It's About Time!

Okay, so I actually set up this blog a long time ago. Before we were married, actually! Considering we've been married almost 8 months (wow, already?), that's a long time! I think we still qualify as "Newlyweds" though, so for now the name of the blog is going to stay.

I suppose it's time I actually WROTE something on here. You know, to document our lives and all that. Let's see, I will just start at the beginning. A little background never hurt anybody.

My name is Kara. I'm 21 years old. My husband is Keaton. I call him Keat for short. He's also 21. That's it. We have a little family for now, just the two of us.

Keat is a senior at Florida State University. He graduates April 30! Then May 1st he commissions with the United States Army. Yup, I'm going to be an Army wife. I can't wait! Keaton is one of the funniest guys I have ever met in my life. He has me rolling constantly! I can't explain why, he just makes these funny faces and I lose it. He also has a very serious side, though. This side seems to do him well when it comes to Army things. He is very passionate about movies and music and has infinite knowledge about each. No, really. Seriously infinite, as in ridiculously infinite! He loves to eat at fancy restaurants and is a big romantic at heart. He is very technologically adept and is my person techie-guy thingie-fixer. He is thoughtful and careful and plans EVERYTHING to a T. He just started Crossfit and loves it!

I am exactly the opposite of Keat in almost every way. Where he tends to be very uptight and focused, I am more laid-back and relaxed. He is very prompt and self-motivated and I can't concentrate on anything for more than a few minutes. (Case in point: even while writing this post, which is taking forever, I keep flipping back and forth to Facebook because it's distracting!) I am very much a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants person and can't remember the last time I planned something intensively (with the exception of work stuff). As Keaton once put it, he won't even drive 4 miles over the speed limit and I tend to not be concerned with rules! I love to read and tend to be very organized, even if it is organized chaos. I've lately realized I'm also a bit of a clean-freak. Hmm. Not sure where that came from, but I didn't notice it until I started cleaning and caring for my own home and family.

Somehow we manage to complement each other in all the right ways. Keaton keeps me grounded. I help him have a little fun every now and then. I guess all that matters is that we're in it together.

We're both originally from Oklahoma. We're high school sweethearts. (All together now, awww!) Now in Tallahassee, Florida (at least for the next few months), we're kind of just waiting to see where we'll end up once Keat's in the Army. Until then, we'll just keep hanging out and holding on!