We Deactivated Our Facebook Accounts!

We did it!  H3 and I deactivated our individual Facebook accounts! 

Some of you may know that H3 and I were recently married.  Since we have children from other relationships we decided to devote all of our time blending our two families together and developed a list of 10 things to do over the summer.

Once we started living together, we became obviously aware of the amount of time that we spent checking our Facebook newsfeed or new comments to posts throughout the day.

In addition, to checking updates, there were numerous intense trending topics that were popping up across timelines in the political, religion and even racial arenas. Luckily H3 and I are like minded in numerous topics and frequently talk openly and calmly about these topics. On facebook however the line of right or wrong is drawn and either you agree with others opinions (even if you don't agree) or you are WRONG. Some of these topics tend to get very intense and if you get to wrapped into it --- it can consume you.

I personally don't see some topics (politics/religion) as right or wrong.  It is about perception. I think one way and you may think another way and that is what makes us different. Running the country is like running a business. The Board of Directors of a company has a strategic plan just as each political party does.

Another reason that we are stepping away from Facebook (a "hiatus" as I call it) is to get in touch with friends and family on a more personal level.  Talking by phone, handwriting messages and sending postcards while traveling are things that we want to do more frequently.  We speak to immediate family very frequently and even send postcards to them when we are traveling but felt it was important to broaden our reach to all of our friends and family and to share it with the kids too!

I will say that we will keep our individual accounts deactivated.  Once we return to Facebook we will be using our joint facebook account that we created just before we married.

We Got Married In Jail!!!!

We did it!  We went down the aisle!  Well actually, we went through metal detectors after my purse was searched but not before we had to return all four of our cell phones we had unknowingly "smuggled" in with us back to the car.  Yep - you guessed it, we were married in JAIL!  

Before you judge me...... 

Neither myself nor H3 (my Hot and Handsome honey/Husband) were in jail. The office/court to get married at locally is at the "County Detention Center". It is open 24/7/365 so it is like a southern Vegas without all the glitz and glamour plus you can wear jeans!!!!  

The lady that married us was the sweetest soft spoken person who was also the local Magistrate Clerk. She innocently laughed as we jokingly teased each other about how we should kiss.  I suggested "church tongue" just as Drew Barrymore stated in the 80s flick, 'The Wedding Singer'. Then to add to the humor of where we were, I asked if I could arrange for my new husband to be left behind in one of the available "rooms" - which gave our oldest open opportunity to tease us about conjugal visits.  The sweet lady of course laughed then said, "nope - you have to take him with you and there are NO returns." Funny, my mother-in-law said the same thing soon after we met.

Our official anniversary date is now 5/15/15.  We choose this day for numerous reasons... 

(1) 51515 is a cool set of numbers!

(2) 51515 is the same backwards and forwards!

(3) 5/15/2015 destiny number is "1" which is one of the best days to marry in numerology regardless of your own destiny birth number.  Destiny number:  5+1+5+2+0+1+5 = 19.  1+9 = 10, 1+0 = 1.

(4) We love each other!

(5) Are each others best friend and soulmate!

(6) Our families love our spouse!

(7) In our heart of hearts we knew it was the best day for us!