#6- Home is where the heart is

I am so very thankful for our home. I am thankful to own our own home, because I HATED renting. I am thankful to HAVE a home because I know unfortunately some people are without. I am thankful to be a first time home buyer, and not only get an AWESOME tax credit, but to get the keys to a home that WE OWN. A home we can do WHATEVER we want to. Paint whatever we want, hang whatever we want. It feels so good to walk in the front door everyday knowing that we work for our home, and the check I mail out every month is benefiting us, not some landlord! We actually (and by we I mean Chris lol) started our painting project Sunday. Saturday we bought some sample colors and tested them out. Yesterday Chris did our dining area. We painted it a burnt red which I LOVE. I think it adds SO MUCH to our home, and it makes it 100% different its crazy!! We have one more coat to do, which he is doing Tuesday night. I'm excited to see it all done with some pictures hung :) I will post some Before and After pictures on Wednesday!

#5- FAM-ILY

My computer at home is DINOSAUR slow, and I haven't played around with how to blog from my phone. So I decided to wait until today to do my catch up blogging posts for the weekend, which by the way went by WAYYY to fast.

So pretending today is Saturday =)

I am thankful for my family. Even though I am thankful for them each and everyday, its usually Holiday Season that I feel even more thankful. Thankful we have people to share the Holiday cheer with, make some good food, and have some good laughs! My family is a blast to be around. We have family dinners every Sunday night, and we have a great time. Laughing, cracking jokes, and reminiscing. It's CRAZY to think I'm now old enough to be married, buy our own house, and someday start our own family. Time goes by SO fast that sometimes I forget to stop, take a breath and enjoy the PRESENT time. Sometimes I think we get too caught up in our drama, that we forget about the people close who are always lending a helping caring hand. You NEVER know what tomorrow will bring you, so enjoy all the time you have with your family far and near!

Although I LOVEEE Christmas and the holidays, I cant help but to feel some sadness as well. Linny was a Christmas freak. There was a Christmas tree in every room and storage units full of decor. I miss her A BUNCH over the holiday season. I know she is with me, and watching over Chris and I. But oh man what I'd do to hug her tightly one more time on Christmas morning....

#4- WEEKENDS HERE!

I am so proud of myself...4th post in a row! WOOHOO FOR ME!!!!!

Today my thankful post is me being Thankful for WEEKENDS. I am thankful for the 2 FULL days a week that I don't have to work. I am thankful to have a job that allows me to have weekends off with my husband! It allows some much needed 'us' time and when we have a family it will be SO NICE to enjoy our weekends. I worked retail for a few years and VERY VERY rarely did I have A weekend off. Let alone EVERY weekend. I then worked at HAPO for 2 1/2 years, and until I transferred to the Hanford branch my last 6 months there I worked every OTHER Saturday. I got a day off during the week but...what good is that when a lot of my friends worked Mon-Fri?? I am 1. very grateful to have a job with our economy going the way it is. and 2. even more thankful that every Friday at 4:30 I walk out of our business door knowing I have 2 WHOLE DAYS to do what I want, on MY schedule and on MY time. And boy am I thankful for that!!!!

Hope everyone has a FANTASTIC weekend. TGIF!

#3- The Air I Breathe

Today my thankful post is very SAD. But bare with me =)

I am thankful for the very air I breathe. This may seem like a much to "broad" thankful post...but allow me to elaborate.

I am thankful for the air I breathe because tomorrow int promised. Tomorrow is promised, an hour from now isn't promised, a minute from now isn't promised.

Yesterday a girl I went to high school with lost her life. At a young age of 22, a senior in College with a whole lot of life before her. She was hit by a car, and was taken off of life support once her parents arrived from Texas. Brittany and I were not best friends by any means, in fact we rarely hung out unless our groups were at the same place. The thought of someone I KNEW lost her life has been hard to juggle. My thoughts and prayers go out to her close family, friends and sorority. I know she has touched MANY people's lives, and her memory will never fade.

Someone you know, so young, losing their life makes some things that have been buried away so much more clear. Never take your life or the people in it for granite, for tomorrow isn't promised, and either is the rest of today.

Here is a picture of Brittany, Breaks my heart to see such a young life lost.

#2- Perfect Day

I think today is a PERFECT DAY for this Thankful Post. I think it is VERY appropriate seeing how today is Veterans Day!

For me, today was a very emotional drive to work. Listening to 94.9 and their tribute to all of the fallen soldiers and to everyone that was injured and lost their life in the Fort Hood incident. I couldn't help the tears streaming from my face, even though I myself haven't lost a loved one to the war, I have family and friends serving our country and for that I'm grateful.

I am thankful to every single person that IS or HAS served our country. I am thankful for my cousin Rudy that is a Marine and has been for 3 years. and I am thankful for my little brother Hunter that is at boot camp as we speak. War is a very scary thing to me, the thought of my little brother being there SCARES ME to death! But his courage and drive to defend our country astonishes me. I am so proud of my little brother and my cousin and everyone else that has made the leap into an armed force to help defend our country, a lot of them leaving their families behind.

Some people I went to school with also are in an armed force so not only am I thankful for my family that is in it, (as well as everyone else of course!) but I'm also thankful for my friends/classmates that took that leap as well. Although I don't keep in great contact with any of them as much anymore, I do talk to Mike's wife here and there, I am still very proud to say I was your classmate and at one point or another, your friend. So thank you Mike, Roger, Robby, Cody, Sean, Justin, Rashell and EVERYONE else. You make me a proud sister/cousin/friend/classmate/ and AMERICAN.


Hunter and I at my Bridal Shower 08/09 Rudy and I: Christmas 07

Slacking Big Time!

I know! I've been HORRIBLE once again! Shame on me! But like I said, our lives are pretty boring =)

Tomorrow I'm having a Lia Sophia jewelry party! It should be a good time with good people and good food =) So I really hope you can all make it!

Yesterday I ordered our Christmas Cards to send out like we did last year. I know it might seem a little early, but I was reading a blog that I check in on and it gave a promo code for 50 Free ones and I was like Heck yeah! That's a great deal that saved me 25+$! If you do Christmas cards for your family, let me know and i'll give you the information. Its only valid until 11/30.

I decided that I'm going to try Dave Ramsey. Not because we are in tremendous debt, but because I want to SAVE A LOT OF MONEY! I was reading his success stories on his website and WOW! I also know people that have use him, and continue to use him and they all SWEAR by him. So I am excited to give him a try and see the benefits!

I decided that it's not fair of me to check people's blogs everyday and be disappointed when there is nothing new to read ( I LOVE reading people's blogs) when my blog itself isn't updated!! So from now on I'm going to do Ashley's blogging challenge. Every day for the month of November (starting today) I will blog about something/someone I am thankful for. This should give me the kick to update as I should, and get me in the habit of doing so as well! I know Today being 11/10 that means I am TEN days OVER-DUE but I will not stop my challenge until 12/10 so it is A MONTH of straight blogging!

SO to start off my 1st day of the challenge:

I am thankful for my amazing husband. He works his butt off every week to provide the best he can for us. He worked SO HARD on getting our yard put in and our fence up so we could start our lives together in our new home. He tells me a hundred times a day how much he loves me, and reminds me of how beautiful I am. He listens when I need to vent, and is my biggest support system. He loves me unconditionally and I am so blessed and thankful for that. He does everything within his power to better himself and better us as a couple. He does things for me without having to ask, and accompanies me to places (like the craft store) just to keep me company. I am so very proud of him for every single thing he does for himself and for us. Anyone that knew him before we started dating tells me how big of a turn around he has done since we have been dating, and I'm so thankful that he saw me (even before he really knew me) as someone he wanted to better his life for. He spoils me, and loves me more then anything everyday. and I am SO THANKFUL every night I go to bed with him, and every morning when I wake up to him. He is the best husband ever and I know will make an AMAZING daddy someday! I love you honey! With every inch of my being =)



My Husband hard at work =)

♥ TGIF ♥

I cant wait to have kids... I feel like i'll have more to blog about then =) haha ANYWAYS--

I have an hour left of my work day...and I am SO ANXIOUS for this weekend. I dont know why..I just am. Tonight we are going to dinner to celebrate a good friend of mine's, Reyna's birthday at Azteca. And then home to BED.

Tomorrow Chris has school all day. and at 4 we have my little brothers going away party =( He leaves for Boot Camp on Sunday! I can't believe it! Where has time gone?? Although I am so EXTREMELY proud of my little brother, I am very sad to see him go. It will be hard to let him go, especially with how scary the war gets sometimes! My family will have to rely on God for strength to get through this, and to protect Hunter every second of every day! We Love you Hunter James and couldn't be more proud of you and your accomplishments! Kick some booty!!!

I havent posted pictures of the house because i've had NO motivation to even start decorating. Crazy i know. Especially with how excited I was about it. The walls are so white and it makes it feel so cold and blah. I hope to get started this weekend! But we will see!

We love our new furniture, Infact I have made a new rule for it. NO DOGS ALLOWED ON COUCHES! Annnd this is what I came home to the other day:


His Excuse: He wasnt ON the couch, he was on him.

Ohhh Husbands I swear!!

Have a good weekend. Hopefully I'll have more to blog about when it's over =)