Sure it's a common thing and people do it everyday, but does that make it any less heartbreaking? I say not. He leaves every 6 weeks... gone for 4 weeks and home for 2. It's hard for me... hard to not see his face every day... hard to not hug him randomly... hard to not snuggle with him when it's nigh night time. Wahhhhh! I'm such a baby.
I'll definitely be scrapping this photo!
He left only 4 short hours ago, but I already miss the heck outta him! Love you Brandon! {like he's gonna see this, lol.}
Just wanted to share some pics of my new scrapbook room/office...
The bookcases are from Wal-Mart. The tall ones were $27 each and the small ones $16 each. THANKS Les for the idea!
Mirror from Hobby Lobby. Used a 40% off coupon. :) The wire stand that the sprays are in was also from HL on clearance.
Round table from Pier 1. It used to be our dining table when we were in the apartment. I LOVE IT so I was bound and determined to still use it somehow. :) The table lamp is from Target.
Cute little bins from the $1 bin at Target.
A not so good pic. :)
Wall racks from Home Goods! LOVE THEM! They hold my alphabet stickers, rub-ons and regular stickers.
We're heading to Palm Springs this weekend so of course we'll be going to Ikea where I'm sure I'll find some new bins, possibly a cute little chair for the corner where the tall floor lamp is and some shelves for the wall. LOVE me some Ikea!
I had a honey-do list started for Brandon for when he got home. He "said" he wanted some things to do. But after I added painting my new craft/office he said he'd do it and then snoffed at it the next day. So as a present to him for the Holidays.... I'm doing it for him! LOL
I'm such a nice wife. :) Love you Mr. Hammer!!! Now you can come home, have a beer and watch endless hours of recorded UFC. ;)
Yes.... DETERMINED! With more things than ONE! That's going to be my new word for 2012 I think. It's a good one... I'm determined in regards to many things. My first, will unfold in a positive way at the end of January. I CAN NOT WAIT!
know when to fold em'! There's one friend of mine that has really brightened up my life. Who I met through that crazy craft filled with creative people, jealous people, happy people and well... if you scrapbook you know what I mean. :) Anyway, we started chatting and became super GREAT friends and I love her to death...
We've been through thick and thin together and still can count on each other. :) And we have had some serious laughter bouts! {right Les?} We send packages, texts, messages... She just sent me a HUUUUUGGGGGEEEEE heavy 17 pound box of goodness that I'll share a pic of.
It should be here tomorrow.
As I venture back into this crazy craft of scrapbooking I know I can count on her! Love ya Les!
She is AMAZINGLY talented! She makes me wanna scrapbook again. :)
For fast healthy and easy protein I go to canned, or bagged tuna in water. This was Bumble Bee's Prime Fillet Albacore with Cracked Black Pepper & Lemon. Hello.... YUM!!! Plus it packs a lot of nutrition... no carbs and 28 grams of protein with little fat.
Lemon and Cracked Pepper - Product Size: 4 oz (113g)
Serv Size 4 oz/113g Servings: 1 Calories 170 Fat Cal. 45 * Percent Daily Values (DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Along side that... cute baby patty pan squash (and when I say baby, they were about the size of a quarter.) and baby zucchini. Then or course Falls favorite apple, the Honey Crisp. Just took minutes to prepare and nearly no mess! YES!
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Have I mentioned how much I love this guy? My Mister!
We took this at the airport when he was leaving for work. :'(
He makes my ♥ happy! Can't wait until he gets home.... TWO MORE WEEKS! ♥♥♥
Y'all know I've been wanting to get back into scrapping. Mostly to document life. BUT I've not been making time for it and I find that those big ole 12x12 pages to be a bit daunting now. Yeah, I know... I "used" to be a big ole scrapping "suppa stah", bwahahahaha... Kidding! But seriously, I do want to document things. So I ordered the Project Life kit in hopes of gettin' busy with it.
I see Ali Edwards Project Life creation and seriously love it! So I will make it a goal to work on it a little each week and see how that goes. :)
Seriously had an amazing vacation to Oahu with Brandon! The weather was perfect, the ocean was beautiful and my company was loving. :) All of our photos are on Facebook (here's the link: Hawai'i Album) , so I'm sure you've seen them, but here's a few of my favorites!
Hanauma Bay (AWESOME snorkeling if you can handle feeling suffocated, lol.)Pin It
Cute shot at North Shore!
The view outside our hotel room. Seriously beautiful!
Well, what can we say... Everyone was doing it!
Another shot at North Shore.
Cute little Makapu'u Lighthouse!
LOVE is a great thing and continuing to grow and understand your loved one is a wonderful feeling! I recently came across this book called "The 5 Love Languages".
I wish everyone would read this book. It's so fantastic! Even couples that think they couldn't be any better, think again. This book will seriously change your marriage for the better. It's been a NY Times best seller and between his old version and his new version has over 1,000 reviews from some happy book readin' people! You can take the quiz for free *here* and find out what YOUR "love language" is. :)
Planning on HEALTHING up after the Holidays? I highly suggest this program: LiveFit TrainerGreat workouts and great results. Check it out! Also, here's a recipe that I am LOVING! It's a Pumpkin Protein Bar. Tastes like a pumpkin cake but good for you!!! I usually add a little extra protein powder and pumpkin OR applesauce for more protein and moisture.
I typically double all the spice amounts because I like it spicy! :)
You can use coconut milk, cows milk, hemp milk instead of Almond milk if you want.
If you can't find oat flour at your store you can make your own by just grinding up oats (not the quick cooking kind) into a powder. It won't be as fine, but works just as well! The kind at the store is Bob's Red Mill brand.
I'll be doing a blog post tomorrow on some of my favorite vegetarian/vegan cookbooks and websites for recipes! In case you wanted to venture into Meatless Mondays or a night or two where you feed the fam a delicious health conscious meal. :)
The HOLIDAYS are here and it's my favorite time of year! I haven't gotten much into the decorating the last couple years because Shon isn't living with us and Brandon is gone most the time. It's kind of lame for me to "try" and enjoy it by myself. We had out Thanksgiving Day dinner a few days early because Brandon had to head back to work today. (Day before Thanksgiving) It was nice though!
Then we decided to put our lights up, well... I asked Brandon if he would do it for me (I had to hang them myself last year, that was a sight I'm sure!). They looked fabulous and then.... we hit up Lowes and found these really cool icicle lights shaped like actual icicles. They are 5" and 7" long. (You can't tell on the video, but you can in person that they look like real hanging icicles.) So we got up on the roof, Brandon hung them and I held the ladder. :) I didn't want him to fall, but I got to stare at his cute butt the whole time. :) Then he added the twinkle netting on a couple of the shrubs and a huge snowflake up on the front of the house. We need to add another 4 twinkle net lights (gotta get them before they don't sell those ones anymore and we can't match the color.) But here's a video of it. It's not very good quality, but you get the idea. :)
I'm thankful that Brandon will only be gone to work this time for 3 weeks and then home for 3 weeks! I can't wait. Christmas together again this year, I love it! And I love him!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
But before I go, here's a few things I'm thankful for:
- A husband that loves me and is willing to try and figure me out the rest of our lives! :) And who is a VERY hard worker to give us what we have. <3
- Family that wants to talk to you. LOL
- Not living somewhere that has a minus sign in front of the degrees in the winter time.
- Great friends you can count on and talk to even though those are far and few between. Makes me REALLY love THOSE ones that I do have!
- A fantastic Son! Whom I'm thankful all the time that that he turned into such a funny, smart & responsible young man!
- And let's not forget our two lithe boys... Bonloe and Boaz who make me laugh all the time and keep me company when Brandon is at work.
- To top off the list again, I want to say I sure love my Husband!
♥ Rocked on by
