Happy Thanksgiving!!!

I’m excited about this being Eric and my first Thanksgiving as a married couple. Last year we weren’t even engaged. I thought he was going to propose that day though. His parents were visiting and I just knew he would do it while everyone was around. After lunch, he told me he had a present for me that I had been wanting for a long time. He was going to wait for my birthday, but he thought I needed it now. He acted kinda nervous (or maybe it was just me). When his mom offered to go over the house with him and help him wrap it, I thought that was it – it’s gotta be a ring. I went to the bathroom and brushed my teeth; I wanted fresh breath when I kissed him. He came back over with a bag behind his back. He told me to close my eyes as he handed it to me. I pulled out the tissue only to find an Under Armor fleece sweatshirt. I felt of the pockets – nothing there. I smiled and told him thank you as my eyes filled up with tears that I quickly blinked away hoping he wouldn’t notice. Later he asked me if there was something wrong; if I didn’t like the gift. He thought I needed it for the game we were going to the next day – it was super cold. I busted out crying telling him I thought he was going to propose. He felt SO bad. And I felt bad for not getting excited about his gift. Yeah, that’s one of many Thanksgivings I’ll never forget! Hahaha… At least I didn’t have to wait too much longer for the proposal!

As I look over this past year, I praise the Lord for His abundant blessings. We had high highs and low lows. I had the best day of my life marring Eric and one of the worst days grieving the passing of his dad. But through it all, God was there. He’s never changing, all loving, and all sufficient. Praise the Lord!

I do ask for your prayers though. This Thanksgiving is going to be tough with the loss of Eric’s dad. We’re leaving today when I get off work for Goldthwaite. It’ll be hard seeing the empty chair where his dad’s supposed to sit.

Twilight Movie Review - By Me

My sweet husband took me to see Twilight this weekend. We were in a theater full of teenage girls that sighed every time Robert Pattinson (Edward) came on the screen. I wouldn’t say the movie was horrible, but it certainly didn’t meet my expectations. I already knew it wasn’t going to be as good as the book – there’s no way they can put all the emotion and develop the plot as well as a book can. And besides that, I like hearing what the characters are thinking, although, you can hear some of Bella’s thoughts in the movie. Anyway, I thought the direction and special effects were horrible! I guess they didn’t have a big budget, but some of the actors could not act, music played at inopportune times, the flashbacks were cheesy and the action scenes were lacking. I was sad because this movie had the potential to be SO much better. I want some one who has a lot of money to try it again. It’s worth seeing, but don’t get your hopes up too high.

But on a happy unrelated note, I making my favorite dinner for my sugarbear and me tonight – spaghetti. I’ve been craving it for days now. Yay for yummy food!

Decorations

Eric and I decorated our Christmas Tree last night!!! I’m SO excited! I know I’m the biggest nerd having the tree decorated before Thanksgiving, but I’m just so happy about Christmas that I can’t help myself. We even found Christmas music playing on one of the music stations on TV. It was such a fun night! I love making memories with my husband.

Christmas Time

I’m so excited about Christmas this year!!! It’ll be my first married Christmas with Eric. I’m so giddy I feel like a little girl. We put up the Christmas tree last night. I’ll rephrase that, Eric put up the Christmas tree while I cooked and did laundry. We don’t have the ornaments on yet, but we’ll work on it through out the week. After church yesterday, we went to Crate and Barrel and bought the Twelve Days of Christmas ornaments. Linda, my co-worker, told me we need to start a tradition, so I thought of those ornaments. Starting December 13th, we’ll put out the First Day of Christmas ornament; the 14th, we’ll put out the Second Day of Christmas ornament and so forth. We even have a little metal ornament tree to put them on. YAY for Christmas and New Traditions!!!

Last Week Update

I was sick sick last week. I came down with a sore throat Sunday night, but I didn’t think much of it. Monday I was so so, but by Tuesday I was wiped out. I only had two sick days left, so I saved them for Thursday and Friday. I went to the doctor to get tested for the flu, and the results came back inconclusive. I have no clue what I had, but whatever it was did not feel good. I had to call my mom Thursday to come over my house and bring me breakfast and lunch; I didn’t feel like getting out of bed. So my sweet husband stayed home a half a day with me on Friday and took care of me. And that afternoon, my office sent me a gorgeous bouquet of flowers. They’re the kind that makes you smile when you see them. The colors are so bright and cheery. So last week I slept A LOT, watched movies and I finished my book – Twilight. Which by the way: GREAT book!!! I can’t wait for the movie to come out later this month. I kinda feel like a teenager now, but oh well, I think I may be hooked. After pay day Friday, I’m going to order the rest of the books off Amazon. All that being said, I feel better today. After a week of being sick, I’m still not 100%, but I’m ready to get back in my routine. I’m trying to take it slow, and I’m glad I have a good excuse to take a nap when I get home.

Date Night… At Home

Eric and I wanted to go to the movies last night, but there wasn’t anything out that we wanted to see. I told him it was okay if we didn’t go out, if we had spaghetti (my favorite) and a movie at home. We rented the Incredible Hulk and started it while we ate spaghetti – yummy! My favorite food with my favorite person – what a night! And the movie was REALLY good. The graphics were great, especially in Blue Ray. To top it off, we were in bed by 9:30 (I was really tired). We had the best date night. :)

I Caved In

Everyone has been talking about how amazing the Twilight series is. It’s spurred my interest for a while, but the clincher happened after I talked to Stephanie. She told me how good they were and I just had to read it. I goggled the series and read inserts from the books. I was immediately drawn to it. Who doesn’t love a love story with twists? I went during my lunch break and bought the first book. If I like it, then I’ll just have to order the rest from Amazon. So I'm going to start it tonight and see what the rave is all about.

So American

Eric and I went out to early voting this weekend. Our first try was Saturday. The line was way out the door and the man working there said it was probably close to a two hour wait. Since we had a lot to do Saturday, we decided to come back Sunday. We went straight after church and arrived at the voting location thirty minutes early. I thought for sure we would be one of the first in line. I was wrong. The line was already snaked around like Six Flags inside the building. Eric and I stood outside and waited for the booths to open up. Just ten minutes later the line extended through out the parking lot. Once the booths opened for voting, we stood in line another hour. But, we voted! I told Eric that I felt So American. We executed our right as a citizen - Get out and vote!!!

It’s Finished!

Eric came home from work late last night, so I went over to my parents’ house. My mom and I were able to work on my wreath. Actually, my mom did it and I stood by her and talked. I helped her cut the flower stems, but I didn’t want to get in the way of her genius. The wreath turned out beautifully! It has three giant sunflowers – yellow, red and orange, fall leaves, berries and a bow. It looks a lot prettier than any I've seen in the stores. :) It’s hanging inside our front door now. I smile every time I see it – it’s so cheery. I’ll try to upload a picture later.

Fabulous Weekend

Things that made this weekend wonderful:

o Dinner with friends on Friday
o Buying items to make a Fall wreath
o Baby-sitting for a five month old – so sweet!
o Cleaning house
o Eric throwing away and organizing some of his piles
o Hanging pictures
o Re-arranging furniture
o Finding the perfect boxes for our love notes and wedding cards
o Going to church and worshipping in our new sanctuary
o Sunday afternoon nap
o Going out to eat with Eric
o Strawberry Freckled Lemonade
o Relaxing on the couch and reading my magazine
o Watching Eric play video games
o Putting our new comforter on the bed

I can not tell you how nice it was to stay at home over the weekend and work on long over-do projects. Eric was wonderful and I had the best time just being with him.