long time. long story. new year.

Oh my Readers!!! You have probably forgotten all about this blog o'mine. And this very blog will probably not be read due to the long time it has been since I wrote last and has probably been dropped out of your "check daily list". My apologies. But not really.

I have thought about getting on here several times, but the busyness of life has kept me from getting on. Which I suppose is how it was intended to be. I was and still am living in the moment. And not taking time to document it. Although this has been a year to document, it is all engraved in my mind and heart and will forever change the route of my life from here on out.

At a glance this has been one of the most amazing years. Last New Years at midnight my boy pulled me away from the crowd we were with and told me he thought it was going to be an amazing year for us and that he was excited. Boy oh boy was he right.:)

We went on our first date on February 2nd.
He asked me to be his girlfriend on March 5th.
He kissed me for the first time on March 6th.
He told me he loved me on March 26th.
He asked me to be his wife on November 17th.
And in March of 2010 I will commit the rest of my life to my best friend.

Oh the bliss...:D *sigh*

I think all it took was love to make this a wonderful year. I am crazy in love with I think the most amazing man. I couldn't be happier and wouldn't change a thing. He made my year wonderful. And he will make the next year wonderful.

It really has been a great year. I would do it over if I had too. In fact I pray years from now if/when the boy and I have a rough day or week or month that we will be reminded of this time. The time that we were crazy in love.

There is so much to take away from this year. So many memories.
And so much to come in the year ahead.

Happy New Year!

older.

It's my birthday today. I guess I feel a bit older. hehe....but really today marks one great year of my life...in fact I think one of the best.

A year ago today I bought a car on my own. My parents were camping and they had been looking at cars with me. But when it came down to it I took care of the details and purchased "the x".

A year ago today I accepted a full time job, that I thought was going to be part time when I was originally hired. I love my job. I love the people I work with. I love the kiddos. And I have to say the schedule is a perk that I love.

A year ago today I turned down an offer to go out from a guy I kinda liked, because a boy who had been in my life before came back around and suddenly that offer didn't look so good. That was the best decision I could have made. I would have never guessed that the boy would turn into my best friend and my favorite. I'm crazy about him today and that will never change.:)

I feel excited today. I think there is a lot of exciting things in store for me and this chapter of my life. I can't wait to see what the next year holds!

You will never believe what I did Saturday.....

I purchased Chacos. I told myself I would NEVER wear Chacos, too much of a Colorado trend and not enough fashion for me. I went shopping with my Mom for her "birthday Chacos" and was quickly convinced, by non-other than me, that I could really use a pair.

They are so comfortable and the support is amazing. With all the nerve and muscle issues in my back right now I realize the support of good shoes is something I need and that helps.

I guess I just can't believe I caved, but I can tell already I will get plenty of use out of them. And I have to keep reminding myself I am a Colorado girl and can easily get away with wearing Chacos in a fashionable manner.:)

a lot.

I have a lot on my mind this evening, but it is too late to type and get it all out clearly. And I want to keep thinking, I think that is something I do best or too much. So much to process.

More later I assure you. Just not now.

reading.

I started reading Jane Eyre today. I'm only a few chapters in, but I'm enjoying it.

Reading is a good time killer activity.

honestly.

Monday I ventured out and instead of book shopping I went make-up and bra shopping (just what all my male readers need to hear about. haha).



I have realized the older I get the more important it is to take care of my skin properly. I have always done well in taking care of my skin (I could share my nightly routine to prove that, but I won't bore you), but I have never spent much money in taking care of my skin either. I will just buy whatever make-up I can find at Target that works, not what is the best for my skin. After talking with some friends and changing some different products in my lovely routine I decided one of the last steps in that change is my make-up. So I ventured out to Ulta, which in any girly girls world is an awesome place to shop, fulfilling every beauty need.:)



I had done plenty of research before heading out on my shopping adventure (for I found that is a good use of my time...this week), so headed to right what I was looking for when I entered the store. I looked through everything I had read about online and then really decided to push myself to the edge and ask for advice from, the what I thought was lovely, ladies that work there. I stood in line for several minutes before the lady told me that she was busy and would be over to help me in just a minute. 20 minutes later I'm still standing there waiting. I went back to the counter and the woman barely remembered me and that I had been waiting so long for help. She was still too busy to help me and called the manager. The manager, an older woman, and very well kept answered my few questions, but really did nothing to help me. She was short and rude with me, making my shopping experience less then what it should have been.



I then ventured a few doors down to Victoria. I do love that store and the products. In fact I have one particular bra I love from there and they discontinued making it, with no replacement. After shopping online before I went in I found a few that I thought would be about the same or worth a shot at trying on.

Perhaps I was wrong...When talking with the young woman at Victoria I asked about what I had seen online to replace my favorite bra. She said they don't carry that one in stores and I could order it online. I told her I was unsure of my size and didn't want to do that and asked if they had any others similar to what I had and was looking for. Point blank she told me no, that I was out of luck. Well, let me tell you, I wasn't looking for anything that out of the ordinary, but she was short and rude. Didn't offer to help me find something or to measure me. Nothing.

The point of all this being, I experienced the same type of service at similar stores twice in one day. Both experiences at stores that are trying to boost the image of woman, to meet whatever high bar society says we should meet. They have it all wrong. Mostly with their attitudes. Those stores are there to serve us. They should meet us where we are at and encourage about our image, not make us feel worse like we will never meet the standards of the world.

I'm not the most confident woman in the world about my body, but I am ok with who I am and the image in which I was created. I feel sad for women that walk into those stores who already feel down about who they are and leave feeling worse. But I feel more for the women that work in those stores. Perhaps that is all they know of themselves or that is all they have ever heard so they take it out on the world of woman around them.

Needless to say, I will go back to both stores, but in that being very aware of how I treat those woman. We are all beautiful in our own ways. If we all looked like models we would live in a very bland world.

You are beautiful and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

up.

Up...was a fabulous movie if I do say so myself. I suggest it, even if you are beyond animated films. It points out well that now is the adventure, even if it wasn't the adventure you planned.

I think we all need adventure books and people we love to share the adventure with...