Who Could Ask For More...

There are times I certainly realize just why I love my wife.  Ok, so I'm going to try and do this without making everyone sick so don't expect me to call Kim my "smoopy doopy poopy pants" or anything like that... Uh uh, not my style.   I'm just gonna lay it out there...

Ok, so anyone who knows me knows that I'm a total geek.  I love sci-fi, superheros, shows about things like "Ancient Aliens" and "Modern Marvels."  I also have a tendency to bluster on about ultimately meaningless things and yeah... I may beat a dead horse or two until they are completely unrecognizable...  I think I'm incredibly entertaining and even occasionally funny, but recognize everyone may not necessarily agree.

 (Giorgio Tsoukalos from "Ancient Aliens" - Kim and I love this guy! He's ridiculous.)

Anyway, I never wanted or felt like I needed anyone to enjoy the things I enjoyed, but rather just to accept that I do.  When we were leaving The Dark Knight Rises tonight and Kim Kim said "Oh my gosh that was amazing! My nerd pants were going crazy!" Well... That's true love in my book and I never expected it!

I always heard about how when you're married you find out a lot about each other and you have to accept that you may find things you don't like.  I know we're still early in this "till death do we part" game, but so far I'm really amazed at what I'm discovering.  You hear a lot about finding someone similar is good, or that opposites attract, but what I'm finding is that we're not really similar or opposite.  We're complimentary.  Maybe that is what it's all about... Maybe it's not all about finding that person who needs strength where you're strong or who can support you where you're weak. Maybe what we're actually talking about is finding someone who is an adventure every day.  I enjoy seeing how Kim does what she does.  In many ways we handle life in similar ways.  We believe many of the same things, but I love it when I find something she does differently.  It reminds me that she is not just my wife.  Ok, yes she is my wife, but she is a person who God has created to be strong, clever, wise, creative, compassionate and beautiful with or without me.  I realize that God has charged me not with "keeping" her, but serving her by striving to be worthy of her every day. 

Sure, no one is perfect including Kim. In the same way, however, that every person learns to deal with their shortcomings and still love themselves, I'm learning how to support Kim in her weakness and by doing so become stronger myself.

Ok, that's the end of my sappiness for tonight...

The Odds of East Texas

In the year I've lived here in Nacogdoches I've come to realize that this is actually a strange place.  Not necessarily strange bad, just strange strange.  Take today as a prime example.  While most of the state and region is suffering from a tremendous drought and temperature over 100 degrees we've been soaked to the bone with a couple of weeks of pretty heavy rain.  Oh it's hot too, no doubt about it.  Yesterday for instance was well over 100 most of the day preventing the Hart family from doing too much outside, then as it got cooler BOOM... Rain...  Today, we talked about geocaching but it was CRAZY hot most of the day so we waited.  Well in truth I (boasting a bit) was perfectly fine with the heat being a native, born-and-raised Texan, but I was concerned for my Georgia peach.  I mean if it's not over 100, I usually need a jacket, but I digress... So here we are waiting things to cool off and just as the thermometer starts falling, so does the rain... Grrrr... So, will the rain stop us?  Will some cloud juice dribbling from God's sippy cup stop the adventures of intrepid geocachers? NEVER!

As Winston Churchill once put it, "We will seek them in the bushes, we will find them in the trees, we will not flag or fail. We will not quit, we will only recalibrate! Our names will echo through history and they will say never have so many been found by so few, so quickly!"

Contributing to the Family Blog

Well hello there.  How's it going? Come here often?  Well you should because this is the place to find out what is happening with the Hart household in the wilds of east Texas!  It could be anything from geocaching (geocaching.com) to grading papers.  I figure we'll keep everyone updated on everything from random observations to everyday life.  This will be 1 part journal, 1 part sounding board (place to get things off our chest) and all parts interesting.  Ok, so it may only be interesting to us but welcome anyway!

Back to Blogging

It's been awhile, but I'm back! I've thought about getting back into blogging every now and then over the past few years, but I never could get into it. Now that Casey and I are married, and I have moved to Nacogdoches, I think it's time! New adventure, new phase of life, new thoughts to share. Well, maybe not all new thoughts to share, but I'm sure there will be a few.:-) So I hope you enjoy following The Harts at Home, and please leave us comments!