Christmas Cheer

Some may call me a Grinch and I have never argued otherwise.  Christmas is not my favorite holiday....we all know that Halloween is the best holiday by far.  Christmas and Halloween are totally different from each other.  Ghosts, spooks, dressing up....etc.  Christmas on the other hand has been stressful, cold and I have to tell you all a little secret {I hate Christmas music}

But things are different this year and I am not sure why

The Grinch has a tree. 

 See exhibit 1:

Exhibit 2: Ornaments

Exhibit 3: More ornaments

This is the very first year we have had a tree

But this is also this little fat dude's first Christmas

so I felt it was only right to have a tree. :)

Happy Holidays 

Love,

The Grinch Family

A list of goodies...

Here are a few things that I L-O-V-E in no specific order:

*Tiny Puppies trying to go up or down stairs

*Peanut Butter

*Getting in bed after working all day (I am wondering if there is a better feeling in this world than that)

*Tiny Puppies trying to chase big puppies and just can't keep up

*Floppy dog ears and fluffy tails

*Traveling.....anywhere

*Newborn baby hands

*Getting something fun in the mail (Sometimes I just order something just for that experience)

*New music

*Bands that play in clubs/bars/small venues 

*The drive home from work

*Getting a call from a good friend

*Sarcasm (Even though sometimes I am no good at it)

*Kids telling knock knock jokes

*Kids who pronounce words wrong

*Hearing my nephew ask my sister about the ~Birds and the bees~  :)

*My nephew asking afterwards if my new puppy is pregnant because he has the fattest little puppy belly

*The Fall.....the best season ever

*My sweet grandpa

*Waking up everyday next to the person you love

*Driving around talking with him

*Beautiful songs that give you goosebumps

*Harry Potter

*Harry Potter 7 Movie trailer (and I will let you in on a little secret, I get goosebumps and almost cry everytime I watch it.  I am such a complete nerd.  I can't help myself but I love the HP!!!!  Only a week until I get to see the movie and yes we are having a HP themed party with HP inspired food, watching the 6th movie and making wands then heading to the 7th movie.  I knew you were wondering!  :)

Happy weekend bloggers!

I have lots of things I could write about right now.....wedding, honeymoon, my family drama......on & on. But what I really need to write about right now is how sick I have been because it is easier to write about.  I have used the following items more in 3 days than I have this whole year:

1- Tissues:  I think my nose is a faucet
*The tissues at my work are sand paper and terrible (Thanks NA for the red nose)

2- Robitussin Night time style
*I may have taken Lunesta and Robitussin night at the same time.  I went to sleep at 6:00pm and woke up noon the next day.  I may have been in a coma

3-Alka Seltzer Cold & Cough
*I recommend this because my mother told me to use it and now I pass on the knowledge. I always do what my mother says and it works....so use it next time.

4-Vicks Vapor Rub
*This is the only thing my old nose could smell

5-Sympathy
*I never complain much when I am sick and usually just tough it out (including going to work....sorry everyone for spreading the germs) but I had to take Friday off work and I complained to Clayton more than usual.  He brought me dinner in bed and listened to me whine for a bit then I thankfully fell asleep.  I think he may have thought that this is what happens when you get married, your wife becomes whiney and sick.  But I swear it really was just a bad sickness.

My favorite holiday just happens to be Halloween and I was terribly sick.  You have no idea how upset I was about this, especially since I spent a lot of time getting my costume together.  I decided that this sickness wasn't going to keep me down, got dressed and out we went.  I was sick at the party but tried to enjoy myself.  

Happy Halloween

Love, Lady Gaga

Fall = Bliss

I was driving home from work and just couldn't stop thinking about a few things:
This

That

and especially this:

Fall is THE very best season of the year and I don't want any disputes about it because there is no comparison.  I just get so excited all year thinking about October because of a few reasons.  Halloween firstly, my birthday, now my anniversary and the beautiful fall-ness that is all around.  I took Cooper for a walk and just wanted to stand in the park, not move and hope that time stood still.  The leaves are beautiful, the smell is divine and it the feeling is wonderful. 

Also I need some help for my halloween costume and since I have planned a wedding and a honeymoon I think that I am incapable of making ANY more decisions....so help a sista out:

Ms. Lady Gaga:

or this:

Over the past few months I have been SUPER busy.   I am planning a wedding, working, taking pictures and trying to keep this mess of a personal life in order.  

Between family.....friends.....work......work.....work.....blah, blah, blah.....

I feel that I have lost myself a little.  

Where did I go? 

 I keep opening up my blog to say something and I just stare at my computer screen.  

Do I have nothing to say or just to much to say? 

 Do I care or not care? 

 Do I have time for this kind of stuff right now? 

So instead, these people can talk for me today because they have better things to say:

 Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Benjamin Franklin

{This one is perfect for me right now}

There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will. 

Epictetus

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

Albert Einstein

Just stop and take a look

As I was running around the town at 9:00pm taking pictures of my cousin for his upcoming baptism and haven't been home from work yet....I look over at my passenger seat and see this:

{and the back seat is worse....}

So I start to feel overwhelmed with my life and then I look to my left and see this:

I guess I need to remember: "Don't sweat the small stuff"

-Things will work themselves out

(but I often feel like they won't unless I step in)

-Calm down

(but I often feel like I am the only one who is)

-Step back and stay out

(sigh)

Hippie....????

I don't know if I have become more hippie in my age or what.....but pictures like this break my heart

I watch movies like Avatar and I always think the humans are evil

{maybe we are.....}

a new adVentuRe

Thursday May 27th.......
Clayton comes home and tells me to look on the internet for a style of a wedding ring that I like.
{I think to myself, "Well this will be my first time ever looking for a ring so I will see what happens}
I look through some websites and say that I like the style of this....or the band on that......etc

He pulls out this little beauty and says: "What about this one"  and asks me to marry him

1- I had NO IDEA he was even looking at rings.

2- He picked this ring out all by himself 

3- It is perfect

4- I am so proud of him

*BLING*BLING*

I couldn't stop staring at it all night

I guess I will be planning a wedding now.  

You hear that girls have always dreamed about what their wedding would be like and they have everything all picked out in their minds

{I haven't....so it is going to be harder}

To my skinny jeans:

Dear Skinny Jeans-
I know we have had our ups and downs and our relationship is on the rocks but I would like to get to know you better.  When I say I would like to get to know you better, I mean I would like to go a whole day without having to unbutton the top button because you are to tight.  I know it isn't your fault but you have to understand HOW MUCH I love food.  I would like to make a list of the things I am going to give up in order for our relatioship to mend:

1. Cafe Rio Burrito's

2. Daley Freeze chicken strips and scone

3. Taco Time Crisp Bean Burrito

4. Wendy's Crispy Chicken Sandwich

5. Del Taco Chicken Taco

6. Costa Vida Pork Salad

7. Mi Rancherito Cheese Enchilada

8. Polar Queen Fish & Chips

9. All candy

and worst of all.....

10. My intake of Dr. Pepper

{notice that I am only going to cut down on Dr.P....there is no way I can cut it out}

At least for now

BABY STEPS.....one thing at a time!   :)

Dear weekend:

I am in need of a vacation and fast!!!!  I need to fly out of here as soon as possible.  At this point, I really don't care where it is.

It could be somewhere like this:

Or even something like this:

{I am really not that picky}

"Your first dance...."

Clayton & I went out to see his dad over the weekend and I always enjoy just sitting and talking with him.  The subject of dancing came up and Clayton said that he would have to practice for weeks before he would feel comfortable dancing.  His dad turned to him and said,

 "Well son, dancing is like fist fighting,

once you get through your first one,

you realize that it really isn't that big of a deal."

{P.S.  I think I should have been a young adult in the 1950's}

A little appreciation

I just wanted to give a shout out to all those people out there who work really hard and never get recognized.  It is hard sometimes to feel like you are over-working, getting a lot accomplished and putting a lot of effort into your project or job and then never hear a word from anyone.  OR EVEN WORSE......you hear a lot of negative feedback from people who didn't or wouldn't speak up before. 

Cheers to you: over-worked, under-paid, under-appreciated................................

I feel your pain!

Oh Vampires......how come you are so interesting?

Dear Vampire Diaries-

I just want you to know that you are very interesting and I just can't stop thinking about you.  Stefen.......you are just divine and so is your brother. 

Love,

Your biggest fan {kami}








This picture is of the very good looking brothers: Damon and Stefen

But seriously, this series is so awesome and keeps me very
entertained. I just barely
starting watching this series last week, so I had a lot of catching up to do. 
It must be something about vampires, but I can't get my mind off of it.
  I can't wait until Thursday when a new episode is on.  Then just my luck, the season finale is May 13th.  Right when I start to love something and can't get my mind off of it, it ends for the season.  {Boo}  But then I have Eclipse to watch in June and then Vampire Diaries will be back in August.  

 






I suggest everyone watch
and enjoy as much as
I have!                       

Take a DEEP breathe

There are plenty of things to be happy about.....but it seems the last week I caught myself doing a lot of sighs during the day. {I just need to take a deep breathe and remember what is important}

So I got off work today and decided that I needed to make a list of all the little things that make me smile and laugh to myself. Because at the end of the day, there are big things in my life to be grateful for: Family, friends, my health, a place to live, food to eat and water to drink. But sometimes it is those little things that you forget that you love and make you happy. So I will share a few:

This little dog.....sometimes he just looks at me and I have to smile. He has such a funny personality.....


and he is DARLING!


{I may be one of those crazy ladies that doesn't have any kids but talks about their dogs like they are children}  

This jewelry makes me so happy that I can't even express how much joy it brings me.  {Kinda pathetic, I know}

These belonged to my great.....great.....great....Aunt.  I was over to my parents house and I was explaining to my mom that I am into antique things lately. Clothes, jewelry, decor and my mother says,

 "Well I have some old jewelry of Grandma Sunny's." 

"Are you kidding me mother.....you have held out on me this long?  Can I see it?"

She shows me what she has and I about pass out.  All the jewelry is in a little glass bowl and it is screaming old.  I put ALL of it on and showed everyone in the house.  {My dad and brother, needless to say, were not impressed} 

My mom let me "borrow" these little gems and I am hoping that my lease doesn't run out soon.  I just can't get enough of them.

BOOKS!!!! BOOKS!!!!  MORE BOOKS!!!

You can honestly never read too many books

I LOVE this over loaded book shelf

I almost want to keep the same shelf and keep getting more books.  There is just something about having the books spill all around the shelf that makes me smile. 





This is my clock wall and I keep thinking that I need more to add to it.

These are just a few things that I was admiring today.

Sometimes it is the little things that mean the most! :)

{Oh Gandhi......how wise you are}

This quote is very important and everyone should read it and absorb it in:

"Whatever you do in life will be insignificant....but it is important that you do it."

-Gandhi

Pictures that speak to you

There is just something about these pictures that just speak to my creative soul

{How can you not love the lonely chair on a roof top}

I took these pictures while waiting for the couple I was shooting for their engagements.

{p.s. I am rarely waiting on people....I have a little problem with time....}

I was meeting them in a parking garage to try a few new things and captured these little gems.

Happiness

Things that make me terribly happy

1~Sunshine

2~Snuggling

3~Art....music, movies, books, paintings, etc

4~Talented People

5~Movies that make me cry

6~Movies that make me laugh

7~Sushi

8~Photography

9~Caffeine (of course)

10~My family

11~Driving in my car with my bestie...talking, thinking, laughing

i....lOve....tHiS.....MOvIe

and it isn't just because of Robert Pattinson....

{but he certainly made it that much better}

I loved the plot and I thought the love story was just adorable. But I am a sucker for sappy love stories....and I guess Robert too. :)
I was also relieved to see that Robert can act.

I feel very compelled today to start a blog......my creative side is begging for some attention. I guess I will oblige.