I’ve got a lot brewing inside of me.  Things that get me very excited.  Things that scare me a little bit.  Lots of things.  I have been IMENSELY blessed and I want others to see and understand the blessings they can also receive if they just ask.  Part of me just wants to take a few months and go somewhere with my man and just think, pray and plan.  Of course life doesn’t allow that because there is rent to pay, bills to pay, mouths to feed, etc, etc, etc.  And disclaimer…I love my job and don’t want to be leaving any time soon ;)

Hold on to your hats people, because there are things a-brewing.  Check out what my sweet husband has to say about it all. Yeah, I know we’re not giving you much to work with here, but that’s half the fun. 

I’m so looking forward to what is to come and the plans our God has for us.  It’s really blowing me away because it’s way more than I ever imagined.  Funny how that works out huh?

Things are just beginning to brew.  Could be big.  All I know is all this talk about brewing is making me want Starbucks….

After many months of prayer and searching for the right place, my inlaws are moving to Alaska! WOW.  Big move and I for sure was not made to live in the cold, snow and darkness but I’m very excited for them for this new adventure.  My sweet sis in law will be graduating from HS in May and thus leaving my in laws with no more children at home.  So they’re packing their bags and heading north!!

Congrats guys on this exciting new adventure!! I’m so excited for you and looking forward to all that is ahead.  And I’m excited to visit Alaska…in the “warm” months of course though

Last year on our way back from our honeymoon, I got VERY sick.  On the plane.  It was outstanding, I had the worst cold ever and my ears didn’t pop for like a week.  This week, I’ve got it again.  I’ve decided it’s the march curse, something about march that makes my immune system take a vacation.  Spring Break for the immune system?? Maybe so. 

However, since I have only been at my job a couple of months, I don’t want to call in sick.  So I’m pushing through (and likely making myself even more sick).  So here I sit at work. 

Being strong.  Or maybe stupid?

Although I HATE being sick and feeling worthless, it’s really fun when this guy takes care of me.  He waits on me hand and foot and does anything he can to make me feel better.  Can’t beat that!!

Anyone have any good remedies to make them feel better when you’ve got the “crud”?

Life has been pretty busy lately and I’ve been neglecting the blog.  Sorry my loyal readers, I know you’ve been agonizing over it.  Well here is an update for you! Work is great, just been insanely busy.  Trying to work REALLY hard to book a lot of events so House of Blues won’t decide that my job is irrelevant

Saturday evening I was on my way to an event at HOB, and my car started acting up.  For those of you that don’t know the story, my transmission went out on our way to Vegas for our anniversary weekend.  So we got a brand new transmission.  Well my “brand new transmission” started going out on me again.  OUCH. 

Turns out the transmission is shot, once again, and now we are having to SHIP our poor little Rosa to Vegas to get fixed AGAIN.  Apparently the shop that ‘fixed’ her the first time, won’t pay to have anyone else re-fix her and our only option is to send her back to them. 

So basically, we’re up a creek and most likely out a bit more cash (hopefully not TOO much but I’m not holding my breath).  It’s been very frustrating, but I’m just thankful for the rather large tax return the government gave us.  So much for paying stuff off. 

Now I have a bad yucky cold.  What a week it’s been. 

So after you’ve been married a year are you no longer “newlyweds”? I’m not sure how that whole process works.  Well I love being married.  And I love being a newlywed.  I’d like to be a newlywed longer if that’s ok with ya’ll.  I like that I can snuggle my man in public and love on him and people say “aw you must be newlyweds”.  Shoot I want to be newlyweds forever in that case!

Why do couples get stuck in a rut of not showing enough love to our spouses? I wish I could say I haven’t fell victim to this.  I absolutely love my husband more than anything in this world, but sometimes I do get so busy and caught up in life that I realize a few days have gone by and I haven’t done anything special for him.  My goal is to REALLY romance him this year.  Get ready baby…I’m gonna love you even more than year one!!

Everyday I’m reminded how lucky I am to be married to my best friend, and I never have to worry about anything.  He’s the most drama-free person I’ve ever know (Praise Jesus!) and he loves me unconditionally.  I’m one lucky girl.  Just basking in that goodness today. 

Love you baby.  I like that I have you to brag about

Wow. Where to start. We packed up and headed to Vegas Saturday morning.  Everything was going great.  We were having fun driving.  Then it began.  First the car jumped a bit and kinda worried us, but we brushed it off and didn’t think much of it.  Then it happened again.  And again.  Finally we pulled over on the shoulder and puttered along for a bit.  The RPM’s were jumping all over the place.  Oh…did I mention we were in the middle of NOWHERE?!?!?! I’m talking desert.  And NOTHING.  Luckily we saw this little shack of a gas station up ahead so we decided to pull over and check things out.

Then it totally went.  The transmission that is.  GONE.  It just so happened that this little shack of a gas station in the middle of nowhere, was a 24 hour towing service.  Thank you Jesus.  So the absolute hillbilly of all hillbilly’s towed our car to Vegas.  100 miles in a car with this dude and his three hillbilly kids.  I think I’m tramatized by that experience.

We finally arrive in Vegas (5 hours later than we expected).  We found a transmission shop that was still open and was really great.  So we were thrilled to just be in Vegas and have the car in the shop.  Then we waited 2 1/2 hours for a cab to take us to our hotel. We were pretty exhausted and going crazy by this point!

Finally, we arrive at The Venetian.

The hotel was AMAZING!! By far one of the nicest we’ve stayed in! Oh and these were waiting for me at the hotel…that husband of mine…he’s a keeper!!

It was an EXTREMELY long day.  So our “cheap” trip to Vegas turned in to a verrrrry expensive trip to Vegas.  Ouch.

But the car wasn’t going to be done until Tuesday.  I had to work Monday so that posed a bit of a problem.  So we booked me a flight home Monday morning and Brook was going to stay and wait for the car.  Bummer! I hate being away from him!! After we realized we were going to have to stay in town a couple extra days, we called Brook’s mom to book us a cheap hotel.  Nope, she didn’t book us at Motel 8 or the Best Western.  Where did priceline put us?? HOOTERS!!! That really just was the icing on the cake.  Amazing.

Despite all that happened…we were able to enjoy our time in Vegas and have a blast together. I’m constantly reminded how amazing my husband is and how blessed I am to have him!

We will never forget our First Anniversary.