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Friday's Letters

Dear weekend, pleasure seeing you again! I am so glad I have another weekend off, I have to take advantage of this! Dear Sister Rita, you are so beautiful and so deserving of someone who will treat you like a queen, never ever forget that. Dear Sister Maria, I am forever proud of you. Dear The Mr., thanks for always supporting me and pushing me to make the best out of my work situation. Your words of wisdom mean a lot to me, even if I don't show it at the time. Dear March, please hurry up!

Cheers,
Abby

It's the little things

It would be safe to say that there are a few little things in life that I love; I love coffee (Starbucks, please), water bottles, purses and planners. There's a little place in my heart made for planners, anytime I see one that is super cute, I think I need it and I have to have it.

Back in January I wrote about a planner that I had found and had fallen in love with. I was going to use it to stay more organized and help plan my days a little better. I loved the planner and tried to use it but often times it felt too bulky and I just couldn't get into using it. I've probably only used it twice since I put it together and it just sits in my corner by the couch and collects dust. (Anyone want it?)

2012 planner NOT being used!

The other day I was relaxing and browsing some blogs and came across this post at Crazy Beautiful Life. Holy moly, I was instantly in love and I had to have everything from erincondren.com. Seriously, especially that dang Life Planner. (I promise I'm done with links now)

That dang planner stole my heart and if you were to ask The Mr. it's probably all I talked about for two or three days. "The planner this....the planner that." "If I had that planner we wouldn't be double booked for this weekend!" Yes, I really did say that. I would be willing to spend my savings on that planner, that's how bad I needed that dang thing!

Okay, I wouldn't spend my savings but I would dig deep and beg and plead a little bit to get my hands on that planner, and that's exactly what I did! I'm sure The Mr. bought it for me to shut me up but oh man, I can not wait to get my new planner! I even had to dance like the people from the video below to convince him that I would put this planner to use!

You can bet your bottom dollar though, I danced and I jumped and I clapped and I got my planner! I can not wait until I can get my hands on it! What a wonderful day that will be!
**I should add that I wasn't paid anything or asked to write this blog. I really truly do love this planner and I'm pretty sure you need one too!

Sometimes and Always

Sometimes: I dream of days where I have little ones running around and I'm busy like a bee.
Always: Wake up from my dream and am thankful for quiet days and moments where it's just The Mr. and me.

Sometimes: I wish I always knew what to make for dinner.
Always: I know I always figure it out, but I wish I was like a food blog and had never ending ideas.

Sometimes: I wish I was more organized.
Always: It doesn't take long for me to snap back into reality and remember I'm human.

Sometimes: I miss being a kid.
Always: Remembering the fun times my sisters and I had as kids.

Sometimes: I worry so much about being a good future wife.

Always: No matter what, The Mr. reminds me that he loves me. Even on my worst days.

Sometimes: I wish I could sleep all day without feeling guilty.

Always: Set my alarm for early in the morning but find myself waking up at 9am.

P.S: Remember how I said I was going to paint my nails? Well, I did and I'm so sad that I have to take it off for work later today. I even went crazy and added a little party nail style!

P.P.S: I've been thinking about hosting a giveaway, stay tuned! :-)

Falling behind

The past couple of weeks have been a bit hard. Work hasn't been all that great, I feel like I'm falling behind at home with every day chores and just staying above water. I was really starting to get down on myself about it too, I needed to find that happy medium and I needed to find it fast.

I thought that maybe I was taking on too much at work, maybe I need to cut my hours back, step down to just a barista; I even thought about finding a whole new job. Not being home at night really gets to me. I want to be able to cook dinner, clean the kitchen and relax with The Mr. and because I work retail, being able to do that kind of stuff is really hard. I probably could find a new job but I just started to accumulate paid time off and the medical benefits are really good so really it would be stupid if I found another job.

So I really had to do some deep soul searching and realized I just needed to buck up and do what I have to do. If another job opportunity comes my way that offers all those things but with better hours, I'll take it, but for now, I just have to deal. So, I'm dealing and trying to roll with the punches.

As for home, I realized I can't let work interfere with what I'm doing at home. I'm not saying I do all the work because The Mr. really helps me out around the house but sometimes he does more then I think he should. I'm probably being really sexist here, but I believe that keeping the house clean and tidy is my job, and I don't want to fail at it.

So being a good future ~~house~~ wife, I went to Pinterest and looked up easy and fun ways to keep the house clean throughout the week rather then just spending one whole day cleaning the house. Of course, I found all kinds of ideas that I would love to use, but I'll have to save them for when we have children because a lot of them don't apply to us. But I did find one that I've already printed out and started. It's very easy, very simple and it gets the important stuff done on a daily basis, which was important to me. I've printed it out and stuck it to the refrigerator!

Source: tipsandpix.com via Abby on Pinterest

Finding joy in these little things have been hard the past couple of weeks but I kept telling myself that I'm lucky to have a job and a roof over my head.

Friday's Letters

Dear photographers, I've only seen 13 of the many pictures you took this weekend and I'm so in love. Thank you for capturing The Mr. and I and showing our love. I can't wait to see the rest! Dear Mom, I know I don't tell you enough, but I love you! I wish I was able to make it to Othello more often but I love our time together. Dear work, I'm so glad this week was a better week! I hope next week is just as great! Dear The Mr., you had such a long week, especially having to be at work at 4am this morning. I hope you know that you make me so proud and even though you're snoring right now, I still love you! Dear self, please stop using the word "bro", it's really annoying.

Cheers,
Abby

Engagement Picture Preview

Here's a little preview of our engagement pictures! We had so much fun taking these pictures and of the few we've seen, I'm in love with them! Enjoy!

If only......

This whole nail painting craze is really getting to me. I want to paint my nails so stinking bad! I actually got to paint my nails for our engagement pictures over the weekend but had to take it off Sunday morning since I had to work. I won't lie, not being able to paint my nails is a big disappointment sometimes, but I get it, people don't want paint chips in their lattes.

So, to feed my craving, here are some pretty awesome nail arts I would do if I could paint my nails. I did decide that since I have tomorrow off, I'm going to find an awesome nail polish and as soon as I get off of work on Friday, I'm painting these dang nails! Thank God for three day weekends!