Your dream wedding.
My Grandma once told me "You have to kiss a lot of frogs to find your Prince". I don't think that was completely true for me, but I did kiss a few frogs before my Prince came along. They always say it's when you least expect it, and that was true for Brad and I. I don't want to make this super long so long story short I planned my wedding in about 3 1/2 months, you can read about Brad and mines story in a previous blog, I tried to link it but it wouldn't work. I had to make decisions without second guessing anything purely because I had no time for second guessing. This I think made me less stressed and focused more on the Marriage then the wedding. I never had a huge dream of what my wedding would be like, and quite honestly I think it's because I never believed I would live to be old enough to get married. Not to say I didn't want to as a little girl or fantasize about being the girl in the white dress, I just didn't plan it out in my head. My wedding was beautiful and it was everything I wanted it to be. My Dad asked me when we were doing our Dad daughter dance "Is it everything you dreamed of?" and my response was "Everything and more." It wasn't about the dress, the cake, and the ring. To me it was about making the commitment to spend the rest of my life with Brad. I mean my dress and my ring was amazing! But I truly didn't focus on those things. My dad wanted to send us off to Las Vegas to get married, and I was tempted, but ultimately I wanted my family there to celebrate with us. But Brad and I have plans to renew our vows in Las Vegas for our 10 year anniversary, and let me tell you I have dreams about that one!
I enclosed the songs I danced to with Brad and my Dad.
Tracy Byrd - The Keeper Of The Stars
Gary Allan - Tough Little Boys
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Day 6 of 30 Day Blog challenge
A photo of an animal you'd love to keep as a pet.
I can't have cats, I'm allergic, but I wish I could.
I'm posting the list here, in case any of you want to join. You can jump in at any point; the posts don't have to coincide with the day of the month or anything like that.
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Day 1 - Your Favorite Song
Day 2 - Your Favorite Movie
Day 3 - Your idea of the perfect first date
Day 4 - Your favorite photograph of your best friend(s)
Day 5 - Talk about your pets
Day 6 - A photo of an animal you'd love to keep as a pet
Day 7 - Your dream wedding
Day 8 - A song to match your mood
Day 9 - A photo of the item you last purchased
Day 10 - A photo of your favorite place to eat
Day 11 - What's in your make-up bag/purse
Day 12 - Your current relationship status
Day 13 - A few of your favorite quotes, mottos, or versus
Day 14 - TV show (or shows) you're currently addicted to
Day 15 - Something you don't leave the house without
Day 16 - Describe a passion you have
Day 17 - How you hope your future will be like
Day 18 - Five things that irritate you
Day 19 - Your reflection in the mirror
Day 20 - The meaning behind your blog name
Day 21 - A photo of something that makes you happy
Day 22 - A letter to someone who has hurt or OR made you happy recently
Day 23 - 15 Facts about you
Day 24 - A photo of something that means a lot to you
Day 25 - 5 of your favorite movies/books
Day 26 - A photo of somewhere you want to go
Day 27 - What kind of person attracts you?
Day 28 - In this past month, what have you learned?
Day 29 - Something you could never get tired of doing
Day 30 - A photo of yourself plus 3 good things that have happened within the last 30 days
I can't have cats, I'm allergic, but I wish I could.
I'm posting the list here, in case any of you want to join. You can jump in at any point; the posts don't have to coincide with the day of the month or anything like that.
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Day 1 - Your Favorite Song
Day 2 - Your Favorite Movie
Day 3 - Your idea of the perfect first date
Day 4 - Your favorite photograph of your best friend(s)
Day 5 - Talk about your pets
Day 6 - A photo of an animal you'd love to keep as a pet
Day 7 - Your dream wedding
Day 8 - A song to match your mood
Day 9 - A photo of the item you last purchased
Day 10 - A photo of your favorite place to eat
Day 11 - What's in your make-up bag/purse
Day 12 - Your current relationship status
Day 13 - A few of your favorite quotes, mottos, or versus
Day 14 - TV show (or shows) you're currently addicted to
Day 15 - Something you don't leave the house without
Day 16 - Describe a passion you have
Day 17 - How you hope your future will be like
Day 18 - Five things that irritate you
Day 19 - Your reflection in the mirror
Day 20 - The meaning behind your blog name
Day 21 - A photo of something that makes you happy
Day 22 - A letter to someone who has hurt or OR made you happy recently
Day 23 - 15 Facts about you
Day 24 - A photo of something that means a lot to you
Day 25 - 5 of your favorite movies/books
Day 26 - A photo of somewhere you want to go
Day 27 - What kind of person attracts you?
Day 28 - In this past month, what have you learned?
Day 29 - Something you could never get tired of doing
Day 30 - A photo of yourself plus 3 good things that have happened within the last 30 days
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Day 5 of 30 Day Blog challenge
Talk about my pets.
I have 2 doggies which I mentioned in the last post and included a picture of one. Colton also has a goldfish, which I don't really consider much of a pet, and were only on about the 10 fish now, lol!
Our oldest dog child Casper is a 7 year old Lab mix, we got him when he was 8 weeks old. I had Dog when Brad and I meet (she passed away in Sept 2009), Brad wanted a dog of his own and we thought it would be nice for him to grow up with Colton, he was only 5 months old when we got Casper. So Brad went to his friends cousins where she had 2 white lab mix puppies, Brad took the little one (because I told him to choose the littlest, it's something my dad had always made me do) and our friends took the other larger male white lab. I'm not sure what he is mixed with but he's yellow lab, but he's not the typical yellow lab color, he's much lighter. When he was a puppy he was a white ball of fur, hence the name Casper, you know Casper the friendly white ghost. I'm glad I had Brad pick him because his brother Jordan our friends dog, is NAUGHTY! So Casper was stubborn like a lot of Labs, wanted to run off all the time, I couldn't keep track of him and the Colton who was a baby still at the same time. Unfortunately Casper ended up being chained up a lot which I hated, he now has a radio shock collar knows his boundary and doesn't cross it, he can come in and out when he likes and I like it that way too. I will admit I disliked him very much when he was young a naughty, but he's gotten older and better behaved and I love him very much now. He cuddles with me every morning, he's mama's baby.
Diesel is our 3 year old English Mastiff we got Diesel when he was 4 months old. Diesel has more names then most, we call him D, Des, Dessers, Drooly face, big boy, and the list goes on he just came into these names as we got to know him, he respond to all of them too. He was my clearance puppy, Brad works with a guy who breeds Mastiff's and I had been wanting one for years. Well he told Brad about this lady in Grand Rapids that had one male fawn (tan and black face) left and she was selling them for $200.00 these dogs usually go for between $800 and $1000, so I called her and said I'll pick him up in the morning! Boy was I glad I did, he was living in a small house in the city with a tiny back yard, they had 3 grown mastiffs, a akita dog, a bunch of Chihuahua's and maybe 6 cats! It was not a nice place, you could tell they were breeding dogs for money only and not for the love of the dog, not good breeders at all! I had rescued him, their other Mastiff was gonna have another litter anyday and when that litter came he was set to go to the shelter. And the smell was horrendous, he smelled really bad too, glad I brought a blanket for him to lay on. He was a great puppy right from the beginning, slept on my lap the whole way home, it's like he knew he was gonna have a good life. We stopped at the pet food store to get some puppy food for him, we put the bag in the back of the explorer and he was back there too and started pawing at the bag and had his nose glued to it! It was so cute and funny, but yet I knew it was because food was scarce and he was hungry. He fit in great with the other dogs and potty trained super fast, he truly is a great dog. He has cost me a lot of dough though! Had to have his knee replaced at only 1 year old, which because he's a large breed he had to go to a expensive animal hospital, he also has ear and skin issues! I always joke it's a good thing he was on clearance, cause he's cost me a fortune! But I love him dearly, my house would be lonely and dull without my drooly face gentle giant.
I miss my baby girl Dog so much, I think of her still almost daily, and the thought of her still bring tears to my eyes. She was one in a million. She was a Lab/Saint Bernard mix and I featured her life with us on my blog shortly after I lost her. She died at almost 7 years old. I can't talk about my pets without including her.
I have 2 doggies which I mentioned in the last post and included a picture of one. Colton also has a goldfish, which I don't really consider much of a pet, and were only on about the 10 fish now, lol!
Our oldest dog child Casper is a 7 year old Lab mix, we got him when he was 8 weeks old. I had Dog when Brad and I meet (she passed away in Sept 2009), Brad wanted a dog of his own and we thought it would be nice for him to grow up with Colton, he was only 5 months old when we got Casper. So Brad went to his friends cousins where she had 2 white lab mix puppies, Brad took the little one (because I told him to choose the littlest, it's something my dad had always made me do) and our friends took the other larger male white lab. I'm not sure what he is mixed with but he's yellow lab, but he's not the typical yellow lab color, he's much lighter. When he was a puppy he was a white ball of fur, hence the name Casper, you know Casper the friendly white ghost. I'm glad I had Brad pick him because his brother Jordan our friends dog, is NAUGHTY! So Casper was stubborn like a lot of Labs, wanted to run off all the time, I couldn't keep track of him and the Colton who was a baby still at the same time. Unfortunately Casper ended up being chained up a lot which I hated, he now has a radio shock collar knows his boundary and doesn't cross it, he can come in and out when he likes and I like it that way too. I will admit I disliked him very much when he was young a naughty, but he's gotten older and better behaved and I love him very much now. He cuddles with me every morning, he's mama's baby.
Diesel is our 3 year old English Mastiff we got Diesel when he was 4 months old. Diesel has more names then most, we call him D, Des, Dessers, Drooly face, big boy, and the list goes on he just came into these names as we got to know him, he respond to all of them too. He was my clearance puppy, Brad works with a guy who breeds Mastiff's and I had been wanting one for years. Well he told Brad about this lady in Grand Rapids that had one male fawn (tan and black face) left and she was selling them for $200.00 these dogs usually go for between $800 and $1000, so I called her and said I'll pick him up in the morning! Boy was I glad I did, he was living in a small house in the city with a tiny back yard, they had 3 grown mastiffs, a akita dog, a bunch of Chihuahua's and maybe 6 cats! It was not a nice place, you could tell they were breeding dogs for money only and not for the love of the dog, not good breeders at all! I had rescued him, their other Mastiff was gonna have another litter anyday and when that litter came he was set to go to the shelter. And the smell was horrendous, he smelled really bad too, glad I brought a blanket for him to lay on. He was a great puppy right from the beginning, slept on my lap the whole way home, it's like he knew he was gonna have a good life. We stopped at the pet food store to get some puppy food for him, we put the bag in the back of the explorer and he was back there too and started pawing at the bag and had his nose glued to it! It was so cute and funny, but yet I knew it was because food was scarce and he was hungry. He fit in great with the other dogs and potty trained super fast, he truly is a great dog. He has cost me a lot of dough though! Had to have his knee replaced at only 1 year old, which because he's a large breed he had to go to a expensive animal hospital, he also has ear and skin issues! I always joke it's a good thing he was on clearance, cause he's cost me a fortune! But I love him dearly, my house would be lonely and dull without my drooly face gentle giant.
I miss my baby girl Dog so much, I think of her still almost daily, and the thought of her still bring tears to my eyes. She was one in a million. She was a Lab/Saint Bernard mix and I featured her life with us on my blog shortly after I lost her. She died at almost 7 years old. I can't talk about my pets without including her.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Day 4 of 30 Day Blog challenge
A picture of me and my best friend(s).
The first one is obviously my hubby.
The second one is my best girlfriend Chasta. I meet her after marring my hubby, he went to school with her and her hubby and they were long time friends. I'm so happy she came into my life, we were like long lost friends, we had an instant connection.
And last but not least is my puppy dog Diesel. Diesel is a 148 pound English Mastiff who thinks he's a 15 pound lap dog! I love him, and I love cuddling with him. You will find him and my other puppy dog Lab mix Casper (I couldn't find a picture of him on this computer) in bed with me every morning after Brad gets up. I love my dogs like my children.
The first one is obviously my hubby.
The second one is my best girlfriend Chasta. I meet her after marring my hubby, he went to school with her and her hubby and they were long time friends. I'm so happy she came into my life, we were like long lost friends, we had an instant connection.
And last but not least is my puppy dog Diesel. Diesel is a 148 pound English Mastiff who thinks he's a 15 pound lap dog! I love him, and I love cuddling with him. You will find him and my other puppy dog Lab mix Casper (I couldn't find a picture of him on this computer) in bed with me every morning after Brad gets up. I love my dogs like my children.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Day 3 of 30 Day Blog challenge
My idea of the perfect date.
Well I have been married for 8 years now, and I can say that I have never had the idea of my perfect date with my husband. Not to say we haven't had good date nights, we have. When we started "dating" we never really had a first date. He just started coming and seeing me at work, we'd hang out at his parents house or mine (Yes we lived at home still and didn't even live together until 3 months after we were married), we would go out to movies or dinner and shop, but nothing extravagant. I think the fact that we didn't made it better because having fancy dates I think would set my expectations high, and I don't think Brad could have lived up to them for a long period of time.
So say I did have my perfect date. He would drive me to a ranch, no doubt in a hot muscle car (preferably a 1969 Chevelle), we would ride horses out into a beautiful meadow, have a picnic, make out madly (this date is of course with Chaning Tatum), take a nap on a blanket, make out some more and then head back to the ranch. Cruise in the hot muscle car the rest of the night, finding a beautiful spot to sit on the hood to star gaze and make out some more. He would take me home, and because I 'm a lady we would kiss goodnight and he would leave, with plans for a helicopter ride the next day to have lunch on top of a skyscraper.
See that's just too much for Brad to live up to. I think I watch to much of The Bachelor, and all the fantasy dates.
Well I have been married for 8 years now, and I can say that I have never had the idea of my perfect date with my husband. Not to say we haven't had good date nights, we have. When we started "dating" we never really had a first date. He just started coming and seeing me at work, we'd hang out at his parents house or mine (Yes we lived at home still and didn't even live together until 3 months after we were married), we would go out to movies or dinner and shop, but nothing extravagant. I think the fact that we didn't made it better because having fancy dates I think would set my expectations high, and I don't think Brad could have lived up to them for a long period of time.
So say I did have my perfect date. He would drive me to a ranch, no doubt in a hot muscle car (preferably a 1969 Chevelle), we would ride horses out into a beautiful meadow, have a picnic, make out madly (this date is of course with Chaning Tatum), take a nap on a blanket, make out some more and then head back to the ranch. Cruise in the hot muscle car the rest of the night, finding a beautiful spot to sit on the hood to star gaze and make out some more. He would take me home, and because I 'm a lady we would kiss goodnight and he would leave, with plans for a helicopter ride the next day to have lunch on top of a skyscraper.
See that's just too much for Brad to live up to. I think I watch to much of The Bachelor, and all the fantasy dates.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Day 2 of 30 Day Blog challenge
Hands down Dirty Dancing!
Now let me set the scene. Dirty Dancing came out in 1987, I was 5, the first time I watched it I feel in love, with the movie and Patrick Swayze. Mind you I was to young to understand half of what was going on in the movie, I remember wondering what "knocked up" meant! lol It was way to old of a movie for me, I don't know why my parents let me watch it, I guess they figured I was too young to even realize, which I was. Every year for my birthday I would have a sleep over and my Mom would rent it for me and my friends to watch, I loved it, still do. If I am channel surfing and find it I will watch it every single time no matter what part it is at. And no lie today when I started this post while at my nap study it came on the family channel, I unfortunately couldn't watch then because I was getting ready to take my nap for the study and then go home. I cried when Patrick died in 2009. He was my first movie star crush, that was until New Kids on The Block came out!
Now let me set the scene. Dirty Dancing came out in 1987, I was 5, the first time I watched it I feel in love, with the movie and Patrick Swayze. Mind you I was to young to understand half of what was going on in the movie, I remember wondering what "knocked up" meant! lol It was way to old of a movie for me, I don't know why my parents let me watch it, I guess they figured I was too young to even realize, which I was. Every year for my birthday I would have a sleep over and my Mom would rent it for me and my friends to watch, I loved it, still do. If I am channel surfing and find it I will watch it every single time no matter what part it is at. And no lie today when I started this post while at my nap study it came on the family channel, I unfortunately couldn't watch then because I was getting ready to take my nap for the study and then go home. I cried when Patrick died in 2009. He was my first movie star crush, that was until New Kids on The Block came out!
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Day 1 of 30 Day Blog challenge
A few of my blogger friends are doing this and since I haven't been blogging much I figured I'd give it a try. I may not do one everyday (I will try) but life happens and things get put off sometimes. I will do them in order though.
I'm posting the list here, in case any of you want to join. You can jump in at any point; the posts don't have to coincide with the day of the month or anything like that.
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Day 1 - Your Favorite Song
Day 2 - Your Favorite Movie
Day 3 - Your idea of the perfect first date
Day 4 - Your favorite photograph of your best friend(s)
Day 5 - Talk about your pets
Day 6 - A photo of an animal you'd love to keep as a pet
Day 7 - Your dream wedding
Day 8 - A song to match your mood
Day 9 - A photo of the item you last purchased
Day 10 - A photo of your favorite place to eat
Day 11 - What's in your make-up bag/purse
Day 12 - Your current relationship status
Day 13 - A few of your favorite quotes, mottos, or versus
Day 14 - TV show (or shows) you're currently addicted to
Day 15 - Something you don't leave the house without
Day 16 - Describe a passion you have
Day 17 - How you hope your future will be like
Day 18 - Five things that irritate you
Day 19 - Your reflection in the mirror
Day 20 - The meaning behind your blog name
Day 21 - A photo of something that makes you happy
Day 22 - A letter to someone who has hurt or OR made you happy recently
Day 23 - 15 Facts about you
Day 24 - A photo of something that means a lot to you
Day 25 - 5 of your favorite movies/books
Day 26 - A photo of somewhere you want to go
Day 27 - What kind of person attracts you?
Day 28 - In this past month, what have you learned?
Day 29 - Something you could never get tired of doing
Day 30 - A photo of yourself plus 3 good things that have happened within the last 30 days
Day 1- My favorite Song
This is so hard because there is so much music I love! If I had to pin point one song I think it would be AC/DC You Shook Me All Night Long. There are many reasons for this. I have so many memories attached to this song, a lot of them are at a young age rocking out with my parents! And this is the one song that will get me on the dance floor every time.
I'm posting the list here, in case any of you want to join. You can jump in at any point; the posts don't have to coincide with the day of the month or anything like that.
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Day 1 - Your Favorite Song
Day 2 - Your Favorite Movie
Day 3 - Your idea of the perfect first date
Day 4 - Your favorite photograph of your best friend(s)
Day 5 - Talk about your pets
Day 6 - A photo of an animal you'd love to keep as a pet
Day 7 - Your dream wedding
Day 8 - A song to match your mood
Day 9 - A photo of the item you last purchased
Day 10 - A photo of your favorite place to eat
Day 11 - What's in your make-up bag/purse
Day 12 - Your current relationship status
Day 13 - A few of your favorite quotes, mottos, or versus
Day 14 - TV show (or shows) you're currently addicted to
Day 15 - Something you don't leave the house without
Day 16 - Describe a passion you have
Day 17 - How you hope your future will be like
Day 18 - Five things that irritate you
Day 19 - Your reflection in the mirror
Day 20 - The meaning behind your blog name
Day 21 - A photo of something that makes you happy
Day 22 - A letter to someone who has hurt or OR made you happy recently
Day 23 - 15 Facts about you
Day 24 - A photo of something that means a lot to you
Day 25 - 5 of your favorite movies/books
Day 26 - A photo of somewhere you want to go
Day 27 - What kind of person attracts you?
Day 28 - In this past month, what have you learned?
Day 29 - Something you could never get tired of doing
Day 30 - A photo of yourself plus 3 good things that have happened within the last 30 days
Day 1- My favorite Song
This is so hard because there is so much music I love! If I had to pin point one song I think it would be AC/DC You Shook Me All Night Long. There are many reasons for this. I have so many memories attached to this song, a lot of them are at a young age rocking out with my parents! And this is the one song that will get me on the dance floor every time.
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