tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post6522607450204859367..comments2024-02-02T23:18:20.621-05:00Comments on Baby Bangs: The Early DaysAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16777762608528843328noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-9938304579319041192009-12-10T15:42:49.723-05:002009-12-10T15:42:49.723-05:00Amanda, I have NO idea if you are able to see comm...Amanda, I have NO idea if you are able to see comments on such old blog posts, but if you do, know that you have made this newlywed's day lovely :) It was like reading the last 18 days of my life! Hahaha. You've probably put together that we've been married for 18 days and literally this could've been our story...almost verbatim...even the sheets! Thankfully, we've been busting through it every day and the good Lord led us to an amazing and soul-bearing talk last night. I think two normal people have returned as a result, Praise the Lord! :) Thanks for the sanity, and blessings to you and your family.Kellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02739015332789328556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-42145611518909906452007-11-08T11:07:00.000-05:002007-11-08T11:07:00.000-05:00I cracked up at this post.My husband wishes I woul...I cracked up at this post.<BR/><BR/>My husband wishes I would hold him all night, but I prefer the pillow. It's more moldable!<BR/><BR/>So, the other night...I held him all night long and said to myself..."This one's for Amanda!". :-)A Place For Ministry Wives/A Place For Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07760705811281584494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-21899201935771966172007-11-07T10:58:00.000-05:002007-11-07T10:58:00.000-05:00i loved this post amanda! isn't it true that we a...i loved this post amanda! isn't it true that we are like sandpaper after the honeymoon? i can relate in so many way in how two stubborn people like things their own way. it is funny to think of now, PTL!! by the way, no birth control is the way to go...oh wait...but now we know what happens!!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13560937313876810597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-41089280210456161912007-11-06T22:57:00.000-05:002007-11-06T22:57:00.000-05:00I was so honored that I got to attend that special...I was so honored that I got to attend that special evening! You were beautiful! And Curtis - well he showed us that he was more human than we knew - lol! <BR/><BR/>Love you guys!<BR/>LMSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-14001006027712444702007-11-06T21:34:00.000-05:002007-11-06T21:34:00.000-05:00Way too funny! I love the whole personality thing...Way too funny! I love the whole personality thing too-- Brad's mom gave me a book on those four types in college and I spent the whole next semester analyzing everyone!!!Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01588038501425458974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-91854678639336906622007-11-06T21:28:00.000-05:002007-11-06T21:28:00.000-05:00Beautiful post. I would love to hear more about y...Beautiful post. I would love to hear more about your "Jewish" elements to your wedding. Thanks for visiting my blog and come visit anytime.twinklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03522192646526647165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-68042371272294186742007-11-06T16:40:00.000-05:002007-11-06T16:40:00.000-05:00Great post, Amanda. One of my first thoughts read...Great post, Amanda. One of my first thoughts reading this was what a blessing you must be to the college students you minister to. This kind of transparent honesty, humility, and direction to the Source will be HUGE to a young couple getting ready to be married! <BR/><BR/>Keep it up, beautiful princess! :)Cindy-Still His Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00699695957294293616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-86633135792353590792007-11-06T16:24:00.000-05:002007-11-06T16:24:00.000-05:00What a great post!We will be married 20 years in a...What a great post!<BR/><BR/>We will be married 20 years in a few weeks. AFter we got married, it was an adjustment for me to share a bed. Two nights in a row he rolled over and his left arm flung across, hitting me in the nose. I thought he broke it the second time. It took awhile but now we each stay on our own sides. And I eventually learned to enjoy a tucked in sheet at the bottom. Maybe Curt will come around. Now I can't sleep unless it is tucked in.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610250042466322665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-6651879678251025082007-11-06T15:52:00.000-05:002007-11-06T15:52:00.000-05:00Great post Amanda!Oh my word! my husband hits the ...Great post Amanda!<BR/><BR/>Oh my word! my husband hits the snooze button a million times before he actually wakes up! WHY!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-90985526086763372032007-11-06T13:18:00.000-05:002007-11-06T13:18:00.000-05:00I was just listening to our local Christian talk r...I was just listening to our local Christian talk radio the other day and the speaker was discussing that it takes our brains up to 14 YEARS to reprogram to the idea of being "one flesh." He said that if he had one bit of advice to give newly married couples, it would be to stick it out. He also said that if most people that get divorced in the first 15 years would have waited just a bit longer, they would have had successful marriages. It is amazing to think that, but I have been married 13 years and I know that things are so different, and so much better now that they were in the beginning- and they just keep getting better everyday!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-70603348466000137602007-11-06T00:34:00.000-05:002007-11-06T00:34:00.000-05:00Okay, after 23.9 years of marriage my toilet seats...Okay, after 23.9 years of marriage my toilet seats are still up! How'd ya do it, Princess?<BR/>Lots of love,<BR/>JanJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10070492222014489480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-21301951954206569692007-11-05T16:26:00.000-05:002007-11-05T16:26:00.000-05:00What an awesome post, Amanda... so much of it echo...What an awesome post, Amanda... so much of it echoes my newlywed heart's cry right now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-79139612601791140322007-11-05T14:54:00.000-05:002007-11-05T14:54:00.000-05:00Princess Amanda! I'm glad you are aware that you a...Princess Amanda! I'm glad you are aware that you are a princess. This made me crack up...even though I'm not married and I confess this princess hasn't been molded yet :)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the lighthearted message to us single gals about what could lie ahead :)Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03876113486170082394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-53477205934507232302007-11-05T13:39:00.000-05:002007-11-05T13:39:00.000-05:00Love your honesty -- so many newlyweds could be sa...Love your honesty -- so many newlyweds could be saved heartache by understanding how hard it is for two to become one! I thought our first year of marriage would be one extended honeymoon. Why, I don't know -- our honeymoon wasn't even one extended honeymoon! We weren't so much sand<B>paper</B> as sand<B>blasting</B>, but going on 15 years and two boys has smoothed it out to gentle exfoliation every once in a while. Blessings to you and your family!<BR/>misslissleeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-18779156396142502542007-11-05T10:55:00.000-05:002007-11-05T10:55:00.000-05:00So true, my friend, so true. By God's grace ALONE...So true, my friend, so true. By God's grace ALONE, my hubs likes a made-up bed. He's actually been caught making up the bed, just to get back in it. I kid you not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-82805701512071902522007-11-05T09:30:00.000-05:002007-11-05T09:30:00.000-05:00I love your post, you don't know how much it spoke...I love your post, you don't know how much it spoke to me and made laugh, I don't consider myself an expert in marriage at all just more experience after almost 16 years of marriage (with 3 kids, 14,11,3)the hardest thing for me has been true submission, I have no problem submitting in the big things, it's the little things (like you mentioned). . . God has really been teaching me that this last 5 years. . .<BR/><BR/>Blessings for the many wonderful years to come :)Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02415886657792872415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-79261500752025197042007-11-05T09:07:00.000-05:002007-11-05T09:07:00.000-05:00I have been married way longer than most of those ...I have been married way longer than most of those who posted--44 years to be exact. Marriage is truly one of the greatest compromises ever devised. I say with some experience in this area, one must "pick the battles" with care. Who cares about flipped up toilet seats (they can be lowered quite easily) or top squeezed toothpaste tubes(I simply can't stand this one) but having a close relationship with another person is quite irreplacable. I will tell you for sure, Amanda, love gets sweeter and sweeter with time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-67459440592317769072007-11-05T07:52:00.000-05:002007-11-05T07:52:00.000-05:00I'm a sanguine/melancholy.I too, am a lucky woman,...I'm a sanguine/melancholy.<BR/><BR/>I too, am a lucky woman, that Xavier didn't ask for an annulment after 6 months. I definately presented him with some stuff he didn't bargain for. But so did he. So did he.<BR/><BR/>All I can say is I'd do ANY of the 7 years of our marriage over again, except for the first one.Sunni at The Flying Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06275978815202919802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-69605050764343712222007-11-05T02:41:00.000-05:002007-11-05T02:41:00.000-05:00I love this post! Rodney does the snooze thing too...I love this post! Rodney does the snooze thing too. I realized after reading your post that Rodney and I have come along way in embracing each other's little quirks. I could go on and on about our early clashes. I really don't think either one of has changed all that much. He still leaves wet clothes in the washer for me to find a week later and I still refuse to squeeze toothpaste from the bottom of the tube. We just pick up where the other one has left off. I don't even really even think about it anymore. That is a miracle!MamaCasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05831981261082646131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-87941091956781804382007-11-05T01:05:00.000-05:002007-11-05T01:05:00.000-05:00you write Amanda as though we are right there with...you write Amanda as though we are right there with you---you bring us into your experience, into your beautiful heart...we are all so coaxed, curled, curved in on ourselves tucking sheets and choosing snooze patterns and it is your beautiful God moving you into your husband's heart and life...you truly are His princess and your husband's...loved this post, so full of truth that needs to sink deep into our hearts--- Psalm 51:6 ---whether we are married half of a decade or half a centuryBev Brandon @ The Frayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14403416688340930011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-76074460609723652932007-11-05T00:57:00.000-05:002007-11-05T00:57:00.000-05:00This is probably my favorite post yet of yours. To...This is probably my favorite post yet of yours. Too funny and way to cute. <BR/><BR/>Not married, but am taking notes. :)<BR/><BR/>Thankfully, I have 3 best friends that have gone before me. It's nice. I will feel well prepared when my time comes!<BR/><BR/>Anyway, this post was very clever and very cute! I loved it.<BR/><BR/>And the sheets? You are a better woman than I.<BR/><BR/>LindseeLindsee Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15764774489394905110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-45875098629224561962007-11-04T23:38:00.000-05:002007-11-04T23:38:00.000-05:00my man wants his side of the sheet untucked as wel...my man wants his side of the sheet untucked as well. i oblige him, but it still irritates me, 7 years later.FitzandMollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18418134906423614152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-39978786253428139172007-11-04T22:32:00.000-05:002007-11-04T22:32:00.000-05:00Great post! I can't believe Curt is a or should I ...Great post! I can't believe Curt is a or should I say was a 2 hour snoozer! I had a roommate in college who was a 2 hour snoozer so that was one of my pre marriage questions. <BR/>I forgot you need to tell hubs that his sermon on fear about three months ago got me to quit watching SVU. Now I am not scared at all when my hubs is out of town. This is a huge PTL!<BR/>p.s. Did you check out the VS deal?Lori, Landon and Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08707188840576051639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-61234694600409366082007-11-04T22:21:00.000-05:002007-11-04T22:21:00.000-05:00Hey, Amanda. You don't have to post this one--just...Hey, Amanda. You don't have to post this one--just wanted to share something with you.<BR/><BR/>I wrote a book for new wives last year and I'm always looking for newlyweds to share it with. I told your friend Ashley about it, and she just e-mailed me. I'm sending her a copy tomorrow.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, if you have any other friends who are newly- or not-so-newlyweds, I'd love to send you a few to give out to them. Or you can even give me their addresses, and I'll send one right to 'em.<BR/><BR/>Oh, the book is From Blushing Bride to Wedded Wife. You can e-mail me through my website.<BR/>www.taviano.com<BR/><BR/>Have a great week!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-22604910419943703122007-11-04T22:09:00.000-05:002007-11-04T22:09:00.000-05:00I was smiling when I read about the sheet thing. ...I was smiling when I read about the sheet thing. For some reason Matt has always loved to have his side of the bed untucked and I love being tucked in. It feels nice and cozy to me that way. Oh well. There could be worse differences, huh? :)<BR/>Cute post, Amanda.<BR/>JenHoneycutt Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00684682447954778718noreply@blogger.com