My Grandparents.

For some reason, last night before I went to sleep, I was thinking about my grandparents. I'm not sure what made them pop into my head but I thought about them for atleast 30 minutes before I went to sleep.

Let me introduce them first before I tell you the reason for this post.

This is me and my mommom on Christmas in 2008. I swear to you, she is a saint; an angel sent from Heaven. This woman does not have a mean/bad bone in her body. I truly look up to her. I would be beyond devistated if something were to ever happen to her. I may not get to see her as often as I'd like, but I know she is always just a phone call away. My parents & I lived with her my first 3 yrs of life. She is also one of the very few people who ever babysat me. Every New Year's Eve when I was little, my brother & I would go spend the night with her and my grandpop while my parents went out to celebrate. I always looked forward to it because she would buy us our favorite snacks and noise makers. I believe the world needs more people like her.

(sorry for the terrible pic - I took a picture of this picture with my cell phone)

This is me and my poppy (my mommom's husband). Why isn't he smiling? Well my grandmom is next to me and she was smiling like I am so we just decided to keep the pic lol. My poppy is quite the character. He is a 21 year old stuck in a 67 year old's body lol. He hates that he is getting old and always wants to have fun. On holidays, he will stand and talk to M the whole time while having a drink and telling old stories. He is always joking around and laughing. He is a great man. My mommom and poppy have been together since they were 16 yrs old. He was her first everything. I think it's so sweet.

This me and my poppop. Do you love the faded jeans and snow boots? How stylish was I?! This pic is from 1991 so I am approximately 4 yrs old here. I love this picture of us so this is why I'm showing this one instead of a more recent one. God bless this man, seriously. His wife, and my other mommom, passed away when I was 6 yrs old. Devistation is not even the right word to use to describe his feelings. He was with her for over 35 years. She passed of a stroke. Sadly, I didn't know her very well. Like most people though, he moved on with his life and married again. He married again when I was 13 years old. Here comes more terrible news; she passed away January 2007. If that's not bad luck, I'm not quite sure what you call it. Two years after that, his mother passed away. So all he has is my dad and grandchildren. He's been through a lot and it has changed him. I understand though and I have no hard feelings about it because I'm not quite sure I could survive through all of that.

Now, the reason for this post is that I feel as though I have been sucking in the granddaughter department. I am the first born and ONLY granddaughter. I feel as though I should be calling and visiting more. I work over 30 hours a week though and go to school full time so it's hard to visit. Here's comes my brilliant and fun/memorable idea..

I was thinking of writing a letter to my mommom & poppy and one to my poppop. The thing is though, I would tell them that they have to write back and cannot call. I would like our letters to go back and fourth. I feel as though it would be a great way to stay "in the know" with them and I would be able to keep these letters forever.

What do you think of this idea? - Are you close with your grandparents? - How do you stay in touch with them? - Any other ideas for me?

 

I'm joining in on the fun - Top 2 Tuesday

This is my first time doing this!

I'm not sure what took me so long to join in.

This week's Top 2 is 2 things you can't live without.

(It's obvious I can't live without family, friends, bf, or my snugs)

So I'm going to take the materialistic route.

1. I can't live without chapstick.

 

I love both of these. I use it in the morning, anytime after I brush my teeth,

before I go to bed, basically throughout the day. I'm obsessed and my lips feel completely naked without wearing it.

2. I can't live without my car.

Not my car, but I have the exact same one.

As silly as this sounds, my car is something I need. It takes me to work, school, fun outtings, everywhere. I can't imagine depening on someone for rides or having to wait for public transportation. It gives me freedom and allows me to go wherever I want. I've been driving for so long now I can't imagine not doing it.

Head over to Taylor's blog and join in!!

It's a Major Award!

. . . you do know what movie that line is from, right?! If not, shame on you.

Just kidding. But it is from one of my favorite movies - A Christmas Story!

Now, on to the good stuff.

I've received some awards!

I want to say a BIG

to the ladies who were nice

enough to pass them to me! ♥

Thanks to these awesome ladies for this award:

Liz, Kelly, & Erin

I'm passing this award to you ladies because

I love reading your blogs:

Allison @ A Little Bit of Everything

Kelsey Claire @ Lavender, Leopard, & Lace

Meredith @ (flash) pasteurized

Natasha @ A Day in the Life

Rasha @ and this is what she said

 I received this award again! This time

from a great friend: Allison

This award is being passed to these chicas:

Julie @ Brown Eyed Belle

Annie @ Chapters of Our Life

Jessica @ Classy in Philadelphia

Lauren @ Dreams Take Flight

Marian @ Escaping the Single Life

 I also received this award again.

This time it was from the wonderful Julie.

This BFF award goes to fabulous bloggers:

Kelly @ keeping up with kelly & co.

Mrs. Stoneking @ Meet the Stonekings

KLC @ Tales of a Northern Belle

Jenn @ West Sac Honey

Cassie @ Starting from nothing and learning as I go

If you already have any of these awards,

I apologize but hope you accept them anyway :-)

Hope you're having an amazing Monday!

♥

Getting to know you & weekend recap.

It's that time of the week again . ..

Head over to Mannland's blog

and join in on the fun!

The Questions..

1. What year did you graduate high school?

2004

2. What part of your body do you neglect the most?

My feet/toes especially during the winter months but not anymore since spring is here! I'm getting another pedi on Tuesday ;-)

3. Beach house or Lake house?

Beach house for sure.

4. Mac or PC?

I have a PC but I really would like this:

(macbook pro)

5. Did you wear braces?

Nope, never :-)

6. If you could be one person for a day, living or deceased, who would you be?

To be honest, this might sound strange, but I would like to be someone who lived during the roaring 20's because I think it was such a cool time period. The style and attitudes just seem so carefree.

7. How many times have you moved in your life?

Hmm, I believe I've moved 5 times.

8. Would you rather cook or clean?

I'm not the best cook but I can clean like it's my job.
I'm the queen at organizing as well so I'd rather clean.

(all images from google images)


Weekend Recap:

So my weekend was fantastic. The weather was gorgeous; the sun was shining and the temp. was in the 70's! I was happy being outide.

On Friday, I got off work early which is always a plus. That night, M & I went downtown for his friend's birthday to a place that is inside & outside. It was a pretty good time. Before we left though, I was hungry so I was bad and got McDonald's :-( I felt so guilty the next day lol.

Saturday, M & I went to my boss's house for a cookout. Since M is graduating soon, her husband is trying to get M a job at his workplace. He works for an awesome company. Everyone got along so well; I was happy. We stayed for a while and then came home to nap. That night, M & I went to a local bar that has seating outside for some drinks & appetizers. I love sitting outside on a beautiful night! Then we came home to watch the games. (Sorry Kansas fans! I was shocked by the loss).

Today is the last day of spring break :-( I don't want to go back to school. Even though I didn't go away for break, I couldn't have asked for better weather or a better week. Since M was going back to school today, we went to his house to watch the MD game (great game by the way, they were so close to winning!) and just hung out until it was time for him to leave. I'm going to miss him but he'll be home again for Easter though.

Sorry for the long post! Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend :-)

Happy Thursday.

Hope you ladies had a good St. Patty's day :-)

It was beautiful here, about 68 degrees, so I did!

Here's a pic of M and I from last night:

His shirt made me laugh - Under Lucky Charms,

it said magically delicious lol. And don't worry,

I had a bright green tank under my shirt :-)

Last night, so many people were wearing their green.

Some were decked out from head to toe and others

were even wearing their kilts. I was impressed lol.

Today was beautiful AGAIN. I could really get used to this.

It was sunny, 70, with a nice breeze. Absolutely perfect!

After M went home, Snugs and I decided to go to the car

wash and then head to the park for a walk & to play some ball.

I love this park. It has a mile trial that is marked in

10th increments, such as 1/10 of a mile to let

you know how far you have walked. I made Snugs

walk 3 miles lol. She sure can keep up though :-)

She's such a ham lol. She loves to have her pic taken.

She also loves making friends there.

There's atleast 5 dogs there at a time.

Did you enjoy your Thursday?

St. Patty's Day.

I hope everyone enjoys their day!

Make sure you're wearing G r E e N !

I am and will be tonight ;-)

If you're doing what this guy is doing tonight,

please be safe but have fun!

What are you doing for St. Patty's Day?

all images from

googles images

I'm Alive!!

Ok, I never thought I would miss blogging like I did this past week. I feel like a part of me was missing lol. I had not one spair second to write a post or comment though. I really do apologize.

Incase this doesn't make you forgive me,

here's this:

lots of yummy cupcakes!

So as you know, last week was mid-term week, which is why I was MIA. I didn't get grades back yet so I'm not sure how I did. I hate waiting though! This week is spring break. It doesn't feel like much of a break though because I still have to work and my teachers seem to think that even though you aren't in school, you should still have work to do. I have 3 papers due next week. I see another week of little to no blogging coming :-( I just want school to be over with!

I am.. While I love checking the mail, I don't always get items to get excited about. It's usually junk mail or the dreadful bills. But yesterday, I received some goodies! The lovely Brittany held a giveaway a while ago for a $50 giftcard to LuLu*s and I won! I'm not big on buying clothes online because I don't always wear the same size. Clothes are all cut differently. But I do love buying accessories on there. This is what I bought so far:

This is a longer necklace.     This is a pretty bangle. It goes

It's much prettier in person     with so many clothing options!

                                           do you like my choices? or no? lol

THANK YOU BRITTANY! xo

I also received this in the mail:

That is the Ga on Cosmo!

It seems like a total out of control sex magazine lol

but the cover is WAY worse then what's inside.

I can't wait to read about her though.

So tomorrow is St. Patty's day.

Are you ladies doing anything fun for it?

I think M and I are going to a local place for

some great food and $1 beers. Can't beat that!

How have you all been?! Good I hope.

I will be catching up on the 500+ blogs that I

haven't read today and tonight.

Have an AMAZING day!

♥