A New Year, A New Start...

  I love my life, and everyone in it, but I also see a lot of things that I can improve on as well. I am far from perfect & I know I never will be perfect, but I can try right?  I have never looked forward to a new year so much until this year. I am so excited for a new start in 2011. I am starting a new job at the beginning of the new year. Also I will be getting my degree in the new year, a lot to look forward to! I am not saying that two thousand and ten was a terrible year, but I am ready to start fresh. 2010 was a great year. Jose and I built our very first home together, Bella had six beautiful puppies, I made some amazing friends, I had a great job, my husband came home from deployment, and I could keep going because there are many amazing memories from this past year. 2010 was also a very hard year of having my husband gone for most of it & missing him. I was just talking to a friend today, and we both said while your husband is deployed you can never fully be happy. I am hoping and praying that I will have my husband home for all off two thousand eleven, but if I don't get my wish I know we are strong enough to make it through anything. I wanted to share with you a few other wishes I have for two thousand eleven because I feel like if I make them public I will be more faithful to sticking to my new years resolutions.

One... Stop cussing like a sailor! I am so bad at throwing in unnecessary four letter words. I really need to talk more like a lady.

Two... Make time for all my many hobbies. Blogging, Re-doing furniture, Antiquing, and I could go on. I am a girl of many hobbies & in 2011 I want to make time for all of them!

Three... I want to make more time to keep in touch with all my family & friends back home in Michigan. Life gets so busy & I feel like I don't take enough time to talk to all my loved ones back home.

Four... Work out!!! I know that's a huge cliche, but seriously I feel so unhealthy lately that it makes me feel bad about myself. I am not over weight by any means, but I am out of shape. I want to work out at least three times a week.

Five... Cook more & go out to eat less. Two in one resolution. I want to cook more meals for my husband and I. I know with my new job with better hours this resolution is very obtainable.

Six... Go to church more. We go to church on Sundays, but we skip a lot & make excuses. I know that going to church more often will be a good balance in our lives.

Seven... Save more money. Hubby and I both save a lot of money from both of our jobs, but I would still like to save a little more this year, maybe for something big in 2012 :)

Eight... And a huge one for me is being more open with my feelings & letting my close friends and family know how I feel so that feelings do not get hurt. I am so bad at showing my emotions & letting people know that I care.


   I have more, but I didn't want to bore you with all of them. Last year I gave up tanning & I actually stuck to that resolution! I feel like it was a healthy resolution that made me feel a lot better about myself. Anyways tell me some of your resolutions!!! I would love to hear some of them ! HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE & I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE AN AMAZING 2011!!

Love Always,

A lovely Thanksgiving...

   I know this is a little late, but it's still the Holiday season, so give this little girl a break. To be honest I was dreading Thanksgiving this year. My husband had just arrived home safely in August from a seven month deployment when we found out he was leaving again in November for a month. I was so sad that he was going to be gone for Thanksgiving, and let's just say I wasn't very thankful. Also because of my job I was unable to visit my family in Michigan, this did not make things any better. In a major turn of events, I found out my best friend Rachael's amazing family would be visiting for Thanksgiving, and I suddenly became excited for Thanksgiving once again. I absolutely love Rachael's family. They are so welcoming & just so fun to be around, I knew this Thanksgiving would be memorable! I was right, Thanksgiving was so much fun & being with such a loving, caring family made me feel right at home. Along with Rachael's family there were lots of friends & Marines who also did not go home for the holiday. I wanted to share a few pictures that were taken that day to give you a little insight on such a lovely Thanksgiving we all had....

The tables were so beautiful.. well until all 21+ of us started chowing down on all the delicious food!

We really meant it when we said, "The more people, the better."

My bestie and I.

One of our friends, Christine, is preggo!! We love her & the little love she is carrying inside of her.

Our BIG family picture. love it.

 Hope you all enjoyed the sneak peek into my amazing day that I had & also that you all had a lovely Thanksgiving no matter who you were with or where you were. I have so much to be thankful for & I am thankful that I was reminded that day of how blessed I truly am!

Love always,

Worth The Wait...

To me, having my husband come home after a 7 month deployment is one of the best days of my life, right up there with my wedding day. So many emotions.. I went from tears, to laughing, to jumping in his arms, to crying again..I can't explain it, all I can say is it is the best feeling in the world.. Everyone knows that Jose is the love of my life, and the best thing that has ever happened to me. We are best friends and soul mates.. He was more than worth the 7 month wait. I would do it for the rest of my life if I had to for him. I wanted to do something special with the pictures that my friend (RachLea Photography) took for me, besides putting them in a photo album. I thought I would share this video I made of the collection of pictures from his homecoming. The song in the video is, "Wait for Me" by Theory of A Deadman, and the words could not be more perfect...

                          

    Being a military wife is not easy, but it gives you a sense of pride and many more rewarding feelings. I am so proud of my husband and everything that he does. Like I said before he is more than worth the wait. I hope you enjoyed the video and pictures of my amazing day!!

By the way, he never really did pee his pants haha...

                                                           
                                                    

"I may not get to see you as often as I like. I may not get to hold you in my arms all through the night.
But deep in my heart I truly know, you're the one that I love, and I will never let you go."

xx Liz Marie