Something to look forward to?

“This is the night, its a beautiful night and they call it bella notte….”

Queue the string quartet and the overweight Italian guy serving spaghetti with two meatballs…

NOT!

So as we all know the day for Amore is quickly approaching us. Valentines Day for all you slow ones out there. I have never been a fan of Valentines Day, even when I was married. It always seemed like the day when sappy lovey dovey people who feel the need to show off their “love” with displays of grandeur like dozens of roses and diamonds on one day, when in actuality they probably never really show any true love the rest of the year. Yea, you got it, Ive been the scrooge of Valentines Day!

HOWEVER

This year I am hoping things will be just a little different. With a little surprise from my lil buddy Daniel, he dropped the bomb that he is actually taking me out Valentines Day weekend.

So the plan is as stands, we will be heading to KC down to the plaza for Dinner, we haven’t picked a restaurant yet, but I am sure no matter where we go there will be line, but its all part of the adventure. Its like hunting for food, but standing in line and waiting….or something. Then after dinner I demanded that we go for a carriage ride down in the plaza because Ive always wanted to do that LOL. And then we head to the Argosy Casino for a night of gambling, boozing and then crashing in our hotel room.

Now these plans are all tentatively speaking, I truly don’t know how the night will go, but whenever Daniel and I get together, squabbles (lol we always laugh over this word) will ensue, but good squabbles.

I cant help but be a little happy about having Valentines Day plans in the first place but for once I am letting myself get excited about it. Even though Daniel and I are just friends, I am happy he is here, he definitely keeps the loneliness at bay.

Valentines Day update will come

**~Much Love My Bloggers~**

Hello February

So January is offically OUTTA HERE, and so we begin with February.

I always tend to struggle at the beginning of a new year because I think too hard about the year to come. All the things I want to accomplish and how to do it in the measly 12 months I have to do it in. 12 months may seem like a long time but in essence…its not.

Even as we sit today we have exactly 321 days, 14 hours, 32 minutes, 48 sec, 47, 46, 45…till Christmas. Dang! should I make my list already….le sigh.

But let me stop and because try as we might to grasp the magnitude of all the responsibilities that lie ahead for the new year, we cant help but stop and think…man are we lucky to be blessed to see another year.

This new year, I am going to try and stop worrying about what needs to get done in the future and just worry about what I need to get done today, because tomorrow, for sure, is never garunteed.

I am happy knowing that in 2 hours I need to make a sandwich, fold laundry and possibly take the dog out because Ill beat her if she pee’s on my floor. Ill worry about the rest later

 

**~Much Love my bloggers~**

Day 30 Blog Fest

Day 30: a picture of yourself this day and 5 good things that happened since you started the challenge

1) I was able to share a little bit of myself with the rest of the world
2) I moved to another Town
3) I learned alot about myself
4) Got the Best dog in the world!
5) Found that there more important things than work, like going home and seeing my family

Day 29 Blog Fest

Day 29: 3 Wishes

I am sure when people post a blog for this it would be full of worldy items, I am sure money, cars and homes would be high the 3 wishes list. But for me, my wishes are just a little different.

Wish #1 To be Stress Free

This would be a hard wish to grant, but to live stress free would be amazing. To wake up everyday, free to think of whatever came to mind and not all those troubling stresses that normally come rushing to mind

Wish #2) Prince Charming

Ok, so this is a completely selfish wish right here, but I cant help but want what I am sure every other girl wants, The Perfect Man. My wish would be first that he exsists and that he would be mine. Le sigh, a girl can dream cant she?

Wish #3) Peace of MindThis is sorta like my first wish, but its more along the lines of finding Peace within myself, to be ok with myself and life. I find myself being restless on way to many occassion. My mom would say its because im a busy body, and maybe thats true, but I just want a little…Peace.

Day 28 Blog Fest

Day 28: Something that Stresses you out

To be honest, there are many things that stress me out. Money, work, life, Boys (when are they not) But i honestly would have to say I am my worse stressor. I worry about…everything, most things are out of my hands to be honest, but I worry about them anyway.
So with that I ask God:

Grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change
Change the things I can
and the Knowledge to know the difference…Amen

Day 27 Blog Fest

Day 27: An Original Picture of the city you live in

TOPEKA, KS

 

 

Day 26 Blog Fest

Day 26: Your Dream wedding

I think every girl knows exactly what their dream wedding would be like. Me being in the wedding business, ive just about seen them all. But I have my visions of gradeur as well.

I see my dream wedding day in the fall, when the leaves are starting fall, with rich colors of red and oranges, some brown.

It would slight cool, but not uncomfortable, there would be pumpkins as accent pieces random placed about. There would be laterns hanging from trees to provide candle light and luminaries lighting paths to guide my guests. the Smell of apple cider would come from the fountains to ready pour for my guests. and my 3 tier cheesecake wedding cake would taunt people from all over, decoracted in candied fall leaves.

yes i see my gorgeous fall wedding in my head, and I know one day ill get the prince charming that matches my perfect day!

Day 25 Blog Fest

Day 25: Put your Ipod on Shuffle, List the first 10 Songs

1) Al Green- Lets Stay Together
2) Keri Hilson- Breaking Point
3) R. Kelly- Radio Message
4) Paramore- Hallelujah
5) Zapp and Roger- I Want to be your Man
6) Maxwell- This womans Work
7) Blackstreet- Before I let you go
8) The Script- For the First time
9) Be ready for the world- Love you Down
10) Wiz Kahlifa- Black and Yellow

Day 24 Blog Fest

Day 24: something you’ve learned

Day 23 Blog Fest

Day 23: Your Favorite Movie

For some reason it feels like we did this one already…but oook. So my ALL TIME favorite movie ever (though this decision was very hard to make) would be :

Under the Tuscan Sun

This movie was such an eye opener for me, I discovered this movie right after I got divorced. It saved me. I could relate so much with the character Diane Lane played, it felt like me in so many ways. One of the quotes from the movie felt so true at the time

“Do you know the most surprising thing about divorce? It doesn’t actually kill you. Like a bullet to the heart or a head-on car wreck. It should. When someone you’ve promised to cherish till death do you part says “I never loved you,” it should kill you instantly. You shouldn’t have to wake up day after day after that, trying to understand how in the world you didn’t know.”

Thats exactly how I felt. Its a moving story and surprisingly the best friend relationship in the movie feels just like the one I have in real life. I love this movie and everything about it. actually, now that we are talking about it….Im off to watch it. And I will leave you with my two favorite quotes from the movie.

“Regrets are a waste of time. They’re the past crippling you in the present. “

&

” Never lose your childish innocence. It’s the most important thing.”