"I Love" Sunday's v.82

Happy Sunday Ghouls!

Hope this Sunday finds you well!

** All schools, including my college were cancelled for this week, and Lee was home Monday due to the storm this past Saturday. He was upstairs playing video games when I came in to tell him that I gained another client and (although he doesn't look like it) he was super happy for me. I pestered him for a little while (he'd been playing video games all day) and snapped this photo.

** Tuesday saw me working on my October Daily album. I filmed a video that is posted on my YouTube channel of the latest walkthrough of my album. I think it's through day 10 as of right now (which means it's time to film another video.

** On Thursday, our friends Sarah and her family came over for dinner and just to hang out. Men's friend A was over as well, which always proves to be interesting. A is one of the best behaved and most polite teenage boys I have ever met! That evening Amy decided she finally wanted to have a fire in the backyard, which was fun!

** Friday was an incredibly busy day for us. Lee had a family organization day with his unit, which was full of games and fun and food, and obviously families were invited. Lee asked me to accompany him, and it was a nice day overall. I spent a lot of the time talking with his NCO (she used to be a flight medic with the 82nd) so we had some stuff to bond over. Haha. I really like her and I seemed to be the only significant other who talked to her without an issue (like other people seem intimidated or scared or something)

That night we had to drive 3 hours to a show, which went relatively well. The drive was long (and the drive home was kind of miserable. If my best friend from back home hadn't called me just to talk for 2.5 hours, I probably would've had to pull over and sleep on the side of the road). Haha.

The last good news of Friday? Lee's new kit came in before we left for the show, so we got to take it with us for him to play. It's a gorgeous ebony stain, with a much larger bass drum then he usually uses, so it's sound is ridiculous! I mean that in a good way! In some lights it looks dark purple!

** Yesterday was a kind of busy but still relaxed day. The whole reason that we drove home from the show instead of just staying the night like everyone else was because he had to work Saturday night and we needed to get some stuff before he had to go to work (like his dress shoes and a belt). So we spent the morning running errands before he had to be at work at 1 PM. We've been together almost a year now, which makes us both happy.

** Today was a good day! This morning we went to the NC State Fair (Brandon left his wallet in my bag on Friday night and I needed to get my camera back from them as well) so we met there. While we waited for them to get there we walked around the entire fair and just enjoyed the gorgeous weather.

We saw this MASSIVE pumpkin on display, it won first place. It weighed 1,090.5 lbs.... that is ridiculous to me!!!! Does anyone else think that it looks like two pumpkins that grew together into a single pumpkin?

.: Little Loves :.

|| Time off | cuddles | silly moments | being proud of the amazing drummer that Lee is | Feeling proud of the amazing soldier and medic that Lee is | Gatorade Arctic Blitz | movies at night ||

What are you loving from this past week?

"I Love" Sunday's v.81

Hello Dreamers! 

I hope this Sunday finds you very well.

** October Daily has definitely started! For which I am super stoked. I've shared some pictures on my IG account and I shared a video yesterday on my YouTube channel of my first week's flip through. I got a completely new album, which is discussed in the video, and I love it SO MUCH MORE!

** My mini pocket letter from Eny came in and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! She is super sweet and I love everything that she sent me!

** Wednesday I shared with you all a look at my first ever flip book inspired by Sam of Halloween Happy.

** My kit came in from Serena Bee and I am super stoked! I bought her stamp set from last year because I just couldn't resist. The first thing that I did? Use the stamps in my planner. I'll share a picture of this on my IG tomorrow!

** This week is the last week of my Introduction to Human Services class (it was only an 8 week class). For this I am thankful because while I like the subject matter, the teacher left something to be desired and everything was crammed into a short period of time. Tuesday was my last day in class, which is where we presented our power points about our service learning projects and Thursday was the actual last day, where we just stayed home and took our last test. I think I would have liked the class more if we had more time and a different teacher.

** Lee had 24 hour duty Wednesday but has been off since Thursday at 0900.... and doesn't go back to work until Tuesday morning. That's a lot of time off. Haha. We went out and he bought a new video game that he has been obsessed with and played non-stop.

** Since I didn't have class Thursday (just tests), Lee and I decided to go to Red Lobster because his mother sent us a $25 gift card for no reason. It was very sweet of her and the food was amazing! It was nice to have a mini date night together!

** Hurricane Matthew hit North Carolina early yesterday morning and it has been one hell of an adventure. Our city wasn't quite prepared for the flooding that would happen, but that is mostly just because of the flooding from last week's storm. There were a LOT of rescues that day (around 700) and FEMA from NYPD and FDNY, NJ, OH, and Charlotte, NC came to help out, which makes my heart happy. I don't know if there were many (or any) casualties here in Fayetteville, but it is going to take us a while to recover. There are still a lot of areas that are flooded, schools are still shut down, and now we're having water problems. Fayetteville, being the military town that it is, will persevere.

The photo on the left is the two houses across the street as it started flooding. By the time it was all said and done the flooding had reached our driveway, but we got lucky that we didn't have any damage. The house on the right of that picture had sand bags in front of their garage door and the water over ran the sand bags. They didn't appear to have much damage (we went around the neighborhood today to see the damage and there wasn't much to people's homes).

The picture on the right was where the road was washed away right down the road from me. My nephew took that photo right after it happened because they heard it fall apart. It's a main road in our neighborhood so it's going to be interesting to see how this affects us in the long run. The guard rail and part of the road is now gone. The picture below is what it looked like from a better angle.

** We had my classmate Jakki and her husband over for dinner last night because they had no water and no power. We had a blast because we decided to crack open my new Cards Against Humanity box that I just bought from Target. It was hysterical and I can't wait to do it again. It was kind of hard to get all of us in the picture... that's part of Lee's face at the bottom. It's a weird photo, but I definitely kind of like it. My friend's husband always makes funny faces in pictures as you can see below.

.: Little Loves :.

|| All the Halloween movies that we've been watching | Extra time with Lee | October Daily videos on YouTube | Gatorade | No school | Dr. Pepper ||

What are you loving from this past week?

"I Love" Sunday's v.70

Hello dearest Dreamers!!!

I hope this post finds you well.

I know that it has been a while since I've been on the blog, and there really isn't much of an excuse other then my fibromyalgia has been kicking me in the butt. I am going to cover the last two weeks for things that I love since I've been absent.

** We had another show on the 20th, this time in Wilmington. It was at a small hole in the wall pub and there was a small crowd. I am still really proud of the guys and how they handled the evening (it was kind of a nightmare) and they did a great job. I got some great pictures, which you can check out here.

** For these last two weeks, I've done my best to bring in lunch for Lee and I on days that we're both available. It's nice to spend the time together and not spend extra money. It's been as simple as soup and ramen and we've also had taquito's, left overs from the night before, and sometimes I just show up and hang out with him on his break.

** I finally got my desk area set up a little better, and I am loving it! I picked up a converter cable to connect my extra monitor to my laptop so I can better multitask. It makes editing photos a lot easier as well as listen/watch videos while I am working on other things. It's also been super helpful while working on my scrap journal this week. I'm really excited to have a better workspace, and there is a blog post or video coming up on my desk here soon!

** I had my first two group therapy appointments with the VA and I am kind of digging it. It's nice to be around other women veterans with similar issues to me and have things to talk about. Sadly they only meet Thursday mornings and throughout all of June I will be at class during these appointments. Thankfully she is going to make sure she has extra handouts from the sessions available for me to pick up after school every week. 

** Speaking of school stuff, I had a meeting with the Veterans Assistance lady through Fort Bragg and she actually told us a bunch of useful information. This prompted me to go get my student ID, my parking permit, I am going to get my school books tomorrow, I also got into my school email and have been in touch with my Math teacher already,w which has been super helpful. 

** We finally got Lee a dresser for his clothes, which has been a huge help because the drawers in the dresser that Amy gave me aren't deep enough for us to continue sharing a single dresser. It was delivered on the 20th and he couldn't be more stoked. I am pretty excited for him to have his own space as well. It's actually part of the set that matches the bed and my nightstand. I was definitely kicking myself for not picking up the dresser in the first place.

** We had a family fun night this past Wednesday. We decided to go to the local skating rink and we had an absolute blast. Mem fell the most out of us all, Lee only fell once for someone who hasn't skated ever, and I managed to stay on my feet the whole time. Amy used to figure skate so she was showing off the whole time. We had a great time though and we made the decision to make Wednesday's family night.

**  Friday was my friend's birthday party. We all went out to dinner and we had a blast. Nugget is one of my favorite people at work and we spent the whole night laughing and being silly.

** Lee and I actually got to spend the whole weekend together, which we've only done probably one other time.

** We spent Saturday in Raleigh together. We had to take our friend to the airport, so we decided to spend part of the day there. Lee got to go to his favorite drum shop, introduced him to Steak and Shake as well as Sam Ash, and we also went to Guitar Center. I took him to Steak and Shake and he loved it and we also went to their Micheal's. It was just nice to spend the day together doing stuff. We also watched Zootopia yesterday evening. And we both called our parents ((hi Mom))

** Today has been a very lazy day for us both. We left long enough to go to Walmart for some hygiene stuff (I've had this cold sore for about a week and it's annoying me) and check out Hot Topic's Memorial Day sale. He also took me to our Michaels to look for some new alpha stickers. I've spent a good portion of the day working on my scrap journal. He's played his current favorite video game for most of the day. It's been nice to spend the day together doing nothing, in our pajama's.

.: Little Loves :.

|| Oreo Milkshakes | our friends | Mountain Dew Pitch Black | Papermate Flair pens | YouTube | planning | making dinner ||

What are you loving from this past week or two?

"I Love" Sunday v.69

Happy Sunday Dreamers!!!

** HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!! I hope that all of you lovely mothers are having a wonderful day with your friends and family. Did you call your mother's / grandmothers, etc.?

This right here is my mother. She's a great woman who has done more then any mother or grandmother should have to do. She was handed a crappy deal and she overcame it without hesitation and my brothers and I wouldn't be who we are without her! Please note, this picture was taken when I was 16 years old... so like 8 years ago. Do not judge my blonde hair... my hair bleached itself that summer after being outside so much.

** Since it's Frappaccino Happy Hour (Frappy Hour) at work this week and next week, we got to dress up for themed days. Tuesday was the first day and it was Pajama Pants Day. I got to rock my Stitch pajama pants at work, which made me super happy! Comfy pants are the bestest!!!

** I have been doing a lot of work on my planners and journal this past week and I am all the way caught up in my scrap journal! I documented the injury to my hand, the rest of band practice, our beach trip, as well as the outfits for this week that I worked. I like seeing things come together.

** May the Fourth Be With You!!!! Of course on May the 4th the theme was Star Wars, of which I totally rocked that outfit! I bought Finn's jacket from Hot Topic and my light saber from Party City the day before. I wore a red BB-8 shirt I got months ago from Walmart and my tan skinny jeans for work. I borrowed my roommate's boots and rocked that whole outfit like it was nothing! Haha. 

This is my coworker Amy. Her son dressed her up as Rey from the new movie and he did a fantastic job, don't you think?

** The band prints I ordered came in on Thursday. We ordered these to sell at shows once the guys sign them. Roger's girlfriend Cheyanne took this photo and then I ordered the prints (it's the best picture of all four of them) and they turned out great. Things are really starting to come together for these guys and our first show is a little over a month away.

** Thursday night was Mem's band concert, and we bought the whole McNaugle tribe with us. Baby Girl was so fascinated with Lee's shirt and the texture of the skull. It's taken her a little while to warm up to him, she's like that with all men other then Mem and her father, and this is the first time he's been able to hold her without her reaching for me immediately. It's great! And adorable!

** Friday night Lee and I went out with a friend of mine from high school and his family to the fair on post. We had a great time! He told me to chose a prize that I wanted and he would win it for me, so I chose this Pikachu! There were lots of laughs (my friend's daughter is almost 2 and was jamming out to the band and later chasing the bubbles, it was cute).

** This weekend, like most of our weekends for the next unforeseeable future, was spent with the band and practicing. Cheyanne and I kind of insisted on a group picture together, so this is what we got. :) It'll be something awesome to look back on, because this is where we started. These were the first days, the hard days, and what led them to wherever they may go from here ((They definitely have big dreams)).

P.S. If you're interested, they are a rock band called Faith and Scars. Check them out on YouTube, Instagram, or Facebook! We love any and all support.

Roger, Cheyanne, Josh, me, Lee, and Brandon

** Tonight we're hopefully going to see Captain America: Civil War with Memphis. We had plans for  Friday and Saturday obviously, so we had to push it to tonight. We are all so excited to see this movie... it's all Mem has talked about lately. He had a countdown going. Seriously.

.: Little Loves :.

|| Breakfast with the band | pictures | fun times | Dinner with the band | hiding from Brandon | Mountain Dew Baja Blast and Pitch Black | moving forward | planning ||

What are you loving from this past week?

Mini Adventure: Strawberry Picking

Hello dearest Dreamers!

I hope all is well with you all on this wonderful hump day! I have today off (thankfully I already had it off before I hurt my hand) so I am spending it being lazy. My hand is doing alright, apparently the doctor did well with the stitching and it should be good to go here in the next few days. It is still pretty sore, it throbs a lot, and it sucks when I accidentally do something to aggravate it. Typing is fun when you were taught a certain way of typing and you can't do it cuz it pulls on your stitches and hurts... but I will survive. The only day that I needed to take off from work was yesterday because I already had Monday and today off.

Anyways.... let's get to the purpose of today's post.... Last Wednesday, Amy and I went and picked strawberries for the first time!

We both had to work in the afternoon, so we got up and went in the morning. We went to this place about 30 minutes away called Gillis Hll Farms. We each paid like $12 for a bucket, which basically you can put as many strawberries as you want in the bucket and take it home, as long as you can carry the bucket by the handle on the way out the door. Too easy.

I think we were there for about an hour or so, but we had fun. We walked down one of the rows and we each picked a side. They had some MASSIVE strawberries that were ready for picking, which is exciting. We definitely ate some as we picked them... they were super yummy!

By the time we were done, we each had between 6 and 8 lbs of strawberries that we then brought home. We are going to make some smoothies and stuff with them, I think Amy mentioned making some strawberry jam, and things like that.

In the end, it was just a fun quick little adventure that her and I got to do together and it was something that neither of us had done before! We had fun.

Have you had a mini adventure lately?

Will you share it with me?

"I Love" Sundays v.64

Hello dearest Dreamers!

Happy Sunday!

So the only reason that this post is so late today is because I am visiting my parents in Florida for the weekend. I had to clean out my storage unit there so I can stop spending $70-ish a month to house stuff that I want in my house anyways. I drove down yesterday and unfortunately leave tomorrow... but it's been nice none-the-less. I did however find my cowboy hat, which made me super happy.

** After arriving home yesterday my best girls Ashes and Lindsay came over for a visit and we headed out to the beach for a walk. On the weekends there are usually street vendors out and about selling stuff, but the weather kind of prevented that this time around. Which probably worked out better in the end since apparently it's Spring Break week here....

** If you haven't seen my announcement across social media, on Monday I was alerted that I was picked to be part of the Awesome Ladies Project Creative Team for 3 months starting in April! This is the first time that I have been picked for a creative team, so I am pretty excited about that!

** My first check came in from the VA finally, which was nice. I was a little concerned that it got lost in the mail, but it eventually arrived.

** While getting my oil changed on Tuesday, I made friends with the guys that worked there. I brought them coffee from work, so they said they would help me out next time I had to come in for some work on my car. They were just great guys to talk to, so I don't think I'd be going anywhere else anyways.

** Got to have lunch with Lee again this week. It's always nice to be able to meet up for lunch in the middle of the day. I see him most evenings, but lunch is always nice too. :)

** Saint Patrick's Day was definitely a blast, both at home and at work. We got to dress up at work, and we all kind of went all out on it! Amy made corn beef and cabbage, potatoes, and some other Irish things for dinner (which was awesome) and then I took some food to Lee since he had 24 hour duty.

** I also helped my dear friend Sarah start the stuff for her own blog. Once we get some stuff finalized, then I will share her with you guys. She is writing a blog about her blended family, children with autism, having a newborn, and just starting over.

.: Little Loves :.

|| Dr. Pepper | my Travelers Notebook | being home | good friends | holiday shenanigans | Clearwater Beach | Steak n Shake | crafting ||

What are you loving from this past week???