Here We Go...

Once upon a time I decided to start a blog because my very dear friend, Tiffany Zajas, was moving away. See, she had been a blogger for a while and had been trying to convince me to start one, and so I decided since she was moving away from me I would. And then I blogged like three times.
So I've decided to take it up again and see how it goes. I'm thinking I'm pretty into it. Only time will tell...

Well life has been CRAZY over the past year. We moved back to Virginia from Tennessee in April of 2012, Luke got an awesome new job that just happened to be back home. We had about 3.5 weeks to wrap up life in Tennessee, pack up our entire lives and move. It.was.nuts. But undoubtedly God's plan for us, His hand was 100% evident in every step of the process. That being said, I was 6 months preggers when we had to move, which, let's just be honest, was a tad stressful.  But everything worked out.

So we've been back in VA for a year now. I had a really hard time at first because I really love Chattanooga and I loved our life there. Plus it's always hard leaving friends and I was completely in love with our house. It's so nice though to be back around our families. Especially since having a baby. I want him to grow up around his grandparents, cousins, etc. Like I said, knowing 100% that it was God's will made it easier to move. Slowly but surely I feel like we're settling in. We've found a great church that we love and we're making some really good friends. Alright, I'll say it. Virginia is growing on me. 

In this past year we also had our first babe, Isaiah. At the risk of sounding like one of "those" moms...you know, the one's who you think to yourself, "Come on, you've got to have a bad day once in a while...be real," he's the absolute joy of my life. I love this kid to death. Now I'll be completely honest, we have rough days. Sometimes I think to myself, "Bree Milrod what on earth have you gotten yourself into?" But he's precious and I'm completely in love. 

So, I guess that kind of catches the blog world up on my life since my last post, like 3 years ago...here's to hoping I stick with it! Happy Friday everyone!

Welcome

Hey, I already had a blog that I never update, so I just used the address I already had.

Goodbye Holiday Season

Though the holiday season has officially been over for a couple weeks, in my head its not over until I go back to school, which is tomorrow. I can't decided if I'm excited or nervous. My first semester was CRAZY, and I know this one will be equally crazy, if not a tad more. I am looking forward to being busy again though, I enjoy having a significant amount of my time taken up by something I enjoy :) I have made a couple of good girl friends in my program, which makes class much more enjoyable. It's pretty crazy how we got so close so quickly, I feel that's a God thing. I am quite thankful for those girls :)






I got in a bit of a crafty spirit during my break, and I decided to paint a tree on my bedroom wall. It was quite fun, which makes me want to paint things on every room in my house...though I don't know if my husband would like that....

And I will end with my random thought...

I was thinking one day about how incredible it is that God can hear my voice and my prayer, even though thousands of other people are talking to Him at the same time....which led me to think that He must be like Superman, out there watching earth, listening intently, and hearing everyone at the same time....only minus the tights and cape....and He is immune to kryptonite. Either that or God is a really good multi-tasker.

It's been a while..

I'm already bad at blogging....

Life has been CRAZY since school started. Class, work, homework, that's what my life consists of. Its not bad at all, just insane. I literally spend every night and my entire weekend doing homework...but I still like it, so that must be a sign right?

I'm so excited it is almost holiday time! We are going home (Virginia) for Thanksgiving, its always nice to go home, especially at the holidays :) And this year we are staying in TN for Christmas b/c we wanted to celebrate our first Christmas in our new house, at our house!!!!

I'm so excited to decorate, I might go a little bit crazy. And we're going to get a HUGE real Christmas tree. I hope I have to stand on a ladder to reach the top, wouldn't that be wonderful?

Random Picture to spruce things up....

Last weekend we went to a football game for Luke's birthday. Neither of us had ever been to a real football game and it was lots of fun! It would have been more fun if the Redskins had won...and maybe if we were surrounded by Redskins fans rather than mean glance throwing Falcons fans. Still a fun day!

What's a girl to do....

So, my dilemma in starting a blog was that I didn't know if I should make if funny or serious. So much pressure to be good at this. So, I think I've decided we'll go with both. Maybe I'll end each post with a thought that is opposite of the theme of my post..??? We'll see...

I have been learning a TON lately from the Big Guy. A lot about trust, and life, and my plans vs. His plans. One thing that has been awesome lately is just how He is revealing His plan for me, ever so slowly :) He has allowed me to be a part of different things for different seasons. Some of which I thought were the "extended plan" for life, but God showed me He is bigger than that.

Recently, within the past year or so, He has been bringing out a side of me that I honestly didn't even know existed. At first I thought it was just kind of random interest, but I have come to learn how much it truly is God. I have NEVER been the super artsy/creative type of person. I took a crafts class in high school b/c I needed an elective...and I hated it. But lately I have had several opportunities to design things (for work, church, etc.) and I have loved it! So for the past year I had been debating going back to school, and what for, etc. Finally I decided, after much thought and prayer, to go back for Graphic Design!!! It took me a while to decide, b/c like I said, I have never been artsy at all and I thought it was maybe a random thing. But I have found that it certainly is not. God has brought this passion out in me at the absolute perfect time in my life, of course. And since I made my decision, so many things have been falling into place for me. Its honestly so hard for me to comprehend or even put into words. But it is awesome to know that something I thought was totally random and insignificant has become my passion and I can see God's perfect timing in it. I'm glad He's so perfect :)

Funny Thought: How hard is it really to be the girl who does the traffic report on local news? I mean honestly, feel like I could handle that.

A Friendly Tribute...

I hate goodbyes, I'm no good at them. Especially when in regard to those near and dear to my heart. I generally start to get a little emotional, you know, a couple tears, a knot in my throat. Then I start to get embarrassed by my show of emotion and feel awkward.

Yet another one of my best friends is moving away from me. I knew it was coming really...I've had all summer to prepare my little heart. So, I promised her that if she did indeed move I would start a blog...something she's been trying to convince me of for quite some time.

Here's to keeping up on the inside scoop via facebook and blogger dear friend of mine :) At least Nashville is close enough for a day trip!