Married Life

[BrandyGibbons]

Thought it was time to start an after wedding journal, love readding about what is going on with other people.
We were married August 11, 2007. It was the most wonderful day ever. It went just as I had planned. For all of you who are still planning, it is very stress full, but so worth it in the end. Remember it is all about you and your husbands.
We did not go on a honeymoon we were in the middle of building a house. The monday after the wedding we spend just the two of us hanging out and spending all of the money we got from the wedding.
Than it was all over so fast.

[BrandyGibbons]

After all of the wedding stuff was done it was time to get me a car. No more taking the bus, so excited. We end up getting me a 2007 Pontiac G6 in red. I aboultly love that car. My husband has a 2006 Chevy Coblat and a 2003 S10 Xtreme. So it was time for me to get a car and with us moving in September the new house is a 30min drive to work.

[BrandyGibbons]

The big move.
The day was crazy, first we didn't know if our current house was going to close. There was so problems with the deck and the city would not sign off on it. So we got ready to move, two guy friends showed up and we had the house cleaned out and in the truck by 12:00pm.
Me and the one guy got lunch went to the new house for 2:00pm. My husband and the other guy showed up shortly around 2:00pm.
We were suppose to be in the house for 2:00pm, but no one showed up and our Lawyer said that it was taking a little long to get the closing done. So at 4:00pm our two friends went home and we were stuck trying to get everything in the house. We got into the house shortly around 4:00pm. My parents came around 5:00pm and we had call another buddy to help us finish. I couldn't believe that the first two guys just left us like that.
One of the first guys came back with his 3 year old son.
My parents were big helps, we got everything moved in my 9:00pm, so tired my the end of the day. Well in the middle of moving the 3 year old got bored and took a pen to the wall. So not happy, good thing that I did not see his do it and my husband cleaned it up.
The first 4 days in the house we need not have any appliances, that was not fun. We had to eat out a lot which got very costly, no drive way so we had to park on the street. I got a parking ticket, not so happy with that.
Now we are in the house and I love it.

[BrandyGibbons]

House is slowly coming together, we finally got everything unpacked and now we need to start buying things. Are new house is 4 bedrooms, 21/2 baths, living room, dinning room, sitting room, our old house had two bedrooms, one bath, one living room no dinning room. About half the size of our need one.
We have started to buy blinds, for the master bath, master bed room and for the patio doors. Before christmas we will have to get blinds in the dinning room so the new neighbours can't see in.

[BrandyGibbons]

So in November we got a new dinning room table, one of those bar sets with 8 chairs and square. We had a new love seat and couch for the sitting room. At first we put the new couches in the living room and the old in the sitting room but it didn't look right so we had to switch it around. Those couches are so heavy. So glad I don't have to do that again.

[BrandyGibbons]

Christmas was so much fun in the new house. My husband spoiled the **** out of me. We did our christmas on the 23, than spend the 24-26 at his parents house and than the 26 at my parents. Than back at our house for new years where we had friends over. It was so nice being together. I just love my husband so much.

[BrandyGibbons]

Now that Christmas is over, we are sitting back and taking sometime to pay down debt. With the new house came lots of new bills. We had the talk about when we would like have a baby. When planning the wedding all of our extra money went in to it and we were not able to do alot of things. So we thought about it and if we were going to have a baby right now we would have to live the same way. Putting any extra money into the baby. So were are going to wait one year before we start trying. My the time we have a baby we will have paied off the truck, the appliances, the furniture, the christmas debt. Than we would have enough money for me to go on materinty leave and not worry. If we had a baby right now my husband would have to sell his truck and he doesn't want to do that. This summer were are going to be able to go on vacation and have fun.
I would love to have a baby right now but, than I would be too stressed about money.
We have two cocker spainels that are young so we are just going to enjoy them. The older one has been agressive so we started doggy school last week. It is for 8 weeks, the trainer thinks that we can for sure help him with this. I don't like how he is acting. He has nipped before.

[dawsmi]

Wow your house looks great and the dogs are adorable!! Congrats on your wedding and I am glad to hear that everything is going so well for you since!! I hope that everything continues to go great in your life and I wish you all the best in your married life!! You deserve it!!!

[70707Bride]

Yes, yes definetly time for an after wedding journal! We were trying to get an '06 G6 GTP (in red!) because they had the wrong sale price on it for $13800! (accident? I don't think so)...that was in December '06. We were so in love with that car! They ended up buying an '07 Cobalt LT (2-door) and we got that for $13800 which included taxes and all that jazz. I really like my car too. And I still want a G6, we like the G8s too but haven't seen any yet.

[BrandyGibbons]

My sister called me last friday to tell me that my brother has to get his thyroid gland out. It has grown to the size of an egg and the doctors want to remove it. It is all so scary as this is the big health scare that anyone in my family has had. They are going to test for cancer and other things, hopeful it is just an over active thyroid. He will now have to be on medication for the rest of his life. My brother is very quite and doesn't talk about things, so we all have to here about it from mom or his girlfriend.

[BrandyGibbons]

This weekend is easter and I am so excited. First off a nice 3 day weekend. Tonight we are going to see the Foo Fighters, I am hopeing that they play miracle which is our wedding song. They on Friday we are just relaxing, Saturday we are going to my mom's and than on Sunday hubby's family is coming. We are going to make a deep fried turkey, never had one and we got a deep frier for our wedding. Should be lots of fun.

[Diamend]

glad you started a after journal!! Your house... OMG is is beautiful!!!! I'm soo jealous! And you dogs are precious!

[BrandyGibbons]

I just got a call from the cell phone company telling me that my phone bill was very high and that my texting plan had expired on February 17. Both our cell phone bills were suppost to be around $60, his phone alone this month is $176. I have no idea where he wants me to come up with the extra money to pay it.
My husband drives truck for a living and these past three weeks he has been on a different run becuase Amerian Auto workers are on strike. Two weeks ago he brought home $300 less and last week he brought home $200 less than nomeral.
When we bought our house we were told that we had to pay off the truck in order to get it. Well after we got into the house they said that we could go pay it off or not, so we didn't and bought stuff for the house.
Now we are living pay check to pay check and having a hard time of it. I had to give up having a baby so that my husband could keep his truck. He has a Colbat that he drives all the time, and this truck he only drives in the summer.
It makes me so angry that we have to struggle to get by each week and his truck just sits there. It is the most important thing to him. He cares so much about his truck, car and golf. The other day I found this great deal on sheets, the first thing he says is well when am I going to get my golf clubs. That is all that he thinks about. When I ask him to do something, he usually goes on the computer and looks up all the golf stuff that he wants and all the stuff that he wants to buy for his car and truck.
Any time I bring up selling the truck he gets so mad. He bought it before we got together and if he waits it will be worth lots of money. He said that he will only sell it if he has too. Well I think that he should sell it.
I am not happy at the moment, he doesn't help around the house, he says he will help or do something and he never does. He goes out of his way to do things that bother me. I have told him over and over again that I am unhappy but he doesn't seem to care. Anytime I try talking to him he doesn't want to and says get off of your high horse.
I know that we have only been married 7 months, but we have been living together for 3 years. I want things to change but I don't know how to make that happen.