Five on Friday

This is new to me, but I see everyone doing it, so here we go. Linked up with the ladies, and giving it a try!

 

{o n e}

 

I am the biggest candle freak. I buy candles and Scentys all the time. Well shopping on Wednesday I found this super cute candle that smells yummy, and the holder is a chalk board, chalk included! It was only $5! Usually I question myself before buying something, or even putting it in my basket, but this was a no brainer! TJMaxx, you always make me so happy.

 

 

{t w o}

 

Not the best picture, we can blame the lighting in my house. Thursday since we were home all day, we went to Ross. And found this sign that says "The Next girl I will ever love will be our daughter". My husband said this to me once when we were dating, so when I showed him this he said we had to get it. $4. How do I turn that down. It so cute. I couldn't find a place to hang it because it is pretty small, so this is where it sits.

 

 

 

{t h r e e}

I went to Olive Garden with my Mom on Wednesday. I love Olive Garden for one reason... their Peach tea. I drink four of five glasses while I am there, don't judge me.

 

 

 

{f o u r}

 

My parents never really raised me to be adventurous with food. We ate Mexican and American food all the time. My dad doesn't like Chinese or anything close to it and my mom hates fish, so I was kind of... sheltered, lets say, when it comes to food. Don't get me wrong, I loved where my parents took me and what we ate, I can cook anything American and Mexican, but when I finally left my parents house I was introduced to so much more. My husband's family eat everything, and I finally had Sushi not to long ago, and my husband and I love Chinese! So Tuesday I went to this place called Pho Kim Long with a work friend and I tried, for the first time, Pho. It wasn't my favorite in the world, but it wasn't bad! I always get so proud of myself for trying new things!

 

 

 

{f i v e}

 

I have had a great amount of motivation lately. I'm sure you can tell from my previous most. I have been working out lately and I feel amazing! There really is no better feeling than being healthy and reaching goals. Yesterday I ran my fastest mile, and it just made my day!

 

It hurts so good.

 

 A couple of weeks ago I posted a rant on how I felt about my body.

I wrote about how I was going to the gym THAT NIGHT. I was serious.

I haven't been to the gym every day since, but I have been a lot.

I have been speeding up my mile, and even pushing myself to go further.

Getting on the bike and just going until my legs feel like they are going to fall off.

I can't even begin to tell you how many squats I have done in the last few days.

 

I know it doesn't seem like much, but I was not working out at all before.

I am actually quite surprised I am not bigger than I am.

I was not in shape.. I couldn't even run a mile.

I was ashamed.

I started slowly, and built myself up.

Missing a day is an option, but I hate the way I feel the next day.

I feel better about myself.

I love waking up to sore legs, butt and abs.

Its only been a couple of weeks, if that, and I already feel better.

I feel accomplished and motivated.

 

I'm going to get better. I'm going to go further.

Each day is a goal.

Each day with my body is a blessing.

 

 

 

This is a joke, right?

So my husband was supposed to swear in and join the Navy after 5 months, tomorrow. Well guess who called this afternoon.. yep, his knucklehead of a recruiter. I guess his recruiter didn't get my husband the proper waiver he was supposed to in time. He also had to cut my husbands pay from 1600 a month to 1400 a month, for the first four months. Said it was a new rule or something? So since these two things have changed, we have to wait another day for my husband to chose his job and swear in.

So supposedly he is going to go in on Thursday and swear in. I am sure that from now until then we will get another call saying something else went wrong.

 

It's super irritating because it has been this way since he has been trying to enter. It's like we get so close, then get a phone call telling us we have to wait. I understand that's just military life, but I also wonder how much of it is because of his recruiter.

We have friends that have had such awesome stories about their recruiter. I wish we were in the same boat. I say we... I mean my husband. But, this is affecting my life to.. you know?

 

So now I have to see if I can get of Thursday instead of Wednesday with my job, and they usually have a big deal giving someone a day off without them submitting their PTO a week in advance.

 

So that's my rant today.

 

Also, I tried Pho today. Not my favorite. Probably won't go out of my way to eat it again. I guess there was lemon grass in it, which I don't like.

So there's that!

 

Thinking of taking a half day tomorrow and having Thursday off. Then I have to go back to work on Friday.



You never know...

 

We judge, and we say harsh words. We criticize and hurt people we don't even know. People we don't understand. We are mean and rude and unaware of the people we do know. Well, the people we think we know. We have also been the victims. 

I have been trying and working really hard on not judging people lately. Giving everyone the benefit of the doubt. Smiling and complementing strangers. Telling friends they are beautiful. Sending nice texts to those people I know but haven't spoken to in awhile. I believe every small act of kindness may not save everyone, but it's saved someone. I believe that everyone deserves attention, and unfortunately I am unable to give EVERYONE some of my attention.

 

I do not believe all people are bad. I do not believe that just because someone has hurt me before it should hinder my thoughts on others. I know we have all been burned. I know we have all been made fun of for something. It's not fair. So I believe in being the good that outweighs the bad.

 

Something that was unfortunately and harshly brought to my attention this weekend was the fact that we all have a door. Behind our door is a life, a secret that we do not share. We keep it from our close friends and our families. Maybe its small.. Like me. Behind my door is a small secret that I have learned to grieve and cope with myself, and have noticed that it gets smaller and smaller. It affects nothing in my life. Others have a huge secret or a weight on their shoulders. This is affecting their minds and their daily lives. I wish to use to my kind words to help these people believe that life can still be beautiful. That they will always have a chance with a  little bit of fight.

 

Pay it forward, if even all you have are your words- You never know who you are helping. Who you are saving.

 

 

 

wonderful weekend.

Can't believe it's already Monday, these beloved weekends go by faster and faster. I make sure to jam pack my weekends with fun stuff. Well.. mostly fun stuff.

 

After work on Friday I was able to pick up the two wall sconces I ordered from JCPenny's. I really like them, and got them hung Sunday morning, forgot to take a picture. Also my new wall sticker came in the mail! Yay! I put that up as soon as I got home Friday.

 

 

Then my Husband and I decided to go to his sister's boyfriend's football game, but we stopped at Starbucks on the way there. Let me start by saying this, I am not a coffee drinker. I hate the taste and smell of coffee. I know, it's weird. I've been this way my entire 20 years of life, and I have gotten rid of all hopes that I would grow out of it. When I go to Starbucks, I have ALWAYS gotten tea. Half green half black tea with a butt load of sugar. Friday, though, I was feeling spontaneous. I have heard of the famous Pumpkin Spice Latte that makes its special appearance this quarter of every year, so I thought.. I really want to try it, but I hate the taste of coffee.. Okay, I said that out loud actually and the barista said "We can make that with hot milk instead". DONE. Please and Thank you. It tasted beautifully. So yummy. I also like the red cup.

 

The football game was a bust because occasionally I am a drama queen and drag out pointless fights with my husband and ruin our time. Yes, I am admitting to that right now.

I feel bad, but what's done is done and the rest of our weekend made it up for it.

 

 

After the game, and after my madness had calmed down a bit, we went over to my In-laws Friday night. It was around 9 by the time we got there and we were hungry because we skipped dinner, so they made us Pizza. My awesome mother in law is a manager at Victoria's Secret and told me she got new perfume in that she didn't like to much- She's not a huge perfume wearer. So she gave me the bottle! I love it. Super love it. It's so yummy and I suggest every male buy it for their special female and every female go to VS and hook yourself up. There is also this other perfume there called Night that I got a couple weeks ago... Its my current 1st Favorite!

 

Saturday morning was spent focused on the new car. I am naming her Blue, for obvious reasons. I mentioned in an earlier post that my awesome hubby bought me the blue HID's that I wanted and they came in on Thursday! Around 8 we went to the DMV and got Blue registered, then I changed my name, and I took a new picture for my ID. Thank god! We have a friend that works at the DMV so it wasn't the nightmare we thought it would be. We were in and out! Then we went to my husbands parents house, and we installed the HID's. It took us like 3 hours, but oh so worth the time! New headlights and fog lights. They look awesome at night.

 

After the car was done, we went to Gyro Time and then went to a family friends birthday party. We stayed there for like 6 hours. Watching my husband play with the kids, and carry the baby around pretty much melted my heart. Ugh, not helping baby fever dear! It was fun, and nights like these will definitely be missed!

 

 

Last Sunday my husband and I went to Mt. Charleston and played in the snow, we then decided we wanted to go sledding this weekend. So we got the sled from his parents house, had lunch with Sage and Eishi, and headed to the mountains. Once we got up there it looked like this. (See picture above) All the snow had melted from the week before, and a woman who worked there said we were unable to sled in what snow was left, because of the risk. :(

 

 

So we went up to this really fun restaurant that overlooks the mountains and ordered some hot chocolate. It was cute.

After our mountain adventure we went to my parents house for a steak and baked potato dinner. Then we watched Grown Ups 2. Stupid movie. Kind of funny, but stupid. Ha! My dad was in town this weekend. It was nice seeing him and spending time with the family.

 

 I love my weekends.