Fun and Satisfying things to do that don't cost money!

I am just coming up with these, but I hope someone has some fun with them!

1. Rearrange the furniture/decor in your house.
2. Create a new recipe with food in your house.
3. Start a blog.
4. Go to the library and get a book.
5. Practice taking cool/abstract photos.
6. Polish any wood furniture that you have.
7. Watch a movie.
8. What a TV series online, this is one of my favorites.
9. Wash all of the odd things in your house like blankets, rugs, etc.
10. Organize the drawers in your kitchen/bathroom.
11. Bake cookies and have a nephew, niece, friend come over to frost them.
12. Go through your files and get rid of anything you don't need...can you tell I like to organize.
13. Scrapbook.
14. Play board games or card games with your husband/wife.
15. Call a friend to go on a walk to catch up instead of sitting on your butt while you catch up.
16. Go running.
17. Work out at home doing push-ups, sit-ups, wall sits, etc.
18. Try new styles with your hair on a lazy saturday so you can do them later.
19. Give yourself and pedi and mani.
20. Have friends over for dinner, I need to do this more.

Alright, this is one of my breaks from studying. I am taking a huge test on Monday the 23rd...I believe it is 6 hours long and has a 40% passing rate. Wish me luck....a pray hard!

A day early...

First of all. I must brag on my husband for a minute, he worked 76 hours this week. Yes, this week, most of us hardly work that in two weeks. What a guy!

Since he has been working so much, our schedules haven't matched up at all lately. I miss him terribly, and after sitting around feeling sorry for myself on Friday night, I kicked it into high gear and decided to get my part of valentine's day ready for him a day early. So I prepared a wonderful dinner, made a heart shaped cookie and served it to him on the "You are special today" plate, gave him and card and sweet tart hearts, and continued my tradition of valentine's lingerie purchased from walmart. So when he came home, there was his wife, in valentine's lingerie and an apron, cooking away. To which he had to chuckle.

He was such a good sport as I asked him to take pictures to document every aspect of our early valentine's day. Can you tell in one of the pictures he thought it was cute to hide behind me, seriously, having 12 year old boys is going to be a snap for me. Sometimes he reverts back to that age, and to be honest it usually makes me laugh, which only encourages the behavior.

I want to give you a glimpse of this. Tyler is so good at mocking me, which is good, because as many of you know I take myself too seriously sometimes. So during dinner I asked him if it was good (it was a new recipe), and he simply said "yeah, it's really good." So I asked him to tell me about it. In response he laughed at me and broke into an opera song proclaiming, "It is so good, I want to tell the whole world, make it every night, etc." Honestly, I just wanted some constructive criticism. Regardless, I laughed and laughed.

I am so thankful to have a man that makes me laugh. What a blessing! I have to remind myself that he makes me laugh while I am in tears for some comment or something "boyish" that he did. Anyway, we finished off the night watching season three of heroes. He is at work again tonight (Valentine's day) but he will be home soon. The greatest part, tomorrow is two years since he proposed to me. We are heading to the Cheesecake Factory for some quality eats and treats. I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's day!

Where the magic happens! :-)

Here are some pictures of our bedroom, I love it. It was the first room I did when we moved in and I had the design in mind for quite a while. It will change a little bit at the end of the month, with some new furniture pieces. Anyway, Tyler has been gone for 10 days and comes home tomorrow night. We have a black tie awards banquet for my work, should be a ton of fun. Tyler is wearing a tux and I am wearing a floor lenth formal. I'll be sure to take some pictures to update y'all. Anyway, have a happy weekend!

What a friend!

Ashley Puga, for those of you who know her, wow! You are blessed! I am so thankful for her special friendship. I spent last Saturday with her, treating her to a birthday surprise. She was told to dress up a little and be ready by 6:00. Much to her surprise, I showed up with a cute little poem that clued her in to what the night had ahead. We started out at Brick 29, an amazing restaurant. We had calamari, a salmon entree, and bread pudding and creme broule for dessert. Amazing! Then we headed to her house to snap a quick picture before we headed to Walmart. Yes, Walmart for her birthday. It was so great, we each had $12 to create a frame for the picture of us. We both got creative! Then we headed to see "New In Town" which we both enjoyed. Anyway, I am so grateful for Ashley. She listens, and pokes and prods, and hugs, and laughs, and all the things girls need a friend to do. I am so excited for this next year for her and all it holds. I hope you all have a friend like Ashley.