Day 9

Day Nine: Two words that describe your life right now.

{one}

Amazing.

Thanks to John, my family & friends (& Lily).  They all make my life better everyday.

{two}

Blessed.

Thanks to God.  I wouldn't have anything if He didn't allow it.

Day 8

Day Eight: Three turn ons.


So, I'm pretty easy to please...most of the time anyway :)  These will be more geared toward John today.  Here goes:

{one}

Doing something thoughtful, just because.  If I've been doing a lot of dishes lately, cleaning up the house a lot or just had a long day John is cleaning up or cooking me dinner when I get home...it's amazing!

{two}

Working with his hands.  In my opinion, there's nothing hotter that a guy that's good with his hands.  Any home maintenance or repair, fixing a truck, or even mowing the grass-It's nice to see a man working hard.  Thankfully it happens often in my life :)

{three}

Helping out others.  This is something that John is so good at.  He's there for his loved ones, especially when they need help with something.  It was one thing that made me impressed with him early on.

Day 7

Day Seven: Four turn offs.

I'm lumping some of this together because I have time today and may not tomorrow :)

{one}

Smelly or loud bodily functions...especially on purpose.  

Yes, it's natural, it also is not cool to do it on purpose to gross out others.  Thanks.

{two}

Being mean to others.  

I understand that as people, we may not particularly click with each personality we encounter in life.  So, understandably, you do not have to be best friends with every one you meet.  What you do need to be is polite.  Not fake nice.  Just polite.  Have some common courtesy.  I do not care if someone annoys you-it does not give you an excuse to be just plain mean to them or trash them.  Just accept that you don't mesh well and move on.  Being rude at any time to someone just because your personalities don't mesh is totally uncalled for.

{three}

Being inconsiderate.  

Just think before you do things.  If you would be annoyed if someone did something to you, try and not do it to them.  I guess it's just trying to be sensitive to what others around you may be feeling...at least sometimes.  Make an effort.

{four}

Blowing people off.  

If you say you'll be somewhere-be there.  If something comes up and you can't make it, at least call and let people know the issue so they know not to count on you.  It is the least you can do.  And making that a habit will cause people to not really want to invite you places anymore because they eventually actually do feel blown off.  It goes back to number three.

Day 6

Day Six: Five people who mean a lot to you.

I'm clumping, because...how can I just pick 5?  In no particular order...

Family Picture

Andrew Lee

Carla & Melissa

Some of our wonderfully supportive friends and family after the marathon

Grandma, Grandpa, John, Dad

Lily and sleeping John

Mom & Dad

The girls!

Yes, John again-ha!

Clint & Jody

One of my favorite Robin pictures ever!

John's mom and dad on our snowboarding trip--my future in laws :)


This is not all inclusive, but I feel like I got a good chunk of those I love :)  I've missed some aunts and cousins, but I'm close.

Day 5

Day Five: Six things you wish you could change or you wish you’d never done.

{one}

I wish I could change my involvement in sports in high school and college.  I love to run.  I really started to enjoy swimming while training for my triathlon.  I feel like I missed out on something I would have really enjoyed.

{two}

Sometimes I wish I wouldn't open my big fat mouth.  I am the type of person that needs to air their grievances.  But then, I'm usually over it.  Sometimes there are issues that are better left unspoken at the time.  BUT I find instant relief in speaking it.  Then I don't hold it in and grow angry while mulling it over.  But sometimes, it's selfish to do that.  Just sometimes...

{three}

I regret allowing some things to make me angry that were never worth it.  It created problems for a while that were never worth it.  But, I feel like I've learned to let a lot of things go and my relationships are healthier because of it.

{four}

I wish I traveled after I graduated college.  Instead, I started working the next Monday.  I look back and think how perfect that time was to explore a few places before the commitment of a career.  A warning to my friends and family...I will be advising this to your kids :)

{five}

I wish I hadn't graduated college so quickly.  There is plenty of time for the 'real world'.

{six}

I wish I hadn't fought with my mom like I did in high school.  There were many reasons we didn't see eye to eye, but I could have handled it all a lot better.

Day 4

Day Four: Seven things that cross your mind a lot.

{one}

What's for dinner?

{two}

Where's Lily and what sort of mischief is she into this time?

{three}

Hopefully John's having a good day.  I wonder what our plans are tonight and for the weekend.

{four}

I really should have stopped with the 'Angry Birds'/reading/TV last night and gotten some sleep...I'm tired and I don't want to get up for the gym.  Maybe we could play hookie today and just spend the day doing something fun.  But I know we can't...there is work to be done.

{five}

We need to plan for the football game this weekend.  What fun food will I make?

{six}

Will the economy ever pick back up?  It seems to be staying at such a lull and being in construction, that makes business tight.  As a matter of fact, why can't I just win the lottery?

{seven}

How am I going to incorporate my training runs in this week?

Day 3 + Wedding Wednesday

Day Three: Eight things you couldn't live without.
Well, let's be honest, I could live without everything, besides food, water, and shelter.  So I changed it to what I wouldn't want to live without.

{one}

John.  I mean he's my best friend, and I'm about to commit to spending the rest of my life with him, so of course I wouldn't want to live without him.  :)

{two}

Lily.  We're tight.  Nuff said.

{three}

My family & friends.  There's a lot of us and I love it!  I have been lucky enough to be surrounded by many wonderful people from over the years and I value each and every one :)

{four}

Florida Football.  It makes me happy.

{five}

8 hours of sleep a night.  Not much more, not much less.  If less occurs over an extended period of time (2 days or more) things get ugly.

{six}

My boob pillow.  I have a squishy foam cylinder shaped pillow I sleep with every night.  I need to hold something against my chest when I sleep, hence: boob pillow.

{seven}

A toothbrush.  I can't go without brushing my teeth.  Yuck.  Really, just personal cleanliness altogether.  Teeth, hair, body, face...

{eight}

Exercise.  I'm not happy if I'm sit around too much.  Plus, then I don't sleep well, for results of this, refer to number five.

Wedding Wednesday

Flowers.  You need them, most certainly at a wedding, but what a pain!  

How do I know if I'm getting a good deal?  

Right now my predicament is cost difference between two florists.  One is telling me that my bouquet is going to cost $60 the other $285.  They claim it's for the same exact bouquet.  The more expensive one is young, has TONS of pictures from past weddings and appears to have very nice work.  The other lady is a little older, so she has much more experience, but she does not have past photos.  She does sketches.  I really do not like sketches when it comes to my wedding bouquet...because that is one thing I KNEW that I specifically wanted, and there is no substitute.

This is my bouquet:

Simple. My style. Plus, my Granddaddy had a greenhouse full of orchids, and it was always the plan for him to do my wedding.  Since he can't anymore, I'm still doing the bouquet.

I just wonder how I know I'm not getting screwed over.  The one florist sounds really high, but I worry that the less expensive florist is not going to provide what I am looking for in the end.  How can she be soooo inexpensive?  I don't know how much flowers are suppose to cost.  I'd love for it to workout with the inexpensive one, but how do I know it will what I want it to be?  This is the one thing about my wedding I've had in my head since I was younger, so I want it to be perfect... sentimental reasons more than anything else.  Is it worth the cost?  How can I make sure it turns out right?  Any advice would be greatly appreciated!