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WOW What a Whirlwind

I feel so ashamed LOL! I just looked at my blog (or lack thereof) and saw when my last post was! Don't worry, I am shaking a finger at myself.....well...not really....but in theory I am :)

So much has happened since then! Most importantly, JULI GOT A JOB! He is now a life insurance agent and he is still doing training and it is HARD! Let me tell you what...I married a smart man! He had 9 days to study for a test that most men have 3 weeks to study and they STILL fail, and he passed THE FIRST TIME!!! Needless to say I am a very proud wife!

Secondly we had some seriously odd weather. We had an earthquake AND a hurricane all in one week! It was extremely bizarre! I am VERY attached to my electricity thank you very much!

Thirdly, our hamster Neville died. It was very sad! We believe he died during the earthquake since it was a pretty big one and he was semi-old. :( Very very sad! It was the first of Juli and I's joint pets to pass away.

So as I delve back into the role of housewife (phew was I spoiled this last year let me tell you that much!), I am even more thankful for my husband and all he does for my happiness! Fall is almost here, the promise of a new place is on the wind, and my cavalier puppy is in sight! I think this is going to be a wonderful year!

Oh and FOOTBALL IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!

And.....ACTION

So most of you know Julio and I are film addicts! We LOVE to watch movies. Sooooooo we made a list of our top 20 movies each and are going to have a 40 movies in 40 nights marathon! We are super stocked!

Sorry it has been awhile :( Life has been...shall we say...hectic! I HAVE however been really busy losing weight! I have lost 14 lbs in 6 weeks and have lost inches all over my body! Summer is here so the only good thing is the outdoor pool!

Juli is still unemployed as of this moment but by the end of July he will start looking again. Hopefully by August we will have our own place!!!!! That will be the highlight of our summer for sure!!!!

I love doing simple traditions with my man and this one may be a summer repeat!

And They All Lived........

I found my Prince charming several years ago and there is nothing more inspiring than watching a famous couple tie the knot. I stayed up a full 27 hours to watch 8 full hours of wedding coverage and would do it all again! I had a lot of fun and I love taking part in history!





I have been without soda for a full 26 days! I have lost 10 lbs in three weeks and feel sooooo good! 5 more to go till I meet my mini goal!

When you Love the One You're With

When you love the one you're with, there is no what if. There are no regrets. There are no goodbyes. When you love the one you're with the world sees you for what you are, truly happy and blessed

My Biggest Indulgence

Okay....so I don't buy designer shoes, or wear name brand clothes, I even wear the cheapest makeup......I DO however splurge on nail polish. That is the ONLY thing that I insist on having name brand....at least as of recently. I am an OPI girl and it is one of my goals to have all my cheap polishes changed over to OPI...so far.....right on track!!!! One of my bucket list goals was to manicure my nails more often. Since I work in a field where makeup is minimal and hair dos don't last an hour, femininity is lost. Now that I am a groomer, I can keep polish on my nails for more than an hour too!!!!! Sooooooo......this seemed like a reasonable goal! Here are my two recent colors:
The top one is from the Suede collection. It truly does look like suede once it dries!! It's called Lincoln Park After Dark-Suede

This one is from Hong Kong collection and it is called Suzi Says Feng Shui

I hope to use all of my OPI polishes in the next few weeks and get a pic up of all of them!

Pen to Paper

What a snow storm THAT was! We got nasty wet snow that was excellent snowball fight material.....and I had to work...go figure!

Brace yourself for another "My husband is so awesome" post :P

There is a movie I have been wanting to see and it is an indy film so it is in limited theaters. Juli did a lot of searching before he found a place that was showing it on a day I could go watch it. That day is today!! So for our date today he is taking me to lunch and a movie!

Changing gears I crossed my first item off of my bucket list yesterday! I HAVE A PEN PAL!! I am truly excited! Here's to many more crossing offs of the list!

Failure, Meet Success

I have accomplished some great things this month, and failed miserably at others. Life is so painful busy at times that is just becomes too easy to blame it on that. No more excuses! I swear!!!

I did NOT lose any weight this month
I did NOT blog more
I did NOT retake my permit test
and I did NOT get my face cleared :(

I DID however de-cutter my life a bit and it was very liberating!
Drum roll please..........................most importantly I DID become a certified groomer!!!!!!!! I finished my 100 dogs, took my test and PASSED!!!!! Above is my favorite groom dog EVER and I want a Cavalier soooooooo bad!!!!

So......here's to a more productive week than last and love those you have because you never know when your last day will be

The Dangers of Human Nature

I was getting my haircut on Wednesday and I realized something. Human Nature is our greatest enemy! I was sitting in the chair thinking how horribly unblessed I was to have straight brown hair when what I really wanted was red curly hair when the lady next to me came in for her appointment. She proceeded to tell us that this was her first haircut since she got Leukemia! Her hair had finally grown back and she was so thankful that she had enough to get it styled. WOW!!! Why is it that with human nature we automatically think unsatisfactory thoughts? Why is it so difficult to be happy with what we have? After that story, my effort this year is to be happy with whatever I have and work hard for the things I don't.



Juli is such a blessing to me! He went out and got me......MY BOOKCASE!!!!!!!!!! I have been wanting one of these for the longest time and was so excited when they had them on sale!!!! NOW to fill it up (to be fair I have three boxes of books left to put on it, but I am saving those for when we move :))
My Christmas preset finally came in the mail and I am so in love! Rocky is too!!!! Oh and I found a matching lamp at Target for 20 bucks!!! Have I mentioned how much I love Target?