Hello Times readers, it's great to be back blogging about my life. I've officially been married for 263 days according to my Facebook page. I think so far my least favorite question I've received is "so, how's married life?" I always want to look at them and say "awful" just to see their expression. My married life is wonderful, just like my dating life with my now-husband was and just like our engagment was. "How's married life" has to be an old saying asked when couples didn't live together before marriage, right? Becuase my hubby and I lived together prior to getting engaged and married, not much really changed following the "I Do's". I can see how there would have been big changes if we had not lived together first. Moving in with someone brings big changes! I remember the first month or so when I moved in with Jeff it didn't really feel like my house. I had my clothes, dishes, shoes and (of course) purses; but it took a few months for it to really feel like home to me.

Now, however, our house does feel like home. There are very few places in the world I'd rather be then in our home. Hawaii, Atlanta, Vegas and Sea World rank right up there in terms of places better than home, oh, and Iowa.

I look forward to hearing from our readers moving forward- please feel free to ask questions or suggest topics for me to write about. I'm open to writing about ANYTHING related to "life, love, laughter; everything in between and what happens after."