Do Opposites Attract?

One of the downfalls of going to work so early in the morning is no music!

Seriously, I search through every channel and am lucky to hear one or two songs.

I do get to hear all the morning talk shows. 

Typically it's not too thrilling, but every once in awhile it provides a good discussion topic.

Recently the topic was if couples work better if they are really similar or opposite.

Apparently, dating sites match people based on how many things they have in common.

 Kyle and I probably would never have been matched.

Core values and goals, of course, but the day to day things not so much.
I'm a first born, this means I like organization, planning, and following the rules.
I don't tend to bend much.
Kyle is a third born, baby of the family.
He is super go with the flow, not easily phased, who cares if we're late type person.
 He is crazy laid back.

Kyle builds computers and plays video games.

Sometimes he drives me crazy.
I mean, what is a goal oriented, go by the book person supposed to do when confronted with someone who could care less about her well laid plans?
I never am late, ever. Kyle likes to leave when things start.
I knew what college I wanted to go to, I went.
I knew what I wanted to do when I got a job, I found the best program and got my Master's.
That's just not Kyle.
But, if Kyle was just like me we probably wouldn't be together.

I like to read and watch TV

Thankfully, we did attract, opposite and all.
We truly balance each other out.
I'd like to think I make Kyle more conscientious about what's going on around him.
And maybe a little more organized.
I know that he had made me more relaxed.
He might not always see it, but I know it's true.
I'm okay with being a little late most of the time.
If things don't go exactly as planned I can handle it.
I don't even bother him immediately to clean up things.
Immediately is the key word here people,  lets not get crazy.

Neither of us are perfect, but I like to think that we're perfect for each other.
We work well with each other.
We keep each other on track and help balance the other out.
We still agree on the big things and we work around the little things.
In the end, I don't think it matters if you are the same or opposite as long as you are willing to commit to that person no matter what comes your way.
Committing to each other when it's hard to get along and when it seems like the easiest thing in the world.

If you're committed to each other, then you can get through the days when you just plain don't like them. And some days that's perfectly okay.

One.

It's amazing how quickly one year flies by. 

This is what we were doing this time last year.

While it seems like it's been such a short amount of time, so much has happened. 

So here's our 2012 year in review

January:

• We spent our first day as a married couple.
• We set sail for our honeymoon, a cruise to the West Carribean.
•  Kyle officially moved to Gainesville.
• I started my last semester in Grad School.

February:

•  I cut off all my hair for locks of love (and am still growing it out...)

• We spent some time at Disney with family and friends.
• Kyle started working.

March:

•  Went to this pretty girl's bridal shower.

• Tried my hand at sewing. I later wrote a tutorial on how to make t-shirt blankets (here)
• We spent a lazy spring break in the apartment

April: 

•  Started using instagram. Get ready for a ton of square pictures!

•  Celebrated a wonderful 23rd birthday with my husband!

•  Headed to the Friends of the Library sale to buy a ton of children's books!

• Attended my last college class ever!

May:

•  I officially became a UF alumni with a Master's in Education!
• I started blogging again on my new blog, Come What May.

•  Kyle decided to build his own computer. (here)

• Kyle decided he wanted to try the Keto diet. (more info here)
• To kick us off, I decided to try my hand at freezer cooking! (here)

June:

• Tropical Storms and rainy days in Gainesville meant lots of rain and flooding (here) and (here)

• I tried my hand at some new recipes (here) and (here)

• I worked my last shift at CCFP, where I had worked for 5 years.

•  We surprised my beauitful friend with a bachelorette party at Anna Maria Island! (here)
• I later wrote a tutorial on these decorations (here)

July:

 

• We came home to spend 4th of July with our families! (here)

 

• I got to go to Colorado to experience the Boender Family Adventure! (here)

•  I was a bridesmaid in this pretty girl's wedding! (here)

•  We moved out of Gainesville and back down to south florida!

•  The day we moved into our new condo this cutie was born!

August: 

• I spent the month trying to get a job and stressed out!
• Kyle worked.
• My laptop died :( (here)

• My little brother graduated!
• I did lots of craft projects (here) (here) (here) and (here)
• Another hurricane called for lazy days! (here)

September: 

•  I officially got Kyle to agree to watch all of Friends, my favorite show with me!

•  I threw Kyle a 25th birthday party (here) and (here)

•  Kyle threw his phone in the dumpster and I had a retrieve it! (here)

• I got a job teaching Kindergarten! (here) and (here)

October:

•  I got strep and every other sickness basically! (here)

 

• We began playing epic Settlers of Catan games! (here)
• Our dryer broke! (here)

 

•  Our friends Phil and Ana got married! (here)
• It was two years since our engagement!
• We celebrated Halloween!

November: 

•  We bought a couch!

•  This pretty girl had a bachelorette party!
• We celebrated Thanksgiving with both families together and it was wonderful! (here)

• My best friend in the world got engaged to her wonderful boyfriend of 7 years!

December:

•  We set up our first Christmas tree!

•  I was asked to be the matron of honor and went dress shopping!

• We celebrated four different Christmases with lots of family!

I would say that 2012 treated us well.

I can't wait to see what's in store for us in 2013!

The One With the Engagement

In honor of it being two years since hubs and I got engaged I though I would share with you my foolproof way to get a man to propose! 

Please keep in mind that this is a 6 year plan.

This is a video from the weekend I met Kyle.
Not only did him and his best friends think this was hilarious, but there I am in the background. In other videos you can see multiple other people from our youth group standing around watching this behavior!
Clearly digital cameras had yet to produce videos with sound!

Nerd Night

This is what me and my best friends did that night. We also prank called the boys below us. ALL NIGHT! This is, to this day, my favorite trip ever.

 Obviously we were an immature match made in heaven from the start.

• Sit in front of him on a bus. Shamelessly use his best friend to have an excuse to talk to him the whole drive. 
• Talk to him on AIM whenever you get a chance. 
• Make sure he asks you out and to prom on the same night, in an Arby's parking lot. 



Prom 2005

• After he asks you out, don't hold his hand for two weeks or kiss him for a month and a half. 
• Don't go anywhere with him just the two of you. 
•  Make him go see Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants with you. Because he's late, make him purchase his own ticket and come find you and your friends. 
• Alternate weeks of being out of town for the entire summer. 
• Now that he's wrapped around your finger, break up with him over AIM because "it's just not working since we never see each other." (Bonus points if it's his mom's birthday) 
• Start dating someone else on a trip you convinced him to go on with the youth group. 
• Accidentally go on a date with him when everyone else bails last minute. Kiss him on that same night. 



Before officially dating again, New Years Eve Blowout 2005

• Ask him to come over to help you set up your new iPod.
• Agree to go to his sister's wedding, but only if you're boyfriend/girlfriend again. 

• When he goes to college an hour away, work on all weekends so you can only see each other every few weeks or so. 

• Call him every night, forcing him to stop hanging out with his friends. 
• Go to college 4 hours away from him. 

• Immediately get a job and join a sorority so you're insanely busy. 
• Make him drive the 4 hours every month so he can sleep on your floor for the weekend.
• Drag him to sorority functions. 
• After three years of this start telling him that you want to be engaged. 
• Tell him you want to be engaged by the end of the year.
• Ignore the situation and hope for the best. 
• Visit him at his school and talk him into walking on the beach at night. 

• By the end of the night you WILL have a ring on your finger.   

Kyle, I will forever be grateful that I have such a wonderful man to call my husband.
 I can't wait to see where our love story takes us.