Phases of the Moon

Tonight we were driving to go get Michael and the moon just looked so crazy!

My phone camera wasn't picking it up that well so I found this one online! It's the closest I could find to the way it looked... It just really got me to thinking about how crazy it is that we all see the same moon no matter where we live at in the world. It is the one thing that sorta connects us in a way! Of course some of us see it at totally different hours though, but it is still just something sorta neat to think about!

Get Your Freak On...

15 Weird Facts TAG...plus one! I have been wanting to do this tag for a while and I was reading one of the blogs that I follow and decided to it in a blog post like they did, instead of the typical video! So here it goes...

#1. What's a nickname only your family calls you? Honestly I don't really have one, before my grandaddy passed he had always called me Monkey since I was a wee little one!

#2. What's a weird habit of yours? I think I have a weird OCD(which isn't too strange since my mom and brother have it).... If I do something with one side of my body I have to do it with the other(it use to be really bad but I don't really do it anymore)

#3. Do you have any weird phobias?I am absolutely TERRIFIED of snakes!! I can't even stand seeing pictures of them or seeing them on tv haha!
#4. What's a song you secretly love to blast and belt out when you're alone? HANSON hahahaha! I have seen them on more than one occasion in concert and I still love them!
#5. What's one of your biggest pet peeves? OMG! My husband does this leg thing...he bounces his leg and it drives me insane lol!
#6. What's one of your nervous habits? I either make no sense when I am nervous or I am a little quiet(which definitely isn't me)...plus when I get nervous I start freezing lol!
#7. What side of the bed do you sleep on? The left!
#8. What was your first stuffed animal and it's name? I don't have one, the only stuffed animal I own is a little doggy that my hubby sent me with flowers when he was deployed.
#9. What's the drink you always order at Starbucks? A white chocolate mocha!! It is my favorite!
#10. What's a beauty rule you preach, but never actually practice? Curling the lashes... I always try to but sometimes I just forget...OH, and to be gentle around the eyes, I just don't think about it sometimes!
#11. Which way do you face in the shower? UH....I have no idea lol!
#12. Do you have any 'weird' body 'skills'? Yeah, I can roll my stomach...and no, NOT because I am fat haha!
#13. What's your favorite comfort food that's 'bad' but you love to eat it anyways? I really don't have one!
 #14. What's a phrase or exclamation you always say?  You're sucha freak!
#15. Time to sleep, what are you actually wearing? hmmm...depends on how cold it is that night.
#16. What did you used to wear that you thought was cool but now you realize it wasn't that hot? HAHA...ok when I was in 6th grade I started wearing those bigger baggy pants... yes they were girls! Now that I think about it that was probably the worst thing I have ever decided to wear!



So there are my weird facts!! Do you guys have any too lol?

Yay! I met J.R. Martinez!!

I am SOOOO excited to share with all of you my lil experience today! I did end up getting to meet J.R. from Dancing With the Stars... he was really cool and super nice! Sadly I didn't realize until it was too late that I didn't charge my camera, so I only got one pic with my camera and the other was taken with my hubby's phone.

We got to sit really close so that was pretty cool! This was when he first came out.

Me and the hubby with J.R., please excuse how horrible I look here....I was standing really weird haha(I look HUGE)!

He shared lots of stories with us and shared his journey as well... he was actually a really down to earth and super nice person! He was joking about how he never thought he would've went from combat boots(being in the Army) to two inch heels(Dancing with the stars) haha! His story really is inspiring though and you can tell how much he genuinely respects the military. Aside from all that he was pretty funny too! So after it is all said and done...not only was it an honor to meet him, but it was pretty cool too hehe!

I get to meet Dancing With the Stars Winner!

Tonight I am SUPER excited! Tomorrow morning I am going to see the winner of Dancing With the Stars, J.R. Martinez... For those of you who may not know who I am talking about, he is a former soldier that was badly burned during a deploymend. He plays a Brot Monroe on the daytime drama "All My Children." His story is so amazing and my husband relates to him in several different ways so that is pretty neat!

My wonderful husband was able to get us on the list for a special thing that he is doing! I don't want to give away any details until afterwards though... hopefully I will have the opportunity to actually meet him and maybe get a picture with him as well. If so that will definitely be something that I will post on here! Well night everyone, I have an early morning and it's a little late here already!

Getting into the Spirit

I was sitting around trying and attempting to decide on what I should blog about today and I decided that since Christmas is getting super, and I am going to be out doing a little bit of my Christmas shopping today...that I would just blog about Christmas haha!

(This was the cabin we stayed in...I took this picture the day we were able to escape haha!)

So last year for Christmas I was on vacation with my family... not that it was a bad vacation, but I guess I was a little depressed. My hubby was away at war :( and I was PreeeTyyy pregnant haha! We stayed in a three story chalet on the side of a darn mountain(literally lol)... We definitely had us a "white Christmas" last year ha.

Christmas morning it started snowing...and snowing and snowing and snowing and...well you get the idea! Anyways, it ended up snowing probably like three feet if not more. This is where the vacation got a lil sour. Not only was I pregnant and missing my hubby, but now we were snowed in on top of a mountain and couldn't do any sort of sightseeing or anything!! Atleast we did get to do a little bit of shopping like the day before we got snowed in.

Aside from all of that it was a really pretty and nice Christmas, I wanted to share with all of you some of the pictures.

Don't you just love our "lil" tree lol? We couldn't travel with anything bigger so we brought a little one....obviously all of the gifts wouldn't fit under it haha!
After it is all said and done...I love that we had the experience despite being snowed in and having to stay like an extra 4-5 days!

MAC Christmas Gifts

This year when my hubby asked what I wanted I immediately said, "MAC!" hahaha...so there are a few things that I already know that I want for sure but then there are a few that I haven't decided on. My question for all of you is this....

What are some MAC or even non MAC beauty or cosmetics or beauty things that I should ask for? Perferably MAC though!

Fa La La La La....La La La La!

I am super excited tonight! I can't believe it is almost Christmas already... I know this year is going to be super special. Not only will this be Elizabeth's first Christmas, but this year my hubby will be home to share it with us instead of being away at war again! We just put our tree up earlier and I wrapped some of the presents up too haha! I just couldn't wait.

This was the tree at the beginning of Christmas last year.... now there are LOTS of other fun ornaments on the tree! Did I mention that my husband hates it haha.... he hates that it has fun colors on it! I will post pics at some point so you can see what it looks like now. Atleast my hubby is a good hubby though, and we agreed that he could decorate the outside of the house how he wanted... let's hope it's not too crazy haha... just kidding, I know he will do a great job!!

I just love everything about the holidays... especially the shopping part hehe... I love listening to the Christmas music and looking at all the different decorations wherever we go. I loved it tonight when my hubby said," well if we are gonna do this (talking about putting the tree up), then we gotta do it right!" Then he turned on Christmas music haha! I love how curious the baby was seeing it all for the first time. She was soo cute, climbing up onto all the boxes and peeking her head inside to see what was in them as we were decorating! I can't wait to watch her open her gifts for the first time.

 I hope all your holidays go as you plan and that they are SUPER wonderful as well!