My favorite wedding present (a long overdue post)

Throughout my whole life there has been one person I have always adored and will never forget. She has placed an unbeatable impact on my life. My 2nd grade teach, Mrs. Nancy Russell.

No matter how many rough memories I have of public school, 2nd grade always puts a smile on my face. You see, Mrs. Russell inspired me to write all the time. She even got one of my books published and put in the schools library. Mrs. Russell is probably the reason I write this blog.

When Mrs. Russell saw our wedding announcement in the Michigan City News Dispatch, she didn't waste one minute before calling my parents house to congratulate me on the engagement. Of course, I wasn't there and neither were my parents but she made sure to leave a message for them to give to me and left her phone number so I could contact her. I had wanted to invite her to the wedding and that message made that invitation solid. As soon as my parents told me she had called and gave me the number, I called her. She and I have always been close and tried to keep in contact over the years, and as trying as it may be, we have managed.

A year later, she came to the wedding but she couldn't come to the reception. As a matter of fact, she bearly had the time to come to the wedding but she came anyway. A couple of days before the wedding, she dropped a present off at my parents house. It included a decorative pillow, a journal that she wrote a sweet note in and the big bomb, a book of poems that I had written and gave her in SECOND GRADE. She kept it all those years and that meant a great deal to me. It brought tears to my eyes even. I couldn't stop shaking when I saw it. Then we read it a got a really good laugh at 8 year old me's expense. It really, truly to this day is my favorite wedding gift. I don't think she will ever know just how much it meant to me. Here are a few pictures from the book:

I'm pretty sure my favorite "poem" is this one (pictured with the seashells on it lol):
"Seashell, Seashell what do you wish" By Brittany Seppyes
Seashell, seashell what do you wish?
I'm here on the hot sand, I want to be with the fish.
Throw me out in the sea please!
Okay, I'll throw you far into the sea!
I wonder what I shall do now.
I will leave the beach and go feed the cow.

My 8 year old masterpiece. Don't even try to pretend it wasn't brilliantly hilarious.

18+ only

It has come that time again for me to blog about the wonderful EdenFantasys again and I am rather excited to share my review on their kissaholic aphrodisiac infused plumping lip gloss! As you may know from my last post for EdenFantasys, they sell more then just sex toys. The best part? I got one of my best friends the lip gloss as well and she loves it too!

To be completely honest, I don't notice a big difference in my lip size when I use it which was kind of a downer for me but trust when I say, it's my new favorite lip gloss! It's not too thick and it lasts longer then most lip glosses I have used in the past! Oh, and, it tastes yummy too, lol. I personally have the peppermint and the pear. I got my friend the pomegranite vanilla and they are all lightly tinted and just lovely. They don't make you look like your lips are so shiny that someone could use them as a mirror and I appreciate that.

My second favorite thing about EdenFantasys is how fast their shipping is, even during this holiday season. I ordered 2 of the lip glosses on Wednesday of last week and got them on Friday! I was absolutely stunned as I really thought I was going to have to give my friend hers (a Christmas present) the day after Christmas. You never fail me, EdenFantasys!

Just in time for Christmas!

Here is my post on Ryans ships Christmas party (and some other stuff):


In a nutshell it wasn't nearly as fun as I was hoping it would be but we had a great time blasting on the ship whores and the spouse skanks that dressed not so classy for the party. As a matter of fact, not so classy doesn't even cover it. Some of them dressed as though they were hookers looking to take home a Sailor, or someones spouse. Either way, it was gross. The food was alright. We both were kind of tired and frustrated because the ship didn't pull in from their underway until like 5:30 and the party was set for 6:30. Ryan didn't even get home until 6:30 ish. Oy. To top it all off, they had over 100 prizes and we didn't win anything. Isn't the hopes of winning something and getting to play dress up the ONLY reason we all go to these things? Lol.

Here are a few photos:

                                             This picture cracks me up!

Those are the good photos, on to the juicy ones (I only managed to get 2):
 This girl was on the dance floor pretty much the whole night and almost showed her butt a number of times:

 This girl happened to make this pose the second I took this picture of her. Thanks for further proving my                                     point! Ps, we really didn't want to see your butt.

Sadly, these two girls weren't even the worst but I kept getting sidetracked. Though the girl in the 2nd picture is PRETTY BAD.

On to the finer things in life. 
I took this picture of these roses in front of our house THREE days ago. Virginia makes it really hard to be sad about not having snow on Christmas when it's been in the 70's the past 2 days and in the 60's today.

 Yesterday my sister sent me this picture and it warmed my heart. It's my nephew, his wife, my great niece and my 2 great nephews in front of my parents Christmas tree. I love it and I wish I could be there.

 I got my hair dyed yesterday as well. Before this, it was a pretty brassy blonde and I kind of hated it. I'm so happy with how it turned out. I thought for sure my hair was gonna be a mess based on how it looked when the dye was still in it. I was kind of really freaking out for a bit and decided I would just go back to red if it was horrible. Luckily, it turned out like this and I don't have to worry about getting it dyed again for a while!

 Lastly, I saw this shirt at the NEX and I had to take it home! How adorable is it? I love me some Hello Kitty!

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a super blessed New Year! Be on the look out for my post about our Ugly sweater Christmas party! It's gonna be hilarious, I already know =)

The (non existent) hangover

I was laying in bed thinking about what I was going to write today about my hangover but I don't have one which is quite the miracle. Things have been better lately but I don't want to jinx myself. They always seem to get better then I start my period and they are horrid all over again.

I went to the doctor finally due to the pain I have been having in my back for the past month almost and found out what I suspected to be true, I pulled a muscle. Of course that muscle happens to be in a bad place for healing. The doctor prescribed me Naproxen for it but since we are TTC, I am not allowed to take it unless I start next month so we bought a heating pad and I have been taking tylenol as much as is allowed. 

A strange thing started happening last time I was pregnant and it has kind of started happening again. I was constantly leaving my wristlet in the car and I have started to do that again. In the past week I have done it 3 times. I'm not going to say "OMG I am pregnant!!!" but it's just something that sparks my curiousity. 

Lastly, Ryan and I decided to exchange 1 stocking stuffer gift 2 days ago. He went first and opened Skip-Bo. I got it for him/us because he said he had never played it and we love playing games, board or card. Little did I know, my husband is still just as sneaky as he was when we got engaged. 

     I opened this:

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This, my friends, is a DIAMOND Hello Kitty ring. If you know me, you know I am a HUGE Hello Kitty fan. My husband really, truly loves me.

Right now...

(Stolen from Goodnight Moon)

i am....

watching: The computer screen and American Pickers.

eating: Nothing yet but I am definately about to make some spinache and parmesian noodles yummmmm.

drinking: Nothing yet. I will be having Diet Cherry Pepsi with lunch.

wearing: A navy blue tank top, black pj pants and my Hello Kitty boot slippers =)

avoiding: Cleaning the mess Ryan and I made while rearranging the hall closet.

feeling: Alright. Wishing my back didn't start hurting again just now though.

missing: Ryan and my family.

thankful: Ryan is only on duty and not on another underway. Also that I have amazing friends, an amazing family and a wonderful husband.

weather: 53 degrees and no rain which makes me super happy!

needing: To clean and for my back to stop hurting. Also, to eat lol.

thinking: That I can't wait to finish typing this so I can go make lunch hahahaha.

loving: That I got to spend the whole weekend with Ryan =)

I know I am calling my husband out...

But it's in a good way and I really hope it doesn't upset him that I put this on here but it really took the weight of the world off of me. He wrote this in an email to me last night:
"Anyway, back to the I miss you part. I really do. And I really don't know why I've been acting the way I've been acting. I think it's actually a bunch of things really. In between getting screwed over here and then the same thing that's been bugging you. I don't think it bothers me in the same way, but I think it does still bother me. I've been thinking about it the last few days since you mentioned it. So, I want you to know that you're not alone. Mine is just more anger towards the situation. Not at YOU, don't think I'm angry with you for what happened. I am NOT. But I do feel as it was very unfair, as I know you feel the same, and I've just been lying to myself. Not that it doesn't bother me or that it was okay, but more of I just wasn't thinking about it and trying to act like nothing happened. I think now that I realize this, and that we both are still affected by it, that we definitely need to be closer to eachother now more than ever."

It really made my day and made me feel better just reading that. Now I just need him to get home so  I can hug him really hard and smile a genuine smile again.