I Pinky Swear...

For any of you who still follow me after all this time....
I swear this post didn't make me a liar.
I really will be blogging more.
swear it.cross my heart.pinky promise.
This week hasn't exactly gone as planned...see I had every intention of posting pretty fall picturesand before and after photos of my half-decorated house...

I had posts written in my head just itching to be typed and uploaded. I was going to tell you all about my cousin's precious little girl who just turned a month old and my gorgeous niece who is crawling and babbling and sitting like a big girl!

instead-I have been popping excederin like it was candy.
laying in a dark room with NO noise
head burried under a pillow
an ice pack under my neck AND over my forehead.
I've been miserable with horrid migraine headaches.
I have NO clue why or what caused them, but the last three weeks have been hell.I swear out of the last 23 days, I've had a headache 20 of them and a migraine at least 7 of them.

U.G.H.
If any of you have ever experienced them, I am SO sorry.
You have my deepest sympathy...
Thankfully I have an amazing husband who has been waiting on me hand and foot.
Who prays over me when I wake up and before I go to sleep.
Who takes the day off to go to the doctors with me and brings me ice and gingerale.
Who watches football with headphone because I can't handle the noise
but have to be "next to him".


Tomorrow I have an MRI to see what the heck is going on.I'm a little nervous because I'm a teensy bit claustrophobic, and I've heard stories.ahh. but I would be locked in a tube for hours if they could just.make.them.stop.

*****

I'll leave you on a happier note... a teaser until I have the opportunity to post again..

Welcome to my first home sweet home.

The Not-so-post Post

I have been a horrible blogger lately...when was my last post?

Does anyone out there actually read this any more!?

I could blame it on our vacation...

Or planning a secret surprise...a surprise which is oh so fun, but consumes most of my days

Or sending a gagillion resumes to every law firm in town...

Or spending summer days in the sun instead of typing indoors...

But the most fun excuse for my blogger absence has a little something to do with these...

All to be revealed in time- any guesses?

For those of you who are loyal followers despite my track record of late,
vacation pictures are coming soon!!!

Giveaway Alert!!!

The lovely Mateya from Our Journey from Iraq to the Altar
is hosting a her very first GIVEAWAY!!!!

AND its a fabulous one at that!
One lucky follower will be winning a $25 gift card to Target!!!!!!


I LOVE Target.

Show her some love and check it out!
After all, whats to lose with a giveaway?!

MilSpouse Blog Carnival!

Wives of Faith is having a Blog Carnival!Day 1- Tell us your milspouse story...

Every time I tell "our story", I cannot help but smile. God is so into details.The first time I met my husband we were twelve years old and in the sixth grade.
He was loud. I was shy. I was not very interested in being his friend. I still thought boys had cooties. In junior high, his best friend had a crush on me.So, inevitably, the three of us became best friends.
In high school we remained the three musketeers.Until the friend decided to ask me out. I declined holding to my "no dating" policy...But secretly I was kinda crushin back.
My sophomore year, I transferred to a private highschoolI knew it was the Lord's calling, but I was devestated the three musketeers broke up.I kept in touch, but only minimally- going to their soccer games and such,but it was the friend who always made sure that I came- My Soldier was otherwise preoccupied by highschool love.Graduation came and went, the three of us saying our congrats and farewells.
Summer days were filled with college preparations and hanging at the beachUntil one day, I happen to bump into *My Soldier*He was working, I was rushing but we exchanged the polite- "what school are you going to, what are studying"...


He had joined the Army National Guard. He left for basic training in two weeks.I was glad to see him, would be praying for him, wishing him good luck.He would see me around.Two weeks later my phone rang. Would I meet him to say goodbye? Of course.I'd only be able to stay for an hour. I had other plans.Two days later, starbucks in hand, we talked for three and a half hoursSo how did he get my number? Well so and so said you wanted me to call.She said you mentioned I was leaving for basic and wanted to say goodbye.Actually I didn't say anything to her. She gave you my number? No, its ok. I am glad she did.Next time a date? I'm not interested in dating. I am just getting over a relationship.But I would love to have coffee again when you get back....I'll write you. Ok.
Months later, counting the letters sent every week-He came home. In ACU's.We had that coffee "not-date".Movie? Ok. But its not a date.By the end of the summer the line between not-dating and dating were a little blurred.We often joke- he chased me for months and I decided one day I loved him and then agreed to date him.

We're often asked how long we have been togethera question that really has no answerunofficially or officially?Dating or together?My Soldier was home for eight months for he deployed.We had officially been dating for two months.Unofficially about six.
That day I put him on that plane. Watched his uniform fade down the corridor....
I knew.
All the years of praying for a man whose name I didn't know...Yet God knew I met my soulmate on the playground when I was twelve.Letters, skype, flat-rates, and phone callsI gave my heart to a soldier 5000 miles away.Five and a half months into deployment, home for R&RHe asked me three little words-Volonta lo sposate (...will you marry me...He asked me in Italian!)I told him before he left for deployment that since he is part Italian, he should learn to speak it for me...so he did! Seven months later, at O'dark thirty, I welcomed home my Hero.Wedding plans galore! July 11, 2009We promised to be one- a chord three-fold- in a little white chapel Where my parents said their I Do's.
We are nearing our first anniversary and loving our lives together.Loving a soldier and living an Army life can be difficult at times,But every day I thank the LordFor choosing our souls to intertwine.Who would have thought?I met My Soldier, My Husband, My herothat day on the school playground in the sixth grade.See, isn't God into details?

MilSpouse Blog Hop

Riding The Roller Coaster is hosting a MilSpouse Blog Hop!

It's super easy to join... just write a little bio and introduce yourself!

Then link your post back to the roller coaster and let us meet you!

So, for those of you who don't know me...

Hi, I'm Mrs. Griffin

I am first and foremost a daughter of the King, who has been saved by grace

I find my hope, strength and passion in my Lord, Jesus Christ

I am wife to an incredible man whom I call Soldier, Hero and Friend

I met my husband in the sixth grade, and little did I know

That ten years later he would promise to hold my hand forever

We will be celebrating our first anniversary this July

I am so thankful to laugh with him every day

I am two weeks away from graduating with an undergrad pre-law degree...
and not at all sure what God has around the corner

I am daughter, sister, auntie and friend
I love my family and treasure our traditions

I am fiercly opinionated, but gentle at heart
A perfectionist but never perfect

I am an organized planner, but fifteen minutes late as a rule
I value honesty and abhor hypocrisy

I procrastinate at times, as I am now, when I should be writing a paper for class
Writing is therapy. as long as I can write what I want

I would love to share my life with you
Pour yourself a cup of tea and curl up in your favorite spot
It's nice to meet you

The New and Improved!!

Thanks to the ever-talented fabulous Mrs. MuffinsIn Love With a Soldier has been given a makeover!Take a minute and check out the new glitz and glam.Grab my button and show some love for the soldier in your life!Thanks Nicole- I love it!

identity.

now that my soldier is home and deployment is officially over,

it doesn't make much sense to continue writing "deployment thoughts"...

so, my creative task for the day is to decide on a new blog name. Any suggestions?