I'm celebrating my two year wedding anniversary today! Woohoo! Marriage honestly has been a whole lot easier than what I expected, no thanks to me or my husband but to the awesome God whose hands we place it in everyday. But I have learned a few things and made a couple of discoveries in these past two years.

-I have never had a fight over the toothpaste tube. Never. Despite what I heard before getting married, we've both been able to get toothpaste out and brush our teeth without any problems.

-There is no laundry fairy. She does not exist. One other person does not mean twice the laundry, somehow it means three times the amount I was used to doing just for myself.

-Figuring out what to make for dinner is the hardest part. Well, that and cleaning up afterwards.

-There are times when my husband actually is not thinking about anything. I don't know how this is humanly possible, but I'm trying to accept it.

-Chinese food on a blanket on the floor in a big empty house because you can't afford furniture is incredibly romantic.

-Clipping coupons can actually be exciting.

-Lazy Saturday mornings where it takes you an hour to get out of bed are the best.

-Heeding Ephesians 4:26 by not going to bed angry is one of the best things I have done in my marriage.

-The car does and will break down. Repeatedly. And it happens when your bank account is at its lowest.

-Laughing with each other is better than having all the stuff we don't have money to buy.

-Weird quirks are still endearing at two years. I'll let you know what happens when you get to three.

-He likes sports. Any and all sports, and whatever sport is on TV is suitable to watch. And somehow, to him, it is way more entertaining than the chick flicks I beg him to watch with me. My divine hatred for watching sports is equal to his hatred for my movies. (Again, I don't see how this is possible but I'm learning to accept this.)

-He really is the better driver.

-Painting marathons 'til 3am are exhausting, but are totally worth it the next day.

-I will always be cold and he will always be hot, no matter what the temperature in our house is.

-No matter how much you tell yourself you won't, you will have a junk drawer. This is some inevitable force of nature.

And most importantly:

-Sharing my life with my husband is the greatest gift outside of salvation that God has given me.

Emily

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