Heart My Soldier and Football

Good Evening....

Sorry it has been a little while, technical difficulty..... I had all intentions of catching up and sharing good stuff this weekend. Needless to say, it was a no go till Monday evening. You got to love dealing with cable and Internet services. Bleh! I did get to take the extra time to catch up on some great movies, read a interesting book. I even worked in a little evening scrimmage game Monday.

Here are some of my tasty eats for the week.....

Green Monster - Well at least my version of one

1/2 c of berries

1 slice of Cantaloupe

1 handful of spinach

1 c vanilla almond milk

1/2 scoop of protein

1 hand full of ice

Blend and serve.... mmmmmmm

Grilled Chicken with whole wheat pasta and fresh parm and corn

Cajun rice and turkey sausage

Fried (lightly battered) squash

Fresh tomato

Steam corn

Turkey Burger (mini meatloaf on wheat bun?)

with little mozzarella, tomato, and spinach

Steamed green beans and red potatoes

Fresh steamed corn on the cob

So delish!

Indian lentils and rice with steamed broccoli

And of course.....

birfday cake!!!!!!

Oh and here is my little garden..... basil, chives, parsley, tomatoes, small peppers, and cilantro(only buds - nothing to pick yet) .... PURDY!

This week workout wise was CRAZY! I had mentioned we were short staffed at work, so I had to sub on some extra classes. Whew! It was great! I taught Spin 4 days this week, 2 barbell classes, and pilates. I definitely need the Sat and Sun to recover.

So this weekend was extra special since it was my hubby's birthday Tuesday. But of course since it is preseason, we had to celebrate Sunday. (The countdown is still going - 17 days left till kickoff)

So for my hunny's birfday, I fixed him an extra special dinner (football casserole - his fav) with a oooohhhh so yummy birthday chocolate cake and frosting made completely from scratch. Bless his heart, it has been a couple of years since he has been able to actually celebrate his birthday. I wanted to make this one extra special. :) MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

A little back story on my wonderful husband and I, (Side note - In a couple of weeks we have been together for 3 exciting years) we actually met when he was an active duty officer at an Army installation. I had just moved there for my job, and he had just been recalled back into the Army. He was getting ready to deploy (great time to meet your future husband eh?). At that time, I had already been working in military fitness for 2 1/2 years, and got an internship that moved me there. When I got there, I had told myself that I would enforce a no dating active duty policy. Funny huh? Of course, in a military town it didn't last too long. Coach and I met a month later after we both got there. We were both looking but not looking for relationships. Again with the deployment coming, we were not so sure. As the months went by we knew it something serious, and what better way to test a true relationship than a 10 month deployment to Iraq.
After the deployment, we were not sure what was going to happen. One thing for sure we did know was that he was not going to be staying in the Army. When we had first met, he had told me that it was his dream to become a football coach, like his father. I knew he wanted to do this, but I didn't realize exactly what he meant at the time. I was thinking OK, coaching a youth or high school football as a side job. Needless to say it took me awhile to understand exactly what he meant. He was looking EVERYWHERE for coaching jobs, mainly at colleges. BTW, this is extremely hard field to break into, especially Division I colleges. The Lord works in mysterious ways, because low and behold he did it. One summer night, he came to me and told me that he was going to pursue his dream of being a college football coach at a D1 school in Ohio. As promised after the job was found, he told that night at dinner he was going to marry me.

After that it was another long distance relationship for another 10 months (this time I could at least drive to see him). As he promised he put a ring on my finger that fall. We didn't know how the season was going to turn out. So we didn't make any hasty decisions about me coming to Ohio.

Around the New Year, I had interviewed for a job in Ohio doing exactly what I did in North Carolina. I received word not long after that I got the job, unfortunately paperwork took a long time, so I wasn't able to move till March. This ended up turning out for the best since Ohio got pounded with some serious snow this year. (This southern girl is still a little nervous about this whole real snow business).

So I have been here in O_H_I_O now for a little over 4 months. It is a little different, but overall it has been nice. Still have somethings to get use too - working progress. So the coach and I have been enjoying our newly wed life now for almost 3 months. It has been quite a journey for us. The best part it is so far from over, and there is so much more to see and experience. I couldn't be more excited than to share it with my husband, my best friend. Love you babe!

Now it is sleepy puppy bedtime! Night nite!