I want to believe.

Quite possibly the greatest show ever made. Alex and I are on a "X-Files" binge... we watch at least an episode a night. If you don't have a weak stomach, had a sibling abducted by aliens, enjoy sexual tension between characters, and you hate the government--this might be the show for you.

:)

It's already September. I've been a little grumpy lately because Alex and I haven't really had much time to see eachother. We both work at the same time, and he goes to night school Mon-Wed. On Thursdays, I work til 8:00..and occasionally we work a Saturday. It's extremely frustrating. I keep trying to tell myself that it's just for a moment... but I can't help but get angry. We're very selfish... we want time together. I guess such is life. Eventually we'll have baby Terans, and that will lessen our time together even more-so. Maybe I should stop being a baby. But in all honesty, I probably won't. Hmph.

On Sunday, I got to play Scrabble for a little bit... which is a much-coveted game in my family. I loved it, even though there were children screaming and Mr. Bean on full blast in the background. Must do it again! If you ever want to have a Scrabble night, please-- call us. We're interested. :)

My new love.

If you know me, then you know that I am a self-improvement book fanatic. Anything that motivates me to think more positively, lose weight, build confidence, learn new money skills, or whatever else that could ultimately change my life for the better... I love.

My fantastic sister and brother in law lent me this book yesterday. I've barely begun it and I already have fallen in love. If you know of any good motivational or self-improvement books, please give me a recommendation. I'm interested!

I am excited about this book in particular because we're moving out September 12th. Yes, you read correctly. :) On Saturday, after going to my friend's endowment session (which was amazing, btw) we decided to just look around at apartments with no intention of leaving this soon. The first place we went turned out to be just what we needed and the price was affordable. The Lord truly blessed us. I'm not an easy person to deal with, I'm very impatient.. so I'm grateful that this opportunity to start a new chapter in our lives is knocking at our door. We want to be financially stable for our future kids. Hopefully we can read, sacrifice, and take to heart what this book has to offer.

I'm so ready to leap into the unknown.

Alex: "I can't wait for our first Christmas together in our little apartment."
This is why I love the man, he thinks like I do. ;)

Planssss.

This week will be a good one. I have decided that myself. :) Life IS 10% what happens to you, and 90% attitude. I've really been trying to wake up and know that the day will be good. It's hard, mind you... but makes a real difference when I'm successful.

A co-worker of mine is getting married next Tuesday, and endowed this Saturday. Alex and I are lucky enough to be able to attend both. I'm so excited for them! They're so happy. This is their engagement picture, cute huh? It has not been an easy road for them being engaged... lots of contention and stress, but they've kept pushing forward. I'm very glad that I never had any big hurdles to jump while being engaged. I did seem to have a lot of health problems though, which cost us a lot of money, which probably didn't ease Alex's mind to much. "What am I doing... I'm going to have a sickly wife!" :) But it seemed after we got married, I haven't had problems since. Funny how that works. ;)

We've been debating back and forth on where our money is going and what we're wanting to do. We're currently living free of rent (which has been incredibly helpful), and have been paying down a lot of unnecessary debts with the extra money. Alex is going to school this semester, and we're wanting to move out.. so we will need all the money we can get. I've been dying to go to school... but it seems that I haven't really had the opportunity. Hopefully by next semester I can start going and eventually get a degree. It's really important to me that I start and finish college. We're just going to have to really watch what we spend from here on out.

There are so many huge decisions that await in our future. When to have kids, what Alex should major in, what jobs to have, where to live. It's all very overwhelming, but inevitable.

Attitude....attitude....attitude. :)

Want to lose some weight, fast?!

Get the flu.

Throw up every 30 minutes all night. 

Wake up, and you're good to go.

It has not been a good weekend thus far. 

I love

Having days off.

Yesterday was so nice. I had the whole day off to do whatever I want. And I did just that!

I got up, showered and got ready for the day. Relaxed a bit and picked up my husband from work to have lunch together. I went home, read a little bit, and then went to work out. Lately, I've been pretty adamant about wanting to cook for Alex, but since we're not in our own place yet-- I haven't really had opportunity. That's one the things I'm most excited for... to "be a little housewife". :) BUT, after I got home for working out, I was able to make a meal for Alex. I set up our own little candlelit dinner downstairs, and had everything ready by the time he came home.

It felt so good to do that for him. I remember being little and watching my mom cook all these big dinners that were ALWAYS amazing, and thinking, "I hope I can cook like her when I grow up!" Who knows if I'll actually BE as good as her, but one can hope. Practice makes perfect... and he DID make many noises like 'Mmm!' and 'Ohh!' while eating... so I think that's a pretty good inclination that I received some brownie points. :)

My life at this point is fantastic. Even with all the ups and downs that daily life brings, I wouldn't change one thing about where I'm at right now. I'm extremely blessed.