Just because...

So I come home this afternoon to find this little blue box on top of my dinning room table...

(Please excuse the mess of papers in the background)

So I ask my husband "What is this?", and he of course acts dumb saying "I don't know?!?!" If there is anything I love, it's antique looking keys, I am absolutely obsessed with them. I don't know exactly why it is I love them so much, but I just do. I think they are so beautiful, and who knows what they could possible unlock? So my husband being the great man that he is gave me this just because:

My father gave me a similar, but smaller gold key several years ago, which is right about when I believe my key obsession began. That small golden key was given to him by a family friend who helped my father a great deal in the past. It was gifted to him along with a small book titled the golden key, on his one year anniversary of being sober, and it is said to be the key to willingness. My father later gifted that same key to me, and my hope is to use that key as a family heirloom in the future. I now have four beautiful keys each of them given to me by people I love dearly. Who knows perhaps I will give all four of them as heirlooms in the future!

Thank you Honey for my gift! I love you!

Naked Feet!

So I was at Panera Bread this afternoon, and had some time to kill, so I decided to go to the Ross next door to see what I could find. Once I entered I was on a search to find some cute gifts for the winners of the games at Veronica's baby shower next weekend. To my luck I was able to find most of the prizes, but the best prize of all was these Jessica Simpson nude pumps I found. I of course bought these HOTT shoes for myself, and I'm still in shock that I was able to find these babies for only $20.00!!! I love finding bargains like these!!! Nude shoes are definitely in, and I believe are essential basic for a functional wardrobe (not that I know anything about that)! They pretty much go with everything, and that is more bang for your buck!! Nude shoes are suppose to make your legs look longer, but in my case my legs are so white it might not do the job that it it intended to.

The shoes look darker in the picture, but they are alot lighter!!!

Make new friends, but keep the old!

I believe that aside form family friends are an essential part of life. I was lucky enough to spend some quality time with some special ladies last night for a potluck dinner!! I met some of these ladies several years ago at the church I attended. We shared our lives, our tears, our joys, and countless other things with one another at our weekly Tuesday night meetings. We don't get to spend time togther much anymore due to our busy lives, but its always nice to stop from the craziness of life and find time to spend together as we used to. These young ladies will always have a special place in my heart!!!

Regina Brett of "The Plain Dealer"

I received an e-mail this morning with 45 lessons that I thought I should share. These 45 lessons were written by a woman named Regina Brett. Mrs. Brett is a columnist for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland Ohio. She states:"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written...My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more: "

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come.
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

Today Mrs. Brett is 90 year old, and I love when people share there wisdom as she has.

We are at our mid-point!

Today my husband and I make half a year of being married, it is crazy to think how quickly time fly’s right by us. In six more months we will be celebrating our 1 year anniversary! I hear the top of the cake does not taste so bad after a year of refrigeration. I wonder does being married a year mean you are no longer a newlywed?

The rumor is...

Mac is coming out with a touchscreen laptop! Now I am not much of a technological type of person, and for all I know this could be old news, but I believe this is one cool gadget! No one knows what it will really look like but I guess it would look like a giant I-phone and according to Good Morning America it is supposedly being released this October. I guess we will just have to wait and see if the rumors are true.

Baby Elyse!

The Egipciaco family, Justamante family, and Relevant Kids has a new addition. Baby Elyse was born today, and she is absolutely beautiful, she has brown hair and weighs approximately 6lbs 10 ozs. Karina spent 30 minutes in labor, and she did not even have time to mess up her hair. I hope that the day I am blessed with children my labor will be just as short.

That little boy stole my heart and I am sure his little sister will steal it too!!

Mima turns 70!!!

If anyone knows me, they know how much I adore my grandmother! I love her with all my heart and soul and I can not imagine a day without her! She called me yesterday afternoon and read a poem that she wrote in regards to family, and I asked her if she was happy already knowing that her answer was YES! I guess her birthday inspired her to write. Today my grandmother turns 70 and I pray for 40 more years of her sassy and firecracker personality to bless upon this world. I only hope that when I am her age that I am everything that she is. At the end of September God willing my grandmother will become a great-grandmother to my cousin's baby girl. The first baby in my family since we all grew up (lol). I love her excitement for the up and coming new addition to our family and all the wisdom she has to share with me. I love calling her in the late afternoon just to hear her voice, and see how her day is going and I especially love calling her at night just to say good night Mima. Most of all I love being able to celebrate another birthday with her!

Happy Birthday Mima!

Way too much food.

All I can say is bless my husbands heart! I am very grateful for the man God has given me and I could not ask for a better husband. I laughed to myself this afternoon as I opened my lunch to find what leftovers he had packed away for me to eat. I truly believe my husband thinks I eat as he does, I am girl for crying out loud!

This is what he served me.

This is what I actually ate.

Again all I can say is bless my husbands heart!

My co-worker was laughing as she watched me take pictures of my food.

Fourth of July

So my husband decided to surprise me with a trip to Disney this past weekend. It feels as though ever since we got married we barely have any time for ourselves and I figured once we were married it would be quite the opposite. I don't know if it's that we are involved in too many extra curricular activities or we just can't sit still, but it sure was nice to get away. I felt like a little kid as I packed my suit case and got all excited only drive four hours away from home. I love Disney and I love Mickey Mouse, but then again who doesn't? For the first time I looked at the Disney theme park in a different way. I thought to myself one day my husband and I will be bringing a munchkin of our own here to visit Mickey Mouse for the first time. I saw all the families walk by us and with there excited children in this magical place. Although neither one of us is any where near ready to have children I pray that God gives us wisdom when that day does come. If and when it does I will definitely not be taking them in July it was way too HOT, but then again watching the Fourth of July fireworks at the happiest place on earth was well worth it.