Welcome

Hello all, and welcome to our blog!  We are a husband/wife team living in the midwest just starting our lives together, and with any new exciting journey or adventure comes the corresponding blog.

I suppose the first place to start in any such endeavor would be with an introduction of the main players.  For naming purposes, I, the male component of this relationship, will call myself Arthur, and while there is much that I choose not to share with the world, in naming myself as I have, I tell you much about what I aspire to be.  Arthur the legend is a man full of bravery, selflessness, and nobility.  Everything in his domain is ruled justly; peace reigns the land.  While I have no kingdom,I have been given a very specific sphere of influence in a small circle of friends, in my occupation, and in my home, and I ache to "rule" this domain by the same principles.

I, Alex, am the wife on this team.  My "name" doesn't have any deep philosophical meaning behind it.  Rather, it is the name I used in another blog telling of the adventures of the previous chapter (now I am somewhat older and actually a professional) in my life. http://julesandalex.blogspot.com/  Also Alex is a lot easier to spell than Guinevere.

We have been married four weeks and are having a blast!  We create an interesting dynamic, with many laughs, dreams, and happiness.  We don't want to gloss over our imperfections, but life truly has been much sweeter sharing it together, and we hope that our lives, and to some extent, this blog, will be a blessing to all we interact with.

We arrived at Omnia Vincit Amor as a name for several reasons.  For those of you who know us personally (sorry internet, not quite ready to give you a pass to all that information yet), you will immediately recognize the pun inherent because of our last name.  But more importantly, the concept of love conquering all is an important one to us in how we relate to each other and in how we relate to our God.

It has been something of a unanimous sentiment expressed by married people we most respect that life works best when our love for each other guides us more than our own personal tastes.  In fact, I would say that love overcoming, dare I say, conquering, the desires of self have been a theme most relevant in the harmony of our marriage.

It plays itself out everyday.  I, Arthur, have absolutely no idea what the function of a throw pillow.  It seems like a superfluous piece of something that we'd be just as happy without, but this is not a sentiment shared with my dear Alex.  Thus, every morning I find myself neatly placing the pillows we did not use to sleep back on a bed designed for sleeping.  Omnia vincit amore.

My (Alex) battle's front line has been in the kitchen.  I have never been a fan of cooking (just refer to my previous blog for multiple examples of this) but since getting married I have spent a lot of time at the kitchen sink or the stove.  The original agreement was that Arthur would be our chef.  However, due to working later and a commute, I have taken on preparing dinner.  One night I spent two hours making dinner, doing the dishes, and whipping up two dozen bierocks to have on hand for lunches.  I was beat but if it means keeping my husband well fed and happy- after all the way to a man's heart is through his stomach- then it is my privilege to serve him in this way for the time being.  Omnia vincit amore.

Anyway, that's a quick look into our lives and what we're about.  We hope that you'll be checking in with us, and that in some way we can be a blessing to your life.  Until next time, God bless!