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Blubber and blessings!

If I had to pick a period in my life that I identify as the absolute best time in my life, I'd say it had to be 2011- April of 2012!  When 2011 rolled in, I thought it was going to be the worst year of my life.  I had just lost and buried my Mommy, I was jobless, on the verge of being homeless, and all hope seemed to be lost.  As more of a joke than anything, I applied for this job that was OBVIOUSLY too good to be true and lo and behold, LANDED it!  I was on TOP!  I had a GREAT job that I loved with great benefits, quickly scored a great little apartment that was all mine,started attending a new Church that I fell quickly in love with, and made a fast circle of friends I affectionately call my Steel Magnolias!  I hate that it took me so long to take the leap, cross the street, and walk into the doors of that Church!  When I started attending in October, I had no idea that I would be leaving them months later in May, but they have continued to love on me, support me, and be everything that friends should be.  Beyond my amazing wife, they're easily the best friends I've ever had!   Hashtag BLESSED!
2012 reared its head and I couldn't imagine that life could get better.  After years of "experimenting" with online dating, on the verge of giving up and taking an oath of single status, I sent a message to this girl who also seemed a bit too good to be true. Surprisingly, she replied, and we started spending a lot of time getting to know each other!  I was QUICKLY smitten.  I think it took a little convincing, but I finally schooled her on the art of thinking I was just as amazing as I did of her!  So in April, on the eve of Thunder over Louisville, after lots of coercing she FINALLY made the trip down to Clarksville to meet me!
(I swear I'm reeling this in.. follow on..)
For those of you who don't know, Thunder over Louisville is the biggest Fireworks production in the USA! (literally.. look it up!)  The interstates, the local streets, the WORLD shuts down for Thunder!  It's a spectacular, smoky, sparkly sight!  Sadly, because it took her so long to be convinced, she didn't make it in time for the show and ended up stranded on the off ramp blocks from my place.  So I walked my swag-a-licious, then much skinnier, ass down to the off ramp, hopped in her car, and as you all know, the rest is history.  For the next 3 years, for whatever reason, we weren't ever able to make it back to Louisville for Thunder.  This year I made it my mission and Amanda LOVED every last minute of it!  It was a great night, a wonderful celebration of our relationship, and the icing on the cake was spending time this morning with my wife AND my Steel Magnolias!
We definitely cheated on our "lifestyle changes" because, well, when in Louisville!  I did, however, manage to remain safely under my calorie goals and promise to work my tuckus off this week to keep the dream alive!  My other goal is to revive this sad little blog for those of you who just want to know what I think about things without me cluttering up your Facebook feeds!
Love and butter and all the fun words with "uh" sounds!
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