Really?

Whatever....it is a 3 day weekend. I will deal!
I hope you all have a happy Friday and a great weekend!!
NYC bound at sunrise!!!

Pray Myself Better

Last night I woke up after being out cold for a couple of hours.  When I couldn't get right back to sleep I started thinking of all the that I wanted and didn't have.  The list isn't long at all but the want goes pretty deep. Anyway, I was swimming in self-pity when something snapped. I crawled out of bed and got down on my knees and started praying.  It was more like an outpouring of gratitude.  No complaining. No "woe is me". Just "thank you".
I really am blessed.  I have so much to be thankful for.  By focusing on the things that aren't perfect I am becoming someone that I don't want to be. Some bitter, unhappy person. So if I start feeling those bitter feelings I am going to force myself to think of my blessings. To pray myself better.  Let my Heavenly Father help me.  Today is already better. Sometimes we just need a little help.

easy like sunday morning

I did not enjoy dating. It was awkward. It was confusing.

I want to be friends and he wants more.
He wants to be friends and I want more.

Yuck.

You know what I loved? Dating Will. It was different than any other relationship I had ever been in.

It was easy. Comfortable.

Being married to him is just as easy. He knows what I need.

Like that I needed to get in the car and drive today and just be together. Like that I needed to soak in the tub for an hour without being interrupted.
Like that I needed a back rub before bed last night.
Like I need to be a little crazy and unreasonable from time to time.

I love him and it gets a little stronger every day.

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28.

Yeah.  Thats how many years young I am.

I really have mixed emotions about this.  Being 28.  

But that is a can of worms best left closed...at least for now. 

Right now I want to bask in my birthday glory.  

Cure for the winter blues

Summer Dream. 

Bare shoulders,

hot sun,

sticky heat, 

the quiet of early morning fishing, 

the noise of the jet ski and boat, 

camping, 

watermelon and 

tan lines. 

These are the things that I dream about to get me through winter. I miss Texas summers. My family spends lots of time camping at the lake and I CAN'T WAIT for this summer!

These are a few photos from my last summer in Texas...

Dream on! Winter can't last forever!

What I learned from reading Real Simple

I used to LOVE magazines.  Lots of them. 

Now I love two.  People and Real Simple. OK...the occasional US Weekly depending on the cover.

Anyway, I love the "The Simple List" Your monthly dose of useful tidbits, timely trivia, and catchy conversation starters.

This is usually the first "reading" page in the magazine past the first 10-12 pages of advertisements. 

I always learn something interesting and so I thought I would share...

9

"The number of words Alexander Graham Bell said during the world's first telephone call."

Do you know what he said??

I am sure that once upon a time I knew but have long since forgotten. 

"Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you." 

Yep. That's it.

That was in 1876.  In 1984 the first cell phone was introduced. 

Any guesses on how much that 2 pound monster would set a person back??

$3,995. 

Yeah. And people bought it. 

OK. That's all for now! I will check back throughout the month with more from The Simple List!

I hope you are all having a great week...too early to tell, I know! 

On getting what I want

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I obsess

If you know me then you know that I lack patience and that I can be a bit obsessive.  I am kinda what one may call a, er, um...brat.
What do I want? A baby.
What don't I have...you guessed it.
This is the main reason why I haven't blogged.
Its kinda all I think about.  It doesn't really make for fun reading.
No one likes a complainer.
Anyway...
I just knew that after the surgery I would get pregnant right away.  My Doctor was SO positive that we were going to be "parents to be" in no time. Almost 4 months and nothing but problems.

I have been a little depressed lately.  I don't use this word lightly.  Its not a word I throw around when I have had a bad day.  I have been seriously sad over this "not getting pregnant" thing.  Every month I get a little lower.  I hate being this way. This is so not me. I am a happy person. I am fun and people used to enjoy my company.  Now...well I am pretty sure that Will is only person that enjoys my company or rather tolerates my presence.

Anyway, we also just found out that the OB GYN that I have been seeing for 2 years is not in my network.  We will be paying for a significant portion of the surgery. Yay.
So now I am doctorless and lost.  We were supossed to be starting a new treatment plan this cycle but now I guess I have to start over with a new OB GYN but I am moving in 150 days (oh yeah...the count down has begun)! I just want to stay in my apartment until we move and start this all over then.

Ok there it is. This is what is on my mind.

I am super excited about the move but this other mess is dragging me down.  I do not like it.

THE END

Marching Orders

So...
It is almost transfer season for the Coast Guard.
We have waited and waited and, oh yeah, we waited some more.
Our new orders have finally come...
We will be packing up and moving back down to TEXAS this July!
I honestly can't believe that our time here is up.  Well, in our current situation (buried under 100 feet of snow) I would move tomorrow.  Seriously, I can't believe that is has almost been 3 years!
We have had such an AMAZING time here and have made some amazing friendships.  
There is this one friend that I honestly don't know how I will live without and many more that will have a place in my heart (and in our spare bedroom...should they choose to visit) forever.


Boston will always be special to us.  It is where the "married" chapter of our lives began. 
We traveled all over New England and have seen some pretty awesome things. 


Please know that this is the first of many sappy "Boston, We will miss you" posts...now that I am writing again. I am thinking that I will share a photo a week of something that we love about this place! 


I have SO much to write about since I went on my unannounced sabbatical...I am even going to talk about why I stopped writing (because I know that you are all dying to find out ;-) 


More posts to come!!