Thursday, January 26, 2012

52 Weeks of Celebration: Asgreen & Hubby

8 Go Team Pancakes!


I will like to introduce you to Asgreen, an annonymous blogger who is the author of
 Always the Planner,
to share with us how her first year of marriage has been going.
 Asgreen has been married since November 5, 2010 amd just celebrated her first year anniversary. 
I have been so thankful so many bloggers agreed to support this series.

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My husband and I have been married for 368 days (as of November 17, 11). 
Our wedding was the big party we had hoped it would be and we both loved every minute. 
However, we got married on a Friday and were both back at work that following Monday.  
I was busy working full-time and going to school part-time, 
while my husband was just about to start a part-time seasonal position (along with his full-time job). 
So a honeymoon right away was out of the question. 


Right after we got married everyone asked me whether or not I felt different.
It is true that I felt as if I was a member of his family in a way I never did before.
However, nothing seemed different in our relationship.
We had already been living together, and besides opening a joint savings account everything seemed the same. The first six months of our marriage flew
as I finished up school and we moved into a nicer apartment.
 
Every day I consider myself lucky to have found my husband. 
I know that in our future we will face both joys and struggles, 
but what matters to me is that we face them together. 


Being married also changes the way you think. It is no longer just what I want or just “my” future. 
Instead, when I think about my future career I now think about how my plans will work with his plans. 
My husband does the same thing. We make decisions about our future together. 
I imagine that this will only get more complicated when we start a family. 


The truth is things do change when you get married.
 It just took me some time to figure it out. 
With every day and every trial our relationship gets stronger.
 I know I am constantly learning how to be in our marriage. 
We are both independent and strong-minded people
 and so it sometimes takes us a while to figure things out. 
In fact, I’ve found compromise to be the most difficult thing about marriage,
 but it also yields the greatest joys. 

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Thank you Asgreen for your reflections. 
I do agree that things do change when we get married
but the best change is getting to spend the rest of our days enjoying the company of our love!


Question of the Day:
What's the one question people would ask you during the first year of marriage?
What's the one question you ask people who just got married?










Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Bonding Over the TeeVee..

28 Go Team Pancakes!
Happy Wednesday Friends!

Remember that time i put myself on the No-TV Challenge 
because i thought i was watching too much TV?!
It's true that most times TeeVee can be a major distraction 
HOWEVER it can also be a bonding experience for families.
I know whenever i go back home, we love watching shows like 
The Bachelor, 
American Idol, 
X-Factor, 
Dancing with the Stars 
and i cannot wait for The Voice to return.  
Therefore, there are many shows which brings families together.  

My question today is: 
What TeeVee (Television) shows bond you and the special people in your life?

To answer my own question, there aren't many shows Team Pancakes can watch together because Mr. Pancakes is not much of a TV viewer unless it's some sports related show like the NFL, NBA, NCAA, Boxing, UFC, you get my drift....but there are a few shows we can watch and enjoy together.

We LOVE and will LAUGH 
out LOUD together include mostly 80s reruns like:

Mr. Pancakes knows each episode verbatim!
We've probably seen each episode like three times BUT we both laugh out loud each time!
The ladies are still funny and relevant today.

And some financial shows like:

There is NOTHING like a Saturday night with Suze...denied, denied, denied!!

This is a Canadian show and was so glad when Mr. Pancakes liked her too!

And sensational news straight from the headlines:

The people on this show are so criminal and GREEDY!

I know, i know, the shows which we watch together are a bit electic 
however they really do bring us together and these are the moments
 when TV can be a definite bonding experience!

Question of the Day:
What about you and yours...
What TeeVee (Television) shows bring you and yours together?







Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Living Our Vows: Katherine & Brian

26 Go Team Pancakes!



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Hello Adventure of Team Pancakes Friends! 
 I’m Katherine from Irish Italian Blessings 
and I am THRILLED to be a part of the "Living Our Vows" series. 
When I first saw the idea for this series I was ecstatic.
 One of the reasons I’m so drawn to Mrs. Pancakes and her lovely blog is because 
I admire her excitement and dedication to her marriage, plus she’s fun and fabulous too!
 "EVERY LOVE STORY IS BEAUTIFUL, BUT OURS IS MY FAVORITE"
My husband and I recently celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary and we've been together for 9 years, wow! That's a long time considering I met him and fell in love with him when I was only 21. I knew when I met him that he was the man I was going to marry.

 When we got married it was so incredible because we were committing ourselves to each other in front of God and all of our family and friends but it was more than that. The day we said “I Do” we became more than husband and wife, we became a family. We exchanged vows and we promised to love and cherish one another until death do us part. We LOVE and CHERISH one another EVERY DAY.

Every day we say I love you, several times a day. Every day we kiss each other good morning, good night, hello and goodbye. Every day I wake up, I thank God for His amazing blessing of bringing me such a wonderful man. Every day I realize just how lucky I am to have him as my husband and best friend. Every Day I treasure my husband. Every Day I miss him when he’s gone. Every night when we have our time together, We tell each other just how lucky WE are and;
 how thankful WE are and how much WE love each other. It truly goes both ways.

 I can sit here and type out hundreds of thoughtful things we do; for each other. Just last night my husband told me that he knew the minute he laid eyes on me, he knew that he loved me. After nine years he’s never said that to me; and it made me feel his love and I felt closer to him than I already was. It’s so important to do those little things, take time to write those little notes,  to say those little “I Love You’s” and to constantly remind each other just how much they mean to you.
 Two months ago my father in law wrote this on his Facebook wall and I thought it was the perfect way to describe how we are "Living our Vows:"
 Katherine and Brian ~ 
and Everyone who reads this note.;
You are both tremendous individuals, taking the experiences of life and creating love.
 No living in the past, no competition, no saying why not us.
Yes to sharing, Yes to caring, Yes to giving.
 It shows in all you do.
 Truly there is no 'white space' between you.
 I honor your love, I respect your shared family values, I treasure my moments with you both.
 Here's to the Future!
 Thank you again for letting me be a part in such a special series and I look forward to reading more!




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Thank you Katherine for sharing how you and hubby are living your vows.  
You guys appear to have a love that is pure magic!

Question of the Day:
How do you show your spouse love?
verbal, kisses, notes?