to keep family and friends updated on our life as well as calm down on my Facebook posting. (Not really, but I'd like to think I'm not obsessed with that site)

Beware: I'm terrible at grammar and I haven't really written anything since I was in college, so bear with me while I relearn how to properly write again :D

For the first post, I might as well explain how N (my wonderful husband) and I met since most people don't really know and I may or may not be a LITTLE embarrassed how it happened.

N and I met online. Yep....yikes! I was working two jobs at the time, and I worked...A LOT. To the point of damaging my body because I didn't know how to say "No, I need to cut hours." Anyways, during this time, I hadn't dated anyone in awhile. My past relationships really turned me off to dating guys and even though I was young I really wanted a family and to settle down which is kinda weird for people around the age of 23 in this day and age. I guess I have an old heart? I like tradition. Sue me. While I was working at one of my amazing jobs, a girl talked me into getting a dating profile on a free website called POF -- look up the actual name. Its funny and stupid. While she made one, she looked at me and said "M, you need a life besides work. Even just having a guy say that you're pretty will really help with your confidence and it's not going to hurt anything if you just talk to someone. You really need to get out instead of working constantly." Obviously, I had/have an issue with confidence, especially with dating at the time. That was kind of a slap in the face for me to really get out of my comfort zone and people were obviously realizing how pathetic my life was, and it's not like I would really meet anyone right? Who does that? Meet someone online?? Psh no one ever.

I finally agreed and whenever we worked together we would talk about who messaged us, and trust me when I say...there are a lot of weird people online. Probably should include myself in that. I didn't really talk to many people because no one really caught my attention. After a week or two, I decided to get rid of my account because obviously nothing was going to happen. Something told me to wait, so I decided to wait one more night. Something else happened that night too and that was obviously God's way of telling me things I didn't know at the time, but we will get into that later. The next day I found a message from the past night from a guy who was pretty cute.

                             This was his profile picture, and the very first picture I ever saw of him


He caught my attention pretty fast ;)



Then there was this picture...

                                           I should have known what I was getting into...



The first thing I liked about him, was that he didn't use a typical "Hey gurl your pretty, message me" -- Yes this is how guys talked online. Super sad, super gross. Also, check your spelling homies. He asked what I liked to do on a first date, and he responded IF we were to go on a date, he'd like to take me to a zoo. PERFECT date for me, if you know me at all. I've never had a guy take me to the zoo either, which was stupid on their part. If you knew the level of how much I loved animals, then the zoo is a perfect place for me. Getting back on topic, we talked online for about a week, then we exchanged phone numbers and texted for about another week, then we decided to try Skype a few times. This is where I found out where his roommate went to bed at 8, so he had to be quite haha. He finally asked me on a date the day before Thanksgiving! I say finally, but in reality I was terrified of going on a date again, but he was already pretty special to me so I was anxious and wanted to meet him in person. He came over to my parents house. Yes, I didn't know him and I gave him my address. Good thing we're still alive, because he could have been a stalker/kidnapper/murderer. Kids, don't follow my footsteps. That whole night was such a fantastic night, and we both agreed that we both knew it was something special that night.

He took me to Red Robin because I had never been before, but looking back it was probably because it was his favorite restaurant :P. Then we went to see a cover band called The Spazmatics. It seems super simple, but seriously was one of the most amazing dates I had ever been on even though it wasn't a zoo yet :). So led to our journey to our marriage, and here are our happy selves now.

Photo by and copyrighted by Cavern Media

Photo by and copyrighted by Cavern Media

So in love with this man

Now for the title of my blog "From Oregon to Texas to Love -- Living the Army life. N is from Oregon and I'm from the best state ever...TEXAS! Now we live in Georgia for a few months...or so they say, there could be a chance we stay here. Yes you guessed it, N is in the Army. I love all branches of the service and have the utmost respect of them, but seriously they say one thing, then do the opposite, so we'll see where we go next. I'm really hoping no where super cold...and has some type of sun for the most part of the year. Born and raised in Texas has spoiled me, what can I say but that I love the sun and heat.


Till next time!

<3 M

PS. I'm not using real names for privacy purposes, just in case :)