So So many things can be done with the internet now-a-days! I love Shutterfly! I just ordered birthday cards for her online and personalized them with pictures of her, me and David. They look so good!! Take a gander at them - order some for yourself!
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Friday, July 22, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
Why Am I Awake Right Now?
Okay, so it's 4am on a Sunday - scratch that - Monday, and I am wide awake. Quite odd because I recently fell in love with sleep again for the 24th time in my life. (Yeah, I've been sleeping a lot lately. Quite possibly because it's so deliciously quiet at my new house.) My boyfriend is semi-snoring on the couch and I just watched Friends Season 5 Disc 2 from start to finish, hoping to ease me to my bed, but it failed. Apparently when you're awake at this hour, the thing to do (when you can't get the damn FaceBook photo uploader to work) is start a blog. I've thought about starting one before but never really knew what to talk about. I know a lot of moms have blogs and talk about their children, and new wives start them to talk about their marriage, and shopoholics write them to brag about the awesome clothes they have or find (which makes me totally jealous, I can not read a shopper's blog, I will probably cry), and I just don't quite know what my blog is really about. I suppose that comes later. If I keep up with this, it will most likely be me rambling on about the everyday life of a single (legally only, I am totally 100% in love and living with my very amazing boyfriend) woman who doesn't always know what's up and what's down. I feel like I should be saying "come take a walk with me" or something cheesy, but I shall refrain, unless that quote counts. Hah.
So anyway, if I have a point, this would be it. Here's life as I know it: I just moved out of my mom's house into an adorable 2 bedroom brick house in Spring with David and I absolutely love it! This is what I have been waiting for for what feels like forever. It's mine (ours). Granted, I don't own it, we rent, from a lovely older woman who gave us a hell of a deal, but it's MINE! (ours, dammit.) I have my own kitchen to cook in, my own garage to grill in, my own bathroom to do whatever I want in (seriously, we have 2 bathrooms and I get one all to myself), my own backyard to tan in, my own mailbox that just my (our) mail comes in... it doesn't get any better than this. I have vacated "the woods" as I like to call Willis and moved into "stuff" as I like to call Spring. I really do go around saying "there's so much stuff around here!!" There's a Chik-fil-a like, not even 10 minutes from my house - hallelujah!
I also recently found a new love in my life, other than my house and David, and that is his adorable 2 year old girl, Jordyn, who I recently met and started to spend time with. She is every bit as amazing as her Daddy is and is so incredibly much like him. I have a great time when she's around because she brings so much joy and innocence to the household, it's impossible not to enjoy every second of time she is here.
Our life did hit one little bump in the road a month ago, and even though I hate to discuss it, it's a big part of our move. We were in a hurry to move out of my mom's house because her neighborhood POA would no longer let us keep our dog kennel in her side yard, which is unfenced (hence the kennel). We (well, David) had a very sweet pit bull named Misty. She was 7 years old and one of the sweetest dogs I knew. We looked and looked and secured a house and fenced yard for her on short notice, and sadly, the very day we met the landlord to get our house keys, she passed away. We didn't know why, and we still don't, she was too young to go, and she will always be missed. I will always feel sad that she's not outside in that yard, or barking like crazy during a thunderstorm, and wonder what we could have done differently, but I know things happen and life goes on. She was a good dog, and we miss her dearly.
On a more positive note, tonight was a great night. We had a couple friends over and grilled some chicken and shrimp (on the barbie! lol) which was very tasty. We had a couple drinks, even more laughs, and then after Erica and Brian took off, me and Dave spent hours in the garage just talking about everything under the sun and making each other laugh. He truly is my one and only, and it is more obvious to me each day. We have similar, yet different histories. We understand each other like no one else and know we can tell each other absolutely anything. We can talk to each other for hours on end and not get bored. As we talked we had some country music playing on my iPod in the background, and after a while, without saying anything, we just started dancing in the garage. That's one of the many things I love so much about our relationship. We don't even have to speak to communicate sometimes, it can be nice. I knew right away that this night would end up being a favorite memory of mine. One to tuck away and break out whenever I need a reminder of how close we really are.
So... you know how I started this blog (book, ha) because I was wide awake? Well, I think I figured out what will make me tired, and that was writing this. At least something worked. I'm going to go crawl into my bed and curl up with all the pillows (because Dave is still sleeping on the couch and he's too heavy for me to move right now and probably won't wake up too easily) and go nite-nite.
Sweet dreams.
So anyway, if I have a point, this would be it. Here's life as I know it: I just moved out of my mom's house into an adorable 2 bedroom brick house in Spring with David and I absolutely love it! This is what I have been waiting for for what feels like forever. It's mine (ours). Granted, I don't own it, we rent, from a lovely older woman who gave us a hell of a deal, but it's MINE! (ours, dammit.) I have my own kitchen to cook in, my own garage to grill in, my own bathroom to do whatever I want in (seriously, we have 2 bathrooms and I get one all to myself), my own backyard to tan in, my own mailbox that just my (our) mail comes in... it doesn't get any better than this. I have vacated "the woods" as I like to call Willis and moved into "stuff" as I like to call Spring. I really do go around saying "there's so much stuff around here!!" There's a Chik-fil-a like, not even 10 minutes from my house - hallelujah!
I also recently found a new love in my life, other than my house and David, and that is his adorable 2 year old girl, Jordyn, who I recently met and started to spend time with. She is every bit as amazing as her Daddy is and is so incredibly much like him. I have a great time when she's around because she brings so much joy and innocence to the household, it's impossible not to enjoy every second of time she is here.
Our life did hit one little bump in the road a month ago, and even though I hate to discuss it, it's a big part of our move. We were in a hurry to move out of my mom's house because her neighborhood POA would no longer let us keep our dog kennel in her side yard, which is unfenced (hence the kennel). We (well, David) had a very sweet pit bull named Misty. She was 7 years old and one of the sweetest dogs I knew. We looked and looked and secured a house and fenced yard for her on short notice, and sadly, the very day we met the landlord to get our house keys, she passed away. We didn't know why, and we still don't, she was too young to go, and she will always be missed. I will always feel sad that she's not outside in that yard, or barking like crazy during a thunderstorm, and wonder what we could have done differently, but I know things happen and life goes on. She was a good dog, and we miss her dearly.
On a more positive note, tonight was a great night. We had a couple friends over and grilled some chicken and shrimp (on the barbie! lol) which was very tasty. We had a couple drinks, even more laughs, and then after Erica and Brian took off, me and Dave spent hours in the garage just talking about everything under the sun and making each other laugh. He truly is my one and only, and it is more obvious to me each day. We have similar, yet different histories. We understand each other like no one else and know we can tell each other absolutely anything. We can talk to each other for hours on end and not get bored. As we talked we had some country music playing on my iPod in the background, and after a while, without saying anything, we just started dancing in the garage. That's one of the many things I love so much about our relationship. We don't even have to speak to communicate sometimes, it can be nice. I knew right away that this night would end up being a favorite memory of mine. One to tuck away and break out whenever I need a reminder of how close we really are.
So... you know how I started this blog (book, ha) because I was wide awake? Well, I think I figured out what will make me tired, and that was writing this. At least something worked. I'm going to go crawl into my bed and curl up with all the pillows (because Dave is still sleeping on the couch and he's too heavy for me to move right now and probably won't wake up too easily) and go nite-nite.
Sweet dreams.
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