Bear With Me

Hi fabulous friends!

Thank you so much for your prayers! My best friend and her baby boy are doing well. They still have a ways to go but everything is going to be fine. Thank you God!

I'm here but June has proven to be an extremely busy month for me. When life gets in the way, my poor ole blog gets the chop. I've been missing your blogs too ... maybe even more than my own. I love seeing into your lives and when life gets busy I can't be Mrs. Nosy. So disappointing.

But I shall be back soon because July wants to be my friend. She doesn't want me to be so busy that I abandon my blog and my friend's blog.

I will say that the great thing about June is that I have a lot of pictures and things to post about! I will be sharing that soon.

Hope all you lovelies have fabulous 4th of July weekends!!!

xoxoxoxo

If You Could Say A Prayer Or Two

If you saw a strange post on my dashboard today, disregard it. Mr. Sean decided to get on my blogger account today and make a post. He was all proud and I was not. I do not LOVE rugby, haha. I was like, when did you learn to make a post? I think this means that I don't have to beg him to make a post one day. But to be honest, I think I'd like to leave the blogging to me.

As for the prayers I request in my title:

My best friend Stacy gave birth to her baby boy today. She was due on August 10th so he came a bit early. They say that in today's age there is nothing to worry about ... but I think that extra prayers won't hurt anyone. So if you believe in the power of prayer, I would truly appreciate it if you said one for my dear friend and her baby Carter tonight.

XOXO

{Dinner} Mexican Chicken

I knew it was going to happen one of these days. I was going to try a recipe and I was not going to be a fan. It happened. Hubby and I did not like it.

It was strange because it wasn't horrible but it just wasn't something I would try again. Maybe it needed less than what the recipe called for but I am not curious enough to try again. Also, because we weren't fans of the recipe, I won't be linking the recipe back to the person I stole it from. Nice of me, huh?

If you are curious, here's the recipe.

You will need:

4 Chicken Breast
1 lb of Velvetta Cheese
2 Cans of Cream of Chicken
1 Can of Rotel {or a can of diced tomatoes & green chiles}


** Take the 1 lb of velveeta cheese, 2 cans of cream of chicken soup and 1 can of rotel and heat it through on the stove.

When it is melted it will look like this:


While the mixture is melting , bake or boil your chicken breasts. I baked our chicken for about 25 minutes. When I took it out of the oven, I shredded the chicken with a fork.


I seasoned the chicken with black pepper, herbed poultry, herbs provence and seasoned salt.

After you mix the chicken with the cheese mixture, pour it into a 9X13 dish and bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes.


When there is 10 minutes left to bake, crunch up some tortilla chips and throw on top and continue to bake.


While it is baking prepare egg noodles and serve on top.

Sounds delicious right?

Not so much.

My Best Friend's Baby Shower!

I've been a little busy the last few days so I never blogged about my best friend's baby shower.

It was a nice gathering of our college friends and her family. My best friend makes pregnancy look fabulous! I couldn't get over how amazing she looks pregnant. She definitely has that pregnancy glow.

We held it in a really cute restaurant in her town. I wish my camera would do the day/restaurant justice.

Side note: Babe, new camera for Christmas. Thanks.













She named her son her maiden name. How brilliant is that?!





It was a great time and I am so happy for my best friend! She is going to be an absolutely amazing mother. Bill and Stacy, I am so happy for the both of you. Congrats!

I Call It A Journey, Hubs Calls It A Comeback

I have gotten a few emails inquiring about my natural hair journey and what's going on with it. I really shouldn't have left my friends hanging but honestly ....

I have had my days. Days where I am a little frustrated about all the things I do not know. I was so frustrated one day that I told hubs that I was going to put that creamy crack in my hair and call it a day. Of course I was exaggerating but I don’t think hubs thought so because he asked me not to. He told me how much he likes it and to think of how awesome my hair will be once I figure it out.

It has only been 6 months so of course I still have a lot to learn. I was thrilled to hear that from him, because in the back of your mind you wonder if he likes it or if thinks that I kinda look a little crazy sometimes. I have to admit that sometimes I do look a little crazy. But I will never return to the creamy crack because I know he likes it and that makes me want to tolerate the journey just a little more.

Every week I am trimming a little bit of relaxed hair because I can’t do the full out chop. I am a little too vain to have no hair on my head. My natural hair is growing so even though I am trimming every week, it is pretty much staying the same length. I can't wait until I have no more relaxed ends though ... it's a bit annoying.

And since we are on the top of length! Let’s talk about shrinkage! Shrinkage is no joke … my goodness! That is all I will say about shrinkage!

Here are some pictures to kind of document my natural hair journey.

Jan 2011:


Feb 2011:


March 2011:


April 2011:


May 2011:


June 2011:



As you can see, some days are better than others but I'm glad I'm going through with this. I think I’ll try to do updates like this often … maybe monthly. We’ll see how that goes.

When I Don't Have Much To Say

I blog about our cat.

He is in love with the hubs. In love.



I don't blame him.

Weekend Of Reflection

I truly wanted to enjoy this weekend because training ended for hubs so next weekend his new schedule begins. I've been dreading it but I was determined to make this weekend a great one. I was going to do all the things great wives do. If you don't know what great wives do, shame on you. ;)

That plan changed on Friday night when hubby received a phone call from one of his rugby teammates that one of their teammates had passed away. It was horrible. Hubs cried, his teammate cried and then they had a gathering where all the teammates cried.

I think what made it worst was when they found out that their teammate that they absolutely loved committed suicide by hanging himself. That was worse. It was one thing if maybe he had gotten into a car accident but when they learned that he had purposely taken his life, that made it worst.

Hubs started to question himself. Maybe if I called him. Maybe if I met him for that drink. Maybe if I wrote on his wall and told him how awesome he was and what a great addition to the team he was.

He was new to the team this season but he was already becoming one of the guys who just went all out for the team. He went to every practice and every game {even when he was injured}. He was the type of guy they needed on their team and they were thrilled that he joined them.

He was funny and charming. So charismatic. He loved his girlfriend and his girlfriend adored him. I can't imagine the pain she is going through right now.

On the outside looking in, it looked like everything was perfect. Nothing was wrong. The worst part is that there were no signs that he was struggling inside. Maybe the sign was being overly excited, overly happy but that isn't a sign most people look for when you think your friend might want to commit suicide.

Even I said to myself, maybe if I smiled at him after that last game and told him how great of a rugger he was turning into. I didn't. And now he is gone. This person who was full of life will never walk the earth again.

It is such a difficult thing to think about and unfortunately all of us will go through this in our lives. Death is such a scary thought. To think that the people we love will one day leave us scares me to no end. I don't want to think about it but death has been on my mind all weekend.

I hugged the hubs tighter this weekend and called my family to let them know just how much I loved them. You just never know. And I never want to have to think about what I could have done or should have said to let them know just how much I love them.

Although, the weekend never turned out the way I planned, I am OK with that. Sometimes you have to think about the hard things in order to get your life into perspective. This weekend, we talked about a lot of things I never thought we would talk about but it reminded me just how much we love each other and how much we never want to take a day with each other for granted.

Each day, treat it like your last. Each day, let the people you love know you love them. Each day, laugh more and complain less. Each day marvel about how beautiful life truly is. Each day, go to sleep knowing that if tomorrow never came your life would be a testimony.

June, Where Have You Been All My Life????

I know I am a lil late welcoming good ole June. I hope that June won't hold it against me.

When June rolls around so does that beautiful sun ... the weather has been fabulous the last few days. Something about the sun just makes a gal's heart warm, no pun intended.

This June is an exciting one for me. Not only are ALL {Sean and I} of our fabulous parents birthdays in June BUT I have my best friend's baby shower. I am so excited for her. She makes pregnancy look so good! She is the second one to the left of me.


I also have my dear friend's bachelorette party in NYC too! Can't wait! I know that is going to be a great time! She is the first, tall gorgeous one on the left.


We also have our first wedding of the year this June. You know how much I love weddings and I'm kinda sad that I only have two this year ... good for the pocket though. We spent a pretty penny last year on weddings!

The weather is getting better every day. My allergies are finally in check.

Hello June! Glad to see you! Hope you lovelies have fabulous weekends!