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Friday, March 22, 2013

Favor

Please do me a favor. If you find yourself reading my blog regularly, would you please follow me. I'd love to know who the readers are! And of course, if you follow me I'll gladly follow your blog as well!

Following is really easy to do! Just scroll down this side of this blog until you see the "Join This Site" button and follow the directions from there! 

Thank you so much to everyone who has been reading (even though I don't know who you are all yet!) I wouldn't continue this if I didn't know that people were at least visiting my blog to read the updates.

25 Things

I was given this idea by a friend that I just met recently. ML and her sister grew up with Stuart and her sister and husband are in our Sunday school class. She recommended that I do this as a follow up to the favorites post. This will definitely expand on some of the things I mentioned in the ABC's of Me.

1. I have an anxiety disorder. It gets so bad that there are certain social situation I can't be in and simple tasks that people do everyday like making phone calls can be hard for me.
2.  I am TERRIFIED of snakes. I have panic attacks when I even see a picture of them.
3. When I was 4, I had Histiocytosis X which is a disorder where there are extra immune cells in your body and they cause tumors. Mine was on my cheekbone. We had been through testing, a spinal tap, and a biopsy and we're talking next steps when they discovered that the tumor was gone! This is the reason I am such a firm believer in miracles and God's work. Prayer was such a huge part of my journey and now I'm 24 and never had another issue with this disorder. Praise God!
4. Besides one year in a college dorm, I never lived outside of my parents house until I married Stuart.
5. In high school, I wanted to be a marine biologist and work at Sea World.
6. I love to sing Gospel music but especially Southern Gospel! We used to sing as a family so I perfected that southern drawl!
7. I am OCD about the weirdest things. I do not care as much about clothes all over the place but if you move something in my kitchen, prepare for the wrath!
8. I never graduated college or completed a program. I don't know exactly what I want to do at this point so I don't know if I want to finish college yet although I am doing a certification program for Wedding and Event Planning.
9. I got dumped the day after my Senior prom for a freshman. No lie. And now that guy and his wife and kid go to our church... awkward... (at least his wife isn't the freshman he dumped me for though)
10. I know a whole lot more about Nascar than you would think. All through high school, my dad's company had a Nascar sponsorship so we went to a lot of the southeast races. My graduation weekend was spent at Charlotte Motor Speedway. I got a picture with Kyle Busch and was on cloud nine...
11. I hate when people pick their teeth with their fingers... please do that in private with something other than your hand!
12. I really like trash TV. Toddlers and Tiaras, Dance Moms, Teen Mom, Real Housewives, you name it, I have probably watched it and liked it.
13. I've had two eardrum repair surgeries on the same ear. One of the ruptures came from swimming with water behind my eardrum but the other came from a severe sinus infection. I knew the exact moment that it ruptured.
14. Baking relaxes me. I will usually bake and then never even eat it. The relaxation is truly in the making of the sweets, not the partaking.
15. I hate chocolate. I gag at the smell of it.
16. I hate to pay full price for anything. Even though I may a really nice things, I NEVER pay full price for them.
17. I like cheesy teen novels. I read all four Twilight books in less than a month. 
18. My husband says that I'm very, very generous. I tend to spend a lot of my money on things for other people.
19. I get overly obsessed with ideas until I make them a reality. If i decide that I want to sew something or make something, I have to go out and get everything and do it right then!
20. I have enough kids names picked out that I could easily have 12 kids and NOT run out of names! (but no worries, I really only want 4 at the most!)
21. I already have gray hairs on my head. It apparently runs in the family to get them at an early age...
22. I love going to the zoo.
23. I hate war movies and any movie with excessive gore in it. Although I really want to see Zero Dark Thirty.
24. I hate horror films but I love the Paranormal Activity movies and The Exorcism of Emily Rose.
25. I usually snort when I laugh.

What are your 25 things?
Thursday, March 21, 2013

Over a year...

Over a year ago, we went on our Honeymoon (December 2011 to be exact!) and the pictures are finally uploaded to a computer. They have been sadly living in my camera that long!

In my defense, I had been using Stuart's computer and hated it so I was never really into using it for uploading pictures. So when I finally got my new computer this weekend, I decided to finally buckle down and sort through the thousands of pictures on my camera. I'm happy to say that they are all sitting happily in properly labeled folders on my computer!

When I was looking through these pictures, I kept thinking "I took that so we could share it with friends and family back home!" So please brace yourselves for what could be a ton of pictures.


Our honeymoon was originally a cruise scheduled to leave out of Charleston the Monday after our wedding but about 2 months before our wedding, Stuart accepted his job with the school district so we had to quickly switch our plans. We ended up spending a few extra days in Charleston and moving the cruise to Christmas Break. Since the cruise was going to be 5 days leaving on Christmas Eve, we decided to add 3 days before that and head to Universal Studios! Best vacation ever!
The tower at the entrance of Islands of Adventure

This is the funniest thing when people pose in front of it and then it roars really loud! 

Coming into The Wizarding World of Harry Potter


Seeing the snow-capped buildings messed with my mind the whole time we were there! It was in the mid-60's and sunny the whole time but I kept feeling like there should be snow falling.
Butterbeer--Fabulous!
 We quickly became huge fans of the Butterbeer. They had the regular kind and then they had the frozen ones. We were a house divided on these--I loved the regular with extra foam and Stuart loved the frozen ones!

Hogwarts Express

Entrance to Hogsmeade

Beautiful

Hogwarts!
 They did an awesome job with the scale of Hogwarts! It was huge and a little terrifying honestly! We didn't, however, enjoy the ride inside Hogwarts... I cried during it. Not lying. Like a big baby. I was scared.


Stu with Wolverine

I just love all of the detail that they put into their attractions! 
Hogsmeade at night. So beautiful!


The wand shop
 Obviously, our trip to Universal was mainly for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter since my husband is a huge fan but we also Universal Studios which is right next to Islands of Adventure. I have always loved this park, not only for the attractions, but for the design and detail in everything they do!
Me in front of the I Love Lucy Tribute Museum (I tried to stay BEHIND the camera but Stuart got ahold of it a few times)

Any theme park that has a real Starbucks store inside is a hit in our book! (Isn't he just the cutest?!)

Awesome giant Christmas tree. I think I tried to convince Stuart to let me have one this big lol
 During the holiday season, they have their own Macy's Christmas Parade. It was so neat!
"Rockettes"



Hanging out at the back of the boat before we left port!


ready to explore Key West



Cute thang ready to see the Key West sights!
Always a character

Carnvial Ecstasy- our ship. (If you know my husband, you can only guess the bad jokes that stemmed from the name of our ship)

Mile 0!

Real Key West Key Lime Pie!


This was the cutest toy store in the visitor center near the port.


Formal night... Can't believe I let him have the camera.


Photoshoot anyone?!







Here's to hoping I get better at this uploading pictures thing! 
Monday, March 18, 2013

Brown Paper Packages...



"Tied up with string. These are a few of my favorite things!"

Let's be honest, you can't just read that... you have to sing it!


What is your favorite book?
Currently, I am into this




What is your favorite song?
Right now I like "Thrift Shop" by Mackelmore


What is your favorite color?
Pink! But I also like teal and coral lately!

What is your favorite destination?
Anywhere tropical or warm particularly Mexico

What is your favorite memory?
I have a lot of favorite memories that I don't think I could pick just one. I mean, we're still making them right?

What is your favorite TV show?
Lately I'm loving

and



What is your favorite movie?
Grease

What is your favorite food?
Mexican

What is your favorite dessert?
Any cupcake that isn't chocolate!

What is your favorite treat?
Since its Easter, I can get my hands on all the Nerds Jelly Beans I want but when it isn't Jelly Bean season, I like Nerds and Sour Patch!

What is your favorite car?
Range Rover

What is your favorite piece of clothing?
A good pair of jeans and a comfy t-shirt.

What is your favorite fashion accessory?
bubble necklaces.


What is your favorite perfume?
Oh Lola


What is your favorite leisure activity?
Reading or crafting.

Who is your favorite author?
Karen Kingsbury.

Who is your favorite actor/actress?
Katherine Heigl 

Who is your favorite singer?
I don't really have a favorite.

Who is your role model?
Role models aren't really something I get into. I want to be the best version of me but emulate traits that I admire in others.

Where is your favorite place to be?
At home with the hubby.

What are your favorites? I'd love to hear from you! If you write a favorites post, tag me so that I can read it!
Saturday, March 16, 2013

Day 2


Day 2 of the 30 Day Blogging Challenge


Where do I want to be in 10 years? Great question!
I honestly had to think about this one for a while because I just don't think that far down the road haha

But in 10 years I'll be 34 years old! That seems so weird! Stuart will be 36. I hope that in 10 years we'll have our complete family. We want 4 kids but want one of those to be adopted from an Asian country.

I hope that I will be a successful wedding and event planner. I have been studying through an online certification program and I hope to have started my own business or working somewhere by then.

I really can't expand on it any further because we can dream all day about where we want to be in 10 years but I do know that I am lucky to be living this life with my man! He is awesome!


Thursday, March 14, 2013

Another Year Older


In the midst of doing the 30 day blogging challenge, I am also going to try and catch everyone up on the things we've been doing lately! On March 2, I celebrated my 24th birthday. Now I'm sure that when I woke up on my 18th and 21st birthdays, I probably THOUGHT I felt older but boy did 24 throw me for a loop! I honestly did feel older and felt like I should grow up (yeah right! where's the fun in that?!)
 


We started out the celebration Friday night with a date night. Ever since we started dating, Stuart and I have been very pro date night! We try to go out at least twice a month and then do other less expensive dates throughout the rest of the month. So this date night doubled as my birthday dinner. It was actually one of five haha. What can I say, birthdays are big around here!
 
I got to pick the restaurant so I picked Red Bowl. I threw Stuart off completely because I'm sure he thought we'd be eating San Jose ;)
 
I got to indulge in this beautiful spread
A Crunchy Roll and 3 pieces of Salmon Shashimi
 

We bought this gem
 
Then the next day was my actual birthday!
 

We woke up and ran the Color Run! It was so much fun and even though we aren't runners, my mom and I ran about half of the course.



Before
 
After
 
 
Short dance party before the race... Stu was not amused!

 
I know that 24 is going to be a good year! I'm looking forward to all that I'll experience in this next year!