it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

I love this time of year.
Even though the songs bring tears to my eyes.
Even though the mall is full of babies.
Even though I am required to walk through toy shops/baby departments/and the kid section to complete my shopping list.
Even though I won't be home for Christmas.
Even though it's not going to be a white Christmas (maybe especially because it won't be white, I'll be happy! I hate snow!)

I love a good glass of wine and the Christmas lights twinkling. I love the smell of cookies in the oven. I love way wrapped presents look under my tree. And I love my tree.

I love this time of year!

Happy Snow, er, Halloween.

So, our Halloween weekend was suppose to be full of haunted woods, a corn maze, scary movie marathons, and smores. Instead, it turned into SNOW, no electricity, and napping.

Snow in OCTOBER. Can you even believe that?!?
It was such a hard thing to look at, snow and colorful leaves - too strange!

I write this sitting under my snuggly blankets, with my socks on, and a sweater.

Oh, Mr. Winter you have showed up early this year! I wasn't ready for you. Maybe you could vacation a few more weeks and then come back closer to Christmas?

pause in my "photo challenge"

I've been doing a lot of thinking....
there are days (A LOT of days) when I am beyond content with my life. Happy with what I do have. Happy that my schedule is based on what I want/need/desire. Happy that my husband and I have only each other. There are days when it is really nice. Really nice.
And then out of no where -- BAM!

The longing returns.

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i do want a family.

Day 9: Someone you love

I love him.

I love him.

I love him.

oh, and for the record, I love him.


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last night we went to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.
the movie was AWEEESOME (sang in a high pitch voice). I want to see it again. I snapped this picture while we were waiting for the previews to start. Notice how there isn't anybody behind us? Our theater is always empty like that (kind of makes me worried about how they could possibly make money).

We had a really nice evening. :)

I love date nights. I love that I still desire dating my husband.
I love that he holds my hand.
I love knowing that he is mine and I am his.
sigh....

are you gagging? did you just think to yourself "gross, get a room?"
I have that affect on people when I go into the "my husband is the greatest in the whole world" mode.
But I'm not apologizing. I'm pretty certain that my husband is awesome.

anywho.... have you seen the new Harry Potter movie yet?!?

Day 8: a bad habit

I need to hit the snooze every morning. It's a requirement to start my day. I hit the snooze, and then I lay there thinking about having to get up and thinking about everything that lays ahead of me for the day. And then, when it goes off again, I get up - grumbling - and get my day started. Some days my husband calls me on his way to work, before my snooze-ing as a wake up call.... and I'm ashamed to admit, I tell him to call me back in 5-8 minutes.... so I can "snooze".

it's a bad habit.

Day 7: Fruit

Day 6: From a low angle

this dog is ridiculously spoiled. it's shameful. Can you imagine if I had a child, how spoiled it would be?

She's laying ON TOP of the back of the sofa (did that just make you cringe at the thought of a pet on the furniture? if so, plan NOT to visit my house). She thinks she's "people".

Wonder what Cesar would say.

Day 5: From a high angle

looking down from upstairs.... my front door and my "guard" dog.

Day 4: Something Green

this is in my back yard. I think it's simply beautiful.

Day 3: Clouds

This little rain cloud followed me home from work tonight.


Happy 1st day of Summer.

Day 2: what you wore today

Technically, today I wore scrubs from 8 am to 6 pm.... but I changed into my lazy clothes when I got home. so, here's me, in my back yard, with my favorite accessory -- and geez, I love her little face.

(on a side note, I'm resisting the urge to cut myself down in this picture, which I'm finding EXTREMELY challenging. I've already had to backspace over what I've written multiple times. I'm trying to be better about saying bad things about myself. Maybe my 30 day challenge will teach my a lesson? )

Day 1: self-portrait

The self-portrait... ah, every person on facebook has expert-ed this pose. I guarantee that at some point or other, your profile picture has been (or will be) a self-portrait.
I've become quite the "professional" self-portrait taker and so has my husband.... considering we don't have anyone to actually snap the picture for us. Most, if not all, of the photos of us, have one of us with our arm stretched out as far as we can - rocking out the Stretch Arm Strong pose. Because nothing says "we love each other" like an outstretched arm!

30 Day Photo Challenge

Because I've been such an absentee blogger, I've decided to do a little "challenge", hopefully this will get me back to blogging. :) This is a little hard to read on here, but oh well...... here goes!

Maybe I do want a baby. A warm, sweet smelling, tiny toed baby. But I can't think about it for too long.... if I do, I feel left behind. Empty. Lonely.
Its almost like I miss something, someone, that I've never met. Strange.

I'm tired of being the only couple at the table that doesn't have the title "parents".

I love this quote:

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
-Andre Maurois

This month we will celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary. Five years, already?!? It's hard to believe - it feels like yesterday! I still have to pinch myself to see if this is all just a dream. And if it is a dream, I never want to wake up. I'm still so head over heels for him. He gives me butterflies.




A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short. Andre Maurois

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A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
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Quotations by Andre Maurois

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it's a new day!

So long 2010, HELLO 2011!

I know I'm a week late on "ringing in" the new year, but seeing as how I'm always late for everything, it seems fitting.

So, here's a very short 2010 recap (the first things that come to my mind):

I started a blog. Shoveled snow. Re-vamped my guest bathroom. Made home made bread. Became a huge fan of cooking. Started collecting recipes. Used the grill for the first time by myself. Had a "Goodwill Fashion Show". Watched with pride (and teary eyes) as my nephew Graduated high school. Had my best friend (my sister) move to Germany. Hosted a party. Took my 82 year old Grandmother to D.C. (her first time ever). Laid in bed laughing with my husband, a lot. Hiked. Drank a lot of really good wine. Ran around the front yard catching lightening bugs with my true love. Kissed under fireworks. Lost 27 lbs. Zumba-ed (how do you make that past tense?). Upgraded my cell phone. Drank a lot, and I do mean A LOT, of coffee. Cried. Laughed. Had a stomach virus. Fell in love with Edward (from Twilight saga) again. Held a new born baby boy (and fell in love). Shopped more than I should have. Aided in making my nephew a coffee-addict. Contemplated leaving my job. Missed my sister. Wore my warm hat from Germany with pride. Gossiped. Sang in the car. Took a lot of pictures. Smiled. Felt sorry for myself. Felt lonely. Felt safe. Felt lost. Felt angry. Felt Jealous. Felt loved. Felt blessed. Felt scared. Felt ridiculously happy. Rang in the new year at home, with my love, watching fireworks from the ski resort, happy/warm/and together.

I don't have resolutions for this year, and I'm okay with that. Actually, I'm more than "okay" with that. I'm excited to not have expectations this year.

Happy 2011!